Last month, DeBoer replaced the legendary Nick Saban as Alabama’s head football coach. So he has heard that one a time or two since. But any pressure he might feel is far outweighed by the honor (that being) the one chosen to replace Saban, he said Wednesday.
“I look at it as a privilege to come to a place like this rather than pressure,” he told ESPN. DeBoer said: “I know there are high expectations here.” However, consider what the alternative is: to be at a place that doesn’t have expectations.
This is not what I want, not what I’ve been through to get here.
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DeBoer guided Washington to the College Football Playoff national championship game in his second season before losing to Michigan. The Huskies were 4-8 the year before DeBoer arrived, and he has won 11 or more games in seven of his nine seasons as a head coach.
DeBoer knows that Alabama is now seen as vulnerable compared to his previous works.
“I believe there is a narrative going on right now that Alabama is vulnerable, despite what I may have accomplished.”
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