Temperature Check - Are We Worried We Didn't Hire Grubb?
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No, Fisch On
Okay, you guys have helped. I wouldn't have taken a coordinator, especially an internal one with an even better resume than Grubb given the Lambo, Gilby, Jimmy trauma and the limitations of Sark.
I think there may have been long term talent acquisition issues and never hiring a real DC issues had even Deboer stayed.
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I have had the same feeling, but CFB has changed so much in the last decade, a coach's "brand" is required at this point. Fats didn't really have that presence, went 25-3, played for a natty, and still had trouble recruiting. The head stick has got to sell something other than "You will get a good education (for free), and we will give you an opportunity to develop and compete". It seems to now be "How big is my bag, and how soon can you get me to the league?". That is a generalization, but that's what it looks like from my seat.
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No, Fisch On
Sven??!!?? True??!!???!!!
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No, Fisch On
Fisch's resume for a HC job shits all over Grubb's.
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No, Fisch On
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Lanning is building a monster in Eugene
Too much name-dropping type of stuff going on. The little man inside my head has been constantly whispering to me that there might be some superficiality to him. On the other hand, he did take a horrible Arizona team to 10 wins and he did recruit well there in Tucson.
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Lanning is building a monster in Eugene
I thought DeBoer was a salt of the earth Dakotan who would be here for some time
Can't judge a book by the cover and anyway the two years DeBoer gave us were among the best ever
If Fisch wins he can star on Real Housewives of Montlake
If he loses fuck him
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"I thought DeBoer was a salt of the earth Dakotan who would be here for some time"
I mistakenly thought the same thing. But as you point out, he did lead an epic two year run. Tip of the cap to him for that.
We may have dodged a bullet with him leaving though. Time will tell. That run at UW was BPE powered, supported by an all time great WR corps and an outstanding OL. His recruiting was largely shit, and is now flying solo, Penix-less, Grubb-less, Huff-less. Bama is Bama until they aren't, but my hunch is Deboer will struggle there. He is operating in the shadow of the greatest CFB coach of all time at arguably the greatest CFB program of all time that is used to winning natties at an unreasonable clip.
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LIPO
Fisch can win big here. Why rebuild Florida in a meat grinder for one of the SECs four playoff spots? He will either build a championship level team here and leave for the NFL after he does or he will die trying. He knows first hand that switching jobs in the era of unlimited free agency is an awful burden and flat out not enjoyable. If Arizona was in the Big 10 or if UW was still in the P12 he likely wouldn't have left. He had built a formidable team from scratch. I'm LIPO because if he can't win here no blue blood in CFB will want him, if he stalls out at 9 wins a year like Chip at UCLA then we won't want him either and he will probably bail for an NFL OC job somewhere. An NFL head gig is his end game, period. That's his driving force. A motivated ladder climber is good for UW. He either gets there from Seattle or he never gets there at all.
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Lanning is building a monster in Eugene
Hmmm…. The Jen Cohen leopard print photo suddenly won't post.
