Linguist leaves Buffalo for Bama
The Saban retirement domino effect has now created four FBS head coaching vacancies.
Most interesting for Linguist - he’s leaving Buffalo to take the same position at Bama that he originally left Michigan to assume at UB.
Kudos to Bama. They’re giving DeBoer all the support a new HC could possibly ever want.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:38 PM ^
Bama gonna do what Bama does. You can hate them, but they will throw all the $$$ in the world to give the coach what he needs. They aren’t pretending to be anything other than they are. I respect the Hell out of that.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:00 PM ^
During the title game they made a big deal about DeBoer having had the same coaching staff since he was at Souix Falls College.
WTF happened to those guys?!
January 16th, 2024 at 8:28 PM ^
He told them he's bringing in new luggage and his luggage is Louis.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:52 PM ^
So... Prime DeBoer?!
January 16th, 2024 at 9:02 PM ^
Bama doing what Michigan should be doing
January 16th, 2024 at 7:41 PM ^
They’re giving . . . all the support a new HC could possibly ever want.
Are we taking notes?
January 16th, 2024 at 8:50 PM ^
Harbaugh just won the National Championship and you want Michigan to take notes about what the team they beat in the semi-final is doing?
They last two times Michigan tried to emulate Bama by hiring their OC's - Doug Nussmeier & Josh Gattis - it didn't turn out so well.
January 16th, 2024 at 10:51 PM ^
I am seeing a lot of posts that are in the nature of "Michigan won it all therefore no one can think that anything they have done is anything but the best and there are no areas that need re-examination and improvement." First, that is dead wrong. There are areas that need improvement. Second, even the national champion should evaluate everything in its program to figure out what can be done even better, what can be improved. Do you think there is nothing Michigan can learn from the things that Alabama had done just because we beat them in the Rose Bowl? Preposterous. Borrow the best ideas and practices that are out there.
January 17th, 2024 at 8:43 AM ^
I am in absolute agreement that Michigan should evaluate each and every year what they are doing. Did Bama rest on their laurels and think we won a NC so we can just keep doing the same thing? No! Saban changed coordinators and coaches more than some change underwear and he wasn't afraid to change his offense or defense either. More than any other coach in history he was able to adapt and change to the flow of CFB. The results speak for themselves: 6 national championships, 10 SEC championships, multiple coach of the year awards, and his coaching tree could likely fill 4 coaching staffs. Do we want to be like Bama the school? No. But we can sure learn a lot from Bama the football program. If not, 20 years from now we will still be talking about that one championship we won back in 2024. The Michigan football program just won a NC and if they allow that momentum to slow down they will once again get behind the likes of OSU, Georgia, Bama and other national programs.
January 17th, 2024 at 12:00 AM ^
Come on. This isn't just any team that lost in the semi-finals. Alabama is a team that won SIX national championships over the past fifteen years. How far back would Michigan have to go to accumulate six national championships?
Not saying Michigan should copy everything they do, but dismissing them out of hand because on of one game this season does not make sense.
January 17th, 2024 at 6:45 AM ^
We want to be the leaders and best, not Bama wannabes.
January 17th, 2024 at 7:31 AM ^
I think he was talking about the contract negotiations, not hiring coordinators.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:42 PM ^
Pete Thamel is creepy. He looks and sounds like the guy talking to children at the playground on one of those television crime dramas.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:14 PM ^
Got some really great candy in my car.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:36 PM ^
My wife is a huge SVU fan. Can confirm.
January 17th, 2024 at 1:24 AM ^
It's the pedismile.
January 17th, 2024 at 9:29 AM ^
Hey Thamel....
January 16th, 2024 at 7:42 PM ^
Damn you, Saban...had to go and retire a little too early. I really thought DeBoer would have been phenomenal at Michigan.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:43 PM ^
Cunning move, Linguist.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:45 PM ^
January 16th, 2024 at 7:53 PM ^
Fuck yea!
January 16th, 2024 at 7:53 PM ^
I came here to say Bama will regress to the mean. Hope nobody beats me to it....
January 16th, 2024 at 8:01 PM ^
Well I just don't think you say it with the same conviction as some others!
January 16th, 2024 at 8:29 PM ^
Alright McMurty.... +1 for winning the Championship of this thread
January 16th, 2024 at 9:42 PM ^
Oh Colonel Angus!
January 16th, 2024 at 7:43 PM ^
Bama will regress to the mean! It may take a couple years but in the end Debora (name check) will be fired within four year!
if Jim leaves for the pros he will also be fired within four years and will look back with regret to what he had here, a potential lifetime contract!
the pros (Alabama) is an unrealistic standard to replicate
January 16th, 2024 at 7:50 PM ^
LOL. You got this going 5 pages now.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:10 PM ^
I was wondering how this thread garnered 280+ posts in minutes.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:43 PM ^
Just your typical accidental DDOS.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:50 PM ^
I think that Hoek has changed the tide on the rivalry.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:51 PM ^
Wow, you really feel strongly about this - looks like over 200 posts...
January 17th, 2024 at 5:56 AM ^
I clicked on this thread at 5:50am on this Wednesday morning wondering what was so important to generate 359 comments.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:53 PM ^
If you've said it once you've said it a thousand times!
January 16th, 2024 at 8:03 PM ^
Either you’re drunk, have Tourette’s, suffering a stroke, or are clinically desperate for attention. In any case, you should seek professional help.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:08 PM ^
maybe someone should do a wellness check? dude must have passed out on his keyboard.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:56 PM ^
I love how anyone just seeing these comments has NO idea what lies ahead!!!
.January 16th, 2024 at 11:17 PM ^
I believe he said he had "to many drinks* on another comment posted about 20 times.
And yes the spelling is correct lol
January 17th, 2024 at 5:58 AM ^
"Debora" would laugh at this too.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:33 PM ^
Dang dude, I was like this thread must be heating up.
January 16th, 2024 at 8:45 PM ^
Brazen. Enjoy Bolivia. Send a post card please.
January 16th, 2024 at 9:35 PM ^
Looks like he didn't get Bolivia, he got nuked. That seems unfair and unsporting.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:43 PM ^
Bama will regress to the mean! It may take a couple years but in the end Debora (name check) will be fired within four year!
if Jim leaves for the pros he will also be fired within four years and will look back with regret to what he had here, a potential lifetime contract!
the pros (Alabama) is an unrealistic standard to replicate
January 17th, 2024 at 3:05 AM ^
Ninety seconds later..
January 16th, 2024 at 7:43 PM ^
Bama will regress to the mean! It may take a couple years but in the end Debora (name check) will be fired within four year!
if Jim leaves for the pros he will also be fired within four years and will look back with regret to what he had here, a potential lifetime contract!
the pros (Alabama) is an unrealistic standard to replicate
January 17th, 2024 at 3:06 AM ^
...I'm in the only room in the house where a boy of nine can sit in privacy and decode.
January 16th, 2024 at 7:43 PM ^
Bama will regress to the mean! It may take a couple years but in the end Debora (name check) will be fired within four year!
if Jim leaves for the pros he will also be fired within four years and will look back with regret to what he had here, a potential lifetime contract!
the pros (Alabama) is an unrealistic standard to replicate
January 17th, 2024 at 3:06 AM ^
Ah-ha! "B!" I moved to the next.