ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum was in shambles after watching Alabama lose the ReliaQuest Bowl to Michigan, capping the first year of the Kalen DeBoer era.

Alabama football season is in the books with four losses, and Crimson Tide fans brought plenty of opinions to the season-ending mailbag.

Let’s take a look at answering that question by handing out some grades for Alabama football in year No. 1 under head coach Kalen DeBoer.

Does Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer's Crimson Tide have the confidence of the public to make the College Football Playoff again in 2025?

Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer is inspiring as much hope for the Crimson Tide's fanbase as one of the all-time worst coaches in the program's recent history.

Washington improved. It won 14 games in 2023, beating Texas again in the College Football Playoff in the Sugar Bowl before losing to Michigan in the CFP national championship game. Days later, DeBoer was named as Nick Saban's successor with Alabama football.

T he Alabama Crimson Tide just keep on losing players to Transfer Portal and the 2025 NFL Draft. Kalen DeBoer's first season didn't exactly go like most Alabama fans hoped it woul

Although DeBoer’s season wasn’t the worst first year for a Crimson Tide coach, it snapped a streak of 10-win seasons. Alabama had won at least 10 games for 16 straight seasons. The last time the Crimson Tide didn’t win 10 games was in 2007, Saban’s first year.