Kalen DeBoer On Taking Over From Nick Saban + Implementing His Own Culture

Recorded: April 24th 2024 | In this weeks episode, the guys are back to recap the NFL Draft and who were the big winners and the massive losers coming out of it all. The guys have some wild takes coming out of it on who won and lost. Taylor then gets into his viral moment with his daughter that happened at the Preds game. Like father like daughter.
Following the intro the guys finish up their spring tour by sitting down with new Alabama head football coach, Kalen DeBoer. He obviously has taken over for maybe the greatest coach of all time in Nick Saban and has massive shoes to fill. Will and Taylor dive into what the process was like with interviewing and getting the job. DeBoer said he essentially had 24 hours to make a decision and that was coming off losing the national championship.
DeBoer then gets into what to expect from the Tide this season. He is trying to implement his own culture while trying to keep the old traditions that have made Bama, Bama. He gets into his first message that he gave the team and how he met with each of the leaders to talk about what they wanted to see this year. Overall, after listening to this conversation, it's easy to see that the tradition of Alabama football is in good hands. Enjoy fellas.
TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
3:25 Shoutout Our Sponsors
8:36 NFL Draft Recap
42:45 Nebraska Spring Game
46:44 Taylor's Viral moment at the Predators game
54:01 Dad Moments
1:05:27 What Stat?
1:11:46 Shoutout Core Memories
1:22:12 KALEN DEBOER INTERVIEW STARTS
1:22:13 Origin Story Of The Dad Hat
1:24:16 Did He Want A Son?
1:25:42 Coach Was A Bit Of A Baller Himself
1:27:02 His Transition Going From Playing To Coaching
1:27:43 Learning Throughout His Stops
1:28:11 Getting The Call From Bama
1:33:01 Filling Nick Saban's shoes
1:36:16 His Relationship With QB1
1:37:45 His First Time With Team
1:39:57 New Alabama Offense
1:41:40 Recruiting Tangibles
1:42:58 New And Old Traditions
1:47:17 Tucked In Shirts
1:50:52 Who He's Looking Forward To Coaching Against
1:52:21 His Mentor's
1:56:22 Do You Keep Your Coaching Depth Chart Open
1:57:50 Post Game Rituals?
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[@BamaBrightside]

That daddy-daughter chug was THE sports moment of the weekend. Epic.

[@glenwhite633]

Coach Deboer shows so much humility. Good man for the job.

[@TheBigshot789]

Been listening to this Pod for over 2 years now, will always represent The Boys ✊ bring back the Ernest intro though 🌞

[@kaptainh5538]

DeBoer is a great coach and treats people good .

[@runDATrun6]

Duck fan, and couldn’t hate DeBoer even when I wanted to bad. Lots of respect for him, Alabama is in good hands

[@runDATrun6]

@@davebryant8050 he’s won everywhere he’s been. People hype up the SEC when in reality they have two great teams each year, the rest are always mid. And one of those two great teams is always Alabama

[@BirchKST]

@@runDATrun6a lot of fans gonna be eating crow after he proves the haters wrong. DeBoer is legit

[@tylerholmes6134]

Is it bad that I look forward to the intro more than the actual interview? Nothin beats kickin back and listening to the boys on the bus

[@KateHarley-ej3uw]

Where is the old intro boys? Will teased us 2 pods ago, making us think you'd be bringing it back.

[@Theyakagami257]

Thank god it was just a tease and didn’t actually happen

[@whitneyweis7801]

Thank you for bringing awareness to the tornadoes that hit Nebraska and Iowa!

[@kevinblue1976]

Will alpha’ing the kids on the slide is hilarious to imagine

[@alexlake4238]

Fr I was geeking 🤣

[@nicholasgriffith7942]

Loving all the content, boys!

[@lindaderry8469]

Glad you guys came to Bama!! Roll Tide 🅰️ 🏈 🐘❤️

[@Joe-vg6ii]

ERNtro GANG!!! Let’s have a damn Tuesday!!! Boys Let’s get some bussmore guests back on the bus with the fellas to chit chat been a minute. LFG! 🐺

[@kylehensman4916]

Great Pod boys 👊🏻

[@calebingram44]

For the boys

[@robanthonyl5002]

Another great interview boy!

[@PoloMagno23]

Best part of the interview if when Taylor say’s “that’s a good question Will “ lol

[@aldogutierrez7022]

Bro what a fucking blue ball will teased the hell out of the boys I thought there was hope the old intro would be making it's return, sincerely yall really fucking up by not bringing it back, I used to sing that intro every time with so much emotion and it would set the mood for the pod 💔

[@Theyakagami257]

Thank god it was just a tease. Old intro fucking sucks

[@rowdyfrederick3646]

Another week without the boys bringing the erntro back…I’m not mad just disappointed

[@sirr0zzy309]

BRING BACK THE OLD INTRO

[@Daniel-nv6lb]

Damn so yall really ain’t changing the intro back huh

[@BackwoodsTN]

New intro is fire 🔥

[@BlakeTrostel]

THE BOYS!!!!🐺🐺🐺

[@robsargeant4737]

Oh nooooo 😂 the mom boxing out the girlfriend on draft day 💀

[@BenAhmer]

Will wearing a Nebraska hat while visiting Alabama is wild

[@ericicopini4955]

The Boys!!!

[@collinwarlow733]

Guys just skip the intro how are we wasting time talking about a 25 sec song

[@isaiahbustos2948]

Intro song sounds like a Ford commercial

[@NickFuchs4]

THE NEW INTO IS BRUTAL BOYS

[@blairwarr4041]

intro*

[@blairwarr4041]

and stop yelling

[@paidinfull5950]

🏈 🐘 🌊 Roll Tide! So thankful for them and gunna miss Coach Saban and his family. They had such a positive impact on so many young men, women, and people between players, staff, and everyone at the school. Among that, they had such a positive impact on the entire state, and many bama fans all over. Forever love and respect him and his wife. That being said, couldn’t have asked for a better guy to follow him up, hasn’t even coached a game yet but we can tell, he’s so humble and deserving of this opportunity. ROLL TIDE! Let’s go coach, no coincidence the two goats did it at Alabama, you’re next. ROLL TIDE! 🌊 🐘 🏈

[@jackhepburn2022]

Bro the Vikings rb is Aaron jones😭😭😭😭

[@SamuelDouglas91]

Best part of Tuesdays…still need Ernie boy back on the intro tho

[@zakkzavoras589]

They forgot Minnesota got Aaron jones too

[@lindaderry8469]

Will Compton my son moved to Nebraska because of his job. Moved to Omaha from Alabama, but you can take the boy out of Bama but can't take Bama out of the Boy. 😅 I'm sorry to hear about all the tornadoes 🌪 Roll Tide 🅰️ 🏈 🐘❤️

[@jonsoto7522]

Still waiting for the erntro! Love the pod!

[@rollingtide2277]

I’m bricked up

[@KATRTR]

Taylor Lewan I love your haircut and you are looking excellently fit since you left the NFL. Some guys go to pot, you have retired and done well. Thank you for going to my Alma Mater University of Alabama and being kind and appreciative of our players, new and former Coach. I was sensitive to your rubbing it in about the semifinal victory over my team. Thanks for keeping the gloating to a minimum while with Jalen Milroe. Both he and Tyler Booker are excellent young men and make me extremely proud since they are very mature, team first young men who represent my school in a first class fashion. Thank you and Roll Tide Roll! 🐘

[@Rich_LMN]

@12:42 Taylor absolutely nailed it on the head here describing an o-line coach

[@Reidkev3]

Upvote to support bringing back the old intro!

[@Theyakagami257]

Downvoted

[@jeremiahposadny3573]

Hot take: I love the newer outro!

[@Blackoutbob81]

Taylor appreciate that daddy daughter chug! ❤❤Highlight of that choke job of a game🤬

[@tngambler462]

I wish one coach would just be serious about their feelings, even for a minute! Taylor hit it perfectly about him sitting in the chair and being like oh hell!! You know he shit himself the first time he walked in that office!! Good question Taylor. Another good question Will with the follow up to what he said!! You all are becoming the elite in interviews!! LETS GO BOYS!!!

[@KnottyPine13]

The new intro blows

[@cjvazq_o4310]

i am begging yall to go to austin

[@auzzy62]

The razor scooter really got the boy

[@averygaming8707]

That’s my HC!!

[@88laserbeam]

How many litres you have pissed

[@prestonday2130]

Tell the truth Will, them kids treat your baby girl wrong ready to punch someone out 😂

[@anthonybargas5805]

CFL DRAFT #1 OVERALL PICK FROM NEBRASKA!!!! SHOUT THAT BOY OUT WILL!!!! #NEBRASKAisBACK

[@jakev3138]

How many pieces of Halloween candy have you gotten while trick or treating

[@cjj353]

Penix should start in Atlanta by week 5, if they want to be good.

[@johnblackshear3591]

GBOT Boys - old intro.

[@Rich_LMN]

damn, I didn't realize the Rams drafted Jared Verse last year.

[@zakkzavoras589]

There is no way Taylor said JJ is better than Caleb.

[@mutsa8]

My Eagles got whole Milk in the secondary 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🤍💚🤍

[@javariuscole8742]

BAMA NATTY 25

[@cupidwilliams1381]

Got some color out there 🤣🤣🤣

[@djisrarmx4530]

Not will talking about Nebraska 💀💀💀💀💀

[@fufulame31]

While Mitch always slacks on the twisted question his shout out no free shout out was a real hitter today

[@dollweiss]

taylor reminds me a bit of ed kemper.

[@gaigewynne4405]

The Vikings got the ncaa fbs leading scorer. They definitely did the best in the draft overall

[@saulrodriguezjr700]

Will: we see the comments about the new intro Also will: doesn’t do anything about the intro. I do miss seeing guest on the bus itself. This whole filming intros and getting into interviews is brutal. I get there’s ad reads that have to be met but let’s get some guest to come on the bus. Hit the tier 1s with the tier talk Shout out no free shout out and twisted question. Keep it simple boyz

[@KickBackMIA]

Never listened to one of these episodes where they didn’t insert race into their football discussions. So weird

[@unction1]

DO not overlook Kirby coach! he's a fiery S.O.B. best believe that. Roll Tide

[@bryce6808]

Boys ya gotta do your research on these big guest and if they have daughters drop the Girl Dad merch with them.

[@pobarr21]

Roll Tide!

[@HawgWyldFishing]

1:50:32 😂😂😂

[@s85593]

Love the new intro!!

[@andrewdunston7243]

No way he just said the Vikings had the best draft

[@ayewhaddupdoe]

Penei Sewell wasn't a right tackle when he was drafted either. I think that turned out alright.

[@BrookerJr]

Twisted answer.. What percent of your life was spent feeling each emotion

[@Nick-cn2fb]

My little girl is Roos age and I have the same thoughts Comp. Mine are worse than yours and usually consist of some mental warfare so we come out ahead

[@anthonybargas5805]

WE NEED OKLAHOMA NEXT SPRING TOUR! #BOOMER

[@joeyhaase5629]

New intro is goated

[@anthonybargas5805]

$250,000 is wild!

[@carterbegel4991]

Nobody’s here to listen to these college coaches, we’re here for #theboys

[@lindaderry8469]

Taylor my young teenage so is set on getting sleeves. I'm not keen. Do you regret getting yours. Because I don't want one day he's grown and says man, "I regret getting sleeves." But I can't stop him when he gets of age.

[@blairwarr4041]

Washington goes from DeBoer to Fisch... oooof that has to hurt for them

[@huskyfanpodcast6311]

The transition hurts a lot. Do you know how terrible Arizona was when Fisch got there? They were 10-3 and only had 1 loss in regulation. Miraculous turnaround and Fisch has coached under Carroll, Belichick, McVay, Harbaugh.

[@blairwarr4041]

@@huskyfanpodcast6311 you’re not wrong. It was more due to guys like McMillan, Fifita and Manu than Fisch though.

[@mannyroa9699]

@@blairwarr4041 who do you think recruited those players dumbass lmaooo

[@emiliorodriguez1414]

This intro is better. Sorry everyone.

[@Blackoutbob81]

Send mitch back to NASCAR! 🙏

[@KirksDawgs]

DeBoer’s moose knuckle needs blurred out

[@rollingtide2277]

He’s letting it show. Intimidation factor.

[@anselmoaviles5128]

I just skip the intro at this point

[@jackmannas6169]

New intro is definitely better

[@scottbersuder5685]

New intro is not good

[@Pdx_vicente.55]

Womp womp

[@3rd_Base_Investigators]

​@@Pdx_vicente.55 womp womp your womp womp

[@smookhuh501]

Go create your own intro buddy

[@BH-nq5xy]

It ight

[@charliegarliss4087]

i disagree

[@DennisFeinsteinCEO]

43:22 Will: We might have a real shot! Taylor: (deadass serious) At what... 😅

[@CJG832]

New intro is way better

[@ccarter_46]

Ever since Taylor started doing this podcast he quit caring about football and his career went down the toilet.

[@CarlosBoozeCruise]

Algo hack

[@tuckerburnley2535]

Roll Tide! Taylor casually throwing a whole tin in mid podcast lol. Locked in!

[@elisacraft2092]

Hate the new intro. Original was fire.

[@GoodKarmaUSA]

Go Ducks

[@davidhernandez9985]

DeBorer was under, our rader s to coach Michigan. I hope that AD Warde Manuel would even go near him don't like Manuel. Gentleman, may all have a fanstanic week ahead & also GOBLUE-NATTYUP🏆!

[@paidinfull5950]

The 1.5 hours before coach, no one cares bruhs…..

[@ccarter_46]

Another thing that’s lame besides the new intro is the fact that both of them have such long, new white teeth that, that’s all you see

[@felishaholcomb3379]

Mitch is not tier 1

[@felishaholcomb3379]

Start up the kid merch!!!! Call it “short bus”

[@turneryoung905]

🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@mannyroa9699]

Deboer is not a good man. Horrible for the job. Went to the national championship with players who were not his recruits LMAO

[@anthonyvieyra2099]

mfs bitching about the intro is so fuckin annoying. as if the podcast goes down in quality BECAUSE of the intro. literally double tap the right side of the screen 3 or 4 times and you’ll skip it. it’s that simple.

[@cjj353]

Tier 1s have made it clear we want the old intro back, stop messing with us and give the boys what they want.

[@BSmitty4rm8Fitty]

6-6. Saban made Bama not the other way around

[@shanehunter3015]

TL brotha, don’t continue to simp for the cult. It’s getting gross