Just throwing this out there as a potential talking point
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Schloberknocker of the Coney Island Schloberknockers?
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I was kind of ready for Huff to leave. Good recruiter but wasn't going to prevent your OL from sucking, and wasn't going to be the reason it was great. The recruiting/talent evaluation could easily be replaced and his lines always felt really finesse. The fact that even the Joe Moore's couldn't just road grade shitty Pac teams the last 2 years was a problem.
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This is a decent point. This team should've been able to run over opponents no matter who was at RB.
Like, beat ASU by 14+ without throwing a forward pass, at home.
They were a lot more physical under DeBoer, especially against Oregon. But man did Michigan abuse them
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The OL really struggling to ever just road grade is a great point. I assume a big part of it could be the byproduct of so much emphasis on long pass protection. It's one of the reasons they one of the worst good teams ever at putting games away. They could never just keep it on the ground and choke out a game.
It's written in stone though that ASU has to have 6'0 275 pound DTs that just destroy the Husky interior OL.
Come to think of it, the OL and TEs should have been way better against the edges against Michigan. The Michigan DL was exceptional inside but their edges were nothing special but really felt like UW did nothing there.
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I hated Huff before it was cool
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You have hated Huff since the tea leaves revealed the future in 2017...B.C. to your credit
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Huff to me just seems like a career assistant whose coaching and recruiting mostly just went with the head coach.
Under Petersen he recruited mid to low 4 star OKG types and the OL was above average and lacked dominance.
Under Lake he recruited almost no one and it was one of the worst OL's in program history.
Under DeBoer he recruited 3 stars with high potential and the OL was great at pass blocking but weren't road graders, ever.
I think my Huff thing was if he could have stayed under Fisch, limiting the bleeding on the OL and possibly Rosengarten comes back.
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Teams with mauler OLs seem to have matching defenses. Shrinks the game and makes it hard for other teams to come back. (Michigan last year)
Teams with finesse OLs seems to have matching defenses. Lengthens the game and makes it easier for other teams to come back. (UW last year)
Call it whatever you want, but the DeBoer/Grubb offense wasn’t a mauler offense. It was perfect for the PAC-12, and could have dominated for years imho.
Just not built to maul. And if we’re being honest, there aren’t many teams that are anymore.
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My understanding is that Jim Owens got the UW job because of his last name, being a relative of Jessie Owens.
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The Bradys…. The Mannings…. The Schloberknockers….
