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UW Coaching Future - As of 11/11/11

Tequilla
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Jedd's the favorite at +200

For perspective +200 is the same number as St Nick being the next HC at LSU

I still hold to the opinion that a new coaching search for UW is less than ideal. One of the names that you'd probably want to talk to if you were going down the path of a new search (Eric Morris - North Texas) is the favorite for Oklahoma St. It's not an ideal time to be searching.

That said, making a move that would "extend" Jedd here is still problematic and full of risk that was only magnified by the loss at Wisconsin.

I didn't view his comments on Monday this week as anything more than highlighting his resume of accomplishments at UW and on the PR side. The family stuff was appreciated but of all the things that a coach can talk about that the average fan probably doesn't fully understand, everybody can put them into the position of being a spouse and parent.

In the end, it's an actions > words thing with Jedd and he's not really earned enough for his words to be 100% trusted. The betting markets confirm that.

Whether Jedd already has a deal in place or an inside track, etc. at UCLA is TBD. If he's been trying to leverage UCLA (and others) for more at Washington … that's always a dangerous game if your bluff gets called on by your AD … and in this case this is an AD at UW that didn't hire you and has no direct ties to you.

I do think people need to realize with this 2025 team that the depth isn't where it needs to be to compete at the top levels yet and the OL highlights that the most. We saw the struggles earlier this year w/o Willis and Mills. Then at Wisconsin you have 2 different OL (G Hatchett and Azzopardi) go out and everything stalls again. There's talent but the depth isn't awesome. There's signs that the recruiting is moving in the right direction and that the young players that Jedd has on the roster (plus looking back at his recruits at Arizona) to suggest that he's doing well in terms of program building. The road record is obviously a growing red flag.

I don't envy anybody in this situation …

But I again note that if Jedd leaves there's a really good chance that this program will take a step or two back from where it is. IF that happens and we're going to continue down the path of expecting the CFP in Year 2 of someone's tenure … this is probably not going to be an attractive job and we're going to continue to be our own worst enemy as a program.

I still lean towards allowing Jedd 1-2 more years to prove whether he can get over the hump or not. If he can't then your program will still be in a better spot than what he inherited (DeBoer left a steaming pile of garbage). If he does and chooses to leave then hopefully its to the NFL and the program is in a position to make an attractive hire.

I'm rarely an advocate of kicking the can down the road … this very well may be one of those rare instances where it's the best option available.

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