Hopefully Lanning will be secretly meeting with Alabama officials the week of the Washington game.
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DeBoer has made that even less likely now that the world can see that Saban was Alabama and he was right that NIL was going to kill his ultimate advantage, hence the timing of retirement.
The state of Alabama has 1 billionaire. One. He's an Auburn alum. Not an ideal place for NIL. In fact, the whole SEC has about 1/10th of the billionaires in the B1G. The balance of power has shifted heavily towards the B1G.
DeBoer has a talented roster but it's a carbon copy of a dozen other programs. Unless the rules change, Bama isn't the job it once was.
The state of Alabama has 1 billionaire. One. He's an Auburn alum. Not an ideal place for NIL. In fact, the whole SEC has about 1/10th of the billionaires in the B1G. The balance of power has shifted heavily towards the B1G.
DeBoer has a talented roster but it's a carbon copy of a dozen other programs. Unless the rules change, Bama isn't the job it once was.
AtomicDawg
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Talent is not their problem but you're right the sec is not the advantage it once was that that cheating is legal. The top sec teams used to overpower the big and acc teams, it was automatic. In one season fsu made their defense look like an upper tier sec unit.
It just doesn't make any sense, Boner's a great coach. It seems perhaps the issue is defense and his inability to get someone on that side of the ball to get it right. That seems like an easy fix, Ohio St lost Knowles and then brought in a veteran NFL guy. Dudes should be banging down his door for the DC role. His QB sucks, that also seems like an easy fix, it's still Alabama. They couldn't outbid Oklahoma for Mateer?(I know he followed the OC from WSU).
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Nothing last forever. I'm old enough to remember the Shula and Francione years. Lots of 4-7. Hope it happens again.
Gundy calls out Ducks' budget; Lanning fires back
Gundy goes full cuck in latest rant.
"Oregon is paying a lot, a lot of money for their team," Gundy said. "From a nonconference standpoint, there's coaches saying they should [play teams with similar budgets]."
Oregon is -28. Take the points. Bet the over.
Gundy goes full cuck in latest rant.
"Oregon is paying a lot, a lot of money for their team," Gundy said. "From a nonconference standpoint, there's coaches saying they should [play teams with similar budgets]."
Oregon is -28. Take the points. Bet the over.
creepycoug
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I honestly don't know the collective sentiment here. Do people want Lanning to go to Bama (or somewhere) or not?
I thought the narrative was keep him at Oregon because ….
I thought the narrative was keep him at Oregon because ….
Keep him at Oregon was when UW kept DeBoer
If I am a Bama fan and I am, I am storming the gates if they replace DeBoer with someone who couldn't beat him
One of the big complaints about DeBoer now is that he is a soft west coast coach who doesn't get it. He is actually a tuff northern plains guy but still. Lanning would be seen as west coast as well and Oregon as a no natty glamour queen
I don't care if he stays or goes. Oregon obviously wants to keep him and did so unlike another school I follow. Danny is 37-6. Oregon learned that not just anyone can do it there after suffering through Helfrich and The Snake Killer. Mario was not as good as Lanning even with a couple conference titles.
UW hoping for this or that to stop Oregon is so fucking tired. Hire the right guy and fucking stop them yourself
If I am a Bama fan and I am, I am storming the gates if they replace DeBoer with someone who couldn't beat him
One of the big complaints about DeBoer now is that he is a soft west coast coach who doesn't get it. He is actually a tuff northern plains guy but still. Lanning would be seen as west coast as well and Oregon as a no natty glamour queen
I don't care if he stays or goes. Oregon obviously wants to keep him and did so unlike another school I follow. Danny is 37-6. Oregon learned that not just anyone can do it there after suffering through Helfrich and The Snake Killer. Mario was not as good as Lanning even with a couple conference titles.
UW hoping for this or that to stop Oregon is so fucking tired. Hire the right guy and fucking stop them yourself
I was all on board for landing staying but since his rehab it now seems he has his shit together…..so he can LEAVE
creepycoug
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I hate to say this, but as much as I think Deboner had some magic in himself while he was with Washington I also think you have to say Penix and the WRs were a big part of it. It's not like he kicked Oregon's asses … he had a unique QB with weapons who have that thing the makes them clutch in the clutch. UW might not see that combo again in our lifetimes (well, maybe yours)
He also was coaching a team that was good at the "us against the world" bit and was coming in as the underdog in these big games with a chip on his /their shoulder, real or imagined.
Fast forward to where he is now, he's a front runner and doesn't get to sneak up or underdog anybody and he doesn't have the tools he had in the passing game. He's just not the same guy there.
Most interesting to me is to wonder what happens if he stays at Washington. I think he comes back down to earth a little w/o Penix and the Jets. Better than Jedd? Probably. Maybe. IDK.
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The narratives on Boner are going to change game to game which will subsequently change how we view the 2023 Huskies.
If Penix & Rome ball out this year then Boner sucks. If they're average and Boner loses 3 or more, Boner probably sucks. Currently trending strongly against Boner.
The question which I probably used to know and have forgotten is whether Boner wanted to bring Haener here more than he wanted to bring Penix here.
Having 5 NFL WRs (top 3 round picks assuming Bernard and Boston go top 3 rounds), an NFL roster TE, NFL level tackles and other linemen, plus Giles Jackson does make me wonder how we didn't score more points that year.
I think Boner does end up at UW, but this time its Wisconsin.
If Penix & Rome ball out this year then Boner sucks. If they're average and Boner loses 3 or more, Boner probably sucks. Currently trending strongly against Boner.
The question which I probably used to know and have forgotten is whether Boner wanted to bring Haener here more than he wanted to bring Penix here.
Having 5 NFL WRs (top 3 round picks assuming Bernard and Boston go top 3 rounds), an NFL roster TE, NFL level tackles and other linemen, plus Giles Jackson does make me wonder how we didn't score more points that year.
I think Boner does end up at UW, but this time its Wisconsin.
Oregon couldn't beat Penix, Odunze, that OL, etc.
But I like this narrative.
If Dan leaves, we'll replace him. Failing forward once again.
You can't win here.
A true what if take with DeBoner probably isn't ready for at least another year or two. It's a good point that almost losing every damn game in 2023 and the inability to put teams away is a reflective red flag. I hadn't watched the Sugar Bowl in a long time and forgot how much control we had in that game but couldn't pull away.
I've gotten a kick out of the complaints from Bama anonymous internet insiders about the lack of discipline and chaos around the team at the team hotel. Even when we were winning it always seemed like a shit show.
I've gotten a kick out of the complaints from Bama anonymous internet insiders about the lack of discipline and chaos around the team at the team hotel. Even when we were winning it always seemed like a shit show.
Why is no one talking about Will Rogers being DeBoer's successor to Penix?
That's the coach who was to have a statue at Husky Stadium?
Coleman and Williams are Fisch recruits. The cupboard was bare. DeBoer got out because he knew a huge drop off was coming.
Come on Flatass I've at least said many times I questioned DeBoner's recruiting and portal recruiting prowess and that the best he could bring in for 2024 was Rogers was shameful and his best defense is he was already out the door.
I think he would have probably went 8-4 last year, maybe 9-3, but no idea after that. The guys he signed at UW have not been particularly impressive.
Seems like he was on track to be a music artist who had an all-time debut album but then just disappointed after that forever.
I think he would have probably went 8-4 last year, maybe 9-3, but no idea after that. The guys he signed at UW have not been particularly impressive.
Seems like he was on track to be a music artist who had an all-time debut album but then just disappointed after that forever.