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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MIMark

January 12th, 2024 at 12:11 PM ^

I believe Tommy Rees will be interviewed basically as a favor to him and his career. He's a young coach on the rise. Give him the chance to prepare for an interview for the most successful program for the last decade plus. He won't be the guy unless things go very poorly with other candidates, but it will help him get his next job, assuming the guy, probably DeBoer, does not retain him.

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Amazinblu

January 12th, 2024 at 11:28 AM ^

Pete Carroll to Washington?   A 70+ year old head coach?   I don't think so.

DeBoer would a great choice for any program - he's a solid coach, and Bama has all the resources he could ask for.

The only question is - DeBoer seems "pretty clean" - and, he may have to adjust his style to fit into the SEC culture.

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G. Gulo of the Dale

January 12th, 2024 at 11:55 AM ^

Yeah, I had something of a similar reaction the other day when I realized that Carroll was 72, as I'd memory-holed most of his career prior to his tenure with USC, starting in 2001.  (And the guy has always looked young.)  Then I recalled that he was briefly a head coach in the NFL in the mid-90s with the Jets, immediately before his time with the Niners and Patriots.  "Fun Fact":  Carroll had a brief stint as a coordinator with OSU in 1979, the year after Woody Hayes retired.

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MichiganFootball

January 12th, 2024 at 12:55 PM ^

He also just doesn't seem like he's recruited at a high level before.  This year in a year they went to the national title, their recruiting class is ranked 36, after being 26 last year.

He seems much more of the sort of coach who is good at scouting and finding under the radar types and developing them, plus building through the transfer portal(and of course seems to be a great offensive mind).  Whereas at Alabama he's going to be expected to recruit top 5 classes year after year.  Just doesn't seem like a great fit to me for Alabama and being the guy to follow Saban.

It doesn't seem like Alabama has great choices otherwise with Lanning and Norvell clearly out.

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WeimyWoodson

January 12th, 2024 at 11:35 AM ^

If Harbaugh does decide to leave, I was torn about wanting either Moore or DeBoer as the next coach. I know there is a better chance of keeping more things together with Moore, but DeBoer has a record of 104-12 and has a proven track record of being an excellent head coach.

Was hoping that Michigan would get that option but if Bama swoops in, I think they're getting another elite coach. 

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MichiganFootball

January 12th, 2024 at 12:57 PM ^

If Harbaugh leaves and DeBoer takes the Alabama job I think you just hire Sherrone Moore.  There's not really anyone else out there who makes sense.

Alabama is sort of doing the legwork here in terms of available coaches anyways.  If Lanning isn't leaving Oregon for Alabama for instance, he's not doing so for Michigan.  And someone like Lane Kiffin isn't going to be a fit at Michigan.

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Perkis-Size Me

January 12th, 2024 at 11:49 AM ^

Coaching wise he's as big a home run as they can get. I only wonder whether or not he's a "cultural" fit. 

I just think back to the Bryan Harsin to Auburn situation. I know if he'd just won at Auburn most people would've eventually found a way to shut up about it, but it seemed like he was just not very well-liked the minute he walked through the front door. It was very much a "He's not one of us," or "He doesn't fit in here," or "He's some stranger from the Pacific Northwest." Granted, I don't know how much of that was self-inflicted or if he's just not a likeable person that people want to be around. I don't know. 

In any case, would DeBoer be looked at the same way or in a similar vein if he goes to Alabama? He's spent a majority of his time in a completely different part of the country, and it seems like in certain spots, people want a coach who "gets who they are." 

Again, if DeBoer goes there and wins, most everyone shuts up and falls in line, but I wonder if he'll receive any of the pushback or resistance that Harsin did at Auburn. 

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Michfan777

January 12th, 2024 at 11:58 AM ^

Harsin wasn't that inspired of a hire to begin with despite doing well in the post-Petersen era, and the guy did no favors - especially at a school like Auburn...but the deep south lives in a weird bubble.

Whenever I think that the bubble of South Orange County here is bad, I remember my time in the deep south or Alabama, rural Jawja Mississipi, Louisiana, and far East Texas.

It really is an "us vs the north" mentality down there. The thing is, the "north" is basically the north, east, west, and everywhere in-between.

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Amazinblu

January 12th, 2024 at 12:01 PM ^

I agree that culture is very important.   Just look at how Brian Kelly has seamlessly fit into the culture at LSU.

DeBoer, who I have a lot of respect for - am seems to have done things in a "very clean way" - if you know what I mean.  Being that much of a "good guy" - makes me wonder how effective he could be.

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kyeblue

January 12th, 2024 at 11:50 AM ^

The Bama job is overrated in my opinion, and it is almost impossible to replicate Saban's success there or anywhere.

Bama doesn't have the most resource in SEC, Georgia, LSU, Texas, Florida have more.  Lanning wasn't interested because Oregon can match every dollar Bama has. Anyone think that Sark will leave Texas for Bama is illusional. Rich Rod was not an idiot when he turned down Alabama. 

That said, it is still a better job than Washington, although the gap is not as much as people think, and I will not be surprised to see DeBoer go there but won't surprised if he stays. 

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Bo Harbaugh

January 12th, 2024 at 11:50 AM ^

Terrible fit imo.

He comes off as a great, winning coach but more familiar with the old "student-athlete" model.

Doesn't strike me as S-E-C, wheeling, dealing southern bagging type coach.

That said, maybe the bagging process is so embedded down there that all he needs to do is be an elite coach and let the program shenanigans take care of themselves.

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