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re: I never have understood the snap panic hire of Deboer
Posted on 8/30/25 at 9:10 pm to FearlessFreep
Posted on 8/30/25 at 9:10 pm to FearlessFreep
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where has he been?
Sioux Falls
Fresno St
Washington
I won’t lie (while I understand that he didn’t jump from Sioux to Fresno to Washington as a head coach…he did coach at other programs) that is an odd jump in running ships…..
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Posted on 8/30/25 at 9:45 pm to leeman101
Deboer is a zero. No charisma no proof he knows what he is doing. I could live with growing pains I just don’t like the guy
Posted on 8/30/25 at 9:52 pm to leeman101
Sark and Lanning said no for an interview
Day wasn’t leaving. Neither was Dabo or Kirby
How else would you have preferred?
Day wasn’t leaving. Neither was Dabo or Kirby
How else would you have preferred?
Posted on 8/30/25 at 9:56 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
the difference is after NIL those teams have greater proportion of the best players
Posted on 8/30/25 at 11:46 pm to SlowFlowPro
I remember you absolutely wetting your panties that DeBoer was gonna be the next Saban during the Bama/UGA game last season 
Posted on 8/30/25 at 11:57 pm to Sun God
The Vanderbilt loss really broke the program...
Posted on 8/31/25 at 12:11 am to dallastiger55
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Sark and Lanning said no for an interview
While I don't doubt you (I don't remember Lanning turning down an interview) I'm shocked at this. I guess the few years Sark was there and the year Lanning was there turned them off.
However with Sark, I wonder if Bama would be easier to coach at compared to Texas with the history of boosters trying (and likley) running the ship.
Although I do wonder if they didn't want to 'follow' Saban.
Also they could/should have done an interview in order to get a better contract.
This post was edited on 8/31/25 at 12:17 am
Posted on 8/31/25 at 12:12 am to Indiangensing
He was the hot name that cycle but as someone said earlier, the guy after a legend doesn't work out.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 12:18 am to Cleathecat
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He was the hot name that cycle
Yeah it seems like people forget that Washington was in the title game.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 12:41 am to dupergreenie
quote:NAIA, limited scholarships, essentially club league with slightly better facilities and equipment - he last coached there16 years ago
Sioux Falls
quote:was there for exactly 2 years to the day, went 12-6, went through only one complete recruiting cycle in 2021, which was conducted largely through Zoom
Fresno St
quote:was there 2 years, 1 month and 15 days, was quite successful (25-3 with a CFP round 1 win) albeit in a conference that was self- destructing - again only went through one entire recruiting cycle (his 2023 class was #26 in the 247sports composite rankings)
Washington
so 4 years HC experience at the FBS level, only 2 in a P5 conference (in its final two years of existence)
and Bama paid his previous employer $12 million up front to hire him, and wrote him one of the most expensive contracts in the history of the sport ($87 million for 8 years, 90% guaranteed)
Posted on 8/31/25 at 12:57 am to FearlessFreep
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FearlessFreep
I wasn't defending him nor the hire. You asked a question and I answered. I even said going from Sioux Falls to Fresno St. to Washington to Bama was an odd leap even though they weren't exactly back to back. I feel like this is something better said in person than over text.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 6:39 am to mattz1122
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Of course it’s strannix and tackysweater tarding up the thread
Imagine supporting this hire lol
Posted on 8/31/25 at 6:42 am to Sun God
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remember you absolutely wetting your panties that DeBoer was gonna be the next Saban during the Bama/UGA game last season
This is great if so lol
Posted on 8/31/25 at 6:45 am to FearlessFreep
Excellent post. This hire gets better by the day lol
Posted on 8/31/25 at 7:14 am to TackySweater
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Imagine supporting this hire lol
People are discussing the hire at the time, not with hindsight bias, specifically that he was a "panic hire"
Posted on 8/31/25 at 7:16 am to TackySweater
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This is great if so lol
I also said that sometimes the cerebral type coaches sometimes work in other conferences but not in the SEC, due to the personality involved.
That was always the variable with him and Bama.
Brian Kelly has had similar personality fit issues at LSU, for example.
This post was edited on 8/31/25 at 7:18 am
Posted on 8/31/25 at 7:28 am to SlowFlowPro
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also said that sometimes the cerebral type coaches sometimes work in other conferences but not in the SEC, due to the personality involved.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 7:36 am to SlowFlowPro
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People are discussing the hire at the time, not with hindsight bias, specifically that he was a "panic hire"
Well it certainly was a ahitty hire at the time. Not sure what you’re missing.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 7:37 am to SlowFlowPro
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also said that sometimes the cerebral type coaches sometimes work in other conferences but not in the SEC, due to the personality involved. That was always the variable with him and Bama.
That’s certainly the crawfish lol
Posted on 8/31/25 at 7:38 am to TackySweater
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Well it certainly was a ahitty hire at the time
And yet no better alternatives have been posted by the middle of page 2
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