Bama fans unleash the fury on Kalen DeBoer after shaky start against FSU

The Alabama Crimson Tide are going to need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps to avoid a brutal Week 1 loss on the road to Florida State. Weather was an issue in the first half of the game. When is it not in the state of Florida in the latter part of August entering early September? What cannot be overlooked is countless Alabama fans starting to turn on their head coach Kalen DeBoer.

Hand-picked to replace Nick Saban by athletic director Greg Byrne, the controversial decision to hire DeBoer away from Washington seems to have already reached a boiling point. The standard that Saban put forth at Alabama remains, but the results the Crimson Tide provided one year and half of a game into DeBoer's tenure no longer feels acceptable. Florida State only went 2-10 a season ago...

Let's just say that the fine folks over on X had a field day at the expense of the Alabama head coach.

Kalen DeBoer is running out of favor with Alabama football fans already

It feels like a combination of insurmountable expectations, as well as maybe not the best of fits...

Anyone who follows college football closely knows DeBoer is a good head coach. He has had success everywhere prior to coming aboard in Tuscaloosa only a season ago. Whether it be Sioux Falls, Fresno State or Washington, his teams always won. He even had a strong stint as an offensive coordinator at Indiana. That being said, this is the SEC, and he looks like fish out of water at times.

Florida State was not going to be a 2-10 team this season. Mike Norvell may be entering this season on the hot seat, but the Seminoles won the ACC in undefeated fashion only two years ago. He had to completely revamp his coaching staff after firing everyone. It may or may not work out with Gus Malzahn, Tony White and others. Meanwhile, DeBoer has how many co-coordinators at Alabama?

Having the stones to schedule Florida State in the non-conference is fine, but the team must improve.

Kalen DeBoer is not doing anything to help take himself off the hot seat

While the decision to bring in former Washington and Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb seemed obvious, the team's preference of Ty Simpson at quarterback over either Austin Mack or the promising freshman Keelon Russell was certainly head-scratching. Alabama nearly made the playoff a season ago with Jalen Milroe at quarterback. Making the playoff must be a goal for this year.

Overall, this may only end up being a heat-of-the-moment Week 1 reaction from the first half. Then again, DeBoer has yet to truly curry favor with his football constituents in The Yellowhammer State. He had the Crimson Tide winning nine games in year one at the helm. However, it is starting to become readily apparent that following in the footsteps of Saban was always easier said than done.

Ultimately, everyone still needs to give DeBoer some time to really put his stamp on the program. Coaching in the SEC may be a totally different beast than he is accustomed to, but this is his new reality. Florida State does not even play in the SEC. The Seminoles may also be a traditional power, but few people outside of Tallahassee expected for the first half to go the way that it went in Week 1.

Hopefully, DeBoer and his staff can make the necessary adjustments to find a way to win this thing.

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