"As soon as those needs change, so does their loyalty"

[@OutTheWazzu15]

“We want guys who want to be here” is my favorite quote from him 😂

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

He also said, that, "Everything can be accomplished from Washington State." He's a hypocrite. People think that because he beat UW that he's the greatest thing since sliced bread. He lost 7 of his last 8 games last season! Then, he lost the last three games this season against terrible teams, including an embarrassing home lost to Wyoming. He talks about "loyalty", SMH

[@austinhayes7847]

So utterly frustrating to hear this hypocrite talk about loyalty.

[@robbiegraham3412]

I fear that eventually schools are going to end up losing football programs because of the current state of college football. Everything seems like a lose lose situation. You get a winning season, you lose everyone to the highest bidder, you have a losing season, you lose everyone to the highest bidder.

[@seanvanessajanssen6419]

It’s a selfish and hypocritical move but I partially understand it. It’s a life preserver thrown from a sinking ship. Nobody better even talk about loyalty anymore. We all know it’s a lie. Everybody who’s anybody is in it for themselves now and it’s just the nature of the game. Unpopular opinion and probably a hot take as I’m burning with anger at this stage but maybe Big Sky football really would be more fun at this point. More stability, only a handful of players will probably transfer each year after showing they are good enough to play FBS. You get to compete for national championships and have a built-in rivalry right next door. It won’t happen but I wouldn’t be sad at all if we shifted course in that direction at this point. I’m not having fun anymore and I want off this ride.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

That's capitalism for you. Isn't that the way Americans want it? Competition? Freedom of choice?

[@allensaunders449]

The rich always got richer long before the current state of thing's

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

@@allensaunders449 True, but it's accelerated today. Today, the rich got even RICHER, and the poor got even POORER.

[@tbranson6301]

That sucks. Also feel free to come to Corvallis on 10/25 to root against Dickert. He is going down.

[@mkwacker]

Brutal. I really liked Jake Dickert and thought his optimism and integrity represented WSU well. Disappointing.

[@tomcole6892]

Hearing him talk you really felt like he would stay for a least a little bit longer. This hurts

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Why does it hurt? He was a terrible coach. Last season he lost 7 of his last 8 games. This season he lost the last three games to terrible teams. He couldn't even win a home game, against Wyoming, on senior night!

[@BillyVerden]

That reminds me of Lincoln Riley's press conference- "No, I'm not going to LSU.".. he went to USC..

[@WinterCougar]

THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

[@mason2430]

This was Oregon State last year. You guys will get through it. It’s dark now but it’ll get better.

[@JimDurand-m6r]

Last one out lock the doors.

[@thomaswright5492]

And turn out the lights.

[@JamieR2077]

So let me get this straight: 1. You work at a place for 5 years and it final culminates in a pretty good year 2. Everyone you accomplished this with take big pay and opportunity increases to go elsewhere 3. You now have to start from square one and your performance in this rebuilding year(s) WILL be held against you at this AND future jobs 3. A good opportunity paying DOUBLE presents itself that will give you a couple years to rebuild You're telling me you DONT take that job because you're 'loyal' to the couple guys that weren't good enough to get offers to go elsewhere?

[@purpleivory2]

Conference realignment, NIL, and the transfer portal are crushing the sport.

[@cougsjohnson1]

We're the only Sport on Planet Earth 🌎 where you get Relegated for Winning.

[@AlexZabel]

Cant really blame him, but he preached loyalty so much it makes him seem pretty phony.

[@stephenharris4249]

As a UW fan after last year it doesn't make me happy to see this happen to anyone, even y'all. Hope you land a good coach.

[@stuvo1977]

If Jedd Fisch has any success at UW, he'll depart for the SEC or NFL. I am not watching next year. I am done with this garbage.

[@ricks4361]

Wow. College football is truly broken. I hate this. Feel bad for the players working hard and staying loyal. I feel for the fans trying to make sense of it all.

[@mysteriousoklahoma777]

Hate what’s happening to WSU…I’m a Sooner. I feel your pain. 🙏 If I was WSU I’d go get Mack Brown or Gary Patterson.

[@allensaunders449]

They need to get into a major conference

[@donhula5298]

Mike Price. 🌹

[@CougHoopandBaseball]

Let’s talk about Schweitzer Labs - if they don’t start helping with the money part, the football program is done.

[@donhula5298]

As a Beavs fan it was horrible to watch Smith & so many players leave before we limped into the Sun Bow to get crushed by ND. I hope the Cougs show some fight and shock the world in the Holiday Bowl. PAC-2 vs Everyone.

[@gmccloud]

Everyone knew Amith was leaving. He left in November and it was a much bigger school

[@donhula5298]

@ Michigan State wasn’t a can’t miss job. If he waited a few more weeks he would’ve had the Washington job. Plus he’s an Alumni QB. He had more reason to stay at OSU.

[@jmayburry6845]

Good riddance, great coach for building a good culture, horrible coach when it comes to clock management and winning "winnable" games. the 8- 4 Cougs should have easily been the 11-1 or 12-0 Cougs.

[@kevintaylor4913]

Rolovich is the guy who had loyalty. Re-hire him!

[@legoforbeginners6950]

The reason he left is because he couldn't get anybody to stay. He couldn't do anything anymore.

[@Crimsonvandal]

We shouldn’t be calling 18-24 year olds kids

[@futurecoug2012]

I disagree on backing out of the Holiday Bowl, but agree on everything else you said. Here's to getting a huge splashy hire that has a higher ceiling than Dickert did. CALL THE PETES (Carroll & Chris), CALL COACH ECK AT NEW MEXICO!!

[@Smootheroperator]

lol Chris Petersen ain’t going to Pullman

[@futurecoug2012]

@Smootheroperator absolutely not. Nobody said he is. But you still make the call.

[@CougHoopandBaseball]

Ann McCoy is really killing it as A.D. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@toddloomis2428]

I hate this also, and I'm a Sooner fan. WSU deserves better.

[@thomaswright5492]

I would assume WSU will have to pay a chunk if they back out of the Holiday Bowl.

[@tylernelson3343]

Don’t forget about when UCLA backing out of Holiday Bowl and lawsuit

[@TheCouchGM]

Yeah was more so thinking if we’d have enough guys to field a team 😂 we’ll just have to accept a blowout in the bowl

[@richardbarry4663]

WSU’s AD just stated they will not back out of the game and they have giving Holiday Bowl reps assurances on that. They need the bowl game payout too much.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Yep, WSU Athletics is deleting videos of press conferences. Just insane.

[@danieldracobly8382]

With the assumption that more players will enter the portal. I'd go and get Tim Polasek (1A) or Brent Vigen. The more players the enter will make it an easier time to shift the offensive culture from a pass dominant offense to a more balanced one. Each have their pros and cons but for me Polasek would be the choice because of his ability to develop the offensive line which will be the key.

[@reverend_wintondupree]

The timing could not have been any worse having missed on some great candidates, including Jason Eck.

[@tsmitty6]

Jon Gruden. No I'm serious. Go full meme and name recognition. The man is doing Cameo for goodness sake, he's dying to get back to coaching I'm sure! But if we need a good vibe like the Ms are doing with Dan Wilson, then I'd say Ryan Leaf. Again, we need to go full vibe full meme. Screw the Xs and Os

[@mjones9088]

I like this idea, Jon gruden and Greg Olson.

[@danielbeard1438]

All his talk of loyalty is certainly rich now coming from him. Unfortunately as I see it WSU is gonna have one of the biggest drop offs in college football that we might see. Hopefully we can hire a good looking coach and try to get some transfers from FCS schools and see if we can move decently forward. The bowl game is basically impossible now so we’ll need to back out. It sucks that college football is so broken and money focused now that schools like WSU get hurt because of it.

[@Xdxdxdmoneu]

It’s weird that wsu athletics is deleting his pressers. Why?

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Yep, I've noticed this too. Because they want to protect Dickert's hypocritical comments that he made in the past about "loyalty".

[@rumblingcds]

Kinda glad OrSt got a headstart on losing our staff.

[@marcpena266]

He didn’t have to say all the loyalty stuff knowing that he was considering other coaching opportunities.

[@leefleming1938]

Should’ve been a giant “T” in the middle of the WF logo. What a disgrace.

[@krjohnson29]

I don't mind that he's leaving, but the hypocricy is irritating.

[@allensaunders449]

Going to Wake Forest isn't a step up at all. Washington State needs to get into a Major conference desperately

[@LawLinternets]

If enough teams forfeit their bowl games that should send a strong signal to the NCAA that something needs to be done here.

[@leifrausch9517]

What a hypocrite, I expected better from dickert

[@edwardmohs435]

we need an old cougar layer to coach and stay there

[@tommyjames2448]

College football is dead.

[@Smootheroperator]

I think people aren’t seeing the bigger picture. There was a headline earlier this year saying WSU just raised tuition amid declining enrollment. The school has a lot to figure out. If enrollment and the school aren’t headed in the right direction, you won’t be able to recruit players or coaches to Pullman and get them to stay. This is beyond just the football team and if it isn’t addressed, this will keep sliding downhill and WSU will be at the bottom of the new PAC conference when the other schools join

[@gmccloud]

Declined enrollment due to woke politics at an agricultural school

[@leifrausch9517]

@@gmccloudwhat 😂

[@dripbayless9671]

Chase your money. But Cee You Next Tuesday

[@joeguerra8435]

The face of a liar. I wonder if he secretly tossed his WSU gear in a 2nd hand store bin in the middle of the night.

[@rockerfarm6445]

I get it, its a tough job, I gotta say though it's frustrating Wake Forest is a better job now... what I'll say in his defense though, with the resources he had he couldn't hold anything he built and not get the personal he wanted, if you can't get these things it is a bit unfair to expect loyalty, still sounds pretty bad now

[@herbertwilliams9092]

The only loyalty is to the almighty dollar

[@drummssticks]

First mean what you say thats all. Second, look at the school enrollment and figure out a plan to put WSU on the map, not just for sports. Third, build more hotels. Many WSU fans travel and need places to stay, but cant because of limited hotels.

[@SeoulCoug]

Dickert teams folded down the stretch in back to back seasons. I'm surprised some school was willing to give him millions more. Cheaper coaches could have done more with this years squad.

[@CallSignWhiplash]

There’s a difference between working at a gas station and an oil company. If I walked into a gas station and offered to double the employees pay and benefits while increasing their opportunities for future advancement I could leave with whoever I wanted. There are head hunter and recruiters in STEM industries and Agents in Sports. Business optimization via talent acquisition, simple supply and demand. Life has become a Reality Show sponsored by the highest bidder. Lawyers win again…. (Most agents are Attorneys) When it comes to the current state of NCAA Sports, at least the players have a seat at the table and a spot at the trough. It will eventually get cleaned up and “Amateur Sports” will no longer exist. The only question is whether High School Sports are next…..?

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

Even tho I’m a husky fan I feel bad for WSU fans we know this feeling and loyalty my ass if you want to leave go but at least be honest

[@cougfan253]

Oh the irony

[@tilu3303]

You're reacting emotionally. Head coaches get recruited from where they've had success all the time and Wazzu has been the proving ground for countless parents and coaches over the years. We should be proud to have our "kids" leave the nest and make something great of themselves. This opens up a great opportunity to have another young coach do the same thing like Jake has just done and coach Riley is on the path to doing as well. School is a bus stop for players and coaches while we just happen to be alumni the rest of our lives. We're like foster parents who get to help them along their way.

[@TheRandalHandle]

I can't stand it when coaches do this. I get it, there are better jobs out there, but it's just gross. Same thing happened last year with Washington. These coaches have no shame.

[@deakon071]

I hate this. I really believed Dickert and thought he was going to be our leader through an already dark period. We all bought the "loyalty" shtick hook, line, and sinker. The one thing that Dickert did well was to understand WSU's role in the college football landscape. We aren't a perennial powerhouse. We aren't signing top 25 recruiting classes and we have to find gems and develop them. Mike price did it, and so did Leach. I've been a diehard coug for 35 years and hate the direction that college football is headed. Unfortunately, our innocence and loyalty as a fan base is going to be our demise. This business of amateur sports has become more corrupt than the professional counterpart and we can't compete for a litany of reasons. Replacing Dickert and his culture will be hard. Brent Vigen makes the most sense but he'll jump ship once his teams find success. Thats the unfortunate nature of the new era of college football. I don't have any answers or solutions, so I guess I'm just bitching. We already miss the college football that we watched die and we cheered as they kept putting bullets after bullet in it. I'll always be a coug and love the sport, but something about all of it just seems so slimy and unfamiliar now.

[@connorbye8161]

At least the future is brighter for Washington but rn both teams are in the shitter

[@SurfCityBill]

This is terrible news. Feel bad for WSU but this crap is going to become common. If Dickert had kept his mouth shut, I could understand his move, but I detest hypocrites that say one thing and do another.

[@scottbrewster9969]

Dickert is a snake. As an alum of Wazzu I am beyond furious and honestly I think the leadership we have in place with the Board of Regents and President Schultz are a big reason why Dickert left, we can't be cutting funding to the athletic department when we are behind the 8 ball in conference realignment. I know Schultz is leaving but maybe we can him early and get rid of everyone on the board of regents, they all suck anyway.

[@ok19772]

I hate to hate him but damn

[@joshuaweaver5069]

What the university represents immediately removes 99% of our potential fan base. Our fan base is mostly alumni spread out over the four corners. Athletes don't want to play in an empty stadium with little excitement from the few fans who are there. The potential fanbase has a hard time getting excited about what the university represents. Pullman apartmentland is a slum. Tough to get excited about living there as a player. Wsu has long held the identity of a party school and as the school tries to reshape its identity people realize that pullman has nothing to offer socially or economically. The school is shrinking and the football program is in shambles. It will continue to get worse until washington swings red which will never happen. Good move coach.

[@leifrausch9517]

Why tf would Washington swinging red help ANYTHING😂

[@joshuaweaver5069]

@leifrausch9517 Most of wsu's potential fanbase are conservatives. The only blue county in all of Eastern Washington and North Idaho is Whitman County. We don't accurately represent the values of our respective region and we therefore do not have the support that we have enjoyed in decades past. We pushed away Mike Leach because he was a Trump supporter. We will become an fcs school very quickly.

[@marjorieanderson8626]

I am an OU fan... But I'll never forget the first time I ever made it to Pullman...my thought was why? Why in the world would the powers that be decide to put one of the major state universities here? Especially given the other options in the state of Washington. It is like if Oregon State were located in Ontario... or Colorado State were in Lamar. In Oklahoma... it would be like if we put Oklahoma State in Guymon. And the remoteness has nothing to do with politics.

[@Northstarisforlife07]

Propaganda Troll

[@adamcompean9385]

Coach Jake Dickert is B.S talk!!! Well, he's going to a non winning school 😂😅😂! Wake Forest winning school 🏫 the last time Wake Forest has a winning season was 1930!!! 😅 ACC . Cougs need to withdraw from the Holiday bowl game it would be a total huge embarrassment!!! Cougs have at least 22 players in the transfers Portal and plus coaches!

[@daleroberts8772]

Jake a good salesmen! Selling ice to a eskimo! He wont win at wake! He will always be a 500 coach...

[@RotSupremeLeader]

More money, yes. Good move for Jake? I don’t think so. He just shot him self in the foot. Watch when the ACC implodes and Wake Forest will be in the same situation. Wonder what the talk about loyalty will be then? Good riddance is all I have to say. Maybe we can find a coach who won’t lose the second half of every season. Have fun with that one Wake Forest…

[@poco1174]

Bobby Hauck. Record. Bone fides. Tough.

[@reverend_wintondupree]

Hauck had a rough go in his FBS stint at UNLV. Given his age, he may continue to coach the Grizzlies until he earns a National Championship title.

[@sungkim742]

I never liked him. I could see that he was all talk and a mediocre coach.

[@JustinBailey-q6w]

This was where Oklahoma was a few years ago too .

[@mjones9088]

This NIL, is complete BS. College football is crap!!!! NO GO COUGS!!!!

[@milojackson4706]

So, it’s cool when Coaches jump ship and leave for more money from other schools, but it’s a problem and “No Loyalty” when the players do it!?! Keep in mind Coaches have been doing this for years before any talk of NIL or playing the players.

[@TheCouchGM]

This video is purely about Dickert. I’m happy for John, although it sucks to see.