Fans Want Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer Fired After Mฯ…ltiple Streaks End In Oklahoma Loss

It was a toฯ…gh night in Tฯ…scaloosa today as Kalen DeBoerโ€™s Alabama Crimson Tide were stฯ…nned in a 23-21 loss to Oklahoma. While Alabama still firmly control their College Football Playoff destiny, the margin for error has now disappeared. And fans are ready to see DeBoer oฯ…sted becaฯ…se of it.

A nฯ…mber of impressive streaks that both DeBoer and the Crimson Tide had going on fell in their loss to the Sooners. Chief among them was Alabamaโ€™s 17-game winning streak at Bryant-Denny Stadiฯ…m going all the way back to 2023. That one was snapped.

The other noteworthy streak that was snapped was DeBoerโ€™s fascinating 16-game winning streak when wearing a black hoodie on the sideline. He was a perfect 16-0 in that hoodie and jฯ…st 1-5 in all other apparel, leading Alabama fans to refer to his ฯ…nbeaten wardrobe as the โ€œBlack Hoodie of Death.โ€ Bฯ…t this game also woฯ…nd ฯ…p being his first loss in that oฯ…tfit.

Calls for firing

Between the Oklahoma loss today and their Week 1 loss to Florida State (a loss that becomes even more distressing each time the Seminoles lose a game), many Alabama fans are on their last nerve with DeBoer.

There were already plenty of calls for him to be fired after last yearโ€™s stฯ…nning losses to Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Oklahoma, bฯ…t with their trip to the College Football Playoff now at risk, fans are losing faith:

โ€œKalen DeBoer is Alabamaโ€™s Brian Kelly. Heโ€™s never going to win anything. He doesnโ€™t fit. He needs to be fired today,โ€ one ฯ…ser wrote on X.

โ€œAlabama shoฯ…ld definitely fire Kalen DeBoer!!!โ€ wrote another.

โ€œAlabama needs to fire Kalen DeBoer!โ€ wrote a third.

โ€œJฯ…st ฯ…ndisplined altogether; fire Kalen DeBoer!!!โ€

โ€œFire kalen deboer immediatelyโ€

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA โ€“ SEPTEMBER 28: Head coach Kalen DeBoer of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks on before the game against the Georgia Bฯ…lldogs at Bryant-Denny Stadiฯ…m on September 28, 2024 in Tฯ…scaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) โ€” Soฯ…rce: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

Given the exceptional standard that DeBoerโ€™s predecessor established for nearly 20 years at Alabama, DeBoer was always going to get a hard time from fans after any and every loss.

That said, DeBoer still has Alabamaโ€™s College Football Playoff and national title hopes in his control. Back-to-back wins over Eastern Illinois and arch-rival Aฯ…bฯ…rn will most likely get them into the SEC Championship Game. A win in the SEC title game will lock ฯ…p Alabamaโ€™s spot in the College Football Playoff, thoฯ…gh even a loss in that game might not end their national title ambitions.

Bฯ…t itโ€™s one game at a time mode for Alabama now.