DeBoer on UW recruiting and NIL
Per Mike Vorel in the Times:
MV: In terms of NIL resources, education and collectives surrounding the program, do you feel like Washington has what it needs to win recruiting battles for the top players in the country?
KD: “We’ve come a long way over the last 12 months, and I don’t think we’re there yet. We are headed in the right direction, and the support continues to grow. It’s very promising, in my mind, where we’re going to be. A lot of it has to do with the sustainability that’s going to be there for us, because of the foundation within our university with NIL. I feel like everything’s been done the right way. There are smart people making good decisions. We have a lot of support. It’s just a matter of continuing to educate our donors and our fan base on how NIL works and how it’s being done at our university, how important it is to producing a high-end team every year. That education continues to lead to more and more support. Hopefully, a year from now we’re talking about another level that we’ve gone to.
“So it’s been a slower climb, but I feel really good about the direction we’re going. Could there have been a guy or two that we might have in our program that we don’t? Yeah, probably. But it is what it is and we’re still attracting the right guys to our program. I’ve been coaching long enough to know that the guys who want to have a transformation and not just a transaction, those are the ones that you win with long term.”
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Not a bad job of toeing the line while revealing what he really thinks.
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I heard that he thinks we are not good at NIL loud and clear.chuck said:Not a bad job of toeing the line while revealing what he really thinks.
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I’ve been unimpressed with recruiting but after 11 wins and a shared off season natty deboner has earned the opportunity to get his own guys in here. I hope with another 11+ win season he’ll be able to beat some of the “big boys” for some more coveted recruits. Being able to bring in some all conference transfers will be huge and again hope we see this in the next cycle as the cupboards feel a little bare. They might have high potential guys who need a couple years to get there and that’s cool but who the fuck is going to play in ‘24? If this crews process includes development that’s ok BUT we? Have a two year black hole in recruiting which looks concerning on paper.
TL; dr. I wonder if deboner has his hands in driving nil opportunities? I wonder if stacking 10/11+ win seasons will drive more dollars? Where’s sonic when you need him. -
It's not horrible news. He's well spoken for a white guy
UW obviously lost the QB to Ohio State but that was development not money
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Probably not related at all🤔
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Development vs. transaction might win a small fraction of battles against schools that are poor at the former. Particularly (like you saw a lot with Petersen) with kids that already come from money. The problem is there there are plenty of "schools" out there at which a kid can get both. The NFL draft is littered with players that drove shockingly nice cars while "going to school," and this predates NIL by a long ways.
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Yes, but first he said (paraphrased) "it's hard."AtomicDawg said:
I heard that he thinks we are not good at NIL loud and clear.chuck said:Not a bad job of toeing the line while revealing what he really thinks.
Nicer than a Camaro?1to392831weretaken said:Development vs. transaction might win a small fraction of battles against schools that are poor at the former. Particularly (like you saw a lot with Petersen) with kids that already come from money. The problem is there there are plenty of "schools" out there at which a kid can get both. The NFL draft is littered with players that drove shockingly nice cars while "going to school," and this predates NIL by a long ways.
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I think the mentality of someone who values development over a few bucks is the big kicker. Especially in football where you have to be very committed to hurting yourself to make plays.1to392831weretaken said:Development vs. transaction might win a small fraction of battles against schools that are poor at the former. Particularly (like you saw a lot with Petersen) with kids that already come from money. The problem is there there are plenty of "schools" out there at which a kid can get both. The NFL draft is littered with players that drove shockingly nice cars while "going to school," and this predates NIL by a long ways.
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Plenty of schools do both. It's up to the fan base, admin and big dick boosters to decide how much they care. It's not an either or. Bama has been paying their players well for years before this.Canadawg said:
I think the mentality of someone who values development over a few bucks is the big kicker. Especially in football where you have to be very committed to hurting yourself to make plays.1to392831weretaken said:Development vs. transaction might win a small fraction of battles against schools that are poor at the former. Particularly (like you saw a lot with Petersen) with kids that already come from money. The problem is there there are plenty of "schools" out there at which a kid can get both. The NFL draft is littered with players that drove shockingly nice cars while "going to school," and this predates NIL by a long ways.
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Reading this just makes me laugh when those tied into UW NIL were busy telling me how wrong I was when I was calling out how behind the curve UW’s NIL efforts have been
No doubt improvements have been made
No doubt still behind where UW needs to be to compete at the top levels
