Alabama Callers Torch Kalen DeBoer's Staff on Finebaum After the Tennessee Loss

Alabama's fan base spent its Monday doing what it does after a loss like this one — calling Paul Finebaum to vent. Two days after Tennessee beat the Crimson Tide 26-10 in Knoxville, the lines on The Paul Finebaum Show turned into a group therapy session, and head coach Kalen DeBoer and his staff took the brunt of it.

The caller known as Legend unloaded on everyone in the building. He mocked DeBoer's credibility after another flat performance, ripped offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb for dialing up deep routes behind an offensive line that could not protect the quarterback, and finished with athletics director Greg Byrne, demanding to know how a program that climbed to the top of the sport had slid this far.

Handsome Joe followed with props, snapping in half the cigar he had bought to celebrate the Alabama win he assumed was coming. He declared the staff in need of an exorcism, called the program a laughingstock, and pleaded for the team to show some pride.

The fury has a specific irritant: this rivalry used to belong to Alabama. The Tide beat Tennessee 15 consecutive times from 2007 through 2021, but Saturday's loss was their third straight defeat in Knoxville. For Vols fans listening in, the meltdown was the sound of a series that has fully turned.