Deboer’s inherited RBs and DBs were by far the worst positions of any though.
RB for sure but Petersen had to play Shaq and there was nobody at DB aside from Peters. The back end was woeful until his true frosh recruits started to figure it out.
Petersen got a shit OL, shit RBs, shit QBs, and shit WR too (the positions you'd think Sark the recruiter and offensive genius would've had stocked). Deboer at least inherited a good OL and good WR. Both got pretty decent lines but Pete got way better linebackers.
It's close.
I would take what DeBoer inherited over what Pete inherited rather easily. Pete inherited a few stars but almost zero depth and the stars he inherited were basically all seniors except for Ross and Azeem.
For me
Lambo Rick Lake DeBoer Pete Sark Gilby Ty
Based on this analysis Jimmy Lake is the worst coach in modern UW history.
With a bullet.
Willingham was much more damaging, as were Neuheisel and Gilby, but Jimmy was the straight up worst coach of any of them. As much as I hate Willingham, the program was in a really, really bad place when he came in and the conference was strong.
Jimmy became the worst UW coach ever the day we lost to Montana. He should have been fired on the 50 yd line.
Agreed. Willingham's opening loss in Seattle to an Air Force team that went 3-7 after that was underrated bad.
A coach can recover from a loss to Air Force and still be decent - e.g, Rick in 1999.
No coach that loses to a FCS can ever be good again. Kiss of Death. The bell tolls for thee Jimbo.
When the upset was over, once Louisiana-Monroe had embarrassed Alabama 21-14 in 2007 and Bryant-Denny Stadium became eerily quiet, a Warhawks cornerback named Quintez Secka searched for Nick Saban to shake his hand.
A lot is made of college football coaches about if they can win with their guys or if they need more Tim. Was thinking of what the post-James UW coaches have inherited. How do you think the coaches have stacked up with what they inherited roster wise when they took over the job? Here's what I think
1. Neuheisel - The depth of talent on the early-Neu teams still startles me and I don't think the program has ever gotten back there. Got a better deal than Lambo because he got Tui, who also convinced them to run the option in 2000. 2. Lambo - Deep/Stacked roster. He didn't inherit a true difference maker at QB though. 3. Petersen - Did actually inherit some really nice talent pieces from the dreaded Sark and specifically some crucial guys who were guys he wouldn't have recruited. 4. DeBoer - The roster wasn't filled with busts, just with nice four-star talent that had been coached horribly. Penix doesn't count as something he inherited. 5. Sark - A few nice NFL pieces Willingham was squandering and Locker at QB the big piece. 6. Gilby - The roster had quietly turned to shit under Neuheisel. The 2003 team actually had some real good pieces in Pickett/Reggie/Tank Johnson/Marquis Cooper/Khalif - hence how it won six games with fucking Gilby coaching. 7. Willingham - He's still the worst coach of this bunch. Doesn't mean he didn't inherit a roster turned to shit by Neuheisel and Gilby.
I don't know what to do with Jimmy considering the Covid season adn shit.
Tui was only a difference maker because RN was smart enough to abandon his entire offense and run the offense that maximized Tui’s talents. It remains by far the best coaching move any UW coach has made that I was old enough to observe in real time (DJ’s recurring philosophy change after the Bama loss was probably better but I was too young to have any concept of teen boi stocking).
A great point but how can Deboer's 180° turn around of the offense this year be ignored. The transition in 1 year has been remarkable. Now he needs to find a defense.
I think DeBoer is a lights out offensive coach. I love him. I don’t think he did anything especially brilliant or courageous bringing in his offensive system though. It was an obvious decision (and basically the reason he got hired). RN pivoting from his offense (the reason he got hired) to something of a dinosaur in the option because it fit his personnel is a much different thing. We’ve just watched multiple coaches fail because they were married to their system (Sark with locker, Pete with everyone, Lake with anyone). It’s hard to overstate RN stepping away from his system for the good of the team.
My original point was no one talks about RN inheriting a difference maker at QB if he forces Tui to run his offense like every other coach we have hired would have. But RN didn’t.
Yeah, Neuheisel is a guy who I think was just a little bit off from being a generational coach. I feel like it's a handful of things which held him back but there was a lot to like there.
A lot is made of college football coaches about if they can win with their guys or if they need more Tim. Was thinking of what the post-James UW coaches have inherited. How do you think the coaches have stacked up with what they inherited roster wise when they took over the job? Here's what I think
1. Neuheisel - The depth of talent on the early-Neu teams still startles me and I don't think the program has ever gotten back there. Got a better deal than Lambo because he got Tui, who also convinced them to run the option in 2000. 2. Lambo - Deep/Stacked roster. He didn't inherit a true difference maker at QB though. 3. Petersen - Did actually inherit some really nice talent pieces from the dreaded Sark and specifically some crucial guys who were guys he wouldn't have recruited. 4. DeBoer - The roster wasn't filled with busts, just with nice four-star talent that had been coached horribly. Penix doesn't count as something he inherited. 5. Sark - A few nice NFL pieces Willingham was squandering and Locker at QB the big piece. 6. Gilby - The roster had quietly turned to shit under Neuheisel. The 2003 team actually had some real good pieces in Pickett/Reggie/Tank Johnson/Marquis Cooper/Khalif - hence how it won six games with fucking Gilby coaching. 7. Willingham - He's still the worst coach of this bunch. Doesn't mean he didn't inherit a roster turned to shit by Neuheisel and Gilby.
I don't know what to do with Jimmy considering the Covid season adn shit.
Tui was only a difference maker because RN was smart enough to abandon his entire offense and run the offense that maximized Tui’s talents. It remains by far the best coaching move any UW coach has made that I was old enough to observe in real time (DJ’s recurring philosophy change after the Bama loss was probably better but I was too young to have any concept of teen boi stocking).
A great point but how can Deboer's 180° turn around of the offense this year be ignored. The transition in 1 year has been remarkable. Now he needs to find a defense.
I think DeBoer is a lights out offensive coach. I love him. I don’t think he did anything especially brilliant or courageous bringing in his offensive system though. It was an obvious decision (and basically the reason he got hired). RN pivoting from his offense (the reason he got hired) to something of a dinosaur in the option because it fit his personnel is a much different thing. We’ve just watched multiple coaches fail because they were married to their system (Sark with locker, Pete with everyone, Lake with anyone). It’s hard to overstate RN stepping away from his system for the good of the team.
My original point was no one talks about RN inheriting a difference maker at QB if he forces Tui to run his offense like every other coach we have hired would have. But RN didn’t.
Yeah, Neuheisel is a guy who I think was just a little bit off from being a generational coach. I feel like it's a handful of things which held him back but there was a lot to like there.
I you catch Rick on a broadcast he appears to actually be as corny as he acted. He was considered slick and fake but I wonder.
A lot is made of college football coaches about if they can win with their guys or if they need more Tim. Was thinking of what the post-James UW coaches have inherited. How do you think the coaches have stacked up with what they inherited roster wise when they took over the job? Here's what I think
1. Neuheisel - The depth of talent on the early-Neu teams still startles me and I don't think the program has ever gotten back there. Got a better deal than Lambo because he got Tui, who also convinced them to run the option in 2000. 2. Lambo - Deep/Stacked roster. He didn't inherit a true difference maker at QB though. 3. Petersen - Did actually inherit some really nice talent pieces from the dreaded Sark and specifically some crucial guys who were guys he wouldn't have recruited. 4. DeBoer - The roster wasn't filled with busts, just with nice four-star talent that had been coached horribly. Penix doesn't count as something he inherited. 5. Sark - A few nice NFL pieces Willingham was squandering and Locker at QB the big piece. 6. Gilby - The roster had quietly turned to shit under Neuheisel. The 2003 team actually had some real good pieces in Pickett/Reggie/Tank Johnson/Marquis Cooper/Khalif - hence how it won six games with fucking Gilby coaching. 7. Willingham - He's still the worst coach of this bunch. Doesn't mean he didn't inherit a roster turned to shit by Neuheisel and Gilby.
I don't know what to do with Jimmy considering the Covid season adn shit.
Tui was only a difference maker because RN was smart enough to abandon his entire offense and run the offense that maximized Tui’s talents. It remains by far the best coaching move any UW coach has made that I was old enough to observe in real time (DJ’s recurring philosophy change after the Bama loss was probably better but I was too young to have any concept of teen boi stocking).
A great point but how can Deboer's 180° turn around of the offense this year be ignored. The transition in 1 year has been remarkable. Now he needs to find a defense.
I think DeBoer is a lights out offensive coach. I love him. I don’t think he did anything especially brilliant or courageous bringing in his offensive system though. It was an obvious decision (and basically the reason he got hired). RN pivoting from his offense (the reason he got hired) to something of a dinosaur in the option because it fit his personnel is a much different thing. We’ve just watched multiple coaches fail because they were married to their system (Sark with locker, Pete with everyone, Lake with anyone). It’s hard to overstate RN stepping away from his system for the good of the team.
My original point was no one talks about RN inheriting a difference maker at QB if he forces Tui to run his offense like every other coach we have hired would have. But RN didn’t.
Yeah, Neuheisel is a guy who I think was just a little bit off from being a generational coach. I feel like it's a handful of things which held him back but there was a lot to like there.
I you catch Rick on a broadcast he appears to actually be as corny as he acted. He was considered slick and fake but I wonder.
Rick is super chill IRL. Have run into him a few times at events in LA—he’s a fun dude.
I think what’s not being discussed is the damage that Lake would have done had he been retained. Players on the roster were getting ready to transfer out, recruiting was floundering and no one outside the program wanted to coach with him. How quickly we forget, “After a national search the man for the job was already on staff.” A third season with Lake as HC, Gregory as DC, Junior as OC and Morris as the starting QB would have been the 2-10 type year that Gilby and Ty posted. Stacking poor recruiting classes and record low fan engagement would have further stunted the NIL bags that this seasons success brought. I want to kill myself just thinking about it.
Lake was a huge bullet, and UW was lucky to only get winged by it. The direction under Lake was, amazingly, far worse than with Gilby or Ty because of how fast players can just edit the premises now. I shudder to imagine the roster a new UW coach might have inherited if Lake had been given the whole season or retained into 2022.
Oregon showed up and he went after saint Ruprecht in a nick of time. We should all remember that and thank him and them.
When the upset was over, once Louisiana-Monroe had embarrassed Alabama 21-14 in 2007 and Bryant-Denny Stadium became eerily quiet, a Warhawks cornerback named Quintez Secka searched for Nick Saban to shake his hand.
The 2007 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Warhawks offense scored 282 points while the defense allowed 332 points.[1]
BS - Ty is the worst PAC 12 coach ever - Lake does not have enough games to make the record books but TY does - and he sucks, and he gets picked to be on a committee that determines the ratings for the final playoffs? Fuck, kill that guy before he does more damage.
BS - Ty is the worst PAC 12 coach ever - Lake does not have enough games to make the record books but TY does - and he sucks, and he gets picked to be on a committee that determines the ratings for the final playoffs? Fuck, kill that guy before he does more damage.
A lot is made of college football coaches about if they can win with their guys or if they need more Tim. Was thinking of what the post-James UW coaches have inherited. How do you think the coaches have stacked up with what they inherited roster wise when they took over the job? Here's what I think
1. Neuheisel - The depth of talent on the early-Neu teams still startles me and I don't think the program has ever gotten back there. Got a better deal than Lambo because he got Tui, who also convinced them to run the option in 2000. 2. Lambo - Deep/Stacked roster. He didn't inherit a true difference maker at QB though. 3. Petersen - Did actually inherit some really nice talent pieces from the dreaded Sark and specifically some crucial guys who were guys he wouldn't have recruited. 4. DeBoer - The roster wasn't filled with busts, just with nice four-star talent that had been coached horribly. Penix doesn't count as something he inherited. 5. Sark - A few nice NFL pieces Willingham was squandering and Locker at QB the big piece. 6. Gilby - The roster had quietly turned to shit under Neuheisel. The 2003 team actually had some real good pieces in Pickett/Reggie/Tank Johnson/Marquis Cooper/Khalif - hence how it won six games with fucking Gilby coaching. 7. Willingham - He's still the worst coach of this bunch. Doesn't mean he didn't inherit a roster turned to shit by Neuheisel and Gilby.
I don't know what to do with Jimmy considering the Covid season adn shit.
Tui was only a difference maker because RN was smart enough to abandon his entire offense and run the offense that maximized Tui’s talents. It remains by far the best coaching move any UW coach has made that I was old enough to observe in real time (DJ’s recurring philosophy change after the Bama loss was probably better but I was too young to have any concept of teen boi stocking).
A great point but how can Deboer's 180° turn around of the offense this year be ignored. The transition in 1 year has been remarkable. Now he needs to find a defense.
I think DeBoer is a lights out offensive coach. I love him. I don’t think he did anything especially brilliant or courageous bringing in his offensive system though. It was an obvious decision (and basically the reason he got hired). RN pivoting from his offense (the reason he got hired) to something of a dinosaur in the option because it fit his personnel is a much different thing. We’ve just watched multiple coaches fail because they were married to their system (Sark with locker, Pete with everyone, Lake with anyone). It’s hard to overstate RN stepping away from his system for the good of the team.
My original point was no one talks about RN inheriting a difference maker at QB if he forces Tui to run his offense like every other coach we have hired would have. But RN didn’t.
Oh man I get what you're saying now. Yeah, going to the option to take advantage of Tui was brilliant.
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No coach that loses to a FCS can ever be good again. Kiss of Death. The bell tolls for thee Jimbo.
Oregon showed up and he went after saint Ruprecht in a nick of time. We should all remember that and thank him and them.