{"id":1184434,"date":"2026-07-23T11:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184434"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:07:49","slug":"finebaum-rips-deboer-has-made-a-mess-out-of-a-great-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/finebaum-rips-deboer-has-made-a-mess-out-of-a-great-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Finebaum Rips DeBoer: &#8216;Has Made a Mess Out of a Great Situation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the voices of the SEC in ESPN\u2019s Paul Finebaum made some headlines early on during SEC Media Days week in Tampa, Florida during a\u00a0discussion about Alabama Crimson\u00a0Tide\u00a0head coach Kalen DeBoer.<\/p>\n<p>Finebaum \u2014 who\u00a0has praised DeBoer in the past but also questioned\u00a0whether or not he\u2019s the right coach for Alabama \u2014 ripped into the Crimson Tide head coach\u2019s level of success his first two years during an appearance on \u201cFirst Take.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Paul Finebaum provided a BOLD take on Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer during this morning\u2019s episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FirstTake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FirstTake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKalen DeBoer has just made a mess out of a great situation,\u201d Finebaum said, \u201cHe\u2019s lost eight games in two years.\u201d \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on Finebaum\u2019s comments? \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tlUCbOBSZ2\">pic.twitter.com\/tlUCbOBSZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Crimson Coverage (@CrimsonCoverage) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CrimsonCoverage\/status\/2079606404696936564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKalen DeBoer has just made a mess out of a great situation,\u201d Finebaum said. \u201cHe\u2019s lost eight games in two years. He lost to Florida State last year who was total trash and should\u2019ve fired its coach. He lost to Oklahoma at home, yeah he won a playoff game, he also was down 17-0, Oklahoma had a 17-0 lead and completely choked the game away\u2026let\u2019s not get carried away with DeBoer, he\u2019s an excellent coach but is he the right coach at Alabama?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finebaum has never been afraid to throw a coach under the bus, but DeBoer has undeniably experienced success at Alabama. Perhaps it\u2019s not up to the standard of Nick Saban thus far, but any coach in the country would have experienced a drop off from the greatest in the history of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>He is certainly correct in saying the Tide has fallen short of the goals the last two years though, and the next two had better see more success than the first two under DeBoer. As for Finebaum, he will be there to give his take whether things go well or things go poorly this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>One of the voices of the SEC in ESPN\u2019s Paul Finebaum made some headlines early on during SEC Media Days week in Tampa, Florida during <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/finebaum-rips-deboer-has-made-a-mess-out-of-a-great-situation\/\" title=\"Finebaum Rips DeBoer: &#8216;Has Made a Mess Out of a Great Situation&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1184295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,91,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1184434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dkb251206173_bama_vs_uga.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184435,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184434\/revisions\/1184435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}