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Post by beaverbeliever on Jan 12, 2024 12:20:28 GMT -8
Lost their AD to USC, coach to Bama....
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Post by atownbeaver on Jan 12, 2024 12:24:38 GMT -8
Lost their AD to USC, coach to Bama.... While is certainly looks likely right now, the media sure did f%#* it up with Lanning just like a day ago. still, sure seems like it. |
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Post by ftd on Jan 12, 2024 12:32:14 GMT -8
if Lanning was #1 and DeBoer was a step or two behind...how interesting that the SEC's best team in the last 10 years plus went after two Pac 12 coaches...
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Post by RenoBeaver on Jan 12, 2024 12:36:20 GMT -8
Beavs love Husky transfers and recruits.
Come home puppies!
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Post by hottubbeaver on Jan 12, 2024 13:22:37 GMT -8
if Lanning was #1 and DeBoer was a step or two behind...how interesting that the SEC's best team in the last 10 years plus went after two Pac 12 coaches... I doubt he was, but the point still holds true. Most likely top choices were: Kiffen, DeBoer, Sark, which still equals lots of PAC DNA |
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Post by vhalum92 on Jan 12, 2024 14:45:22 GMT -8
if Lanning was #1 and DeBoer was a step or two behind...how interesting that the SEC's best team in the last 10 years plus went after two Pac 12 coaches... I doubt he was, but the point still holds true. Most likely top choices were: Kiffen, DeBoer, Sark, which still equals lots of PAC DNA I had the same thought.... coordinators from the SEC come here to be HC, then the SEC comes poaching HCs. Anyone else realize ol Niner jumped to soon? The coaching carousal is just getting started. He might have been considered for UW... Or might have been considered for the Big 12 team that is about to lose a HC for UW. Crazy times. |
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Post by jimbeav on Jan 12, 2024 15:08:50 GMT -8
I doubt he was, but the point still holds true. Most likely top choices were: Kiffen, DeBoer, Sark, which still equals lots of PAC DNA I had the same thought.... coordinators from the SEC come here to be HC, then the SEC comes poaching HCs. Anyone else realize ol Niner jumped to soon? The coaching carousal is just getting started. He might have been considered for UW... Or might have been considered for the Big 12 team that is about to lose a HC for UW. Crazy times. I've had that exact same thought. Now is when all the coaching carousel craziness will ramp up, and it strikes me that if Smith acted like a compassionate human being and politely told all suitors that he'd evaluate all options after the season is over, he could have lots of options at his disposal now, including probably MSU still, if they wanted him so bad. It strikes me now how irregular it was for a school to be actively shopping for a coach during the season, and what are the odds that they happened to focus on our guy? But then I wonder....what if it wasn't about the odds, but rather it was based on who would give them the time of day? I'm willing to bet 90% of coaches care enough about their current team to politely decline suitors until after the season is over. But not ol' Jonny. His ears were wide open for listening. The more time goes on, the more I'm becoming convinced that what he did was NOT in the normal realm of how most decent, ethical coaches would behave. It was easy to say, well, anybody would do what he did under the circumstances. Nah, I call BS. There's a time to start talking to a potential new employer, and the middle of the season ain't it... On the plus side, at least we are locked and loaded now while other schools will be getting nervous about their coaching uncertainty heading into the final recruiting home stretch. |
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Post by highincascadia on Jan 12, 2024 15:30:03 GMT -8
Kalen Deboer is such a great coach. Can you imagine going from Fresno to Washington to Alabama all in the span of like 5 years? Super easy guy to root for and I hope Bama continues its dominance.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jan 12, 2024 15:38:25 GMT -8
if Lanning was #1 and DeBoer was a step or two behind...how interesting that the SEC's best team in the last 10 years plus went after two Pac 12 coaches... I doubt he was, but the point still holds true. Most likely top choices were: Kiffen, DeBoer, Sark, which still equals lots of PAC DNA Not sure Kiffin was even considered. He bailed on Alabama for the FAU job and Alabama fired him as OC before the playoffs the year he left there. Burned some bridges. |
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Post by rgeorge on Jan 12, 2024 15:50:09 GMT -8
Kalen Deboer is such a great coach. Can you imagine going from Fresno to Washington to Alabama all in the span of like 5 years? Super easy guy to root for and I hope Bama continues its dominance. I know Bama lost a ton of talent to the draft and portal. But, they are deep... I guess?? As in the SEC your depth kids aren't going to match up with experienced starters from the better SEC teams. The guy is not from the south. He'll need Saban's unconditional support and help to build relationships and have those "open doors" remain open. Meyer and Saban had never coached in the south until FL and LSU. Outliers? Maybe, but it has been done. I'm just not sure how good DeBoer is really is. I mean he has been at very solid programs with solid player bases and fan support. Great OC at several stops, but as a HC he's bee gifted with some pretty good QBs and teams he really never recruited: not going into NAIA HC record as it is a completely different animal... Fresno St: '20 3-3 with Jake Haener 150/232 14TDs '21 10-3 with Jake Haener 329/490 for 4096 yds 33 TDs Solid RBs in Rivers and Mims UW: '22 11-2 with Penix 362/554 31 TDs '23 14-1 with Penix 363/555 36 TDs Can't argue with the record, but he's walked into some pretty good situations that had far far less pressure and expectations. Good news, the 12-team playoff. Should make that, if not yikes! Either way, if indeed true... it'll be a nice payday. Hopefully Nicole, Alexis and Avery want to move and like the south?? |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 12, 2024 17:09:26 GMT -8
Kalen Deboer is such a great coach. Can you imagine going from Fresno to Washington to Alabama all in the span of like 5 years? Super easy guy to root for and I hope Bama continues its dominance. Less than two years and 45 days. DeBoer was an Offensive Coordinator for Fresno State five years ago. He then was hired away to be the Offensive Coordinator at Indiana before being hired back to be the head coach at Fresno, where he was until just after the 2021 regular season. |
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Post by ftd on Jan 12, 2024 17:14:19 GMT -8
Kalen Deboer is such a great coach. Can you imagine going from Fresno to Washington to Alabama all in the span of like 5 years? Super easy guy to root for and I hope Bama continues its dominance. Less than two years and 45 days. DeBoer was an Offensive Coordinator for Fresno State five years ago. He then was hired away to be the Offensive Coordinator at Indiana before being hired back to be the head coach at Fresno, where he was until just after the 2021 regular season. Now lets see Alabama go west and play at Fresno... |
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Post by Judge Smails on Jan 12, 2024 18:43:50 GMT -8
I doubt he was, but the point still holds true. Most likely top choices were: Kiffen, DeBoer, Sark, which still equals lots of PAC DNA Not sure Kiffin was even considered. He bailed on Alabama for the FAU job and Alabama fired him as OC before the playoffs the year he left there. Burned some bridges. Kiffin came out as soon as it was announced and said he wasn’t interested. He said no way he’s stupid enough to follow Saban. |
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Post by gameday on Jan 12, 2024 19:18:39 GMT -8
I think it was DeBoer all along. Lanning may be up and coming, but he’s not ready for a program like Alabama yet. I really don’t believe that was ever serious. I bet this was close to done right after the NC.
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Post by beavadelic on Jan 12, 2024 19:37:38 GMT -8
Kalen Deboer is such a great coach. Can you imagine going from Fresno to Washington to Alabama all in the span of like 5 years? Super easy guy to root for and I hope Bama continues its dominance. He really is. He has done nothing but win as he moved from South Dakota to Indiana to Fresno to UW, and he seems genuinely like-able as well. After the behavior of the UW leadership throughout this process of the dissolution of our conference, he was about the only reason that I could manage for pull for the Huskies. With him gone and them in the BIG moving forward, it will be easy to avoid them. I think that this will be a home run for Bama, and DeBoer must be pinching himself to get this opportunity so relatively early in his career. |
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