I’m THANKFUL
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Rick was 11-1 in 2000 which is proof that he was the Messiah!!
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Interesting thanks. Foreboding though
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He was generally a good recruiter but failed miserably to recruit linemen. In the one long conversation I had with Dick Baird in 2009 he scoffed Neuheisel taking 7 wide receivers at the expense of the offensive line one year. The part I found hard to take was watching UW lead the conference in rushing in 2000 and by 2002 and 2003 we were near the bottom.
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that was the hard part for me. Rick was the start of the focus on the flash player instead of the big uglies that win games. Championships are won in the weight room, not at the track meet. Rick never understood that. Probably still doesn’t.
But almost everyone knew Gilby was not the answer since he had failed so hard at Cal. Man was a solid Ugly himself but not the caliber of head coach we needed. In answer to the original question, yes, I’d say most Husky fans thought Rick was not all that but we missed him because it was ALL downhill after he left.
Fisch has shown good recruiting and competence overall. As I see it he has two real weaknesses: play calling/ in game adjustments and enamored by pedigree. He likes the shiny pedigree coach and is likely missing the no name guys that could really get him to the next level.
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Rick is by far my favorite tv/radio analyst. I would have never believed 20 years ago that one day I'd go out of my way to listen to his radio show on Sirius.
He was always smart. He's matured from a smug know it all (multiple firings and long walks on the beach?) into a wise old dude who chooses his words carefully. He knows his shit.
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Upvote for the lawnmower comment.
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The timing of firing RN was incredibly dumb. He was probably getting let go after the 2003 season but instead UW’s inept leadership decided to fire him in June. To make matters worse, instead of naming Gilby the interim and waiting until November/December to hire a coach, Gilby got the job outright.
If you expect UW to make good decisions regarding football, you’ll be disappointed.
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This is basically my view too.
I rolled into UW the same year as Rick and he did some dumb shit his first year (losing to BYU and Air Force, getting blown out at home by ASU and losing to UCLA in OT on the road when we had to win it and the Apple Cup to win the conference) but he delivered 2000. Losses in 2001 really pissed me off and then the 2002 Michigan end of game debacle, plus the rest of that mess of a season, really soured me on him where I wanted someone else.
We royally fucked up the someone else part and at least Rick cared about football and making it THE most important thing even if he couldn't execute on it.
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…yet.😉
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Keep working Mrs Snow’s phone, DDJ!
