Underdeveloped, Poorly Coached, Underutilized, Wrong Era Huskies...
Had some guys come up recently as squandered Dwags…who are some Dwags you think were in the wrong era, had shitty coaching, weren't used enough or in the right way, etc. Some of mine:
QB Isaiah Stanback - Not breaking new ground, but he could of at least had more of a Lockner-level impact had he been in a different era or with a different scheme running a more serious read option.
RB Shelton Sampson - Speed back who was bigger than I remembered but played on shit teams. Would have been a nice home run option on teams with better OLs.
WR Craig Chambers - Seems like he may have been too much non-OKG to really work for any coach, but when he was playing under Willingham he looked like he could have been one of our best WRs ever.
TE Will Dissly - Guy was having 100 yard and multi TD games as soon as he got to the NFL but Peterlips' trash offense couldn't get him the ball more than 2-3 times a game. What the hell was the deal.
LT Khalif Barnes - He had a very long solid NFL career after starting out as one of the worst Husky starters I could remember at the time. OL development was terrible after 2000 under Neu.
DE Greyson Gunheim - Long freak athlete who seemed more suited for now when it's more about pure pass rushing.
DE Caesar Rayford - See Gunheim. Got some NFL run.
LB Victor Aiyewa - Should have been moved to LB earlier.
CB Nate Robinson - Great old school rock head shit if Gilby really wouldn't let him play his sophomore year because he didn't play spring. If we would have been up for it should have been used as an APB/WR/Returner.
S Tristan Dunn - Interested to see what he does at Cal and wonder if he should be a LB. Was blowing up guys on kickoff but couldn't get on the field and heard it could have been because he struggled with Inge/Morrell's scatterbrained scheme then seemed like Judd/Belichick wouldn't play him at all.
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Good list. Dunn didn’t get run with two different staffs that both needed more quality safety play. That seems like it might be a player problem more than coaching. If anyone can maximize his physical gifts it’s Wilcox. Going to Cal was a great landing spot for him.
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You're doing great work on these lists. I'm kind of drawing a blank at the moment. Stanback and Gunheim might've been the first two I would've thought of though.
I felt like Stanback got fucked worse than most. RN probably finds a way to develop him at least a bit. Gilby didn't GAF, and Typano was running a sick joke of an offense with very little talent. Stanback was big, could run, and could sling the fuck out of the ball. He probably gets Ty to one bowl game if not for injury.
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Dashon Goldson- can't remember if it was injuries or comportment. Seemed like he should have played more here. Was really good when he did and continued in the nfl.
Chris Stevens- all he did was make plays but rarely played. Go figure. Thanks ty.
Daniel Teo Nesheim- the tragedy here was he was able to be double teamed because the whole line was bad.
Andrew Hudson- ran off by sark but produced double digit sacks in one season with Pete.
Joey Thomas- ran off by neu's staff but was an nfl corner. -
S Jake Locker
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Johnnie Kirton.
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winner
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Joe Mathis should have been a star at UW, multiple staff fucked that up although not much you can do about a freak accident in practice after looking like one of the best teams in the country the game before.
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Fucking Gilby turning away Nate Robinson because he missed spring football after back to back varsity sports as a true freshman? I don’t remember reading about this. That’s a criminal offense by Gilbertson, f.him
I gave Isaiah Stanback his first ever Husky shoutout in the old student section during the spring game as he walked up from the track when he was being recruited by UW before his senior year. He enjoyed the free pub and had a big smile looking my direction. He definitely appreciated the home town love that day.My sister’s youngest daughter was at Garfield the same time as Isaiah. I was visiting Seattle and took my sister’s family to the spring game back when I followed recruiting religiously. Taking in HS during the spring in Seattle is always a great day! I’ve got a big voice and my niece was hiding her face when I noticed our future qb and her classmate. Once he grinned with his big smile she was no longer embarrassed by her Husky uncle. CSB or not jaja
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Dwayne Washington
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Sean McGrew would have been amazing in Boners offense. Graduated one year too early.
