Wilbur Hooks on Coaching Changes and The Husky Way
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Rick proved he was a garbage coach at UCLA. The fact his teams got worse at Colorado and UW is also telling. He will always get props for the Rose Bowl, but Bob Toledo, Ron Turner, and Ron Zook all made Rose Bowls too. Rick won it, so he has the right to pop off, but we weren't going to become a consistent title contender with him. It's similar to how Chizik won a national title. Sometimes bad coaches get lucky or have great rosters. Rick had both in 2000.
Firing Rick after 2002 would have been a great move. The 2003 team was talented. Coaches would have lined up to coach that team. Of course Babs probably would have fucked up the hire. She fucked up by firing Rick when he did. If she would have relieved Gilby after his 6-6 year, we still could have found a good coach. That is much harder to do with a 1-10 team, although we obviously could have done better than Ty. One bad move after another. Luckily, I was a high school kid and was starting to get too busy for Husky Football. If I was an adult, I'm not sure if I would still be a fan after all of that shit. -
Rick proved to be a sub parr coach but hiring him was ballsy by babs
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or UCLA and Miami, and Michigan in 02, etc. Just physically outmatched or else outcoached.Dennis_DeYoung said:The OSU game in 2001 was the death knell. We were soft, inconsistent, mentally weak and a bunch of pussies. Everyone knew it if they were paying attention. Rick should've been fired after '02.
Doogs blame Rick for Gilby & Ty's struggles... I don't. I blame Rick for being a pussy, pansy POS and making us soft.
The thing was, we needed some fun after Lambo had sucked the life out of the players.
It was pretty easy to understand. Lambo had made kids TUFFFFFFFFF, but sucked the interest and enjoyment out of football. Rick was all of that. While he had the TUFFFFFNESS we did great. Once that was gone, we sucked because he was a pussy, ultimately.
The end.
You need a coach who lets people enjoy things (see '91; in contrast, see punishing DeSaussure for saying shitty things about the Cougs), but also makes them tough.
Rick showed what he had.
However, Gilby and Ty's years... those are on Gilby and Ty. Rick didn't do irreparable harm. Both Gilby and Ty were fucksticks. -
A fucking chick (Hi, Seattle!) fired Lambo, hired Rick, and Title IX'd us into oblivion.Dennis_DeYoung said:The OSU game in 2001 was the death knell. We were soft, inconsistent, mentally weak and a bunch of pussies. Everyone knew it if they were paying attention. Rick should've been fired after '02.
Doogs blame Rick for Gilby & Ty's struggles... I don't. I blame Rick for being a pussy, pansy POS and making us soft.
The thing was, we needed some fun after Lambo had sucked the life out of the players.
It was pretty easy to understand. Lambo had made kids TUFFFFFFFFF, but sucked the interest and enjoyment out of football. Rick was all of that. While he had the TUFFFFFNESS we did great. Once that was gone, we sucked because he was a pussy, ultimately.
The end.
You need a coach who lets people enjoy things (see '91; in contrast, see punishing DeSaussure for saying shitty things about the Cougs), but also makes them tough.
Rick showed what he had.
However, Gilby and Ty's years... those are on Gilby and Ty. Rick didn't do irreparable harm. Both Gilby and Ty were fucksticks.
Whether you agree with the coaching changes or not is a very small piece of the story.
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When we're you born pawz you ignant little turd? You weren't around then we're ya ? Fucking new fish doogspawz said:Meh. This is just classic confirmation bias. It's telling because we want it to be telling. But these exact comments are made by players every single time there's a regime change. Sometimes they're telling, sometimes they're not. Time will tell.
Either way it will be interesting. -
CaptainPJ said:
A fucking dick (Gerberding) fired the original OKG AD, hired a fucking chick (Hi, Seattle!), who then ran off Don James, promoted and then fired Lambo, hired and fired Rick, promoted Gilby, and Title IX'd us into oblivion.Dennis_DeYoung said:The OSU game in 2001 was the death knell. We were soft, inconsistent, mentally weak and a bunch of pussies. Everyone knew it if they were paying attention. Rick should've been fired after '02.
Doogs blame Rick for Gilby & Ty's struggles... I don't. I blame Rick for being a pussy, pansy POS and making us soft.
The thing was, we needed some fun after Lambo had sucked the life out of the players.
It was pretty easy to understand. Lambo had made kids TUFFFFFFFFF, but sucked the interest and enjoyment out of football. Rick was all of that. While he had the TUFFFFFNESS we did great. Once that was gone, we sucked because he was a pussy, ultimately.
The end.
You need a coach who lets people enjoy things (see '91; in contrast, see punishing DeSaussure for saying shitty things about the Cougs), but also makes them tough.
Rick showed what he had.
However, Gilby and Ty's years... those are on Gilby and Ty. Rick didn't do irreparable harm. Both Gilby and Ty were fucksticks.
Whether you agree with the coaching changes or not they areisa very small piece of the story.
Simple fact
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Those players were soft under Lambo too. They got their ass kicked plenty. They got Lambo fired for partying before losing bad in the Hawaii bowl to Air Force.
Just a bunch of excuses. Babs was right to fire Lambo. The problem wasn't that she fired Rick it was when she fired Rick and then letting Gilby take over.
Searching for some link to a non existent Husky Way was really stupid. That's what led to Ty. Then swing the other way to Sark. Swing back to Petermen.
If Petermen can coach which I think he can its a mute point irregardless. If he can't we'll swing back to a loose Sark Rick type. Its what losing programs do. -
There was nothing right about firing Lambo Race. (Except maybe the shade of purple and no metallic on the helmets). Lambo would have won the rosebowl, prolly 2 with Tui.RaceBannon said:Those players were soft under Lambo too. They got their ass kicked plenty. They got Lambo fired for partying before losing bad in the Hawaii bowl to Air Force.
Just a bunch of excuses. Babs was right to fire Lambo. The problem wasn't that she fired Rick it was when she fired Rick and then letting Gilby take over.
Searching for some link to a non existent Husky Way was really stupid. That's what led to Ty. Then swing the other way to Sark. Swing back to Petermen.
If Petermen can coach which I think he can its a mute point irregardless. If he can't we'll swing back to a loose Sark Rick type. Its what losing programs do. -
uhpuppylove_sugarsteel said:
There was nothing right about firing Lambo Race. (Except maybe the shade of purple and no metallic on the helmets). Lambo would have won the rosebowl, prolly 2 with Tui.RaceBannon said:Those players were soft under Lambo too. They got their ass kicked plenty. They got Lambo fired for partying before losing bad in the Hawaii bowl to Air Force.
Just a bunch of excuses. Babs was right to fire Lambo. The problem wasn't that she fired Rick it was when she fired Rick and then letting Gilby take over.
Searching for some link to a non existent Husky Way was really stupid. That's what led to Ty. Then swing the other way to Sark. Swing back to Petermen.
If Petermen can coach which I think he can its a mute point irregardless. If he can't we'll swing back to a loose Sark Rick type. Its what losing programs do. -
DPOTDpuppylove_sugarsteel said:
There was nothing right about firing Lambo Race. (Except maybe the shade of purple and no metallic on the helmets). Lambo would have won the rosebowl, prolly 2 with Tui.RaceBannon said:Those players were soft under Lambo too. They got their ass kicked plenty. They got Lambo fired for partying before losing bad in the Hawaii bowl to Air Force.
Just a bunch of excuses. Babs was right to fire Lambo. The problem wasn't that she fired Rick it was when she fired Rick and then letting Gilby take over.
Searching for some link to a non existent Husky Way was really stupid. That's what led to Ty. Then swing the other way to Sark. Swing back to Petermen.
If Petermen can coach which I think he can its a mute point irregardless. If he can't we'll swing back to a loose Sark Rick type. Its what losing programs do.
