My Thoughts On The State of The 2015 Team
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Do we know the line for the game yet? If it was a 10 point line, you're probably wise to bet on SC. If it is 20, I think I'd trust the UW defense.RoadDawg55 said:You hate money betting on UW against USC. They have a better offense, defense, and even coach than Cal. And the game is on the road.
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The offense has to improve from here till the end of the year or a new OC needs to come in. The offense has been so bad its hurting the defense. Also, by the end of the year they need to be winning these close games and seizing the opportunities they blew against Boise and Cal. They need to win 4 of the last 5 games. Arizona at home should be an expected win and ASU is very beatable this season.
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Okay. But in the offseason, what were you expecting from this offense?RoadDawg55 said:We have the worst offense in the conference so far. For the 2nd year in a row. We would be 4-0 with a better offensive system. Last year it was Cyler's fault. This year it's the youth. You yourself finally admitted what is hitting you in the face... This offensive system sucks. Posters used to make these excuses for Ty and Sark. They were called doogs. This is the 4th year of bad offense for Petersen. We've been over this again and again.
Last year, Cyler *was* shitty. This year, the offense *is* young.
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I think Strausser's resume is fairly strong ... he's the only offensive coach that I'm not overly concerned about.
The consensus that Smith may be in over his head is at least promising to hear ... he probably needs to go coordinate at the Mountain West level again for a few years.
I think Pease probably needs to be assessed as well.
I'm ok with the idea of growing pains this year ... but we should look to see at least one win this year where you can point to and say progress is being made. Arizona was that win last year ... and we blew it. Need something comparable this year. -
What's interesting is that Cal is 1st in the Pac-12 in sacks after 4 games (12).
USC is tied with UW at 4th at 8.
USC has given up 8 sacks and UW has given up 11 (tied with Oregon for 10th in the league....ASU is last with at 14). After a bye week, not hard to imagine the pass-pro will be a little better against USC and that will help Browning.
But which team will be able to run the other out of their 2 deep looks? Babushka better not abandon the run, even if Kessler (USC #1 in passing efficiency) gets USC to 14-0. Hopefully BB comes back because we missed him vs. Cal. USC is 9th in rushing offense while UW is 11th. OTOH, UW is 1st in rushing D while USC is 6th.
So why not go more aggressively with 3 TEs and use less Mickens and Hall against USC to make life easier for Browning and physically establish the running game?
Can still spread the TEs out (especially Perkins and Daniels) to make Cravens worry about more things (in addition to Washington in the passing game out of the backfield) while hoping to isolate their true frosh LB Cam Smith in either facet of the game?
Unless there are severely extenuating circumstances, I will want to draw and quarter Babushka if he doesn't have around a 58% - 42% run to pass game against USC. Or maybe this would suffice
CokeGreaterThanPepsi said:Even Petersen acknowledged that the future is NOW. UW had a chance to be 4-0 with just average offensive play and couldn't do it.
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This is about where I am, too.Tequilla said:I'm ok with the idea of growing pains this year ... but we should look to see at least one win this year where you can point to and say progress is being made. Arizona was that win last year ... and we blew it. Need something comparable this year.
I'm not really invested in the debate about Peterman's assistants. It's his staff to manage, and he will ultimately be accountable for the results. He is in the best position to evaluate how many of the offense's struggles relate to scheme versus execution.
I'm still strongly pro-Peterman. I expect to see offensive progress over the course of the year. As I felt I saw at times last year. And I expect next year's offense to look much better than this year's. But I also give Peterman credit for the huge gains we've seen on defense, special teams, recruiting, and player development.
For the next 15 months, I'm LIPO-ing. Trying to keep in mind the very guarded expectations I had in the preseason for this offense. -
Jesus. 4 games in we have 2 losses to two faggot programs that are directly attributed to these coaches. The red carpet has been rolled, we've seen the videos of these assholes getting their pay raises and riding their boats into husky stadium. They've been given their 1 year to be mediocre dogshit so they can get the losers out of the program.
Oh and guess what? They get the added benefit of coming into the conference when every team is sucking ass in one form or another.
Kick the excuses and fucking win.
Here's something Peterson could do to help the team right now: pull these fucktards out of their houses and lock them in a room with nothing but the Boise and cal game tapes. When they've actually learned something they can come out. -
Where do I send my $10.95?HFNY said:
As far as Smith goes, it comes down to executing and knowing your guys. He's not a bad coordinator. But he has had his share of fuck ups. We'll see what happens with him but this person doesn't see him being around much longer. -
As you know, we have not been good over the past 15 years or so. Lots of blame to go around, but the lions share goes to AD and up. But that doesn't change reality today. Our offense is historically young based on the shit for talent left by Sark. Expecting them to be clicking on most cylinders is ridiculous, unless of course, you're sporting entitled purple glasses.RaceBannon said:FUCK
I suppose one of these times over the last 15 years or so this line of insider bullshit that we get after every new coach is exposed could actually be true BUT I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I FUCKING SEE IT.
Awfully young culture change next year or the year after fucking special as always.
What fucking entitled purple glasses are you talking about. Get the shit out of your eyes and your head out of pool boy's ass and grab a fucking clue.
I'm not a fan of pool boy, nor am I a fan of Smith. Regardless, how about you pull your head out of the past, get your cataracts corrected and get a clear view of our reality today. -
AEB said:
Removing the feces from my throat, terrible recruiting and roster management for 15 years has resulted in UW being Cal. At some point, UW was going to get a real coach and they'd have to rebuild the roster. I think Pete's that guy. He needs to make some changes, but TSIO in August so it's about progress. Don't make it right. Not happy. Skeptical still. But demanding improved offense play calling is probably the most immediate improvement HHB can agitate for.
Most rational post in the thread.
