What Kalen DeBoer is facing at Alabama - a tradition of trouble replacing legends - ESPN
At least Bill Belichick had the decency to fall off at the end. In his last four years as the czar of the New England Patriots, the six-time Super Bowl winner suffered three losing seasons, including a 4-13 collapse in 2023; that means that his freshly named successor, Jerod Mayo, can at least find some room for improvement while fighting through all the thick brush and overcoming all the requisite shadows that come with succeeding such a legendary figure.
