MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – Kalen DeBoer spared us a lecture. Instead, he offered a philosophy.
Control what you can control. Don’t overreact. Adapt as necessary.
A hot topic at SEC spring meetings this week is the possibility of football roster-size reductions in the aftermath of the House court case settlement. The upshot: It’s still undetermined, but rosters might shrink, and the number of walk-ons teams are allowed might reduce.
Reporters on Tuesday repeatedly asked the Alabama football coach about this potential change.
I can picture a different coach working himself into a frenzy, lecturing us about how roster reductions would be a terrible change and rhetorically asking: Is this what we want college football to be?
That’s not DeBoer, though. He consistently presents as a guy whose heart rate never climbs above about 60 beats per minute.
While DeBoer answered one of several questions about roster sizes, he delivered an answer that should inspire belief from Alabama fans.
“You can ask me any question, and I’m going always going to (say), ‘There’s always a way to get it done,’ ” DeBoer said.
Smaller rosters would affect practices more than games. If rosters shrink, DeBoer said, he’ll re-evaluate how he conducts practice and study how NFL teams practice with smaller rosters.
Overall, he came off pretty nonchalant by this potential change.
“I’ve always been one to adjust to the times,” DeBoer said.
