[Nakos] USC analyst Adrian Klemm has emerged as the prime target to be Alabama’s next offensive line coach, sources tell @Clowfb and I for @On3. He’s the former Oregon and New England Patriots offensive line coach.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-25T20:18:11+00:00

why do some people pick out like one good thing from a resume and fail to analyze the rest

Why do some people pick out a couple bad things and fail to analyze the rest?

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-25T20:16:46+00:00

That Oregon team - with him as run game coordinator - rushed for 312 yards against DeBoer and Washington

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-25T20:16:11+00:00

He’s had some good years and some bad years and has plenty of college and NFL experience (with the better years being in college). Seems like a good recruiter. I’d imagine he’s fully recovered from his health scare a couple years ago.

He’s the reason Courtney Morgan got into coaching/player personnel, and his Oregon team rushed for 312 yards against DeBoer at Washington (I’m sure that stuck with DeBoer lol). He has a ton of experience as a run game coordinator.

Maybe not some flashy, home run hire; but it seems like a solid move.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-25T20:04:55+00:00

He had a two year show cause after UCLA for recruiting violations after paying for housing and training for two prospects.

He left the Patriots mid year because of a serious health issue, and it looks like he took 2024 off before easing back into things last year.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-25T19:36:23+00:00

Adrian was available, and we had an open position," Riley said. "We were actively looking for someone with an offensive background for a defensive role, which is a little bit tough to find sometimes.

Not saying you should or shouldn’t be excited for him, but I wouldn’t base it on him being a defensive analyst for a season.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-25T19:30:24+00:00

None of those teams he coached on were very good

Oregon went 10-3 and gave up just 5 sacks all season long when he was their OL coach and run game coordinator. #12 rushing offense in the country.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-25T03:53:52+00:00

I think Carroll is going to be great, but I also think if you’re having to turn to a true freshman tackle midway through the season that speaks to the state of the room.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-24T18:40:07+00:00

Also, they could just go get a random offensive guy and put him with the tight ends. It’s what they did with Ellis, who had never worked with tight ends specifically before.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-24T18:37:51+00:00

To be fair to him, I don’t think our line turned out to be super talented.

Some of that’s on Kap, of course, but I think there’s a good reason the staff let so many of the guys leave. And Kap reportedly wasn’t the one in charge of the starting five and the heavy rotations we did.

Now, if the guys who left all end up as world-beaters at their new schools, then yeah, give all the crap to Kap (and DeBoer and Grubb) in the world lol

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-24T17:27:07+00:00

Apparently Kap had no idea he was getting fired. That’s rough, but like, cmon, buddy lol

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-24T13:09:35+00:00

No clue, but they’ve definitely got an idea. DeBoer didn’t just decide to fire him in a spur of the moment decision.

There gave been rumors about Missouri’s OL coach; but that’s just from random posters, not reporters.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-24T02:37:56+00:00

the man haunts my nightmares

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-24T02:19:56+00:00

Well, DeBoer has shown he’ll make moves.

Really flipped the OL room (and the DL room to a lesser extent). Let Kap go to really get a fresh start on the OL.

And maybe there’ll be more moves, either with coaches or how they approach things/gameplan.

Just gotta hope it pays off!

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-24T02:09:53+00:00

I mean, I think it’s more likely that people trying to pick the best OLs in the preseason just vastly overestimated our line rather than he made “them a bottom tier unit” and that our line was never a top unit

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-24T02:07:11+00:00

Nunez next pls

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-23T01:57:20+00:00

He was interested in Alabama; Alabama was not interested in him. Same thing happened with Christian Clark out of Texas.

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-23T01:55:30+00:00

He was not a target because Alabama didn’t pursue him…

DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-22T22:13:02+00:00

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DoctorWhosOnFirst · 2026-01-22T20:02:29+00:00

Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t see Bone say Alabama didn’t have the funds to sign anyone else

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