ATLANTA, Ga. - As Alabama looks to improve upon last year's 9-4 record in its second season under head coach Kalen DeBoer, those within the program are well-aware of the lofty expectations but say they enter this season with a greater sense of comfort surrounding the program's future under DeBoer.
"I feel like especially last year, it is hard, man," Alabama linebacker Deontae Lawson told ESPN on Wednesday at SEC media days. "You're coming from Coach Saban to coach DeBoer, everyone - everyone - is going to have something to say. Everyone wants to know, 'How's the new coach?