DeBoer

[Jeff Howe]

I want to see the kind of staff he’d put together, but there are worse candidates Penn State could hire besides Brian Daboll. He got the Saban endorsement, so he has that going for him, which is nice.

[Coach840]

Well Kentucky is open, he can go there

[SueVide]

Sark isn't leaving Texas for Alabama. He has two children enrolled currently. His daughter just stated law school at UT and I've read his third child may be the next Texas enrollee. Plus, he has a seven month old. You think his wife wants to leave Austin for Tuscaloosa. You don't know her very well then. 

[Connor Vaughn]

9 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

I want to see the kind of staff he’d put together, but there are worse candidates Penn State could hire besides Brian Daboll. He got the Saban endorsement, so he has that going for him, which is nice.

Great pick. I had Daboll on the back of my mind as an offensive assistant at Texas for one year with Sark to rebuild himself and then go after another HC job at any level in 2027. I hope he lands wherever he wants because I think he’s a helluva coach.

[Gerry Hamilton]

1 hour ago, chennups said:

Bama can match anything Penn State could offer.  Plus they are a potential playoff team now in the SEC championship game with a known quantity at QB for next year or two.

Would be shocked if he left.

skc

I wouldn't

[Jeff Howe]

The Alabama job is going to be a no-win situation for a while. Gene Stallings actually won a national title between Bear Bryant and Saban and it seems like a footnote in that program’s history.

You‘d have to leave Alabama as the greatest coach in college football history to live up to expectations. 

[TexasOnTop]

Sark isn't leaving Texas and I doubt Deboer leaves this cycle (despite how poorly I think the fit is with him at Bama). If Auburn hadn't fumbled the Iron Bowl away I think Deboer would be on the next flight out of Tuscaloosa to Penn State.

[CHorn427]

1 hour ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

 

If Sark does not want to be here for what he is making now he can hit the road.. Bye.... You are either committed or not... 

so the Ole Miss logic.

How about no? 😂

Do you have a great Sark replacement up your sleeve? Options seem a bit scarce to me

[whereiend]

Daboer is the only name I've heard for Penn State that is an upgrade over James Franklin.

[JMarquette]

12 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

I wouldn't

Heard there’s a guy in Baton Rouge who’d be interested 

[HookemTexas]

18 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

The Alabama job is going to be a no-win situation for a while. Gene Stallings actually won a national title between Bear Bryant and Saban and it seems like a footnote in that program’s history.

You‘d have to leave Alabama as the greatest coach in college football history to live up to expectations. 

Like you said, Saban made the Bama fanbase spoiled with impossible expectations.  If you're not winning multiple championships, they'll call for blood.  Those fans won't even be happy just to competitive for the post season.

[Coach840]

DeBoer and family don’t seem happy in Alabama, I wouldn’t be surprised if he left

[Hookem1012]

It’s fun watching the world burn.

[Sanka Decaf]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

I want to see the kind of staff he’d put together, but there are worse candidates Penn State could hire besides Brian Daboll. He got the Saban endorsement, so he has that going for him, which is nice.

gunga la gunga

[SB21]

52 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

The Alabama job is going to be a no-win situation for a while. Gene Stallings actually won a national title between Bear Bryant and Saban and it seems like a footnote in that program’s history.

You‘d have to leave Alabama as the greatest coach in college football history to live up to expectations. 

Ah the Gene stallings championship team for Bama in 92 was fun to watch. I remember David Palmer/Derek Lassic on offense and George Teague on defense…. Funny how seeing stallings name triggered that memory even though he was an Aggie. Ha  

[Longhornmd]

I would like to see what the Bama fan base would do if Georgia beats Bama by two scores and Bama gets left out of the playoffs. 

[genevalonghorn]

2 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

The Alabama job is going to be a no-win situation for a while. Gene Stallings actually won a national title between Bear Bryant and Saban and it seems like a footnote in that program’s history.

You‘d have to leave Alabama as the greatest coach in college football history to live up to expectations. 

This is the problem I had when DeBoer took the job in Tuscaloosa - and it is frankly the problem I have when any HC at a program capable of winning a national championship leaves for another program (cough, Brian Kelly, Lane Kiffin).  Was he that desperate to avoid the W/L stain of a post-Penix Washington Huskies program?  

With Kiffin in particular, how can he now say that winning a national championship is important to him?  He had a team this year that is as capable as any this season, a down year for college football.    

Edited 44 minutes ago by genevalonghorn

[Oldest Horn]

35 minutes ago, genevalonghorn said:

This is the problem I had when DeBoer took the job in Tuscaloosa - and it is frankly the problem I have when any HC at a program capable of winning a national championship leaves for another program (cough, Brian Kelly, Lane Kiffin).  Was he that desperate to avoid the W/L stain of a post-Penix Washington Huskies program?  

With Kiffin in particular, how can he now say that winning a national championship is important to him?  He had a team this year that is as capable as any this season, a down year for college football.    

Because he believes, like a lot of people, that the LSU job has a much higher ceiling than ole miss.