Ranking the coaching hires -- How will it play out?

DerekJohnson

When we look back in 3-4 years, who will we think was the best hire?

honeybadger40

1. Riley, USC 2. Lanning, Oregon 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog

Deboner sucks until he doesn't

AtomicDawg

1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog

Because I want it to happen I voted.

RaceBannon

No option for Dickert at #1?

CuntWaffle

1. Riley, USC 2. Deboner, UW 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog

honeybadger40 said:

Deboner sucks until he doesn't

Riley is the only one that doesn't qualify as "sucks until he doesn't"

whlinder

1. Lanning, Oregon 2. Riley, USC 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog

The fact that two programs care and 1 doesn't is the bigger issue. It will play out this way regardless of who each one hired.

PasadenaHuskyFan

1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog

Riley hasn’t proven yet that he can rebuild a program currently in the dumps. Lanning will have a pretty steep learning curve. Going with DeBoer

PurpleBaze

1. Riley, USC 2. Lanning, Oregon 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog

Yes, I had to edit this, because my joke was a big THUD!

Anyway, I'm voting Lanning ahead of DeBoner because of Oregon's momentum with their success and all the other advantages they have over UW.

Will be interesting to see if DeBoner can get UW past its never-ending mediocrity.

whatshouldicareabout

1. Riley, USC 2. Deboner, UW 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog

Riley is a clear 1 given he's won conference titles at a P5 school.

DeBoer and Lanning are unknowns, but I feel more certainty around where DeBoer fits in the hierarchy of Pac-12 coaches versus Lanning. Lanning just hired an OC from Florida State that managed to score 17 on Jacksonville St, so he's in Hamdan territory until he isn't.

Dickert is probably 3rd in the North given that Shaw has lost his touch since 2019

Swaye

1. Riley, USC 2. Deboner, UW 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog

I'm just glad we can subtitle the Apple Cup Dickher vs Deboner every year.

PasadenaHuskyFan

1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog

Dickert is the first WSU coach in a long time that doesn’t appear to be a complete clown.

RoadDawg55

Dickert made a good hire at OC. The guy lit it up in the FCS.

MikeDamone

Swaye said:

I'm just glad we can subtitle the Apple Cup Dickher vs Deboner every year.

With Penis the featured QB.

1to392831weretaken

1. Lanning, Oregon 2. Riley, USC 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog

Riley was the most volatile hire. He's yet to field a good defense in his career, yet he brought Grinch over with him. His teams also tend to drop one or two to far inferior talent every year. I could also see his personal life explode in LA. Gives me Freshwater/Sark vibes. He'll have pretty much unlimited talent to work with, but he's had nearly that at Oklahoma every year and never broke through.

Oregon's is the lowest risk hire because things always work out for Oregon either way. Unlike USC, they have the money to handle their hire shitting the bed. And even if he does, some team down south will probably buy him away from them just to be nice. Lanning will have a almost as much to work with as Riley but without the pressure.

I would bet DeBoner is the best coach of the three. The Pain Simulation suggests that'll matter fuckall, and this is going to get ugly.

Joey

My predictions suck

AtomicDawg

1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog

RoadDawg55 said:

Dickert made a good hire at OC. The guy lit it up in the FCS.

Beau Baldwin 2.0

RaceBannon

1to392831weretaken said:

Riley was the most volatile hire. He's yet to field a good defense in his career, yet he brought Grinch over with him. His teams also tend to drop one or two to far inferior talent every year. I could also see his personal life explode in LA. Gives me Freshwater/Sark vibes. He'll have pretty much unlimited talent to work with, but he's had nearly that at Oklahoma every year and never broke through.

Oregon's is the lowest risk hire because things always work out for Oregon either way. Unlike USC, they have the money to handle their hire shitting the bed. And even if he does, some team down south will probably buy him away from them just to be nice. Lanning will have a almost as much to work with as Riley but without the pressure.

I would bet DeBoner is the best coach of the three. The Pain Simulation suggests that'll matter fuckall, and this is going to get ugly.

The Oklahoma defense was so bad that Grinch was welcomed as a savior.

That's bad

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

1. Riley, USC 2. Lanning, Oregon 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog

RaceBannon said:

No option for Dickert at #1?

Stop the steal

GaearGrimsrud

1. Riley, USC 2. Lanning, Oregon 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog

When he beats Oregon I'll get a sweatpants DeBoner and revist pole

BCoveysLifeInsPolicy

1. Riley, USC 2. Deboner, UW 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog

Riley’s a proven commodity at a high level. Is he necessarily going to produce playoff teams at USC every year? Probably not. But he’s head-coached at a P5 top-10 program and knows what it takes.

DeBoner’s head coach record is solid; just need to see if that will translate at the next higher level. Decently high ceiling, and not a super low floor.

Lanning is a big ?. He could be the next Smart, but he could be another Wilcox or worse, Lake. History would suggest the odds favor the latter outcome, or mediocrity.

I’d put Dickert ahead of Lanning. He’s gotten his people to play solidly so far. Now we just have to see if that was an anomaly, and the cuog return to their cuoging ways.

Also, no Janet Reno, or FYFMFE for options?

BeerThirty

My $ is on Riley bombing out. He isn't taking over Bob's well oiled machine. SC is a dumpster fire right now.

We'll see how good of a coach Riley is