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Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:57 am
by D-train
Turned down two massive offers to stay at UW. F that guy.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw- ... nnen-says/
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:36 am
by Donn Beach
I brought that up before, he turned down the deal long before the Alabama position opened. It didn't sound like Alabama in particular, he wanted to capitalize
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:27 pm
by Captain 97
It is what it is. I am not going to hold it against a guy for doing what he thinks is best for his career. He basically did the same thing when we scooped him out of Fresno. He is not from here and has no ties here so why would we expect any loyalty. I for one appreciate him putting out the dumpster fire that Lake left behind. I am not going to root for him at Bama but I am not going to waste my time being bitter either.
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:48 pm
by 57reasons
Exactly. Great coach while he was here, thankful for that. not gonna waste energy rooting against him anymore than i already do vs. Alabama.
Move on and poach someone else's talent from the portal as well as the prep ranks.
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:58 pm
by Michael K.
Captain 97 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:27 pm
It is what it is. I am not going to hold it against a guy for doing what he thinks is best for his career. He basically did the same thing when we scooped him out of Fresno. He is not from here and has no ties here so why would we expect any loyalty. I for one appreciate him putting out the dumpster fire that Lake left behind. I am not going to root for him at Bama but I am not going to waste my time being bitter either.
Well said. It's the landscape of college football. I fear a day is coming where I treat college football like college basketball. I just stop paying attention. It's so hard to watch college hoops because half or more of the roster is gone the next year.
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:20 am
by D-train
I posted Alabama's record the decade before Saban got there. They were mid at best. I predict it will end up being a terrible career move going from a place where he was worshiped to a place where he will be crucified for a 5-2 start. And for what exactly? a couple million more a season?
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:47 am
by Donn Beach
The period between Bryant and Saban is pretty break.
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:52 pm
by Sibelius Hindemith
So Saban was really that great a coach? Didn't seem to have much success in the NFL, so why was he so wildly successful in the college game? He doesn't seem to have been a player's coach in the way that Carroll was.
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:22 pm
by Michael K.
Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:52 pm
So Saban was really that great a coach? Didn't seem to have much success in the NFL, so why was he so wildly successful in the college game? He doesn't seem to have been a player's coach in the way that Carroll was.
Recruiting. Which isn't nearly as important anymore, since guys can be bought. So that is why he is gone, IMO.
Re: Dannen reveals that KDB was obsessed with Alabama most of the season
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:40 pm
by D-train
Donn Beach wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:47 am
The period between Bryant and Saban is pretty break.
In the decade before he got there they were 41 and 43 in the SEC