This was the fascinating thing about the DeBoer hire. From strictly a coaching standpoint, he might be the best football coach in the country. Heās won everywhere heās been with elite offenses, well-coached defenses, and routinely overcome talent disadvantages. The guyās 101-9 for his career if you take out the Covid year with Fresno State, and heās 34-6 his last 3 years at a D1 without coaching stacked programs.
But his recruiting abilities and program management are massive question marks. Heās never shown he can operate a D1 program successfully long term. UW was in for a huge step back next year, and he didnāt do a good job of restocking the cupboard for Year 3 before he left.
Now heās tearing down one of the best rosters in the country so he can restart it the same way he did at 4-8 Fresno State and 4-8 UW. Maybe it will work because heās a great coach, but heās essentially lighting on fire every advantage that came with taking the Bama job after Saban.
Whether or not he wins there, Iām all for DeBoer turning Bama into a well-coached but less talented team, a la Oklahoma State with Gundy. Maybe we should send him some nice OAN fishing shirts while weāre at it.