The Huskies are in the playoff race

YellowSnow said:
All these fucking hypotheticals about keeping paying Jedd big bucks now are fucking aids.
I don't give a fuck if UCLA has an opening (plus sunshine) or if Florida has an opening (plus sunshine). You don't bet the future of the program on 6-2 with no 10 ft birdie putts made, Jedd.
There's a huge delta between his worth to the program between 8-4 and 10-2 and both are still very much on the table.
LIPO.
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10 years ago I'm absolutely agreeing with you
Today … I think we have to be very realistic about what the implications of losing a coach are in this world of college football where you aren't just losing your coach but often very significant portions of one's roster.
While it's fair to counter that by saying that you'll likely get a good chunk of the roster from whatever coach you end up hiring, I'd say it is very unlikely in how deep this years coaching carousal is that UW would be at the top of the list and wouldn't take a step back if they were to lose Jedd and effectively start over closer to what 2024 looked like.
I have no illusions that Jedd will eventually leave … but hopefully we can have a couple of really good years of success before he does leave and when he leaves it is heading to the NFL instead of elsewhere in college
 
DerekJohnson said:
This will be an unpopular take…
But I would almost prefer to see Washington knock off Miami or Tennessee in the Holiday Bowl (or whatever) to finish the season on a positive note and with double digit wins, than getting thrashed 41-10 by Georgia or Ole Miss in the first round of the playoffs. (And that is based on UW winning out the regular season, of course).
If I felt this team had a puncher's chance to go deep in the playoffs, I would see things differently of course.
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That's beta loser talk …
No offense … but we need to get this kind of thinking out of the fanbase
 
4 replies Teq TLDR!
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The speaker argues they’ve never said “don’t pay DeBoer” or wanted a cheaper coach and criticizes others for misrepresenting their views. They acknowledge gaps in the current roster and think making the CFP would still be valuable for identifying improvements for 2026. They emphasize realistic expectations — finishing Top 10–15 would be a success given recent challenges. They note that losing a coach like Jedd Fisch would likely set the program back due to player turnover, so stability is important. Ultimately, they reject defeatist attitudes within the fanbase.
YW
 
flatus said:
@PostGameOrangeSlices
If they're already ahead of UW, how will they have worse resumes?
UW plays 3 awful teams and 1 maybe good team. I'm confident Oregon will lose at least once before the game in Seattle.
I just think there are way too many "this needs to happen" outcomes not involving UW just winning out for it to make the playoff.
You all should be pissed at the pollsters. UW sitting outside the top 25 for so long created a recency bias that spilled over inti the CFP rankings.
Frigging Utah is #13 at 7-2. Is there a reason Utah is 10 spots ahead of UW? Blown out by Texas Tech. Couldn't beat Y at home. Look at the other 2 loss teams. Try to make sense of it. I can't, except for Oklahoma.
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They are ahead of UW because of poll inertia and that's about it.
UW at 9-2 hosting a 10-1 Oregon will be viewed as a play in game for the playoffs. The game will get hyped by all the talking heads.
A lot of teams are going to lose. UW can't be one of them.
 
Not to extend the disagreement, but someone upthread mentioned that DeB didn't like the UW fanbase or administration. I had never read or heard that. Was that a real thing? IOW, did he independently want out of here or was it Alabama and money?
 
Dannen’s own words say he offered $1m less than what DB signed with Bama for.
 
If UCLA beats Nebraska this weekend they will lose to OSU and need wins against UW and USC to get to a bowl. Let's hope the Huskers can take the fight out of em
 
PostGameOrangeSlices said:
Bob_C said:
Dannen’s own words say he offered $1m less than what DB signed with Bama for.
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He also said he wanted to negotiate and DeBoer didnt
DeBoer to Bama was a done deal. It is what DeBoer wanted. Place recruits itself.
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The least he could have done was lie and say we offered $11m and got turned down. Dannen probably offered $8.5m and lied it up to $9.5m to appease you.
 
Tequilla said:
YellowSnow said:
All these fucking hypotheticals about keeping paying Jedd big bucks now are fucking aids.
I don't give a fuck if UCLA has an opening (plus sunshine) or if Florida has an opening (plus sunshine). You don't bet the future of the program on 6-2 with no 10 ft birdie putts made, Jedd.
There's a huge delta between his worth to the program between 8-4 and 10-2 and both are still very much on the table.
LIPO.
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10 years ago I'm absolutely agreeing with you
Today … I think we have to be very realistic about what the implications of losing a coach are in this world of college football where you aren't just losing your coach but often very significant portions of one's roster.
While it's fair to counter that by saying that you'll likely get a good chunk of the roster from whatever coach you end up hiring, I'd say it is very unlikely in how deep this years coaching carousal is that UW would be at the top of the list and wouldn't take a step back if they were to lose Jedd and effectively start over closer to what 2024 looked like.
I have no illusions that Jedd will eventually leave … but hopefully we can have a couple of really good years of success before he does leave and when he leaves it is heading to the NFL instead of elsewhere in college
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But there's no strong evidence yet to suggest JEDD IS THE FUCKING GUY and we MUST back up the Brinks truck NOW!!
At least when DeBoer went 11-2 in 2022 with wins over Oregon and Texas, you could say he probably was the guy.
I don't give a fuck about all the hypothetical roster attrition, it's too risky to bet the house on Jedd at 6-2.
 
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So we’re going on Dannen’s word now. Cool. I’m more inclined to believe UW’s offer wasn’t anything close to $1 million less (IOW it was likely a lot gappier than that) and DeBoer just said “fuck you guys if you’re not gonna be serious.”

that’s way more believable than anything out of Dannen’s fat Midwest mouth
 
YellowSnow said:
Tequilla said:
YellowSnow said:
All these fucking hypotheticals about keeping paying Jedd big bucks now are fucking aids.
I don't give a fuck if UCLA has an opening (plus sunshine) or if Florida has an opening (plus sunshine). You don't bet the future of the program on 6-2 with no 10 ft birdie putts made, Jedd.
There's a huge delta between his worth to the program between 8-4 and 10-2 and both are still very much on the table.
LIPO.
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10 years ago I'm absolutely agreeing with you
Today … I think we have to be very realistic about what the implications of losing a coach are in this world of college football where you aren't just losing your coach but often very significant portions of one's roster.
While it's fair to counter that by saying that you'll likely get a good chunk of the roster from whatever coach you end up hiring, I'd say it is very unlikely in how deep this years coaching carousal is that UW would be at the top of the list and wouldn't take a step back if they were to lose Jedd and effectively start over closer to what 2024 looked like.
I have no illusions that Jedd will eventually leave … but hopefully we can have a couple of really good years of success before he does leave and when he leaves it is heading to the NFL instead of elsewhere in college
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But there's no strong evidence yet to suggest JEDD IS THE FUCKING GUY and we MUST back up the Brinks truck NOW!!
At least when DeBoer went 11-2 in 2022 with wins over Oregon and Texas, you could say he probably was the guy.
I don't give a fuck about all the hypothetical roster attrition, it's too risky to bet the house on Jedd at 6-2.
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I think there's more evidence than what you think but it's fair to say that he shouldn't be paid at the top top end of things.
But should he bump up from say $7M to closer to $9M towards that upper middle tier of the conference particularly in light of the market and extensions of other coaches (notably Rhule) … I think you can argue for that.
From what I've heard I think Jedd is more focused on increasing the budget for his staff and roster than his own number at this point.
So perhaps what is needed is getting more committed NIL money, raises for his staff, a couple of add-on years to the back-end of his deal with nominal raises to his existing deal, and a resetting of his buyout should another CFB school try to take him … perhaps write into the terms different numbers for him leaving for a CFB coaching job vs a NFL HC job.
The abundance of jobs in the market right now is going to drive compensation up if you want a coach with any kind of proven experience.
You may not want to acknowledge the changing market and implications to a roster but it is a real one and worth paying attention to. That turmoil does not seem to me to be a valid risk to undertake over what in the big picture are nominal dollars.
 
The game theory math has shifted with the portal. You are far better off firing your coach than getting him poached.
 
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