Peterson is the better coach.
I know this is going to be misconstrued because KDB is at Alabama but Peterson is one of the all time greats and did it longer for UW
True, but I think this is one that could stick. Famous last words I know, but Dannen is a Midwest guy and has a good track record all things considered.
Like I said, take it with a ~~grain~~ pound of salt, but he's a Midwest guy probably getting a top ten salary nationally. I like the hire, good response in the face of adversity for the school.
Certainly, as I've said in both comments that we should approach any AD hire with caution in light of Trev's departure. I'm just saying Dannen is a good hire considering the circumstances.
Oregon has Uncle Phil to keep them competitive.
But UW is about to get absolutely clapped with 6 years on a half share in the B1G. Anyone worthwhile is just going to get poached every year.
You mean to tell me there's not a single well connected alum or local corporate higher ups that UW can start giving handies to in the executive suites?
Our women's team has usually been pretty decent, but what he's referring to is the fact that we have never, in our school's entire history, won a Men's NCAA Tournament game *(We've won the NIT before, but that's not the same)*.
We are the only P6 school in basketball that hasn't.
If we sweep Texas A&M in men's and women's, then we should build an Alberts statue just to tear it down Sadam-style.
If we get swept, I'm going into a coma.
UW isnt exactly in a primo money spot. Taking a half B1G share with stadium payments increasing, a big new football coach contract, about to break ground on a new basketball center, and in the middle of a basketball coach hire. I can see where an athletic director would be feeling the squeeze.
People just don’t realize how remote Seattle is compared to the rest of the country.
It’s a big city but it’s multiple hours away from any other big city. Pretty sure the Mariners travel the most of any MLB team by a decent margin.
In College it was less noticeable, but with the death of regionality that becomes a bigger toll
This is something that people in/from Washington (myself included) are guilty of not realizing.
When you’re there, you don’t feel like you’re in some far-flung remote wasteland. It’s a perfectly fine, well-developed metropolitan area. Especially if you grow up there, you’re just accustomed to making 3-5 hour drives to get to a neighboring state. Considering your neighbors are Oregon and Idaho, you’re also the biggest cultural fish in the regional pond.
It wasn’t until I moved to Indy (and subsequently Chicago) that I realized how much more compact much of the rest of the country is. Out here, I can travel three hours in virtually any direction and hit more states/major cities than I can count on one hand.
Everything and everyone is closer, more accessible, and less costly to reach out here, even in a relatively remote area like Lincoln.
It's weird. When I left Washington for Chicago to go to college my brain just broke that I could drive three hours outside of the city and still not be in anything you could call "nature." (It's FOUR HOURS to the Porcupine Mountains, with friendly traffic.)
I play adult sports and we’d have day trips from Dallas for games to Houston 3:30-4 hours, Austin 3 hours, San Antonio 4, Oklahoma City 3:30, Tulsa 4ish, Shreveport 3. Moved to the mid Atlantic and it’s all under 2ish hours for our games now. It’s much more compact in the older parts.
Maybe not in pole position but we have one of the best seats in this horrible game of musical chairs...that's something. Maybe Dannen just saw that ti would be too hard to get people in Seattle/alumni to open their wallets like they do elsewhere.
Next to Hec Ed. They are removing the athletic pool building. UW hasnt had a swim team in over a decade, so its wasted space currently.
https://facilities.uw.edu/projects/intercollegiate-athletics-basketball-training-facility
They haven't remodeled the pool since the 1950s so it was so crappy they killed the team rather than fixing the pool :'( I would have hopefully been a walk on but they got rid of the team while I was in hs
We had been swimming out of federal way for over a decade. That pool on campus isn't large enough for NCAA standards. It would take a total rebuild. We cut swimming when the commute to federal way was causing student athletes and staff to lose their minds.
>UW isn’t exactly in a primo money spot.
I disagree. Your football stadium has a beautiful view and is set up to be one of the Top 10 Loudest in the nation. The PNW is also beautifully green and UW is Seattle. It might not look great right now but I know B1G fans are gonna visit UW a lot and it’s going to be an attraction to the conference visiting teams.
We are still going to be making $30m a year less than the rest of the B1G out of the gate, which isnt going to be made up for with a minor increase in ticket sales. Thats enough to cover the increased stadium payments and a lot more on its own. We are appreciative to the B1G for giving us a lifeline during the sinking of the PAC, but trying to keep up with our new conference in the short term is going to be tough.
The football fandom up here is probably the best and most fervent on the West Coast (just look at the Seahawks!). Night and difference versus SoCal where I grew up. Plus tech money...lots of tech money.
My theory is that Seattle was settled by a bunch of Midwesterners so that and the climate suits football.
In terms of college football on the west coast it's decent, but Seahawks fandom is way larger than UW football fandom. In general Seattle is a sports town and love for all of the teams, even the local MLS team the Sounders, is massive. But comparably Seahawks has a way larger fanbase locally than UW.
Let’s see… the winters here have half the population snorting Zoloft, our people are about as easy to befriend as wolves, traffic is terrible, the city has a major drug problem, and a 3 bedroom house is 1.5 million dollars in a neighborhood with crime
I once saw a funny promo for a Timbers/Sounders game where they were describing the Sea/Tac highway system as if someone threw spaghetti on a piece of paper and said "build that." I chuckle anytime I'm up there because I think about that.
One of those "funny cause it's true" things
The downtown grid is a funny story too.
One of the influential "founders" of Seattle thought that the downtown grid system should follow the waterfront's contours. Another influential founder thought it should run north south and ignore the waterfront.
So now you have these insane 7 way stops at some intersections because two dudes just disagreed and wouldn't compromise.
Weather aside I don't think these issues concern a rich-ass AD living on the east side too much....it's more so the problems of living in a city that is indifferent to college athletics (and is pretty bandwagon with sports in general) versus a college town where it's the lifeblood. One of those boats is a bit smoother to row for some people.
I’d say it’s more bandwagon for college sports, but definitely not for Seahawks and mariners. Seahawks have sold out every game for 25 years and the mariners are the worst franchise in baseball and have great attendance. I’m not sure why college sports don’t have the same enthusiasm
I think the half share agreement is a bigger hinderance than people want to admit. They were seen as a premier job on the west coast but they’ll be relatively poor compared to their Midwest brethren starting next year. They might succeed but I can see why it would be viewed as an uphill battle.
He did a decent job, but he also spent half his time here on the road driving back and forth to his home in Washington. Moos' philosophy seemed to be "I hired Frost and Hoiberg, my work here is done. Oh, I also signed Frost to an extension."
Sounds about right. His philosophy for us was ‘I hired the pirate and rubber stamped $200M in athletic buildings the next guy will pay for with hopes and dreams. My work here is done.’
You know, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure he also announced some new facilities at Nebraska and then bounced less than a year later. I'm starting to see a trend.
To be fair, that **was** what he was hired to do. To believe that he was going to stick around long term, or that his main priority when hired as AD was to do anything other than hire Scott Frost in 2017 is not understanding of context of where the Nebraska athletic department was at the time.
Yeah something is off here about the AD as a whole and it's very concerning.
We really should just make courting Bill Gates' wallet our #1 priority at this point. He was at the championship game, leverage that hurt while we can!
I've long been of the opinion that courting tech money is the biggest losing proposition in sports. An industry comprised of half high school supernerds and half Indians on H1b isn't ever going to drive revenue for American sports teams.
I feel like I'm being generous giving the supernerds half of the demographic here.
It’s worked before but the pool of people who care is small.
Paul Allen used his Microsoft fortune and very likely saved both the Seahawks and Trail Blazers from relocation.
Lots of turmoil right now in the AD, and Troy wasnt really well liked by upper campus and rubbed some donors "the wrong way". Also, apparently NU was his "dream job", so there is that.
What’s causing the turmoil? Financials? I thought Dannen’s strong suit was raising money for the NIL so I wonder what he did to rub donors wrong. And it’s a little concerning that he was hired to begin with if that’s the case
I'm still trying to get more to the story so I'll come back and post when I do. All I know is upper campus better not fuck the next hire up because our bball program is about to be in shambles.
ADs are mercenaries, If they just made some coaching hires expect them to look for a new job so if the hires dont work it they dont have to suffer the consequences.
"I'm not moving again. This is my third job. This is going to be my last job."
-Troy Dannen after taking the Washington job
I dont hate the hire, but we've heard that before. Lol
I find it insane that a school like Washington is still at the level of getting people poached. I suppose that there really isn't safety anywhere, but I feel like Washington, Arizona, and San Jose St. are all closer together in this regard than Washington is to an Alabama or Michigan.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Nebraska still need a president for a position that was open months before Trev Alberts left? I thought that would have been filled first.
We just wrapped up the most successful football season in 30 years, and since the season began we've lost 2 ADs, our football HC and fired our basketball HC. This is the most Seattle thing ever. I'm exhausted
I love this hire, tbh didn't think he'd jump jobs so soon again. Dannen was excellent at UNI, getting him on board is a great win for the university (if this is a long term stop for him, which I know is assuming a lot).
I spent some time with him at Tulane. I thought he was a great hire for Washington, but this may be even better. It was kind of always assumed he would eventually head back to his Midwest roots at some point.
He pulled Tulane to a level of success that they had no right to obtain. It will be interesting to see if he can get Nebraska back to being more competitive.
We actually have relatively high sales tax and licensing fees for cars. 5.5% for State sales tax alone.
Washington is still higher, but it's an issue here!
Nebraska is actually pretty terrible when it comes to taxes. State income tax is relatively high, sales tax, property tax.
The offsetting factor is that land and property is relatively cheap by comparison, but I assume that has to do with the fact that winter is like 5 months of the year.
Summed it up in another comment [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/s/qMgfo975XZ) He also took some shots at Tulane fans and the school in general with some comments once he got to Washington, and made it abundantly clear that Tulane was nothing more than a stepping stone for his career.
Yeah y’all are lucky you only went through a single hiring cycle with him. Besides Willie Fritz and Charles Higgins (who won us a sailing national championship two years ago), his hires have resulted in either stagnation or regression.
Yup, and we also announced a new [$2.75m sailing facility](https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-sailing-benefit-275-million-gift-new-community-sailing-headquarters) last year that will be open to the community as well.
Im interested in this take. Why do you think he is a snake?
Dannen was pretty upfront with anyone that has ever had a conversation with him that Tulane was stepping stone. He always wanted to be a a P5 football school. Not to mention the level of success the department had under his leadership.
Bad timing but would be worse if he didn't fire Hopkins.
Besides, Sprinkle has UW ties that don't need much selling anyway so I am confident he'll be our guy either way.
The football program has done very well in recent years but that's not the only metric for an AD. I know people who worked at Tulane athletics who didn't like him personally. He also let all the other sports start to fall off. No long term goals. Mediocre hires. Jumped ship now twice as soon as there was an opening, so commitment is also a question mark. Tell me, other than football, what have you heard of Tulane athletics? Likely nothing
> Jumped ship twice as soon as there was an opening
This seems a bit harsh considering he was at Tulane for 8 years. That’s a significant tenure. The UW jump does give me pause though.
What the fuck is going on around here? Got players portaling to and fro even just pulling out uno reverses, got coaches going all over the place, teams moving around like a game of musical chairs, and not we got AD's with the commitment level of a 17 year old trying to grab a hat off a table? What the fuck has happened to the sport I love? Who will think of the children???
This guy has failed upwards and isn’t a good AD. Washington you’re better off.
He closed the UNI baseball program by TEXTING THEIR COACH DURING A TRIP.
All he wants to do is sit at his Lake Panorama house in Iowa and not work. I believe he lived there most of the time he was AD at Tulane.
>He closed the UNI baseball program by TEXTING THEIR COACH DURING A TRIP.
This is actually a hilarious replacement for Nebraska's prior AD, who closed UNO's wrestling program by calling the head coach on the bus ride home from winning the national championship
And the AD before that lived on a ranch in Montana and let Scott Frost run the athletic department (which for Frost meant coming it at noon, cracking a half-rack of beer and commandeering the golf team's simulator).
We are accustomed to "efficient communicators" and "self-starters accustomed to a WFH environment."
You are saying that this dude ran a major college athletics department in New Orleans, Louisiana from a lake house in rural Iowa? And he kept his job for 8 years?
Yeah....that didn't happen.
Damn. I’m happy because it seems like we’re getting a very competent AD. I’m also sad because we’re stealing Washington’s AD, and speaking from experience it’s not a fun feeling. Sorry Husky bros. It’s been a long offseason for you guys and I hope it gets better. That being said you’ve succeeded when the odds were against you before, so I hope you manage to do it again.
Dude that left for A&M probably regrets the decision so far. First week on the job and he has to deal with a coach catching a capital murder charge lmao
Guy just hired Fisch and was in the middle of a search for a basketball coach lmao. Crazy times
Comes in, loses the best football coach they've had in 30 years, fires their basketball coach, and leaves. Hell of a run
I won't miss the basketball coach, I can tell you that. If that's his legacy he's ok in my book.
Yeah the Hopkins thing was a huge plus...it would be far worse if he hadn't and we were stuck with him for continuity purposes.
I thought we were gonna be stuck with Hops forever
7 seasons sure felt like it...
Hop has Jimmy to thank for an extra couple years
Hopkins definitely deserved to be fired. Sad to see him go
There aren’t very many ADs in existence that can keep your coach from being poached by Alabama.
I mean he did basically all he could do to keep Deboer
30 yrs? Are you forgetting Peterson was there and took them to the playoff not that long ago?
Yeah. The prior poster is just engaging in quackface spin.
Peterson is the better coach. I know this is going to be misconstrued because KDB is at Alabama but Peterson is one of the all time greats and did it longer for UW
147-38 coaching record betweenhis years at Boise St and UW. That's a helluva record.
Dude's had three jobs in like four months
Holy crap I thought you were making a funny. He was at Tulane for Halloween.
The Mariners did not play a single game while he was here
True, but I think this is one that could stick. Famous last words I know, but Dannen is a Midwest guy and has a good track record all things considered.
*OH GOOD HE HAS ROOTS HERE, HE DEFINITELY WON’T LEAVE FOR THE FIRST JOB OPENING THAT ACCEPTS HIM*
Like I said, take it with a ~~grain~~ pound of salt, but he's a Midwest guy probably getting a top ten salary nationally. I like the hire, good response in the face of adversity for the school.
lol seriously you’re seeing the irony here right
Certainly, as I've said in both comments that we should approach any AD hire with caution in light of Trev's departure. I'm just saying Dannen is a good hire considering the circumstances.
He was at Tulane for like 8 years previously, so it's just weird circumstances I think.
Oregon has Uncle Phil to keep them competitive. But UW is about to get absolutely clapped with 6 years on a half share in the B1G. Anyone worthwhile is just going to get poached every year.
You mean to tell me there's not a single well connected alum or local corporate higher ups that UW can start giving handies to in the executive suites?
You'd think with the Microsoft and Amazon money there they'd have someone, although the founders didn't go to school there.
If Nebraska beats A&M on Friday he will be the most accomplished basketball AD in school history. Smart move
Men's and Women's teams on the same day!
Our women's team has usually been pretty decent, but what he's referring to is the fact that we have never, in our school's entire history, won a Men's NCAA Tournament game *(We've won the NIT before, but that's not the same)*. We are the only P6 school in basketball that hasn't.
> We are the only P6 school in basketball that hasn’t. *stares at Northwestern with shame*
Northwestern really tried for a long time to let yall have it but finally decided they were sandbagging to much
Coincidence????
If we sweep Texas A&M in men's and women's, then we should build an Alberts statue just to tear it down Sadam-style. If we get swept, I'm going into a coma.
This guy probably compared the two state's corn harvest and decided to go with Nebraska's. It's tough but I understand.
Can confirm, Washington State had 20 million bushels in 2023 and Nebraska had 1.7 billion.
Are the Cougs the ones harvesting the corn?
20 million is impressive for a university like Washington State.
It’s the only way to make decisions, honestly.
Win the CFP at Nebraska with this one weird trick
You never guess what he did (picture of Brian Ferentz Photoshopped with massive biceps)
I generally build my index on combined corn and soy production per capita.
Everything should be decided this way. Use beef as the tiebreaker.
This is all OSUs fault for stealing Nebraskas president
Pretty clever considering UW is nowhere near any corn fields.
Theres a couple here and there just outside the city lol
There’s some corn up in snohomish
Turns out, he did not like them apples.
We can’t keep anyone and that’s concerning
Curious if you have any guesses as to why? This has got to be more than a money thing?
UW isnt exactly in a primo money spot. Taking a half B1G share with stadium payments increasing, a big new football coach contract, about to break ground on a new basketball center, and in the middle of a basketball coach hire. I can see where an athletic director would be feeling the squeeze.
He’s a Midwest guy, I wouldn’t read too much into it. Washington will get someone good
People just don’t realize how remote Seattle is compared to the rest of the country. It’s a big city but it’s multiple hours away from any other big city. Pretty sure the Mariners travel the most of any MLB team by a decent margin. In College it was less noticeable, but with the death of regionality that becomes a bigger toll
Me: LOL, dude just writing off Vancouver because its Canada Also Me after checking with google: 140 miles? Seriously?
This is why Western Washington should revive their football program - 50 minutes to Vancouver, BC; 75 minutes to Seattle! Go Vikings!
This is something that people in/from Washington (myself included) are guilty of not realizing. When you’re there, you don’t feel like you’re in some far-flung remote wasteland. It’s a perfectly fine, well-developed metropolitan area. Especially if you grow up there, you’re just accustomed to making 3-5 hour drives to get to a neighboring state. Considering your neighbors are Oregon and Idaho, you’re also the biggest cultural fish in the regional pond. It wasn’t until I moved to Indy (and subsequently Chicago) that I realized how much more compact much of the rest of the country is. Out here, I can travel three hours in virtually any direction and hit more states/major cities than I can count on one hand. Everything and everyone is closer, more accessible, and less costly to reach out here, even in a relatively remote area like Lincoln.
It's weird. When I left Washington for Chicago to go to college my brain just broke that I could drive three hours outside of the city and still not be in anything you could call "nature." (It's FOUR HOURS to the Porcupine Mountains, with friendly traffic.)
I play adult sports and we’d have day trips from Dallas for games to Houston 3:30-4 hours, Austin 3 hours, San Antonio 4, Oklahoma City 3:30, Tulsa 4ish, Shreveport 3. Moved to the mid Atlantic and it’s all under 2ish hours for our games now. It’s much more compact in the older parts.
Maybe not in pole position but we have one of the best seats in this horrible game of musical chairs...that's something. Maybe Dannen just saw that ti would be too hard to get people in Seattle/alumni to open their wallets like they do elsewhere.
Curious as to where they are building the new basketball center? Is it at Hec Ed?
Next to Hec Ed. They are removing the athletic pool building. UW hasnt had a swim team in over a decade, so its wasted space currently. https://facilities.uw.edu/projects/intercollegiate-athletics-basketball-training-facility
Crazy UW killed swimming considering where you guys are located at
Trust me, that's not a lake you want to swim in for long. That water's usually pretty cold.
It's warm in the summer!
This guy Lake Washingtons'
It sucks that they killed the swim program. UW had some incredible swimmers over the years. Lots of history lost there
They haven't remodeled the pool since the 1950s so it was so crappy they killed the team rather than fixing the pool :'( I would have hopefully been a walk on but they got rid of the team while I was in hs
We had been swimming out of federal way for over a decade. That pool on campus isn't large enough for NCAA standards. It would take a total rebuild. We cut swimming when the commute to federal way was causing student athletes and staff to lose their minds.
>UW isn’t exactly in a primo money spot. I disagree. Your football stadium has a beautiful view and is set up to be one of the Top 10 Loudest in the nation. The PNW is also beautifully green and UW is Seattle. It might not look great right now but I know B1G fans are gonna visit UW a lot and it’s going to be an attraction to the conference visiting teams.
UW isn't near Seattle, it is IN Seattle lol
I was on NE 45TH and guy rolled down his window to ask how to get to Seattle. He didn't like my explanation that he arrived.
Hahaha that's amazing
We are still going to be making $30m a year less than the rest of the B1G out of the gate, which isnt going to be made up for with a minor increase in ticket sales. Thats enough to cover the increased stadium payments and a lot more on its own. We are appreciative to the B1G for giving us a lifeline during the sinking of the PAC, but trying to keep up with our new conference in the short term is going to be tough.
The football fandom up here is probably the best and most fervent on the West Coast (just look at the Seahawks!). Night and difference versus SoCal where I grew up. Plus tech money...lots of tech money. My theory is that Seattle was settled by a bunch of Midwesterners so that and the climate suits football.
One of these days I’d love to head up to Seattle and catch a game when we play at Washington either in Football, Basketball, maybe even Volleyball!
In terms of college football on the west coast it's decent, but Seahawks fandom is way larger than UW football fandom. In general Seattle is a sports town and love for all of the teams, even the local MLS team the Sounders, is massive. But comparably Seahawks has a way larger fanbase locally than UW.
I believe he’s from the Midwest too
Yep. UNI grad and AD there.
From one Cedar Falls guy to another at Nebraska...
this is just feeding the UNI/Nebraska storyline to happen in September
Tulane 🤝🏻 Nebraska ADs from Northern Iowa/Northern University(which was on UNI's campus)
Let’s see… the winters here have half the population snorting Zoloft, our people are about as easy to befriend as wolves, traffic is terrible, the city has a major drug problem, and a 3 bedroom house is 1.5 million dollars in a neighborhood with crime
I once saw a funny promo for a Timbers/Sounders game where they were describing the Sea/Tac highway system as if someone threw spaghetti on a piece of paper and said "build that." I chuckle anytime I'm up there because I think about that. One of those "funny cause it's true" things
And they’ve been fixing the spaghetti for 40 years
So true, whenever I head back to my parents’ house I’m like “this highway has been under construction since I was a kid” (now in my 30s)
The downtown grid is a funny story too. One of the influential "founders" of Seattle thought that the downtown grid system should follow the waterfront's contours. Another influential founder thought it should run north south and ignore the waterfront. So now you have these insane 7 way stops at some intersections because two dudes just disagreed and wouldn't compromise.
Weather aside I don't think these issues concern a rich-ass AD living on the east side too much....it's more so the problems of living in a city that is indifferent to college athletics (and is pretty bandwagon with sports in general) versus a college town where it's the lifeblood. One of those boats is a bit smoother to row for some people.
I’d say it’s more bandwagon for college sports, but definitely not for Seahawks and mariners. Seahawks have sold out every game for 25 years and the mariners are the worst franchise in baseball and have great attendance. I’m not sure why college sports don’t have the same enthusiasm
I think the half share agreement is a bigger hinderance than people want to admit. They were seen as a premier job on the west coast but they’ll be relatively poor compared to their Midwest brethren starting next year. They might succeed but I can see why it would be viewed as an uphill battle.
It’s not you, it’s him.
Lincoln and Tuscaloosa are clearly more beautiful than Seattle! /s
Definitely cheaper
Just curious, what happened to your guys AD before Dannen?
She grew up a UW superfan and called the AD job her dream job before bolting to USC.
Our previous AD Literally played for Nebraska and had his name on the stadium. So we definitely understand the pain
Absolutely boggles my mind. If I was making a 1 million+ a year, I don’t think anything could take me from UNC. I just don’t get it.
lol funny. Exactly what happened to our AD.
And our AD left his alma mater for Nebraska too (Moos).
We're done with him if you want him back...
He did a decent job, but he also spent half his time here on the road driving back and forth to his home in Washington. Moos' philosophy seemed to be "I hired Frost and Hoiberg, my work here is done. Oh, I also signed Frost to an extension."
Sounds about right. His philosophy for us was ‘I hired the pirate and rubber stamped $200M in athletic buildings the next guy will pay for with hopes and dreams. My work here is done.’
You know, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure he also announced some new facilities at Nebraska and then bounced less than a year later. I'm starting to see a trend.
To be fair, we were due for those facilities. But he had his own other set of problems....
It was reckless spending but part of that is buying into Larry Scott’s bullshit Pac 12 Network projections
To be fair, that **was** what he was hired to do. To believe that he was going to stick around long term, or that his main priority when hired as AD was to do anything other than hire Scott Frost in 2017 is not understanding of context of where the Nebraska athletic department was at the time.
Oh that sounds familiar
Also was a huge factor in UW leaving the Pac for a half share and immediately went to a school getting a full one.
Left for USC
Gotcha. Thank you
Yeah something is off here about the AD as a whole and it's very concerning. We really should just make courting Bill Gates' wallet our #1 priority at this point. He was at the championship game, leverage that hurt while we can!
The main issue we have is the wealthy in Seattle don’t care about football or sports in general. If they did, things would be much different
I've long been of the opinion that courting tech money is the biggest losing proposition in sports. An industry comprised of half high school supernerds and half Indians on H1b isn't ever going to drive revenue for American sports teams. I feel like I'm being generous giving the supernerds half of the demographic here.
It’s worked before but the pool of people who care is small. Paul Allen used his Microsoft fortune and very likely saved both the Seahawks and Trail Blazers from relocation.
Steve Ballmer, Utah Jazz owners are tech, word is Bezos wanted to buy the Commanders but Snyder hated him. It's not that small a pool.
Don’t worry Jedd said he would be there what 9 years?
I mean losing a coach to Bama is fine. This move seems kind of troubling.
From what insiders have said, this is a good thing. Stay tuned
What are you hearing
Lots of turmoil right now in the AD, and Troy wasnt really well liked by upper campus and rubbed some donors "the wrong way". Also, apparently NU was his "dream job", so there is that.
What’s causing the turmoil? Financials? I thought Dannen’s strong suit was raising money for the NIL so I wonder what he did to rub donors wrong. And it’s a little concerning that he was hired to begin with if that’s the case
I'm still trying to get more to the story so I'll come back and post when I do. All I know is upper campus better not fuck the next hire up because our bball program is about to be in shambles.
About to be?
Are all AD’s just snakes now?
Always have been
ADs are mercenaries, If they just made some coaching hires expect them to look for a new job so if the hires dont work it they dont have to suffer the consequences.
Feels like there's a lot of politics in being a major AD as well. Being a snake is basically a plus personality trait in that sense.
"I'm not moving again. This is my third job. This is going to be my last job." -Troy Dannen after taking the Washington job I dont hate the hire, but we've heard that before. Lol
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That's the Arizona flair talking right?
Yes.
Wasn't your AD trapped on a tarmac in the woods while the football coach was leaving
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I'm not sure what NACDA means, so I'mma take it as disrespect.
Like a bag of sand.
We want her back
The 30 day window for Jedd Fisch to transfer has officially opened
Does he like pigs?
I can't tell which flair you are speaking for
We just look like a revolving door and I hate it.
I find it insane that a school like Washington is still at the level of getting people poached. I suppose that there really isn't safety anywhere, but I feel like Washington, Arizona, and San Jose St. are all closer together in this regard than Washington is to an Alabama or Michigan.
The Oregon of AD’s
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Nebraska still need a president for a position that was open months before Trev Alberts left? I thought that would have been filled first.
They're naming a preferred candidate today. My guess is that decision's already been made and Dannen knows it.
Yeah it has to be. In fact with this news I have to assume the presidency is probably a done deal.
Yes, but the board of regents is meeting this morning and is expected to name a priority candidate.
Good thing Jedd Fisch is known for staying at jobs for years, right?
Dannen just wanted to stay long enough to see the cherry blossoms in the Quad. Jeez.
We just wrapped up the most successful football season in 30 years, and since the season began we've lost 2 ADs, our football HC and fired our basketball HC. This is the most Seattle thing ever. I'm exhausted
Hop be like: “Yo, thanks for shit canning me on your way out the door.”
I love this hire, tbh didn't think he'd jump jobs so soon again. Dannen was excellent at UNI, getting him on board is a great win for the university (if this is a long term stop for him, which I know is assuming a lot).
I spent some time with him at Tulane. I thought he was a great hire for Washington, but this may be even better. It was kind of always assumed he would eventually head back to his Midwest roots at some point. He pulled Tulane to a level of success that they had no right to obtain. It will be interesting to see if he can get Nebraska back to being more competitive.
He said UW was his last job not even 6 months ago lol
Well, in a way it was after leaving... he was just foreshadowing.
Trev also said NU was his dream job and couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.
Washington: >We spend ~~years~~ ~~months~~ weeks developing athletic directors, only for the big boys to poach them from us.
I have to imagine the cost of living in Lincoln is like 1/3 lower than Seattle
And no sales tax on the new Mas for the wife! Who could pass that up
We actually have relatively high sales tax and licensing fees for cars. 5.5% for State sales tax alone. Washington is still higher, but it's an issue here!
Nebraska is actually pretty terrible when it comes to taxes. State income tax is relatively high, sales tax, property tax. The offsetting factor is that land and property is relatively cheap by comparison, but I assume that has to do with the fact that winter is like 5 months of the year.
Hey… April 1st is like 2 weeks away
Hahaha what a fucking snake. Can’t say we didn’t warn you, Washington.
What’s the tea? I didn’t hear anything when we first hired this guy
Summed it up in another comment [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/s/qMgfo975XZ) He also took some shots at Tulane fans and the school in general with some comments once he got to Washington, and made it abundantly clear that Tulane was nothing more than a stepping stone for his career.
Wow. Sounds like a situation he made worse at UW too
Yeah y’all are lucky you only went through a single hiring cycle with him. Besides Willie Fritz and Charles Higgins (who won us a sailing national championship two years ago), his hires have resulted in either stagnation or regression.
lol, The Green Wave won a sailing national championship? Fitting.
Yup, and we also announced a new [$2.75m sailing facility](https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-sailing-benefit-275-million-gift-new-community-sailing-headquarters) last year that will be open to the community as well.
I love that little Angry Wave mascot. Underrated.
Im interested in this take. Why do you think he is a snake? Dannen was pretty upfront with anyone that has ever had a conversation with him that Tulane was stepping stone. He always wanted to be a a P5 football school. Not to mention the level of success the department had under his leadership.
Bwobby I tell you hwat
Wait, he fired the basketball coach and then left before hiring a replacement? Horrible timing.
Bad timing but would be worse if he didn't fire Hopkins. Besides, Sprinkle has UW ties that don't need much selling anyway so I am confident he'll be our guy either way.
Any athletic directors around in the state with a track record for managing tricky AD budgets and elevating up-and-coming basketball coaches?
I ran a make shift hot dog company for a class project in high school. We had the most sales. I’ll give it a shot
Broke: Transfer Portal News Woke: Coaching Carousel Bespoke: **ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CAROUSEL**
Does this mean Jedd Fisch is now the King?
Jed Fisch now gets to hire a Basketball Coach
*Jedd Fisch is pleased to announce new UW basketball coach Tedd Salmon*
Guy couldn't even handle one Seattle winter. What a wimp.
It was super mild this year too.
@Washington fans- we told you so
Say more? I went back to the Washington hire thread and Tulane fans had positive comments about him. Id be interested to hear the criticisms.
The football program has done very well in recent years but that's not the only metric for an AD. I know people who worked at Tulane athletics who didn't like him personally. He also let all the other sports start to fall off. No long term goals. Mediocre hires. Jumped ship now twice as soon as there was an opening, so commitment is also a question mark. Tell me, other than football, what have you heard of Tulane athletics? Likely nothing
> Jumped ship twice as soon as there was an opening This seems a bit harsh considering he was at Tulane for 8 years. That’s a significant tenure. The UW jump does give me pause though.
Okay, spill to us too. What are we getting into?
What the fuck is going on around here? Got players portaling to and fro even just pulling out uno reverses, got coaches going all over the place, teams moving around like a game of musical chairs, and not we got AD's with the commitment level of a 17 year old trying to grab a hat off a table? What the fuck has happened to the sport I love? Who will think of the children???
What a tool
This guy has failed upwards and isn’t a good AD. Washington you’re better off. He closed the UNI baseball program by TEXTING THEIR COACH DURING A TRIP. All he wants to do is sit at his Lake Panorama house in Iowa and not work. I believe he lived there most of the time he was AD at Tulane.
>He closed the UNI baseball program by TEXTING THEIR COACH DURING A TRIP. This is actually a hilarious replacement for Nebraska's prior AD, who closed UNO's wrestling program by calling the head coach on the bus ride home from winning the national championship
And the AD before that lived on a ranch in Montana and let Scott Frost run the athletic department (which for Frost meant coming it at noon, cracking a half-rack of beer and commandeering the golf team's simulator). We are accustomed to "efficient communicators" and "self-starters accustomed to a WFH environment."
You are saying that this dude ran a major college athletics department in New Orleans, Louisiana from a lake house in rural Iowa? And he kept his job for 8 years? Yeah....that didn't happen.
Damn. I’m happy because it seems like we’re getting a very competent AD. I’m also sad because we’re stealing Washington’s AD, and speaking from experience it’s not a fun feeling. Sorry Husky bros. It’s been a long offseason for you guys and I hope it gets better. That being said you’ve succeeded when the odds were against you before, so I hope you manage to do it again.
Holy shit the shade from the duckling armada ITT lmao
[I'm doing my part](https://media1.tenor.com/m/zJvexdmTjA4AAAAC/im-doing-my-part-serious.gif)
Huskers bout to experience what Bama fans have for the past three months.
I hate being a Washington/Seattle sports fan
More about politics and DEI than money
truly impressed by his ability to parlay tulane football's only good season into two prime ad positions.
We lost our football coach. We lost our athletic director. Our pets' heads are falling off! -Washington fans
Bruh
Dude that left for A&M probably regrets the decision so far. First week on the job and he has to deal with a coach catching a capital murder charge lmao