Side note: I love how the media and doogman posters acted like Sark's blowout win over Fresno State was really impressive. The next two Fresno State games.
I was one of the dudes championing DeRuyter as a Sark replacement last year. I feel like a jackass now.
Same. He was never my favorite, but I wouldn't have been pissed about hiring him either. It looks like he rode Carr and the great WR to success. Without them, he's been exposed. Three straight games of giving up 50+, including to Utah who hasn't had a good offense in years.
USC AD Pat Haden has announced that Coach Sark will feed assistant Johnny Nansen to a pack of Bruins following an early December practice, in anticipation of the "Battle for Los Angeles".
"Cool experience for our young men of Troy," commented a fatigued Sarkisian.
Won't happen. Sark will protect his wingman 'till the end.
I was pimping DeRuyter too and must admit the jury is still out.
But what would have made him a terrible hire? Only two years as being an HC at the time? The 2 bowl losses are concerning but he is still 14-2 in conference (has started conference play this year though). Playing @ USC, @ Utah, and then hosting Nebraska in the first 3 games of 2014 has given him one of the hardest schedules in the country to date.
I was pimping DeRuyter too and must admit the jury is still out.
But what would have made him a terrible hire? Only two years as being an HC at the time? The 2 bowl losses are concerning but he is still 14-2 in conference (has started conference play this year though). Playing @ USC, @ Utah, and then hosting Nebraska in the first 3 games of 2014 has given him one of the hardest schedules in the country to date.
Why would we want USC to fire Sark?! The last time SC fired a shitty OC turned head coach, they ass fucked the CFB world for the next decade. I'm comfortable with where they're at.
That's the second half of the awesomeness of last December. Haden taking Sark was unbelievable but Pool Boy hiring Petermen is what made it work. I was convinced we'd get some schlub Sark 2.0 guy myself.
Why would we want USC to fire Sark?! The last time SC fired a shitty OC turned head coach, they ass fucked the CFB world for the next decade. I'm comfortable with where they're at.
USC AD Pat Haden has announced that Coach Sark will feed assistant Johnny Nansen to a pack of Bruins following an early December practice, in anticipation of the "Battle for Los Angeles".
"Cool experience for our young men of Troy," commented a fatigued Sarkisian.
Won't happen. Sark will protect his wingman 'till the end.
at this point, do you really think he has a choice?
That's the second half of the awesomeness of last December. Haden taking Sark was unbelievable but Pool Boy hiring Petermen is what made it work. I was convinced we'd get some schlub Sark 2.0 guy myself.
DeRuyter will prob still finish 7-2 with this MWC schedule. If he gets to 8 wins, he'll still be a decent HC prospect for the last-moment-type-of-hire for a 2nd tier large conference school, such as Iowa etc.
DeRuyter will prob still finish 7-2 with this MWC schedule. If he gets to 8 wins, he'll still be a decent HC prospect for the last-moment-type-of-hire for a 2nd tier large conference school, such as Iowa etc.
As soon as the "seven" fans started turning on him in larger and larger numbers last year, I knew he was going to try to bail as soon as Kiffin got fired.
Fleenor? I don't think many besides a few bozos on dawgman were surprised that he left. The surprise was that USC was actually dumb enough to hire him. Last Thanksgiving, I had a dumbass Cuog cousin who was trying to talk shit to me that UW was going to lose their coach. I laughed and told him that I wish that was true, but there was no way USC would be dumb enough to hire Sark.
It wasn't about losing Sark, to me it was about his replacement. I would rather have Sark than another assistant using UW as a stepping stone, for instance. I didn't trust UW to actually make a big hire.
I did joke with a couple buddies after kitten was fired that Sark would go to USC and Peterson would finally leave and come to UW. Really the best scenario ever.
As soon as the "seven" fans started turning on him in larger and larger numbers last year, I knew he was going to try to bail as soon as Kiffin got fired.
Fleenor? I don't think many besides a few bozos on dawgman were surprised that he left. The surprise was that USC was actually dumb enough to hire him. Last Thanksgiving, I had a dumbass Cuog cousin who was trying to talk shit to me that UW was going to lose their coach. I laughed and told him that I wish that was true, but there was no way USC would be dumb enough to hire Sark.
It wasn't about losing Sark, to me it was about his replacement. I would rather have Sark than another assistant using UW as a stepping stone, for instance. I didn't trust UW to actually make a big hire.
I did joke with a couple buddies after kitten was fired that Sark would go to USC and Peterson would finally leave and come to UW. Really the best scenario ever.
Could not disagree more. As APAG empirically demonstrated, hire an assistant is not necessarily a faulty method. But once you know you don't have a great coach you move on quickly until you find one. We had known for years Sark wasn't a great coach. I'd have been disappointed with another bullshit assistant hire, but I still would have preferred that to keeping Sark. The only thing that would have been worse than keeping Sark would have been hiring a failed college coach, ala Gilbyham.
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And oh yeah, Sloppy Steve still sucks............and then swallows.
Might as well have brought Pat "Tuff" Hill out of retirement
Ironic first name is ironic.
But what would have made him a terrible hire? Only two years as being an HC at the time? The 2 bowl losses are concerning but he is still 14-2 in conference (has started conference play this year though). Playing @ USC, @ Utah, and then hosting Nebraska in the first 3 games of 2014 has given him one of the hardest schedules in the country to date.
He did have some HC experience, though, which is a huge plus.
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/teams/ffe/schedule/
I did joke with a couple buddies after kitten was fired that Sark would go to USC and Peterson would finally leave and come to UW. Really the best scenario ever.