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Only those tied into the negotiations know how serious UW was in their attempts to keep KDB and how open KDB was to staying

A lot probably also depends on how much of a heads-up KDB had that Alabama was on the table and at what point that was the case

I've stated on numerous instances that I had it communicated to me that "all will be fine if we can sign Coach to a contract" from someone inside the program entering November of 2023. At the time I took that to mean that we needed to come up with a number that made sense. In hindsight I took that to be more reflective of whether he was even open to staying.

For as much as people here want to skewer Fisch for his job hopping (and it's a fair criticism) … that same criticism is also a fair one to have on KDB.

I don't think anybody knows what exactly the number would have been to keep KDB here … if that was even possible (which those that want to skewer the AD for KDB leaving fail to acknowledge as a possibility).

What I do think makes a lot of sense is to say that anything at comparable money to Alabama was almost certainly have KDB leaving for Alabama.

I also think when having this conversation that it has to be called out that UW is getting a 1/2 share of B10 revenues in the short- to mid-term (anticipated full-share date is the 2030-2031 athletic year) and big picture doesn't have as rich or funded of an athletic department that Alabama has. IF this was going to turn into a bidding war it was a battle that UW was ill equipped to win.

I don't really know what the disdain for not keeping DeBoer and by default hating Fisch for not being DeBoer is getting you and others.

The irony is that there's a very real chance that Fisch will be living in a similar manner to that of DeBoer and there will be a celebration for not caving to keep Fisch all the while we hire a coach that has far more questions than Fisch and the balance of the roster gets gutted (again) and the new coach likely doesn't have the ability to restock the roster in the short-term with anything close to what went out the door.

TF do you mean wins out? A natty? Beating Orgon and winning a bowel? Y'all will be spontaneously jizzing yourselves 5 times a day on the way to the '26 natty regardless.

People like you Race deserve a shit program

If I still cared about UW football and wasn’t a Tide/Patriots fan, I’d tell all the retarded faggot doogs like @Tequilla and @PostGameOrangeSlices to die in a fucking fire with an open window so as to avoid asphyxiation and truly suffer as their flesh boils right off the bones. Good thing I don’t care and have moved on so I don’t have to say something terrible like that.

Let's be clear Roady …

I don't give 2 shits about Jedd as a coach as to whether he's the guy or not … about the only thing that I'd say is that he's probably got better odds than whoever the next guy is

The issue today isn't about the coach … it's about the roster

When you've had 4 coaches in 6 years and you're looking at potentially having 5 in 7 years that's an absolute train wreck for roster stability and what that looks like going forward

My motivation has always been about not having the roster gutted