Mark Ingram brutally reacts to Alabama's 2024 season: 'Lord'

Mark Ingram had a very short reaction when it came to recapping Alabama football during the 2024 season. It was Kalen DeBoer’s first season at helm with highs and lows.

Unfortunately for Alabama, the Crimson Tide did not return to the College Football Playoff and suffered some upsets along the way. That included some bad losses, in their regard, to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma.

Sure, there was that epic win over Georgia and people thought DeBoer would strike gold in Year 1. But then reality set in.

“Lord,” Ingram said, keeping it short on The Triple Option. “Lord.”

Alabama goes into 2025 with, perhaps, a chip on their shoulder. It’s clear DeBoer and crew have to take a step forward and that starts with the coaching staff.

“Continuity is huge, right? Continuity with your staff, because now you’re not teaching your staff new concepts and the techniques and the things that we want to do, or even just not even related to football, the logistical things, recruiting and all that we just keep moving forward,” DeBoer said during spring practice. “We evolve. We adjust based on what we we feel we need to areas, we need to grow. And so that continuity is really key.

“Even Jason Jones, he knows the defense. He was with Kane Wommack at Indiana so him sliding in was really easy. And that wasn’t the reason why we hired him, it just worked out that way. He was a great coach, first and foremost, and then that familiarity with our defense has just been a really smooth transition.”

As DeBoer mentioned, if Alabama is to get to the level they were under Nick Saban, or something similar, it starts with consistency. A big 2025 could go a long way.

“So for us, the continuity is really key, because now we can take the next steps with all of our guys, and we know our personnel, and we’re not having to re-learn things,” DeBoer said. “Ryan Grubb is really the only one that’s had to get up to speed and he’s poured into the film, watched all of our season I know more than once and understands what our guys are capable of.”

Alabama went 9-4 in its first season with DeBoer and are favored to hit the under 9.5 wins on multiple betting lines. Hence why Ingram reacted the way he did.