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Cruloc said:
Indeed, if those are the 4 then he's the best option. But can he recruit is the question. He seems to be a very good gameday coach, but can he be in the top 5 in recruiting every year so we can compete with Georgia, Texas and Ohio State.

Norvell....meh.

Locksley....please no.

Rees....seems like a pull in case of emergency type hire.
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I think he's a better gameday coach than Norvell, but at least Norvell has shown he can recruit somewhat and is familiar with the southeast. DeBoer... he was hired in 2022 and here's some recruiting rankings:
2019: #15 Washington
2020: #16 Washington
2021: #30 Washington
2022: #95 Washington
2023: #26 Washington
2024: #36 Washington

I get that he's done more with less, but that's alarming especially considering we don't really know what a team of his recruits would look like, but it sure looks like the talent would dwindle over time.

I hope that list isn't the top of the list but names from a bit lower...
 
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KrAzY3 said:
He finished second not based on how good his team was, but based on seeding and an easy schedule. I watched Washington several times this year, I wanted Alabama to play them because they would have been an easy playoff win for Alabama. Basically the only teams they played this year would be Texas and Oregon.

Good on him for winning those games mind you, but that's absolutely nothing compared to the brutal SEC schedules moving forward. His team wasn't better than Alabama or Georgia, that's for darn sure.

Having said that, this team was build in part on players he didn't recruit. His recruiting has actually been bad, even for Washington standards but they had a few solid classes before he arrived and that gave him a base to work off of.

There's a lot of red flags, Alabama's success is built around recruiting and apparently recruits don't know who he is either and that's a major issue.

Harsin had 4 consecutive ten win seasons out west, that didn't translate at all. DeBoer won a lot of games with a guy throwing for 4,500+ in the Pac-12. Well he's not going to have that guy and even if he did that guy isn't doing that in the SEC...
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I'd not throw DeBoer under the bus just yet - dude has won at every level he's coached...

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KrAzY3 said:
I think he's a better gameday coach than Norvell, but at least Norvell has shown he can recruit somewhat and is familiar with the southeast. DeBoer... he was hired in 2022 and here's some recruiting rankings:
2019: #15 Washington
2020: #16 Washington
2021: #30 Washington
2022: #95 Washington
2023: #26 Washington
2024: #36 Washington

I get that he's done more with less, but that's alarming especially considering we don't really know what a team of his recruits would look like, but it sure looks like the talent would dwindle over time.

I hope that list isn't the top of the list but names from a bit lower...
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To be fair, Washington isn't Alabama... :cool:
 
Looks like tomorrow is the day.

Multiple sources tell FootballScoop that today has been an incredibly active day in the Crimson Tide's ongoing search; Byrne has told the program and others within the athletics department that he intends to name Saban's replacement by the end of this week.

Among those emerging as serious contenders along the lines of earning interviews: Washington coach Kalen DeBoer, Florida State coach Mike Norvell and incumbent Tide offensive coordinator Tommy Rees.
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crimsonaudio said:
I'd not throw DeBoer under the bus just yet - dude has won at every level he's coached...

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I think he's a great coach, but he's shown a complete inability to recruit even with some on-field success. Kind of like Spurrier was at South Carolina. He won plenty, but he wasn't recruiting that hard and he wasn't championship caliber either.

Heck, you can argue the same for Dabo I guess. He doesn't like the portal, isn't using it much, still has won a ton of games and 9 wins is a "bad" season.

PA Tide Fan said:
Looks like tomorrow is the day.

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Still looks like a pretty lousy list to me...
 
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Just stated on Finebaum that Nick Kelly of Tuscaloosa News reports DeBoer and Norvell are top 2 candidates. But; a "wild card" candidate is Tommy Rees?? I can only see Rees getting on the list as a Saban recommendation? Thoughts?
 
Cruiser said:
Just stated on Finebaum that Nick Kelly of Tuscaloosa News reports DeBoer and Norvell are top 2 candidates. But; a "wild card" candidate is Tommy Rees?? I can only see Rees getting on the list as a Saban recommendation? Thoughts?
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Not really happy with any of those tbh. Rees might be a great HC coach one day but dang man, he is about the same age as me and has only been an OC for like 3 years. I realize hiring coaches can be a crap shoot most of the time, but you at least want to increase your odds…
 
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Cruiser said:
Just stated on Finebaum that Nick Kelly of Tuscaloosa News reports DeBoer and Norvell are top 2 candidates. But; a "wild card" candidate is Tommy Rees?? I can only see Rees getting on the list as a Saban recommendation? Thoughts?
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People keep saying this stuff, but unless Byrne tells us we have no idea. Even the former players are likely just running their mouths for attention.

No one who really knows what's going on is going to talk to a reporter or media click-baiter about it.
 
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Evil Crimson Dragon said:
And there are greater resources at Bama
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He doesn't get to bring Penix though, unfortunately.

Context matters here. He came to Washington after coaching at Frenso State, so he's been in the region, should have existing relationships. Recruiting immediately falls off a cliff. So bad that I had to click "more" on the recruiting page to even find his team. It wasn't just a small class, he had one four star recruit.

That's in his region, his own backyard. By comparison just two years earlier, Washington had 16 four star recruits! So he manages to land one his first class, that's how poorly he hit the ground running. The next year he got 8, and this year he has 7. By the way he had 9 six year seniors this year, this team certainly wasn't built around his recruiting classes...

That's still a total of 16 four stars in three classes! Compared to 16 in 2019 at Washington alone! If he does something like that at Alabama, more resources or not, there will be a massive problem, and he has no connection to the recruits in the area.

Basically who will do the recruiting for him? Because he clearly can't...
 
Listening to Coach Saban's interview with Rece Davis, it seems clear that he wants to have some presence in the program. Maybe he's just saying that to try and maintain some stability right now, but if I was an established coach it would potentially give me pause. Personally, I hope Coach Saban sticks around as much as possible, but I can see why the incoming coach would be concerned. To me the only hire that would be okay with having him around is Kiffin.
 
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Power Eye said:
Listening to Coach Saban's interview with Rece Davis, it seems clear that he wants to have some presence in the program. Maybe he's just saying that to try and maintain some stability right now, but if I was an established coach it would potentially give me pause. Personally, I hope Coach Saban sticks around as much as possible, but I can see why the incoming coach would be concerned. To me the only hire that would be okay with having him around is Kiffin.
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