A month ago Tuesday was the hard launch of the new Alabama football era.

Standing before a room full of dignitaries, his family, the press and Nick Saban, new Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer went through the full car wash of a formal introduction.

That month’s been quite a year.

It’s been an intense 31-day span that’s seen a roster of stars swept off to the magic transfer machine.

Those 768-ish hours saw DeBoer build a staff and then saw the centerpiece of it whisked away just weeks later.

Every one of those 46,000-plus minutes have been occupied for the new face of the most visible program in college football.

So, where does that leave everything?

Where exactly is Alabama football after one month of DeBoer?

Frankly, it’s in flux.

At least from an outsider’s perspective, the multi-task effort of untangling 17 years’ worth of the most complexly organized infrastructure while building your own is easily underestimated.

The whiplash of playing for a national title on a Monday to jumping on a Seattle-to-Tuscaloosa plane on Friday to replace an icon is a staggering responsibility.

It’s like juggling seven footballs while playing a game of Jenga on a greased tightrope.

And with everyone watching, waiting and assuming you’ll soon be on the ground covered in Crisco while in a pile of pigskin and wooden blocks.

Fully judging the state of the situation is a fool’s errand at this point.

There’s still so much mystery surrounding the new regime that has only had limited public-facing moments. DeBoer had less than 10 minutes meeting with an army of local writers after the formal introduction at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Jan. 13. He met with reporters in Mobile at the Senior Bowl on Jan. 31 while doing a few broadcast interviews here and there without much news being made.

Even his contract details have not been made public though a UA financial database shows DeBoer was paid $508,100.38 on Jan. 31.

Yesterday, staff announcements were made announcing offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb and offensive line coach Scott Huff to the Seattle Seahawks. Grubb was a significant score for DeBoer as the two shared a long history with a fierce loyalty so the headlines on Feb. 9 of the OC’s return to Seattle wasn’t insignificant.

The Grubb/Huff hello/goodbye was also notable since DeBoer told reporters in Mobile the coaches would begin installation of the program system was taking place last week.

DeBoer’s assembled an interesting staff consisting of two returning Alabama assistants (Robert Gillespie with running backs and Freddie Roach with defensive line), two Group of Five head coaches (Kane Wommack and Maurice Linguist) with a heavy influx of coaches/support staffers from Washington. It’s not a coaching roster dotted with big names like the Saban career rehab days so that wow factor is missing from the current group.

And it’s not like Saban didn’t have turnover with coaches this time of year. Recall Steve Sarkisian left his offensive coordinator job for the same gig with the Falcons in February 2017, just weeks after he replaced Lane Kiffin.

But one thing’s clear: The stability of the figurative ship from the Saban days won’t be quite the same. Anyone who thought the assembly line would continue uninterrupted built unrealistic expectations.

There have been moments of optimism through the dizzying transition.

Salvaging the commitment and eventual signing of five-star Mr. Football Ryan Williams was perhaps the biggest win for DeBoer. The Saraland receiver’s initial defection in the wake of Saban’s retirement sent a shockwave down the spine of Alabama observers especially considering Auburn had been so involved in his recruitment.

And the transfer portal giveth — not quite as much as it taketh — with a few key players from Washington like center Parker Brailsford, receiver Germie Bernard and quarterback Austin Mack. That doesn’t exactly counterbalance the loss of five-star talent in Julian Sayin, Caleb Downs, Kadyn Proctor or Iron Bowl hero Isaiah Bond, but it’s not nothing.

Anecdotally, it shows the loss of elite players for really good talent. That aligns, to some degree, with the composition of the coaching staff.

Perhaps that’s where the dial for the expectation calibration should be turned.

Because, like it or not, a market correction is coming. These are just the laws of physics and practically every such leadership transition.

It’s something Alabama fans have had a month/768 hours/46,000 minutes to begin contemplating because the definition of good is evolving.

And it’ll be something we can more accurately evaluate 366 days/8,784 hours/527,040 hours from now.

Michael Casagrande is a reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.