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

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

Ranking the coaching hires -- How will it play out? 48 votes

1. Riley, USC 2. Deboner, UW 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog
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1. Riley, USC 2. Lanning, Oregon 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog
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1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog
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AtomicDawgDoogleshaiedannarcAOGPasadenaHuskyFan 6 votes
1. Deboner, UW 2. Lanning, Oregon 3. Riley, USC 4. Dickert, Cuog
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1. Lanning, Oregon 2. Riley, USC 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog
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DerekJohnsonwhlinderCarlosDanger1to392831weretakenStLouisDawg 5 votes
1. Lanning, Oregon 2. Deboner, UW 3. Riley, USC, 4. Dicket, Cuog
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  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,331
    1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog
    Because I want it to happen I voted.
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
    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"
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  • whlinder
    whlinder Member Posts: 5,271
    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.
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  • PasadenaHuskyFan
    PasadenaHuskyFan Member Posts: 611
    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
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  • PurpleBaze
    PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,320 Founders Club
    edited December 2021
    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.
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 12,991
    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
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  • PasadenaHuskyFan
    PasadenaHuskyFan Member Posts: 611
    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.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,141
    Dickert made a good hire at OC. The guy lit it up in the FCS.
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    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.
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  • Joey
    Joey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,270 Founders Club
    My predictions suck
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  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,331
    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
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,941 Founders Club
    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
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  • GaearGrimsrud
    GaearGrimsrud Member Posts: 82
    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
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  • BCoveysLifeInsPolicy
    BCoveysLifeInsPolicy Member Posts: 123
    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?
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  • BeerThirty
    BeerThirty Member Posts: 2,465
    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
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,141
    BeerThirty said:

    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

    It should be incredibly easy for him to get a great offense going next year. He’s not flaming out.
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  • RatherBeBrewing
    RatherBeBrewing Member Posts: 1,557
    This is how futile ranking head coaching hires is, evidenced by this SI list from 2017, ranked from best to worst:
    1. Scott Frost. Lame duck who took a pay cut.
    2. Chip Kelly. Lame duck.
    3. Jonathan Smith. Extended.
    4. Steve Campbell, Southern Alabama. Who? Went 9-26. Fired.
    5. Willie Taggart. Fired.

    14. Sonny Dykes. Successful, hired away by TCU.
    15. Josh Heupel. Successful, hired away by Tennessee.
    16. Jeremy Pruitt. Fired for recruiting violations and not winning enough.
    17. Sean Lewis, Kent State. Lol just won the MAC East and Kent State had made two bowl games under him after having three total in their history. He’s a day younger than Dan Lanning, making him the youngest coach in FBS.
    18. Mario Cristobal. Successful, hired away by Miami.
    19. Jimbo Fisher. Has led aTm to highest end of season ranking in AP poll era, finished with top recruiting class, beat Bama, attempted to be hired away by LSU for $125 million.
    20. Herm Edwards. Kind of successful? Not fired for violations yet.
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  • AOG
    AOG Member Posts: 2,679
    1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog
    I always favor the elites. That's what I like to do.
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  • 46XiJCAB
    46XiJCAB Member Posts: 20,967
    1. Riley, USC 2. Lanning, Oregon 3. Deboner, UW 4. Dickert, Cuog
    RoadDawg55 said:

    BeerThirty said:

    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

    It should be incredibly easy for him to get a great offense going next year. He’s not flaming out.
    He actually had D talent at OU and they couldn’t play D. SC? Knock has been lines on both sides of the ball. It won’t be magic next year for sure.
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  • dtd
    dtd Member Posts: 5,293 Standard Supporter
    1. Riley, USC 2. Deboner, UW 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog
    Poor cuog.
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,759 Founders Club
    1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog
    I like DeBoer a lot. You don't have to be a sizzle wizard to kick people's asses.

    He seems like pre burnout Petersen but with a chip on his shoulder. Players will want to play for him.

    Fuck off.
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,759 Founders Club
    1. Deboner, UW 2. Riley, USC 3. Lanning, Oregon 4. Dickert, Cuog
    UW_Doog_Bot said:

    Dickert has the least to do to be considered successful.



    House money at this point.

    Didn't have shit to do with the offense (their best aspect by far). Timed it perfectly with that rare 1/4 years when cuog has some seniors on D.

    Didn't have the connection to the Hawaiian pipeline including the QB. As a matter of fact flipped off the guy who did as he was booted off of campus.

    Went 3-2 for the soft part of his schedule.

    JBeavlet and bone dawg insert the plunger sideways into him next year.
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