I will never be convinced that @DerekJohnson s conspiracy theory isn’t actually correct
Alabama was not surprised that Saban was leaving, they have been putting out feelers via his agent for months.
This Deboer fuck knew about Saban (from his shared agent) and knew he had a chance at the job if he preformed well against Texas after the Pac-12 championship game.
After Texas he starts thinking about staff, floats the idea to best friend Grubb about coming with him (it’s only in a week anyways). That week of prep, the rumor percolates from the OC into the team especially to Penix and the WRs, coaches missing meetings, not as available as they should be, Penix plays stiff, germbern gets lost on the plane, Polk has a shitty attitude….
After, Lyons WR immediately portals, Kalepo who should come back leaves, culminating with DJ who probably won’t get drafted leaving all before Deboer apparently even had an offer. The offensive guys knew, or atleast had an idea, well before today.