How will Kalen DeBoer adapt to recruiting in the Southeastern Conference

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00:00 We're talking to Tom Broome of Hoosiersnow.com,

00:02 covered Kalen DeBoer during his time as offensive coordinator.

00:06 You can follow him @tombrewesports.

00:08 The biggest concern I've heard over the last 48 hours,

00:10 every time his name has been floated from the Alabama side is,

00:13 can he recruit?

00:15 Can he get to know the South?

00:16 Can he get to know people in the South and bring in talent?

00:19 Obviously, we hit on it earlier in the program,

00:21 having Coach Saban kind of hanging around might help that.

00:25 But what do you think about his ability to get to know just people as a whole?

00:29 Obviously, Alabama kind of recruits itself to a degree, but just his people,

00:33 skills, and how that relates to recruiting.

00:37 >> Yeah, I think he'll be fine.

00:39 There's obviously adjustments to be made there.

00:41 But I think some of the current recruits,

00:45 especially the offensive guys, are gonna love his system.

00:47 So I think he can recruit the current guys pretty well.

00:51 And even the D commit, I'd be curious to see where that D commit goes,

00:55 things like that.

00:56 But at Indiana, the year he was there, they recruited Florida really hard.

01:02 And then there are two, like the receivers I mentioned earlier,

01:06 Nick Westbrook, Wapphalia, Tampa, Orlando guys, Ty Fryfogle, Mississippi guy.

01:12 They spent a lot of time down in the South too, so he'll do that.

01:15 People are gonna like him, he's just a genuinely good person.

01:19 So that's all part of it too, but yeah, it helps that Alabama does kind of

01:23 recruit itself, but I think he'll be fine.

01:25 It's obviously, this timing is good, cuz I think obviously it looks,

01:30 I haven't looked at Alabama's class really, really close, but it looks pretty full.

01:35 I don't think he needs to worry about anything the next few weeks other than

01:38 keeping people, but they're already enrolled as far as I can tell.

01:42 They're all there, not going anywhere.

01:43 So then how quickly does he dive into the class of 2025?

01:48 And what sort of coaches does he retain on the Alabama staff?

01:51 I'm sure that's gonna be interesting to see for me too.

01:54 I think he'll be just fine.

01:55 He's not the snake oil salesman type guy.

02:01 He's a genuine good guy.

02:03 He'll enjoy being around people, and

02:07 I think you guys will enjoy spending time with him.

02:09 >> We're talking to Tom.

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