Alabama, Kalen DeBoer should learn from Nick Saban, reunite with Ryan Grubb to get offense back on track

The hand-picked Alabama offensive coordinator spent a month with the program before heading off to the NFL. 

After losing his offensive coordinator job in the NFL, he returned to Alabama and led the Crimson Tide to glory.

That was the Steve Sarkisian story, but it could be the Ryan Grubb one, too.

The Seattle Seahawks fired Grubb Monday after only a single (10-7) season that saw the team miss the playoffs. Grubb is now out of work, and the connections to Kalen DeBoer and Alabama are obvious. 

DeBoer initially brought Grubb with him as his offensive coordinator after Alabama hired him to replace college football’s greatest coach. It was a major coup — Grubb was one of the nation’s highest-paid assistant coaches and the object of Nick Saban’s desire for the offensive coordinator spot on what proved to be his final staff. Grubb said no, Saban ultimately hired Tommy Rees, and a year later Grubb was in Tuscaloosa anyway. 

It didn’t take long for the NFL murmurs to crank up, however, as well as rumors Grubb and his family preferred to stay out in Seattle. When new Seattle coach Mike Macdonald came calling, it was too good an opportunity for Grubb to turn down. 

In his first season as an NFL offensive play-caller, Grubb’s Seahawks offense ranked eighth in passing yards, 14th in total offense, 21st in offensive scoring and 28th in rushing. Seattle quarterback Geno Smith called Grubb an “excellent, excellent coordinator” on Sunday, but Macdonald said Monday he had a different vision for what the offense should look like. 

There is inherent awkwardness in a Grubb and Alabama reunion, both for how he left so quickly and how DeBoer would have to reshuffle his staff, but it’d be worth it for both parties to strongly consider doing so.

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Author : John Talty

Publish date : 2025-01-06 22:29:00

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