I saw the next Dallas Cowboys head coach yesterday

SuperBowlz

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InPhiltraitor said:
DL isn’t leaving Eugene for a while. If Alabama was of no interest to him, no other job is in the running. Dude let the speculation run wild that he was headed to Tuscaloosa, and then went gangster by dropping a tweet (at like midnight) of him smoking a cigar while telling everyone that he ain’t going anywhere.

His goal has been to bring SEC style of football to the west coast, and he knows the university provides the tools for him to get there. He gets the college game, and he loves the college game. You can get a small glimpse of who he is by watching the Ducks vs Them videos. He’s huge into relationship building, a tireless recruiter, and he and Sauphia and his boys are really planting roots in a community that has fully embraced them.

Besides, he’s not a polished coach yet. His first-year gunslinger coach mentality is steadily being replaced with more sound football decisions. He’s continuing to grow as a head coach, and he’s acknowledged that he's got room to grow.

There’s the clever stuff. I’ve heard there’s going to be a rule change coming based on how DL intentionally ran a 12th man (a DB) on the field at the end of tOSU game. He knew they’d get a 5 yrd. penalty but also knew there would be a strong likelihood they could cover up the receivers while the clock continued to run. The end result? It worked. tOSU accepted the 5yrd. penalty, ran one more play, and missed getting a TO to get the kicking unit on the field. And prior to the game a couple weeks back the team discussed using a funky punt formation to get a cheap 5 yrds. by drastically spreading their formation. The end result? One of the d-lineman panicked (as anticipated) and slid directly over the snapper which is your basic covering-up the snapper 5 yrd. penalty.

There’s the fun stuff. He called timeout when the Michigan game was in hand so the players could come to sideline to witness what it looks like to see 100,000 fans heading the exits before the final gun. Prior to the game in Madison, he played Jump Around during a team meeting and reminded the players to enjoy this experience because it’s so unique and to even participate with the Badgers fans.

At this point, he’s a perfect fit to galvanize and develop young talent at the college level. Who knows, maybe down-the-road he’ll be looking for a new challenge. The only chance to get him now is to get to his rudder…Sauphia.
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I hear what you're saying but the Dallas Cowboys is a lot more prestigious then Alabama
 
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The only times in recent memory that I have seen a good, established, winning College Head Coach actually leave and go to the NFL was when the coach was under investigation by the NCAA and were about to get ban-hammered.
 

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SuperBowlz said:
Maybe to coach the most well known sports team in the country
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It’s what everyone in the country knows about the Cowboys why he wouldn’t consider leaving the University of Oregon to coach Dallas. And it is how he makes a living. Jerry Jones doesn’t pay his head coach what top college football programs pay theirs.
 
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thunderpimp91 said:
Yeah when things are going well these college coaches are idolized and paid massive money whereas the NFL its an even playing field and only a few coaches wont get fired every 3-5 years and see their stock plummet. The only thing with the college game I could see coaches hating is the recruiting process that can be simply grueling, however these teams with massive NIL money to spend I wonder how that is changing things. I wonder if the recruiting piece is actually easier as it comes down more so to bidding on 4/5 star guys instead of the intense travel and theatrics college coaches had to do just a couple years ago.
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Yup. could see the transfer portal and young guys wanting to dip if they have to wait be a PITA for coaches-while also recruiting top ranked high school players.

However, IMO, for the big time programs, not like Dan Lanning has to do it all/limited budget. And at least in the short term he's running a top team in the NCAA with no signs of slowing down. Phil Knight is his sugar daddy.
 
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Hawkeye0202 said:
I think keeping some form of integrity in the locker rooms is harder. You have many kids making more money the their college professors. BTW....do grades/academics matter anymore? There was a time when it was the standard but now you hardly hear anything about their grades.
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I don't think grades for ANY student is a priority anymore.
 
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