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Subtle changes in Ektard's Recruiting blog is building the mythos of Sark the Conqueror
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Thanks for the update.
I had heard those rumors as well yesterday ... it made me El Oh El.
Let's be realistic about what Washington recruiting has always been all about. It's never about signing 25 guys that are all 4-star and better. That's just not the way things have been done. A great class is getting 10 4-star guys or better (which makes sense because that's roughly the Top 300 of recruits ... if you figure you're a Top 25 team and each Top 25 team gets no more than 10 4-star or better players on average, there's not a lot left over if you aren't in the Top 25). The way this program has always been built up is by getting "guys that want to be Huskies," players that have upside and are developed, guys with a chip on their shoulder out of SoCal because they think they are better than the guys that went to USC/UCLA, keeping the top talent in-state, and from time to time winning heads up recruiting battles with USC and UCLA.
The idiots out there like Ektard and Kim Jong Vino would like people to believe that the only way that Washington can be successful is to be full of steak and sizzle in recruiting. Bullshit. Petersen's produced more NFL caliber players at Boise during his tenure than has been produced at Washington during that time period (too lazy to look it up and confirm so fuck off if it's the other way around ... point being is that Boise shouldn't be producing as much talent as Washington).
Petersen's already landed 3 4-star kids in this class. I think you have to like our chances for landing Chico McClatcher and Henry Roberts (and really any kid that is coming out of Bellevue at this point as long as Petersen is in charge). That's 2 more 4-star kids. My guess is that Petersen ends up with somewhere in the 7-10 range by the end of this class for 4-star or better recruits.
List of 4-stars+ in Sark's tenure:
2009 = 0
2010 = 10 (includes Potoae, Kohler, Porter, Montana, Chris Young, and Cooper who either didn't contribute much, injured/medically retired, didn't make it into school, or transferred w/o making any significant contributions)
2011 = 5
2012 = 4
2013 = 8
Petersen in 2014 = 4 (in less than 2 months of recruiting)
Petersen in 2013 = 3 (work in progress)
As is usual when working with opinions from Ektard and KJV, the facts generally don't align with their opinions. -
everyone with at least half of a brain left that place a long time ago.
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Remember Sark's staff got Shaq
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Reality is that as long as it isn't a transition class ANY coach at Washington will pull a top 25 class probably 5 out of 6 years. As long as you are top 20-25 you are fine. The difference between a #10 class and a #25 class is nothing. I'll poast some actual facts later on recruiting to Warshington.
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The talent Sark brought in was fine. It could have been better, but it wasn't bad either. Last year's team had good talent. His problem was discipline. He cared more about star QB's and skill position guys than lineman, LB's, and DB's.
Peterman will likely bring in much more balanced classes. The returning DB depth is unacceptable and is an example of Sark's lack of discipline. The OL depth next year will be the same. We might get lucky, and the groups might turn out okay, but we shouldn't be in those positions in the first place, and the reason why we are is Sark fucked up. -
I've met dnc. Not a hipster.ApostleofGrief said:But you just denied being a hipster!
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You associate with dnc? Hipster! Unless you DENY IT?TTJ said:
I've met dnc. Not a hipster.ApostleofGrief said:But you just denied being a hipster!
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It's just AoG pressing very badly, don't take him too seriously.TTJ said:
I've met dnc. Not a hipster.ApostleofGrief said:But you just denied being a hipster!
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all right, all right, a little hipster McCarthyism never hurt anybody
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Talking so much about hipsters longs me for discussions of a TBS variety ...
