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What a bunch of pathetic losers. Gen Zers whine that they need therapy — from the stress of filing taxes
By Adriana Diaz Published Feb. 5, 2024, 4:44 p.m. ET
(They need the kind of help my father gave me the first time I had to file. He handed me the form and instruction book saying, "Figure it out." I've been doing that ever since only now I have to get the forms and instructions all by myself.)
It’s a taxing experience.
Over half (54%) of Gen Zers report that the stress of filing taxes has brought them to tears, according to a new survey commissioned by Cash App Taxes.
One in 4 Gen Zers even claim they need help from their therapist to recover from the traumatic experience.
“People in these generations are used to products and services that make their lives easier. Need food? Three taps and dinner is on the way,” Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, a financial therapist at Mind Money Balance, told The Post on Monday.
“Want new music to listen to? A curated playlist is already on your music player,” she added. “Taxes feel tedious and stressful; worst of all, the consequences are pretty high!”
Much of this stress seems to stem from confusion surrounding the process of filing taxes — something American adults have been doing for more than 100 years.
Many Gen Zers and millennials don’t even know when their taxes need to be filed, the Cash App survey found.
The answer is Monday, April 15, 2024, for most taxpayers and April 17 for those in Maine or Massachusetts.
“It’s clear that many Americans — but particularly younger filers — view filing their taxes as a confusing, anxiety-inducing experience that’s painful to navigate,” Erika Carney, product lead for Cash App Taxes, said in a statement.
People who do it themselves often spend an average of nine hours filing their taxes — but it’s a necessary undertaking.
“Getting hit with a penalty, owing money, or being audited are terrifying prospects,” Bryan-Podvin noted.
She encourages confused adults to seek professional help. You can visit 211 for county-specific tax and financial services.
Taxes aren’t the only financial issue stressing Gen Zers and millennials out. They are losing sleep over money in general.
More than half of Gen Zers (56%) and millennials (51%) say their finances keep them up at night, compared to just 37% of Gen Xers and 20% of baby boomers, according to a 2023 study by Empower.
This might have to do with many Gen Zers and millennials still being financially dependent on their parents.
Depressed black man talking to therapist
More than half of adults 18 to 34 years old rely on some sort of allowance from their parents, according to a study released last month by the Pew Research Center.
It’s not necessarily that Gen Zers and millennials are spoiled or bad with money. Rather, these generations have amassed more debt chasing the American dream than their parents.
American adults today also tend to be older when accomplishing common life goals like promotions, marriage and parenthood. Experts have noted that financial and cultural changes are likely responsible for adults today delaying when they achieve key milestones.
https://nypost.com/2024/02/05/lifestyle/gen-zers-whine-that-they-need-therapy-from-the-stress-of-filing-taxes/
Greatest sick joke I've heard in a long time. Thanks.
Tony Award-Winner Chita Rivera dies at 91
BREITBART NEWS 30 Jan 2024 1:08
Jan. 30 (UPI) — Three-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera died Tuesday. Rivera’s daughter, Lisa Mordente, confirmed to The Washington Post, Deadline and The Guardian via Rivera’s publicist.
Rivera was 91. The statement said she died peacefully in New York,
Rivera originated the roles of Anita in West Side Story and Velma in Chicago. The 2002 Chicago movie gave Rivera the role of Nickie.
But it was her roles in Kiss of the Spider Woman and The Rink that won Rivera Tony Awards. The Tonys gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. She was nominated eight additional times.
Rivera last appeared on stage in a 2015 Broadway production of The Visit. Past stage credits include 1953’s Guys and Dolls, 1960’s Bye Bye Birdie and 2003’s Nine.
On film, Lin-Manuel Miranda cast Rivera among other Broadway legends for a sequence in tick, tick… BOOM!
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/01/30/tony-award-winner-chita-rivera-dies-at-91/
Good luck. The Admins/Geeks seem to be ignoring requests and suggestions lately.
I suspect they are overworked and underpaid.
If you want to read the posts of people you have on ignore, go to the top of the board.
At the top on the right there's a button called 'Customize'.
Click on it. There are three options. Make sure ignores enabled is off. (Red circle in front of it.)
Hope this makes sense.
Edit: You'll see the posts from everyone you have on ignore.
I don't think there's a way to do it on an individual basis.
FWIW, I don't put anyone on ignore. If I see their name, I skip the post or just send the PM to archive.
I'll put it on my calendar. Hope it's on during the late afternoon east coast time.
I'll never stay awake, if it's a nighttime game.
Note to self:: May the outcome not affect my budding friendship with blackcat.
I tend to get too emotionally involved.
Have a good one. I must get on with my day.
Harbaugh's move doesn't surprise me at all. He's a mountain-climbing Capricorn.
He reached top of the collegiate football hill with the rebuild of the program culminating in a national championship.
Now, he must reach the NFL peak with the Chargers.
Good luck to him and his family.
California winters are easier to take than the ones in Ann Arbor.
... Unless the predicted torrential rains fall and they all get washed out to sea.
Have a good one.
It's official: Sherrone Moore Named Michigan’s Head Football Coach
1/26/2024 7:00:00 PM | Football
By: Dave Ablauf, Chad Shepard, Kurt Svoboda
(We'll see what happens.)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics Warde Manuel announced Friday (Jan. 26) the hiring of Sherrone Moore as the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach after six years as an offensive staff member for the Wolverines. Moore becomes the 21st head football coach in school history and is the first African American to lead the nation's winningest program in college football history.
"I want to thank Coach Harbaugh for the faith that he has displayed in me over the past six years and for supporting my growth as a football coach during that time," said Moore. "I also want to thank Athletic Director Warde Manuel, President Santa Ono and members of the Board of Regents for putting their faith and trust in me to be the next leader of this football program. I am excited to reward that trust.
"I have been preparing my entire coaching career for this opportunity and I can't think of a better place to be head coach than at the University of Michigan," added Moore. "We will do everything each day as a TEAM to continue the legacy of championship football that has been played at the University of Michigan for the past 144 years. Our standards will not change. We will be a tough, physical, disciplined, hungry, championship-level team that loves football and plays with passion for the game, the winged helmet and each other. We will also continue to achieve excellence off the field, in the classroom and in our communities. I am excited to start working in this new role with our players, coaches and staff."
"Sherrone has proven to be a great leader for our football program, especially the offensive line and players on the offensive side of the football," said Manuel. "He is a dynamic, fierce and competitive individual who gets the best out of the players he mentors. The players love playing for him and being with him in the building every day.
"Sherrone stepped up this fall and served as the interim head coach when the program and especially the team needed him," added Manuel. "Sherrone handled that situation in a way that sealed my already-growing confidence in him. He didn't make it about him, it was always about the team! We are thrilled to have Sherrone and his wife, Kelli, and the entire Moore family step into this new role for our football program and university community."
Moore was the Wolverines' tight ends coach during his first three seasons (2018-20) and moved over to coach the offensive line the past three seasons (2021-23). He shared the co-offensive coordinator duties during the 2021 and 2022 Big Ten Championship seasons before taking over the sole responsibilities in 2023; was the only Power 5 offensive coordinator to also mentor the offensive line this past year.
Moore served as the team's interim head coach for four games during the 2023 national championship season. He led the team to a 31-6 victory over Bowling Green (Sept. 16) in his first action as a head coach. Later in the season, Moore served as the Wolverines' interim head coach again, winning two road games at Penn State and Maryland and the season finale against Ohio State to claim the Big Ten East Division Championship. Two of those late season victories came against top 10 teams, defeating the ninth-ranked Nittany Lions (24-15) and second-ranked Buckeyes (30-24).
Moore was a finalist for the 2023 Broyles Award, which is given annually to the nation's outstanding assistant coach. As Michigan's offensive coordinator in 2023, Moore directed a unit that ranked top 10 in seven offensive categories and was top 30 in 10 overall metrics. The Wolverines were 14th nationally in scoring offense (35.9 avg.), eighth in pass efficiency (165.77 rating), fourth in fewest tackles for loss allowed (3.2 avg.), third in completion percentage (72.0%) and tied for the NCAA lead with 40 rushing touchdowns. U-M prioritized ball security and delivered with the third fewest turnovers in college football (8), including the fifth fewest interceptions (5) and 10th fewest fumbles (3).
Moore transitioned to coaching the offensive line in 2021 and Michigan's unit immediately flourished under this leadership. The Wolverines won the Joe Moore Award as the nation's top offensive line unit in 2021 and became the first group to repeat as the award winner in 2022. The men in the trenches were also semifinalists for the 2023 award.
All five offensive line starters earned All-Big Ten recognition each of Moore's three seasons (2021-23) with six different players earning first-team recognition. Center Olusegun Oluwatimi became Michigan's first-ever Outland Trophy winner and also received the Rimington Award as the nation's best center.
Moore has coached three Wolverines to All-America status: Oluwatimi (consensus, 2022), Zak Zinter (unanimous, 2023) and Andrew Stueber (second team, 2021). Under his guidance, four Wolverines have become NFL draft picks: offensive linemen Oluwatimi (fifth), Stueber (seventh), and Ryan Hayes (seventh), and tight end Zach Gentry (fifth).
The line has blocked for three consecutive 1,000-yard rushers with Hassan Haskins (1,327 yards) and Blake Corum achieving the milestone back-to-back in 2022 (1,463 yards) and 2023 (1,245). Corum nearly had another 1,000-yard rushing season in 2021 (952) and Donovan Edwards (991) came close to the century mark in 2022. Michigan led the NCAA in rushing touchdowns in 2021 (39) and 2023 (40) and finished second in 2022 (41).
In addition, the Wolverines have ranked among the top 5 nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed twice in Moore's three seasons mentoring the offensive line, listing as the NCAA leader in 2021 and finishing fourth in 2023. The unit also listed among the top 30 nationally in fewest sacks allowed all three seasons.
Six tight ends combined for 119 receptions for 1,611 yards and 13 touchdowns in Moore's three seasons leading the position group at U-M. Those players combined to earn one third-team All-Big Ten honor and three all-conference honorable mention recognitions.
He was selected for and participated in the inaugural 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute sponsored by the American Football Coaches Association at their January 2018 convention.
Moore joined the Michigan coaching staff after four seasons at Central Michigan (2014-17). He mentored the Chippewas' tight ends during his time with the program and added the duties of assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2017 season.
Prior to his time in Mt. Pleasant, Moore spent five seasons at the University of Louisville, where he was a graduate assistant coach for three seasons (2009-11) and the program's tight ends coach for two seasons (2012-13). As a full-time coach, the Cardinals had a 23-3 record with a BCS bowl appearance and a Big East Championship in 2012.
Moore played two seasons along the offensive line for the University of Oklahoma (2006-07). He saw action in 14 games at offensive guard and helped the Sooners win two Big 12 Championships and play in two BCS bowl games. Before joining the Sooners, Moore was a two-year starter at Butler County (Kansas) Community College. He was a member of two conference championship teams that posted a 20-3 record. Moore earned second-team all-conference accolades.
Moore earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Oklahoma in 2008.
He and his wife, Kelli, who were married in 2015, are the parents of two daughters: Shiloh and Solei.
https://mgoblue.com/news/2024/1/26/sherrone-moore-named-michigans-head-football-coach
Greetings Shelly, @IH Geek [Dave] , @IH Geek [Meatloaf] , @IH Geek [Tom]
Guess who wants something?
When you're in the mailbox, there's a bar with these options:
Mailbox Sent Archive Removed Kept Folders
They're great for maneuvering around the mailbox however the bar is not available when you're reading messages in those folders/pages/whatever they're called.
Any chance the bar could be added? It would make changing pages more efficient than having to go back to the mailbox and choosing your option from there.
Hope that was clear. Thanks.
Jim Harbaugh changed the culture at Michigan — and Sherrone Moore can keep it intact
Updated Jan. 25, 2024 2:18 a.m. ET
(The beginning of the article is at the link. Go Moore. He already has a win against the Buckpies under his belt.)
... So, where do the Wolverines turn now that Harbaugh is taking his talents to the NFL?
"I think you need to try to do as much as you can to keep that culture intact, and 37-year-old Sherrone Moore gives you the best opportunity to do that," Young said. "That’s the most important thing Warde Manuel can do right now. You need to go ahead and hit the button right now that says, ‘Sherrone Moore will be the next head coach at the University of Michigan.’"
Moore has risen up the coaching ranks since joining Michigan’s staff in 2018. He was hired as a tight ends coach and then his promotion to co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach coincided with the Wolverines’ turnaround on the field in 2021.
Moore filled in as the acting head coach in four of the six games Harbaugh was suspended this season, including the final three regular-season games. He led the Wolverines to a perfect 4-0 mark in those contests, including wins over Big Ten heavyweights Penn State and Ohio State.
With Harbaugh’s decision to leave, Michigan players now have a 30-day window to enter the transfer portal due to a recent exemption introduced by the NCAA. That could incentivize Manuel and the university to act quickly when making the decision on who the program’s next head coach will be.
"When you have these sort of coaching changes this late in the cycle, you are at a disadvantage," Young said, referencing the amount of players both Alabama and Washington have lost in recent weeks due to Nick Saban’s unexpected retirement and Kalen DeBoer leaving the Huskies to take the Alabama job.
"You have to recruit the guys that are already on campus, and the best way to do that is by elevating the guy that you know they all want to follow and the guy that has proven he can win football games."
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/jim-harbaugh-changed-the-culture-at-michigan-and-sherrone-moore-can-keep-it-intact
Oh, well. Nothing lasts forever. Thanks, blackcat.
Hiya, al. Agree. And I think he destroyed himself with that
6-week abortion ban.
There's a reason normally intelligent females vote demorrhoid.
Sigh.
At this point...
I think I hate all of the 2024 presidential contenders... EQUALLY.
Honestly do not know what I'll do in the voting booth.
So sad.
DeSantis quits. Endorses Trump.
DeSantis’ Trump endorsement proves he didn’t have what it takes to beat the former prez
By Isaac Schorr Published Jan. 21, 2024, 8:29 p.m. ET
(Personally, I hope Bobby Jr. is on the ballot.)
Even in a political landscape largely defined by its participants’ cowardice, the recent spate of endorsements prominent elected Republicans have bestowed upon Donald Trump stands out as both a cause and symptom of what ails the GOP.
And among those endorsements, the one Ron DeSantis offered after he announced the suspension of his presidential campaign Sunday is especially notable for what it said about the state of the GOP.
“It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” noted DeSantis in his farewell to supporters.
“He has my endorsement because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear — a repackaged form of warmed-over corporatism — that Nikki Haley represents,” he concluded.
It was by far the worst moment of his political career.
Much scorn has been heaped on DeSantis for not fulfilling his campaign’s promise.
A year ago, he was well-positioned to defeat Trump and restore Republicans’ hopes of both defeating President Biden and installing a responsible, competent conservative leader in his stead.
His failure to gain traction in the primary represented a political failure, but one he could reasonably attribute to events beyond his control.
The decision to return to Trump on bended knee after spending the last year being the principal target of his deranged outbursts, however, was entirely his own.
Of course, DeSantis is not the first and will not be the last to kiss the ring.
Sens. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Tim Scott all put their finger to the wind and re-hitched their wagons to Trump after his runaway Iowa caucuses victory last week.
Rubio cited the Child Tax Credit expansion and sanctions on the Venezuelan government under Trump’s administration — two policies with broad support among Republicans — in giving the former president his support.
Cruz explained his endorsement by declaring the GOP primary was “over” after Trump’s Iowa victory.
But Sen. J.D. Vance — an early endorser of Trump’s third campaign for the White House — was most honest about why so many of his colleagues are joining him in this twisted game of follow-the-leader.
In a post-Iowa message to DeSantis, Vance declared, “Desantjs [sic] is a very good governor, and he’ll have a bright future if he recognizes what many of us recognized months ago: Trump will be our nominee and the most useful thing all of us can do is focus on beating Joe Biden.”
Translation: “If you continue to defy Trump, your record as a conservative stalwart in office will all be for naught. People like me are here to make sure of it.”
And: “If you acquiesce, perhaps there’s hope for you yet.”
Whatever his flaws, Vance is to be admired for his relatively open cynicism, if for no other reason than the insight it lends into the average Republican’s political decision-making process.
Recall that not two years ago, the “Hillbilly Elegy “author was struggling to keep his head above water in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary.
With just a couple weeks to go, Vance was stuck in a distant third in the polls.
His message — and he himself — did not resonate with the electorate.
But Vance’s behavior wasn’t designed to appeal to Ohio voters; it had been crafted to charm a single Florida Man.
It worked: Trump endorsed Vance on April 15, 2022.
On that date, Vance was averaging just 10.5% in the polls after spending nine and a half months on the campaign trail.
On May 3, Vance won the Republican nomination with 32.2% of the vote.
Trump celebrated Vance’s submissive entreaties to him at a September 2022 rally.
“J.D. is kissing my a–,” he announced proudly, pointing at the candidate to the delight of the laughing crowd.
“Yeah, he said some bad things about me, but that was before he knew me and then he fell in love.”
Even as many distanced themselves from Trump after the 2022 midterms, Vance doubled down on his tried-and-true strategy, endorsing the man he had once derided as “noxious” and “reprehensible” for a second term.
One year later, with Trump resurgent, Vance’s decision to dance with the one who brought him looks brilliant, at least from the Machiavellian, instrumentalist perspective with which both master and apprentice approach politics.
Where some of us see a toxic blending of ambition with pusillanimity, politicians see a model to follow.
What’s clear after Sunday is Ron DeSantis lacked the conviction that would have been necessary to prevail against Trump.
The best that can be said for him is he’s made the same choice most Republicans have, willingly submitting to Trump’s leash in exchange for the fleeting illusion of influence he affords them in return.
Isaac Schorr is a staff writer at Mediaite.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/21/opinion/desantis-trump-endorsement-proves-he-didnt-have-what-it-takes-to-beat-the-former-prez/
So that's how you revive a man who's unconscious. Thanks.
I'll have to remember that trick.
Thank you. He is absolutely gorgeous. I'm sorry the cat got him.
Sounds like you live an interesting life.
Beautiful bird. Forgive my ignorance. What kind is it? Thanks.
We'll see what happens. Thanks, blackcat.
Thanks, BnB. I truly hope you're right.
I've grown accustomed to his jutting jaw.
From the Michigan Daily -- UofM's school newspaper...
SportsTuesday: Michigan’s future doesn’t hinge on Harbaugh’s decision
by Paul Nasr January 16, 2024
Toucan Sam electrifying the National Championship parade crowd. Shirtless o-lineman on the beds of Ford F-150s. Players catching hot dogs slung from the crowd. Across South University Avenue and down State Street in Ann Arbor, the scenes were plentiful on Saturday.
The man of the hour opted for a different mode of transportation. No semi-truck trailer or burly pick up. Instead, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh — along with some of the team’s captains and biggest stars — smiled and waved to the crowd from the bed of a mini fire truck. A swarm of supporters pursued Harbaugh’s vehicle for far different reasons than they would have after a 2-4 season in 2020. Harbaugh was feeling the love.
While players with then-pending decisions about returning, like junior quarterback J.J. McCarthy, were also on the fire truck with Harbaugh and were also being begged to stay, at the National Championship Celebration later that night in Crisler Center, athletics director Warde Manuel confirmed what plenty of the clamor was about. Standing alone in the bed of a pickup truck for the route, he was hearing it from the crowd all afternoon.
“I will answer the question that I heard about 500 times at the parade route, I am working on getting (Harbaugh) a new contract, I promise you,” Manuel said, evoking a standing ovation in Crisler Center.
When Harbaugh took to the podium to speak later in the ceremony, he was serenaded with, “10 more years,” chants from players and fans alike. The guy that many wanted gone three years ago is now wanted everywhere — across the NFL and equally at Michigan.
Wolverines fans clearly want their National Championship coach to stay, and who can blame them? He’s given Michigan its best football in decades, he delivered a National Championship, he might be one of the best active head coaches on the planet right now — Bill Belichick and Nick Saban’s news making that sentence easier to type than ever.
Yes, Harbaugh is a great coach. There’s a reason he did what he did in the NFL and at Michigan. There’s a reason why NFL teams like the Los Angeles Chargers are lining up to interview him. Yes, he’d help the Wolverines next year. But nothing at Michigan hinges on his return.
What makes Harbaugh special is his ability to build places anew. As corny as he often is, he knows how to build a culture, he knows how to build a program, he knows how to turn things around. He proved that in every coaching stop in his career, and has now made it abundantly clear at Michigan. Whether the mini fire truck alluded to it or not, Harbaugh came to Ann Arbor and put out the fires of his underperforming predecessors to eventually lift the Wolverines from mid to the mountaintop.
Now that he’s done that, what he does next doesn’t have as big an impact on Michigan as you might think. Replicating this season’s success right away, for example, would be very hard for anyone to do — Harbaugh included. Even if he does come back, the Wolverines won’t win a National Championship next year. If he doesn’t come back, they won’t either. They’ll have a new quarterback and a new o-line, they’ll be good but they won’t be the best.
Should the team next year be led by Harbaugh, or a protégé from the program Harbaugh rebuilt like offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore, the results would be the same. That’s not to discredit Harbaugh as a coach, it’s actually to his credit. He’s lifted the program up to a point that it can easily go 8-4, 9-3, 10-2 or better each year with or without him. He’s restored Michigan as a powerhouse, one that isn’t reliant on one specific head coach for success, but one with a brand of winning that supersedes any one person.
8-4, 9-3 or 10-2 not good enough anymore? That’s fine; Harbaugh’s coaching has shown what better looks like, but him staying doesn’t guarantee Michigan goes 13-1 or 15-0 whenever he’s here. Him staying doesn’t mean McCarthy stays — he’s not. Him staying doesn’t mean the o-line stays — they’re not. As long as the Wolverines have the right people to sustain the new-era Michigan that Harbaugh built — they do in Sherrone Moore right now — then Michigan’s production both short-term and down the line won’t be directly tied to Harbaugh being there or not.
It will instead be tied to the fact that Harbaugh was there. He was there to lift Michigan out of the Rich Rod and Brady Hoke eras. He was there to end decades of embarrassment against Ohio State. He did the part that he was uniquely qualified to do — bring Michigan back. There are a handful of people qualified to keep the program rolling — he’s one of them, but not the only one.
So Harbaugh can keep his fire truck in Ann Arbor or take it to shake up an NFL franchise. Whatever he chooses won’t alter the Wolverines’ trajectory, because he’s raised the program’s floor to stand high with or without him.
https://www.michigandaily.com/sports/football/sportstuesday-michigans-future-doesnt-hinge-on-harbaughs-decision/
lol Good one, BnB. Beautiful dog, btw.
YW, bc. It'll be interesting to watch this play out. Wonder if some of Fisch's top recruits for AZ will follow him to Washington.
No telling how things will work re the assistant coaches.
Make way for musical chairs.
If you see any articles related to the changes, please post them and/or the link.
I'd be interested in following this from a Washington alum's point of view.
Thanks.
Enjoy your evening.
It's going to be an early evening for me.
Too much fun picking up BIG sticks in the back yard after the high winds this weekend.
Excellent! And thank you. You just added a word to my vocabulary: feculent.
I scampered to my Funk & Wagnalls to see if it was related to fecund/fecundity. Apparently not.
Re your https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=173497157
You'll be thrilled to know the season opener of Mama June Family Catastrophe airs on WETV February 9th.
I can hardly wait.
I'm reminded of Coco Chanel.
Paraphrasing here: At 25 you have the face nature gave you. At 50 you have the face you earned.
Nick Saban has taken that to a new level at age 72.
God bless him. I admire him.
He is a class act gentleman with a handsome face to match.
Sounds like you folks snagged a good one, blackcat. Congratulations.
Next season will be very interesting.
Washington hires Jedd Fisch: Ex-Arizona coach replaces Kalen DeBoer, leads Huskies into Big Ten
By David Cobb 9 hrs ago (14 Jan 2024)
Washington has hired coach Jedd Fisch away from Arizona after three seasons, the university announced. Fisch replaces Kalen DeBoer, who left for the Alabama job this week following the retirement of Nick Saban. Details of Fisch's deal are not yet official but it is believed to be worth $7.75 million annually over seven years, according to multiple reports.
Fisch, 47, executed an impressive turnaround for the Wildcats, culminating with a 10-win season in 2023. He solidified his reputation as an offensive guru after a winding career including numerous NFL assistant jobs and coordinator gigs with major college programs.
"It is truly an honor to join the University of Washington and do my part in carrying on the tradition of a storied football program and world-class university," said Fisch in a UW release. "The unbelievable success of the Huskies the last two seasons demonstrates what UW is capable of and I cannot wait to compete for Big Ten and national championships with tremendous young men and an outstanding coaching staff that we will assemble."
Fisch proved during his three-year tenure at Arizona that he can successfully build a winning program amid challenging circumstances. He inherited a team that finished 0-5 in 2020 and progressively made the Wildcats more competitive. Arizona reached double-digit victories for just the fourth time in program history this season, finishing with a seven-game winning streak capped by a 38-24 win over Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl.
Arizona's breakthrough in 2023 centered around the emergence of quarterback Noah Fifita, who was named the Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year. Fifita actually made his first career start against Washington on Sept. 30. Though Arizona lost the game 31-24, his emergence turned the Wildcats into one of the Pac-12's most dangerous teams.
"I absolutely loved my time as a Wildcat and never thought my family and I would ever leave. Unfortunately, that day has come," Fisch said in a letter to Arizona.
It was a the instant success DeBoer experienced at Washington -- 25-3 in two seasons with a College Football Playoff National Championship berth this year -- will make replacing him a daunting task as the Huskies transition from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten for the 2024 season.
Prior to arriving at Arizona, his first head coaching opportunity, Fisch worked for the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams. The New Jersey native has bounced between college and professional opportunities since landing a graduate assistant opportunity at Florida in 1999. He modeled the early part of his career after Gators legend Steve Spurrier.
Offensive coordinator jobs at Minnesota, Miami and UCLA were among Fisch's most prominent collegiate stops prior to Arizona. He also worked as Michigan's quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator in 2015 and 2016.
New chapter for Washington
Even if DeBoer had turned down Alabama to remain as Washington's coach, the 2024 season was going to bring new challenges for the Huskies, who fell 34-13 to Michigan in the CFP National Championship this month. With numerous key playmakers departing for the NFL and Washington headed to the Big Ten, DeBoer would have faced an uphill battle in maintaining such prolific success in 2024.
Now, that task will fall on Fisch as the Huskies replace quarterback Michael Penix Jr., a star receiving trio and versatile running back Dillon Johnson from the nation's No. 2 passing offense. One example of the roster complications Fisch faces is that the heir-apparent to Penix has already entered the transfer portal. Will Rogers committed to Washington in mid-December after setting the SEC's career completions record at Mississippi State and was in line to lead DeBoer's system next year.
But with DeBoer now at Alabama, Rogers hit the portal before ever playing a snap with the Huskies. Ultimately, someone with Fisch's offensive track record should be able to attract a quality quarterback — or perhaps even retain Rogers. But Fisch will be assembling things on the fly heading into a 2024 slate that features games against Michigan, USC, Penn State and Oregon, just to name a few of the bigger name opponents on Washington's schedule.
Arizona's conundrum
Fisch's departure comes at an inopportune time for Arizona. A 30-day window for current Wildcats to enter the transfer portal has been reopened at a time when much of this year's transferring talent has already committed. Thus, the Wildcats could now be subject to a roster raid at a point in the calendar when replacements are not readily available.
The coaching change is also a reminder of the reality Arizona now inhabits the shifting college sports landscape. While Washington has consistently been considered a better job than Arizona, the difference between the two is more pronounced now amid conference realignment. Arizona is headed to the Big 12 while Washington is going to the Big Ten in 2024. As the Big Ten and SEC continue to ascend in power with high-profile acquisitions that will take effect in the coming season, coaching opportunities in those two leagues now stand apart. Arizona made a great hire in Fisch, but the changing winds of college sports made it increasingly difficult to keep him.
Among the early names to watch in Arizona's quest to replace Fisch are Group of Five head coaches Brent Brennan of San Jose State, GJ Kinne of Texas State and Barry Odom of UNLV, according to 247Sports. Arizona offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll is also a name to watch.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/washington-hires-jedd-fisch-ex-arizona-coach-replaces-kalen-deboer-leads-huskies-into-big-ten/
Agree... the transfer portal is a joke.
DEI (diversity equity inclusion) has nothing to do with traditional Liberal Arts.
I was an English major.
I'm talking about the bull fertilizer majors (grievance studies) they create for the morons who shouldn't have been allowed out of junior high.
Affirmative action at its worse.
College should be for the academic elite no matter what color or ethnicity they are.
It's a given that not everyone can become a professional athlete because not everyone has the physical ability to become one.
There's no DEI in sports.
The same should apply to academic ability but people can't seem to accept that.
I miss the days when people had to earn things -- not just show up to get a prize or a degree.
But what do I know?
What's going on is... how shall I put it?... ridiculous.
The Big Ten was an academic conference -- the working class Ivy League.
The emphasis was on scholarship.
Cable/Satellite TV arrived -- a 1000+ channels with nothing to fill the air.
All of a sudden, athletics became the priority.
Instead of selling their academics, now all they seem to pitch are the facilities.
Makes me sick. But my opinion counts for nothing. lol
Ultimately, I feel sorry for the players flying coast to coast for the games.
The time changes alone will be daunting.
Plus which, only a very small percentage will make it to the pros.
The rest will graduate with a worthless degree in some stupid DEI subject.
That'll get them a good job with the local pizzeria.
So it goes. Ultimately, not my problem.
There are times when I'm really, really glad I'm old.
Hope the day treats you well.
Welcome to the Big Ten plus Eight. < g >
I wish Penix well, too.
Football is a brutal sport (I love it).
But I worry about the long-term effects it has on the players' bodies.
Time for me to get up and move.
Take care and enjoy the day.
Did you go to Washington?
Do you know how Penix is doing?
All I could find was an ankle injury, but nothing about why he kept gripping his side.
Hope he'll heal completely.
Alabama is close to hiring Kalen DeBoer from Washington to replace Nick Saban, AP source says
13h (12 Jan 2024)
Alabama is negotiating with Washington coach Kalen DeBoer and is close to hiring him as the replacement for Nick Saban, a person with direct knowledge of the talks said Friday.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because a deal was not completed yet. The talks were first reported by ESPN.
DeBoer, 49, is a former NAIA coach who led Washington to the national championship game in just his second season.
DeBoer would replace Saban, who announced his retirement Wednesday after leading the Crimson Tide to six national championships in 17 seasons.
DeBoer signed an extension after going 11-2 in 2022, raising his salary to $4.2 million with incremental increases to $4.8 million in the last year of the contract in 2028. It also included an increased buyout of $12 million if DeBoer left for a new job.
Washington offered a seven-year deal worth an average of $9.4 million annually to keep DeBoer, the person with knowledge of the situation said.
Athletic director Troy Dannen has said he first approached the coach about a new contract in October, soon after leaving Tulane for the Washington job.
Washington scheduled a team meeting for around 1:30 p.m. PT, according to a different person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because it was a private team meeting.
DeBoer hired high-powered agent Jimmy Sexton, who also represents Saban, last year. Saban received an eight-year deal in 2022 worth at least $93.6 million, including some $11.1 million this year.
DeBoer had a scheduled in-studio appearance with KJR-FM — Washington’s flagship station — scheduled for Friday morning. The station announced about two hours prior to the appearance that DeBoer would not be coming on the air.
The fast-rising DeBoer led the Huskies to a 14-1 record that included a Pac-12 championship before losing to No. 1 Michigan 34-13 in the national title game. He was named The Associated Press coach of the year.
DeBoer led the Huskies to a 25-3 record in two seasons after taking over a program that was 4-8 in 2021.
DeBoer led his alma mater Sioux Falls to a 67-3 record from 2005-09 and won three NAIA championships at the small, Baptist-affiliated school in South Dakota’s largest city. He later had immediate success at Fresno State, going 12-6 in two seasons from 2020-21.
At Alabama, he would replace a coach who won a major college record seven national titles, including one at LSU. The Crimson Tide have been in national title contention just about every season since winning their first in 17 seasons back in 2009, Saban’s third year.
Alabama’s short-term expectations won’t change with a team led by quarterback Jalen Milroe and a roster fortified by a string of highly rated recruiting classes.
DeBoer coached Heisman Trophy runner-up Michael Penix Jr. last season and brings an offensive track record to replace Saban, a former NFL defensive coordinator. He was Fresno State’s offensive coordinator in the 2017 and 2018 seasons and held the same job at Indiana for a year before replacing Jeff Tedford.
DeBoer was an All-America receiver at Sioux Falls who helped the Cougars win their first national championship in 1996. He then stayed on as receivers coach, returning in 2000 as offensive coordinator after a stint as a high school coach in Sioux Falls.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/alabama-is-close-to-hiring-kalen-deboer-from-washington-to-replace-nick-saban-ap-source-says/ar-AA1mT5XS
Nick Saban retiring as Alabama football coach
Story by Michael Casagrande, al.com • 1h (10 Jan 2024)
And then it was over.
Nick Saban’s retiring as the University of Alabama football coach, ESPN reported Wednesday afternoon, turning a long inevitability into a stark reality and sending shockwaves throughout the college football world. As of 5:30 p.m., CT, the school had not confirmed the news but it’s been confirmed by multiple news outlets.
It ends arguably the greatest run in college football history where the once famously-nomadic Saban finally planted roots and rebuilt a decaying empire. A 27-20 overtime loss to Michigan in the Rose Bowl semifinal was ultimately Saban’s final act as a college football coach, just over a week before handing the task of replacing him to athletics director Greg Byrne.
By reviving a struggling Crimson Tide program — winning 80.6% of his games and six of his seven national titles — Saban placed his name among the all-time greats. That includes Paul “Bear” Bryant, the Alabama coach from six whose national title mark Saban passed in 2020.
Where there’s understandable sadness from Huntsville to Mobile, a collective sigh of relief comes from outside the state border. Since arriving in 2007 from the Miami Dolphins, Saban recalibrated the entire sport. His quick rise — reaching No. 1 in Year 2 and winning the first national title a year later — wreaked havoc on rivals and created unrealistic expectations for other rebuilding powerhouses.
Auburn’s been through five coaches in Saban’s tenure. Tennessee’s had six. And LSU, three.
The expectation to land the next Saban became unrealistic practically everywhere and the numbers show why they were chasing this success. Saban’s final tallies include the following:
Add it up and Saban’s not just in the same conversation as Bryant, he’s arguably past the legend of another era. His teams maintained a level of consistency unmatched even in Bryant’s prime. After going 7-6 in his first season, Saban teams won no fewer than 10 games for the next 16 years.
After playing in the Independence Bowl in Year 1, Alabama never played in a game below the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1. Only four times after that initial season did Alabama enter the postseason without a shot at winning a national title. And when the Crimson Tide won the 2020 crown, Saban passed Bryant for the most national championships won by a single coach.
To celebrate the totality, one must return to the beginning.
Saban, then the Miami Dolphins coach in late 2006, denied any interest in leaving the NFL for the college game. Multiple fiery news conferences saw Saban smack down reports linking him to the Crimson Tide job. Meanwhile, his agent Jimmy Sexton and Alabama athletics director Mal Moore were working on a contract in early January 2007. Saban eventually relented and met with Moore.
On Jan. 3, 2007, the deal was done. The scene at the Tuscaloosa airport on Jan. 4 was national news as a rabid fanbase descended on the tarmac to greet its savior.
Clips of Saban’s introductory news conference held the next day were played throughout his tenure as he sketched a blueprint of the program, they planned to reawaken a sleeping giant.
Still, there was a touch of skepticism surrounding just how long Saban planned to dedicate to this project. At the time, he was viewed as a serial job hopper — one who spent no more than five years in any position before being lured away for greener pastures.
Was he a lifer or a mercenary?
“A lot of this is about legacy,” Saban told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen in an interview strolling through the Walk of Champions statues. “I’d love to leave a legacy as an outstanding college football coach as all the people we’ve seen coming up this walk has done. This would certainly be something … to win the national championship at LSU and then win national championship at another SEC institution like the University of Alabama, I think would establish a legacy that is pretty unique.”
He certainly followed through on that but questions at his opening news conference persisted.
“Do you know where Lake Burton is?” Saban said in response to a question about his next move. “It’s in north Georgia … that’s where I go in the summertime. That’s where I like it. That’s my next stop. So as long as people around here are committed to trying to win, I’m going to be the coach here. At some point in time, maybe somebody else can do it better. If that time comes, that’s where I’m going. Lake Burton. They don’t have a football team there.”
Saban ultimately followed through on that pledge but there were tense times along the way. That came to a peak in December 2013 after Alabama’s bid for a third straight national title ended in the most horrific way possible, the infamous Kick Six loss in the Iron Bowl. Texas, meanwhile, was sparing no expense after forcing out Mack Brown four years after playing Alabama for the national championship.
There was smoke, rumors and solid reporting linking Saban to a possible move to Austin but he eventually landed on a new contract in Tuscaloosa. He considered it a hard reset, like they were starting over in Year 1 with the Crimson Tide.
Part of that process was modernizing the offense after seeing fresh faces like Gus Malzahn, Hugh Freeze and other purveyors of the hurry-up, no-huddle schemes challenge and then defeat Saban’s traditionally dominant defenses. To fix his offense, Saban stunned the college football world by hiring former USC and Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin. Personality-wise, the polar opposite of Saban, Kiffin spent three seasons retooling the offense with quarterbacks Blake Sims, Jake Coker and Jalen Hurts. Alabama made the playoff all three seasons, winning the 2015 title before falling just short in the championship rematch with Clemson a year later.
Saban’s legacy will also include cultivating coaching staffs that either rehabbed big-name talent or produced it outright. The coaching tree is topped by Kirby Smart, the defensive coordinator from 2008-15 who went on to win two national titles and counting after leaving for his alma mater, Georgia in 2016.
Other former Alabama assistants who went on to big careers include Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and Kiffin now at Ole Miss. Two former assistants became Florida head coaches — Jim McElwain and Billy Napier while Jeremy Pruitt coached Tennessee, Mario Cristobal led Oregon and Miami. Brian Daboll, offensive coordinator in 2017, went on to be the New York Giants head coach while his successor, Mike Locksley took the Maryland head job.
The production of NFL level talent will also be a tentpole in Saban’s Alabama legacy. A total of 120 of his Crimson Tide players were drafted including 44 first-rounders. No class will be remembered more than 2018 when a record 12 players were selected — four in the first round.
So much of that success can be traced back to the recruiting trail that Saban famously owned. Beginning with the Class of 2008 stocked with the likes of Julio Jones, Mark Ingram and Dont’a Hightower, Alabama became the most consistently dominant force in the recruiting world. It won more than 10 recruiting titles, depending on the recruiting service surveyed and never fell out of the top 10 in Saban’s tenure.
The 2017 class will also go down in history for including Tua Tagovailoa, DeVonta Smith, Najee Harris, Jerry Jeudy, Mac Jones among others. It was a big part of national titles in 2017 and 2020 before moving onto the NFL.
That 2020 title was memorable for many reasons, not just the fact it was ultimately Saban’s last. Played at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Saban navigated an all-SEC schedule in dominant fashion. After a scare of a false positive before playing Georgia early in the season, Saban was diagnosed with the virus the week of the Iron Bowl and had to watch Alabama’s 42-13 win over Auburn from his Tuscaloosa-area home instead of the sideline.
A 52-24 CFP title-game win over Ohio State was a coronation for the most talented offensive team in Saban’s tenure, one led by coordinator Sarkisian who left for the Texas job immediately following the win.
Alabama, in a relative sense, struggled over the next two years in regaining the mental edge that made that 2020 team a personal favorite, Saban later said. Losses at Texas A&M, Tennessee and LSU over the next two seasons were disheartening for those who remembered the dominant teams of the past. There were bright spots like the 2021 SEC championship game where Alabama dominated No. 1 Georgia to make another playoff appearance. That high didn’t last as the Bulldogs got revenge and Smart finally took down his mentor a month later in the CFP championship game in Indianapolis.
Then in 2023, Alabama again upset the top-ranked Bulldogs in the SEC championship to sneak into the final four-team playoff.
All of this was done with the latest round of non-football challenges thrown the sport’s way. The long overdue opening of Name, Image and Likeness rights for athletes in 2021 added a layer of complication for coaches and administrators. Add in the loosening of transfer regulations and coaches were navigating what felt like a suddenly lawless marketplace. Saban had taken a cautious approach to the changes, agreeing with the move to allow players to benefit from their NIL while warning of the unintended consequences it would have in recruiting.
Like in so many other matters, Saban the politician used his voice and platform to push his perspective in hopes of influencing decision makers. This, however, was a tangled web of legal and legislative matters that reached all the way to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. That’s where Saban and other leaders went in the summer of 2023 to lobby lawmakers in another evolution for the product of the West Virginia coal country.
From a scrapy, championship-winning high school quarterback to an undersized college defensive back at Kent State to the highest levels of coaching, Saban’s story’s taken its share of twists and turns.
From a job-hopping, hot-headed villain of fanbases across the country to the ultimate savior and empire builder in Tuscaloosa, Saban’s found his legacy.
After 17 years as Alabama’s head football coach, there’s no denying Saban’s place in history.
The most consistently dominant coach of his era, Saban made his case as the greatest college football coach to ever walk the sidelines.
Two hundred and 97 wins. Seven national titles. One dynasty.
And now it’s over.
This breaking news story will be updated.
Michael Casagrande is a reporter for the Alabama Media Group.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/nick-saban-retiring-as-alabama-football-coach/ar-AA1mLZPs
Who da hell knows? And right now...
I don't care. I'm just going to enjoy the moment.
This year's seniors stayed and they are champions. < g >
GO BLUE ! ! !
Yes, it was. Took a long time to recover from that worthless POS... Rich Rodriguez.
Thanks for the congrats.
No guarantees for next year.
Gotta savor this victory, then get on with my life.
Take care.
lol It sure does.
I think I'll drag my 1997 National Champs sweatshirt out of storage and wear it around town.
There are a dozen yellow roses sitting across from me.
And two red ones leftover from the Rose Bowl win 'en-vased' on the hearth in plain sight.
Guess who slept through the game? Still tired from Sunday's shoveling and no Monday nap.
TG for ESPN reruns.
Thanks for the congrats, EZ.
Stay safe from Finn-zee.
GO BLUE!
This needs a link. I know everyone here hates Snopes...
But according to them, Paul Harvey did not write this.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/these-things-i-wish-for-you/
Nice piece though.
Go Blue ! ! !