DeBoer possibly heading to the Tide.

Submitted by Mineral King on January 12th, 2024 at 11:23 AM

Pretty heavy rumors out there. Definitely impacts our schedule next year if true. I think that would be a homerun for Bama. Maybe we can poach their TE. Who would Washington go for? P Carroll maybe? 

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Brodie

January 12th, 2024 at 12:01 PM ^

that is always the thing about these SEC jobs

it isn't even like they are nice college towns like your B1G, ACC, and Pac-12 (RIP) schools are in, Tuscaloosa is like a brown expanse that gets a tornado every other week. The money is nice but the QOL has to be complete ass.

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EGD

January 12th, 2024 at 2:13 PM ^

I don't know about that, it's mostly parking lots up there and anyway renovating things like weight rooms and practice facilities doesn't really require that much more space.

I think the bigger issue is that UW is probably much less willing to dump a bunch of $$ into its football program compared with an SEC school that has no other basis of relevance.

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Perkis-Size Me

January 12th, 2024 at 11:39 AM ^

Then I guess he's leaving. 

I don't know that UW would even be physically able to put up the same resources to football that Alabama does. I'm not saying that to suggest that UW as an institution doesn't have money. They do, but it just doesn't feel like UW would be the kind of place that devotes itself to football the way that Alabama does. 

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Blinkin

January 12th, 2024 at 12:07 PM ^

There's risks to both jobs.  Going to Bama, yeah you'll get those resources and facilities, but you'll also be following Nick gotdang Saban, so there will be a very high bar for success, and probably very little patience for "failure" (which would be defined as going 10-2).  But you'll be able to recruit better players, not have to worry too much about players going to class, and you'll have more shots at the national championship.

OTOH, at Washington you'll have the facilities and resource disadvantage compared to conference peers (especially now that those include Michigan and OSU), plus the fact that your players have to actually go to class.  And getting past those said conference peers will be tough to do on an annual basis.  BUT, you'll have a patient administration and fanbase who will be a lot slower with the hook if you have a rebuilding year.  

Personally, if I was him I'd stick with UW.  He'll have a job for life, and while UW isn't necessarily at the top tier of facilities and resources, they're also not New Mexico State or something.  UW is a place where a good developmental program could legitimately have a shot at the B1G/Natty every 3rd or 4th year.  They're not likely to become an annual steamroller, but it's also not a place where there's a hard ceiling on success.

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January 12th, 2024 at 12:59 PM ^

I think he should turn down the Bama job and when another big time job opens up, go after it.  The Bama boosters are f'n nuts and following Saban is only going to end in disaster.  That is a fan base that will have no patience for not contending for an SEC and National Title next year.  Not to say they will but depending on how some big name programs do the next year or two you are looking at jobs like Florida, LSU, Penn State and maybe even USC and Ohio St. opening up, and I think if some of those schools get a sense that DeBoer has interest in coaching them, might jump at that opportunity.  Again, I don't think any of those schools, aside from Florida, will potentially be in the market for a new head coach in a year, but that isn't to say that other, possibly "better" options than replacing Saban could present itself in only a year or two.

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UgLi Eric

January 12th, 2024 at 1:14 PM ^

Can you imagine that coach with those players? Could go either direction, he seems to work culture into a program, not take a program full of players and build a culture, and no one can be Saban. But Alabama has, hard to imagine, underperformed the last few years relative to their talent and expectations. DeBoer has vastly outperformed in multiple situations. He must be salivating at this opportunity. 

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MIdocHI

January 12th, 2024 at 2:10 PM ^

Deboer has never coached in the South.  Look at the failure of Harsin, by all accounts a good coach, at Auburn.  DeBoer is a very good coach, but he may find things are very different at Bama, and the expectations will be insane.  If I was DeBoer, I would pull a Frames with Washington- parlay the interest into a big money extension.  

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S FL Wolverine

January 12th, 2024 at 11:56 AM ^

I believe the Washington athletic department has a lot of debt and is lucky to break even nowadays. It’s one of the reasons they felt they *had* to take the Big Ten’s lowish offer - still better than what the PAC was offering - and leave. I don’t see how they have the resources to approach Bama. Now maybe DeBoer is just using this as a negotiation tactic to get more for his program. It suggests he doesn’t really want to leave but wants a commitment for increased spending. Still I wonder where that money would come from. They don’t have a rich Nike alum who is willing to commit funds. 

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Brodie

January 12th, 2024 at 11:52 AM ^

eh both Oregon before the past half decade and Washington in their initial success phase in the early 90s had lots of coaching continuity. Particularly UW with Don James. 

I think coaches are way more mercenary now. It was borderline impossible to imagine a coach like Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame for LSU even 10 years ago

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