re: Kirby hires TRob.

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DeBoer will likely bring his whole staff. Everyone may as well get onboard.

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At Washington, DeBoer had two co-defensive coordinators: Bill Inge and Chuck Morrell. Their defensive numbers aren't eye popping at all, but they did have timely defense the four times I watched Washington this year (both games against Oregon and both playoff games). I've also said before that I was surprised to see the adjustments they made against Michigan.

It looked like they were getting blown off the ball in the first quarter and I honestly envisioned a massive blowout. I was in the game thread lamenting how PAC 12 teams just played no defense. But then they changed some things up and held Michigan to just two field goals for the next 30 some minutes. Like Bama in the Rose Bowl, they forced Michigan into a long string of three and outs.

So overall assessment of the two DCs at Washington is that they looked pretty solid but nothing phenomenal. DeBoer is definitely an offensive minded coach, which will be a culture shift for all of us. We were an offense first team from 2018-2022, but the culture from the head coach was obviously still defensively minded.