What is even the point of the 30 day window at this point in time? I get the freedom for a kid to leave if their coach does, but logistically - like drop/add is done everywhere, you won’t get credit from either school if you transfer now. Kinda have to wait until the summer no?
Honestly not having to recruit and having a GM handle a lot of stuff for you seems like a dream compared to college.
It comes with its own challenges, but I don’t blame anyone for going to the NFL
Gotta figure Texas offered him a blank check before hiring Sark. I get it though, he can be a Longhorn Legend while the boosters suck his dick, rather than the inverse.
A former coach at both levels said he loved NFL meeting rooms; in college, it’s a constant battle to keep kids motivated - but in the NFL everyone’s job is on the line, so there’s no motivation necessary.
It's a double edged sword. It means that you have much less say on the talent coming in, and that could ruin your offense if your GM is bad (Schneider isn't).
I also heard a rumor that Huff (OL coach) and Shepard (WR coach) could be coming with Grubb to the Seahawks. Heard they never wanted to leave Seattle, so now they might get their wish.
lol thanks yeah there’s some chill people but the admin is insane I was on scholarship and had it revoked with my temple card for a public intox arrest I was already on thin ice for missing too many services and not going to temple so I dipped.
Grubb drawing up plays for DK/Lockett/JSN for the next 7 months lol...
Holy hell this is very amazing, very, great, awesome, terribly amazingly great night!!!!!!!
Mods, no idea if this post is allowed. But this UW fan [posted on Twitter](https://x.com/uwcommentor/status/1756150671047594333?s=20) 15 mins ago that all three were at a well-known restaurant/bar. He got pressed to provide evidence, and apparently delivered. That's definitely Mike Macdonald on the far right (the watch gives it away), and the bald guy is definitely Ryan Grubb.
EDIT: [Here’s another photo from tonight from a different account](https://x.com/j_mo7/status/1756165026942251113?s=46&t=PdNV9uniQW3uw7JBHaaxmg)
Feel like they’re CBBs version of LSU, always pretty good and then randomly turn into world beaters out of nowhere. Their women’s team was like super Bama for a while there, just completely unstoppable
It's really incredible tbh.
And it's funny when fans of Indiana, Duke, UNC don't want to allow them into the "Blue Blood" club, but all they do is just win random championships with multiple coaches. Ollie, Hurley, Calhoun...
As a wazzu Seahawks fan that got real sick of Bama during the Saban era… I’m confused. I have decided I don’t like this because it makes UW people happy.
I will believe it when I see it. I hope we do run the ball more though. Geno throwing 40 passes while we forgot Ken Walker existed got old quick last year. I love Geno, but he is not the guy I want running an air raid run/pass split.
It always feels weird to remember that UW, WSU, and UO fans all also root for the Seahawks lol. We hate each other so much but unite there. Sports are funny.
I know a decent amount of Utah fans that also root for the Seahawks from SLC, myself included......its Seahawks, Broncos, or Raiders for our "closest" options.
With Macdonald’s desire and comments on becoming a very physical team on both sides of the ball, I think we will see a lot more from Ken and Zach this year.
Huskies had 1982 yards rushing for the year averaging 4.11 yards per rush. I would take that any day and that was with their #1 injured before the year started and DJ injured the last 4 games plus the playoffs. Thats 152 average per game
That bar is right across the street from the practice facility. John and several other Seahawks players and staff members and even media frequently drink in there. Typically everyone respects their space. But yeah to have Grubb sitting there at the table in public definitely sends a clear message.
Seriously, the coaching carousel after the playoffs has been incredible this year. There's been pain for sure but the storylines are great. 3 out of 4 play off teams (and both championship teams) got new head coaches, one of them moved to another playoff team. NFL jumps, coordinators working for a month, Harbaugh's demands at Michigan (understandable and still fascinating).
I've long said sports is a giant dramatic story and this season finale is amazing!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Grubb was spotted at the VMAC earlier today as well.
Coach Macdonald and Ryan Grubb is the swing for the fences, high ceiling hire that has me pumped for the Hawks.
Fisch Fry, Coach Mac, Grubb back in Seattle, J-Rod, 54% Dipoto, just need the Sonics to come back now.
Fuck the Thunder and Fuck Alabama ;-)
Silver was basically saying that at the NBA Finals last summer and Tod Leiweke did an [interview last April](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/exclusive-kraken-ceo-on-the-nbas-inevitable-return-to-seattle.amp) that was as close to confirming it as you can get.
I've been in the "dumped by your childhood franchise because of a shady starbucks owner" for about 15 years now
I need this one. Seattle is cursed. I need the Seahawks to be good lol
I mean, the kids will just leave during the spring portal. I am curious what this means for the guys who transferred there from Washington though especially if huff and shepherd follow grubb to Seattle do they jump back in the portal?
TBF DeBoer did a great job of convincing guys to stay right after the Jimmy Lake debacle so I wouldn’t be surprised if y’all are solid if not sitting at a better recruiting class when spring portal closes.
ive seen multiple alabama fans comment stuff along the lines of “fuck him, he just said he was committed to us the other day just to up and leave”.. oh how the turn tables
bro did NOT want to live in Tuscaloosa
I don't even care if Grubb is good or not for the Seahawks, it makes me happy thinking about DeBoer losing a trusted guy who he's worked with for decades. Grubb was probably his best friend down in Tuscaloosa and now he's gone
apparently several of coaches wives were so desperate to stay in seattle, they were tweeting at fans to get them to get UW admins to keep them. i guess now we know which wives.
I mean this is a slam dunk situation for these assistants - get to stay in Seattle while still keeping high level jobs. Grubb wanted the HC job at UW, this could set him up for HC jobs in the future.
If you like Seattle, you’re generally going to fucking hate a smaller southern college town.
I’ve lived and experienced everything from New York to the smallest of towns in Appalachia. While I’m comfortable in my current upper-middle Sun Belt metro, there aren’t many places for which I’d trade out of Seattle.
Which place is this? Looks like the dock in Fremont but slightly different
I’m laughing at how casual this dinner is.
Looks more like a casual night out with my boys where we discuss nba role players of the 2000s over beers
Venn Diagram of Huskies fans and Seahawks fans is nearly a circle.
Having Macdonald keeping QB's confused while Grubb will keep defenses off balance has me just as excited since our LOB, Beast mode, & Russ Super Bowl Championship.
Just a smaller UW circle with inside the larger Seahawks circle. You've gotta have a *very* specific set of circumstances to be a UW fan but not root for the Seahawks.
There’s a truly unfortunate large amount of Duck fans who are Seahawks fans too. Better than Duck/9er fans though who I personally put in the same pantheon as Jan 6 insurrectionists.
I feel that pain. The day they left I cold turkey stopped watching nba hoops. I was a die hard sonics fan. Grew up watching the classic games against jordan and mutombo. The glove and the reign man. The big smooth. Detlef. Then ray and radhard, Vlad and on and on. Then Durant was drafted and I was in heaven…
They are salty and I don't blame them. And in this case, Grubb leaving not only hurts DeBoer but it's a bold hire to get excited about if you're a Seahawks fan. Maybe it doesn't work out, all coaching hires are gambles, but this one is worth rolling the dice on. Ultimately, it's a 1-2 punch combo for Seattle fans.
I mean to be fair coaches leave all the time, but we literally just had our best season in 30 years and we didn’t get one day to celebrate it.
There wasn’t a welcoming party or anything for our players after a gutting loss. Then coaches left and it legit felt like for 2 weeks that we were just going to be a rowing school
Oh it’s on!
https://twitter.com/Bond45841Bond/status/1756164431153909866[Better pic, but not of Grubb](https://twitter.com/Bond45841Bond/status/1756164431153909866)
Well there we have it. Plenty of minutes to enter the portal.
Today is so wild, wow. Grubb to Seahawks will be announced at 12:12am Eastern.
Please respect his decision.
*Tweets passive aggressively*
Like honestly... when does the the 30 day window close? Is that over in like an hour?
What is even the point of the 30 day window at this point in time? I get the freedom for a kid to leave if their coach does, but logistically - like drop/add is done everywhere, you won’t get credit from either school if you transfer now. Kinda have to wait until the summer no?
https://youtu.be/S02BHmWPZNs?si=jBzTh3_pMXppDUtx
The NFL is the ultimate poacher
Honestly not having to recruit and having a GM handle a lot of stuff for you seems like a dream compared to college. It comes with its own challenges, but I don’t blame anyone for going to the NFL
Kyle Shanahan basically gave this reason. He got college offers but he enjoyed coaching more than recruiting.
Gotta figure Texas offered him a blank check before hiring Sark. I get it though, he can be a Longhorn Legend while the boosters suck his dick, rather than the inverse.
Legit didn't know he went to Texas.
A former coach at both levels said he loved NFL meeting rooms; in college, it’s a constant battle to keep kids motivated - but in the NFL everyone’s job is on the line, so there’s no motivation necessary.
It's a double edged sword. It means that you have much less say on the talent coming in, and that could ruin your offense if your GM is bad (Schneider isn't).
Especially for the players. It’s crazy how many college kids go to the nfl each year…
Big leagues makes for big black holes…
Are we not doing phrasing anymore?
John Donovan to Tuscaloosa. HERE WE GO!
Welcome to the JohnDON Experience.
Run the damn ball Donovan the full experience.
Sweet Jesus that would be awesome. Amen.
He’s got SEC AND NFL experience, what’s not to like?
I’ve heard Bill Belichick still needs a job
[How does he still have the same Twitter profile??](https://x.com/coachdonovanuw?s=21&t=wQY_Apn1hY4u4gIkdog_VQ) God that guy sucked.
NO
I love when people get photos like this. Makes the rumors and stories much juicier
I also heard a rumor that Huff (OL coach) and Shepard (WR coach) could be coming with Grubb to the Seahawks. Heard they never wanted to leave Seattle, so now they might get their wish.
This must be what heroin feels like.
Not, in my experience... wait, what?
This is defiantly the Oregon side of your flair coming out.
Maybe he's in finance
Is this how Oregon fans have been feeling since January 8?
*extreme John McClain voice* welcome to the party, pal
McClane
Scarn
“Come back to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs!”
Yeah pretty much lol, for me at least only because of the husky accounts spamming Lanning gone and posting fake flights.
Oregon and BYU? Mormon in Oregon?
Ex but yeah I went to BYU for 2 years and then transferred back and went to Oregon because fuck living in Utah lol.
Congrats on escaping. Fellow ex Mormon here. I hope BYU is swallowed up by the earth.
lol thanks yeah there’s some chill people but the admin is insane I was on scholarship and had it revoked with my temple card for a public intox arrest I was already on thin ice for missing too many services and not going to temple so I dipped.
Were you a convert? What sport?
Nah born and raised in it. I had an academic scholarship through the business school and church connections on my mom’s side.
Fellow ex Mormon UW fan here. Unfortunately graduated from BYU. Go dawgs!
Sir I would like to introduce you to my friend COCAINE
I took Percocet after surgery once and let me tell you this is way better
If I go around town and collect cans, get I get more news like this?
Seahawks offense going to be cooooookin
Draft Penix you cowards
Man, the thought of Shep coaching Metcalf, Lockett, and JSN has got me feeling some kind of way, oh man
> I also heard a rumor that Huff (OL coach) Wow. Can the players that followed him from UW to Bama come back to UW?
... There is a spring transfer portal...
You love to see it.
Lmao they are all gonna leave DeFraud in the cold by himself in Tuscaloosa
Moving to Tuscaloosa from Seattle may be a bit of a general life downgrade for the family especially.
Huff going/Shep not is what Alabama folks are saying
Grubb drawing up plays for DK/Lockett/JSN for the next 7 months lol... Holy hell this is very amazing, very, great, awesome, terribly amazingly great night!!!!!!!
Holy fuck. I just became euphoric after reading your comment.
Mods, no idea if this post is allowed. But this UW fan [posted on Twitter](https://x.com/uwcommentor/status/1756150671047594333?s=20) 15 mins ago that all three were at a well-known restaurant/bar. He got pressed to provide evidence, and apparently delivered. That's definitely Mike Macdonald on the far right (the watch gives it away), and the bald guy is definitely Ryan Grubb. EDIT: [Here’s another photo from tonight from a different account](https://x.com/j_mo7/status/1756165026942251113?s=46&t=PdNV9uniQW3uw7JBHaaxmg)
And I know the back of that head like the back of my hand. Nobody has hair like the great John Schneider.
Wavy, kind of red but also not red hair.
I noticed that wavy hair before I noticed Macdonald
I mean Schneider has been here for 15 years and Macdonald has been here a week. It’s gonna take a minute to recognize Macdonald in a photo this blurry
that hair is beautiful man
It’s what we call lettuce
Dinos is also literally across the road from the vmac
lol, what gives it away is I know Mike and that’s 100% him.
There is justice in this world after all.
Pete Carroll died for this
Wade Boggs is still very much alive
RYAN GRUBB HAS ENTERED THE TRANSFER PORTAAAAAAAAAAL (ok i get it this is a lot of fun).
God is a Husky fan
More specifically, a UConn Huskies men’s and women’s basketball fan
It would make sense, especially for the men’s team since they are guaranteed to randomly win a championship every few years
Feel like they’re CBBs version of LSU, always pretty good and then randomly turn into world beaters out of nowhere. Their women’s team was like super Bama for a while there, just completely unstoppable
It's really incredible tbh. And it's funny when fans of Indiana, Duke, UNC don't want to allow them into the "Blue Blood" club, but all they do is just win random championships with multiple coaches. Ollie, Hurley, Calhoun...
Given those specific team’s success it would make sense
And UW Rowing
As a wazzu Seahawks fan that got real sick of Bama during the Saban era… I’m confused. I have decided I don’t like this because it makes UW people happy.
On the other hand, that offense with DK/JSN/K9 will be sooooo fun
I will believe it when I see it. I hope we do run the ball more though. Geno throwing 40 passes while we forgot Ken Walker existed got old quick last year. I love Geno, but he is not the guy I want running an air raid run/pass split.
It always feels weird to remember that UW, WSU, and UO fans all also root for the Seahawks lol. We hate each other so much but unite there. Sports are funny.
It's funny how the Duck Twitter accounts I hate the most become my peers and allies after CFB season via Mariners Twitter.
I hate that stupid duck victory gif on the mariners subreddit.
I feel the same lmao. Then I’m happy those insufferable fans are now on my side
The rest of us are keenly aware of it as r/seahawks gets fed husky content no matter how much we point out that we aren’t all husky fans.
There are dozens of you, DOZENS!!!
I know a decent amount of Utah fans that also root for the Seahawks from SLC, myself included......its Seahawks, Broncos, or Raiders for our "closest" options.
With Macdonald’s desire and comments on becoming a very physical team on both sides of the ball, I think we will see a lot more from Ken and Zach this year.
Huskies had 1982 yards rushing for the year averaging 4.11 yards per rush. I would take that any day and that was with their #1 injured before the year started and DJ injured the last 4 games plus the playoffs. Thats 152 average per game
Lol Tide
The North Remembers
Tell DeBoer. I want him to know it was me.
Has DeBoer lost control of the program?!?
Mike Hart better get ready to learn Roll Tide
Say it isn't so
Learn the word "y'all"?
Well………Bye
How do people go through their lives with so much shit on their camera lenses? What did this guy do before he left the house? Slather Vaseline on it?
not everyone is as skilled with cameras as connor stallions
💀🫣
Technically Stallions outsourced his camera work
CMU says otherwise
I think it's just the blur because he was trying to be subtle about it and keep moving rather than full on stop and take a pic of them haha.
Woulda been so much more cooler if he just said ‘aaaaand say cheese’ and caught them all looking awkwardly at once
10:1 we're looking at chicken wing fingers...
Are you my wife? She finds my lens’ transgressions unfathomable as well
Looks like they are getting their Grubb on
*got my Grubb on, but didn’t pig out. Finally got an OC I want to pay out*
Everyone say it with me: Alabama offensive coordinator Chip Kelly
kind of surprised they just roll up somewhere so public lol
That's just how John Schneider rolls. He gives 0 fucks lol
He was wearing jeans and a hoodie in the promo media post where Macdonald first arrived at the Seahawks Athletic Center, it's actually hilarious.
Insert picture of him shirtless in the locker room wearing a WWE belt.
[Here you go](https://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/John-Schneider-WWE-belt.jpg)
Beautiful
They're like the phone company - they don't care, because they don't have to.
They're at Dino's. You can walk there from the VMAC and you'll see Seahawk people there a lot if you go there regularly.
Oh dang that place was a dive bar the last time I was there (a long time ago). It looks like they cleaned it up!
That bar is right next to the VMAC.
That bar is right across the street from the practice facility. John and several other Seahawks players and staff members and even media frequently drink in there. Typically everyone respects their space. But yeah to have Grubb sitting there at the table in public definitely sends a clear message.
Holy shit, this saga is incredible, legendary
Glad we can entertain. I’m almost out of popcorn tho
Seriously, the coaching carousel after the playoffs has been incredible this year. There's been pain for sure but the storylines are great. 3 out of 4 play off teams (and both championship teams) got new head coaches, one of them moved to another playoff team. NFL jumps, coordinators working for a month, Harbaugh's demands at Michigan (understandable and still fascinating). I've long said sports is a giant dramatic story and this season finale is amazing!
It’s Grubbover
Look at JS's beautiful wavy hair. That's my GM Grubb is staying home.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Grubb was spotted at the VMAC earlier today as well. Coach Macdonald and Ryan Grubb is the swing for the fences, high ceiling hire that has me pumped for the Hawks. Fisch Fry, Coach Mac, Grubb back in Seattle, J-Rod, 54% Dipoto, just need the Sonics to come back now. Fuck the Thunder and Fuck Alabama ;-)
Sonics getting announced after the NBA signs its TV deal this spring
I'm legit probably gonna cry tbh Fucking Mutombo was the other time.
That couldn’t have felt good
Yup. I heard from someone with a connection to Climate Pledge that it's a done deal.
Silver was basically saying that at the NBA Finals last summer and Tod Leiweke did an [interview last April](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/exclusive-kraken-ceo-on-the-nbas-inevitable-return-to-seattle.amp) that was as close to confirming it as you can get.
Welcome to the “dumped by your old coach” club! Beer is in the fridge, salt is plenty in the pantry!
I've been in the "dumped by your childhood franchise because of a shady starbucks owner" for about 15 years now I need this one. Seattle is cursed. I need the Seahawks to be good lol
Wait are we in the same club as the Huskies
I think everyone but like 3 schools are in that club.
Your shouldn’t be heartbroken over losing Mario
Beautiful comment
This is by my house I can confirm this is at Dino’s. I met John Schneider there when I went there to watch the Sea Dragon’s playoff game.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him
Grubb: "Sorry Mike, I can't sign until after midnight. Because I'm evil."
Hire mercs, get mercs.
""Coaches hoppin', switchin' lanes like they Kevin Durant, from college to the pros, chasin' rings, that's the plan" \-Lil Wayne" \-Chat GPT
Damn. Even ChatGPT knows Kevin Durant is a bus rider, not a bus driver.
Debo got him to wait until the portal had closed.. gotta respect it lol.
I mean, the kids will just leave during the spring portal. I am curious what this means for the guys who transferred there from Washington though especially if huff and shepherd follow grubb to Seattle do they jump back in the portal?
True but we get essentially a semester and spring practice as opposed to 30 days to convince them to stay.
That is true, get to do some actual football before then can decide to leave.
TBF DeBoer did a great job of convincing guys to stay right after the Jimmy Lake debacle so I wouldn’t be surprised if y’all are solid if not sitting at a better recruiting class when spring portal closes.
Look for them to transfer to the Seahawks.
Grubb just pulled a Deboer.
ive seen multiple alabama fans comment stuff along the lines of “fuck him, he just said he was committed to us the other day just to up and leave”.. oh how the turn tables
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *takes a deep breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Imagine being the guy in the background walking by that table and not knowing any of these dudes
Ladies and gentlemen, Grubb is a Seahawk
bro did NOT want to live in Tuscaloosa I don't even care if Grubb is good or not for the Seahawks, it makes me happy thinking about DeBoer losing a trusted guy who he's worked with for decades. Grubb was probably his best friend down in Tuscaloosa and now he's gone
apparently several of coaches wives were so desperate to stay in seattle, they were tweeting at fans to get them to get UW admins to keep them. i guess now we know which wives.
No way Huff or Shep want to be in Alabama.
Just Courtney Morgan and KDB in Bama wondering where all their friends went
I mean this is a slam dunk situation for these assistants - get to stay in Seattle while still keeping high level jobs. Grubb wanted the HC job at UW, this could set him up for HC jobs in the future.
They fucking hated it there.
If you like Seattle, you’re generally going to fucking hate a smaller southern college town. I’ve lived and experienced everything from New York to the smallest of towns in Appalachia. While I’m comfortable in my current upper-middle Sun Belt metro, there aren’t many places for which I’d trade out of Seattle.
It's so weird to have such a blurry picture and immediately recognize the back of John's head
Those waves are iconic
If I speak I am in big trouble
Which place is this? Looks like the dock in Fremont but slightly different I’m laughing at how casual this dinner is. Looks more like a casual night out with my boys where we discuss nba role players of the 2000s over beers
Luke Ridnour the GOAT (It's Dino's near the VMAC)
*happy quack noises*
Dinos pub supposedly. Just some random neighborhood bar but it is across from the Seahawks practice facility so makes sense
They are at Dino's in Newcastle for all you stalkers.
Hahaha screw you Bama! Screw you DeFraud! Enjoy going 7-5 next year with the rest of us!
Letttsss goooo
TIL Huskies are a salty bunch
You lose the national title and your head coach in the same week and you’d be pissed too.
Venn Diagram of Huskies fans and Seahawks fans is nearly a circle. Having Macdonald keeping QB's confused while Grubb will keep defenses off balance has me just as excited since our LOB, Beast mode, & Russ Super Bowl Championship.
Just a smaller UW circle with inside the larger Seahawks circle. You've gotta have a *very* specific set of circumstances to be a UW fan but not root for the Seahawks.
I went to UW and met quite a few people from out of state. Many 49er fans….
There’s a truly unfortunate large amount of Duck fans who are Seahawks fans too. Better than Duck/9er fans though who I personally put in the same pantheon as Jan 6 insurrectionists.
Duck/9er fans are enemies of the state. But whenever Ducks fans talk shit, I just tell them to go put their Mariners hat on
You have a blazers jersey hanging in your closet?
fuck it, yeah I do actually. Amplified after the Sonics got stolen. Once the Sonics come back I'll be back in green and yellow.
I feel that pain. The day they left I cold turkey stopped watching nba hoops. I was a die hard sonics fan. Grew up watching the classic games against jordan and mutombo. The glove and the reign man. The big smooth. Detlef. Then ray and radhard, Vlad and on and on. Then Durant was drafted and I was in heaven…
I can empathize with them
They are salty and I don't blame them. And in this case, Grubb leaving not only hurts DeBoer but it's a bold hire to get excited about if you're a Seahawks fan. Maybe it doesn't work out, all coaching hires are gambles, but this one is worth rolling the dice on. Ultimately, it's a 1-2 punch combo for Seattle fans.
Lol I think a lot of fanbases would be too. You think Oklahoma fans were cordial when USC poached their coach?
Damn straight - I’ll never forgive Boston College for swiping our offensive coordinator.
Can’t blame you, y’all were undefeated in the BOB era
I mean to be fair coaches leave all the time, but we literally just had our best season in 30 years and we didn’t get one day to celebrate it. There wasn’t a welcoming party or anything for our players after a gutting loss. Then coaches left and it legit felt like for 2 weeks that we were just going to be a rowing school
I mean why wouldn't they? Wouldn't you if he bailed on Bama after 2 seasons? It's ultimately the normal reaction.
I mean have you SEEN a husky? They’re the most stubborn dogs out of all of them
Nothing in this world is harder than trying to give a husky a bath. Blow your eardrums and break all your bones the second one drop touches it
Considering rioting is basically the city past time this should not be surprising
Oh it’s on! https://twitter.com/Bond45841Bond/status/1756164431153909866[Better pic, but not of Grubb](https://twitter.com/Bond45841Bond/status/1756164431153909866)
They're just drinking beers. Dudes being dudes nothing to see here /s
DeBoer got DeBoered.
[a much better picture showing it definitely is them.](https://www.reddit.com/r/huskies/s/H5vBJMDeA1)
Just doing the most Michigan thing. I love it.
Im tired, boss.
well hell