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The Future is Bright!
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Browning and Gaskin were featured in a "future is bright" Seattle Times story a few days ago.
Of course, they've been saying this about the defense for several weeks.
Now it's Andrew Kirkland's turn to recite this trendy line (link below).
If we aren't competing for a conference championship next year, all of this is bullshit.
gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=210598091
Of course, they've been saying this about the defense for several weeks.
Now it's Andrew Kirkland's turn to recite this trendy line (link below).
If we aren't competing for a conference championship next year, all of this is bullshit.
gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=210598091
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A lightly recruited 3rd year OL, combined with solid coaching and a willingness to work hard and get better...he has definitely been a pleasant surprise. Whether he ever starts another game or not, he has certainly exceeded expectations.
He's been a pleasant surprise, a no-name OL that has developed into a decent player and is hopefully not done developing.
I, for one, am happy whenever our OL does anything good and he did some good things this year, so it's a positive.
Kudos to Kirkland for proving virtually everyone here wrong.
If you watched the games at all, we had 3 decent OL: Eldrenkamp (who played pretty well), Adams (when he knew what to do, he was good for a frosh) and McGary (same as Adams). Everyone else was shit or mediocre.
Kirkland embarrassed himself on a 'good' team, but this bullshit shows you how low expectations have gone.
You have to get constantly blown up to be a disappointment. He sucked. He got no push.
Fuck... Kirkland love is fucking dawgman level dooging.
I don't mind the over-inflated expectations dooging. That's just being a fan. But the fucking lowering of standards dooging drives me nuts.
Next year the starting OL will be something like:
LT - Adams
LG - Eldrenkamp
C - Shelton (who also sucks; but should be slightly better at C next year)
RG - Sosebee/Roberts/Kirkland
RT - McGary
If Kirkland plays it means our talented guys are fuckheads.
That said, I agree he's exceeded expectations.
However, if we'd had Josh Garnett, Zach Banner and Stephane Nembot on our line this year as we should have, he wouldn't have seen one fucking down.
C and RG will likely have the most competition next year and maybe he'll compete at RG...he's just not athletic enough to play RT on a consistent basis.
No one is throwing "love" Kirkland's way, dumbass. The point is no one thought he'd ever get close to the field, and he did, and he didn't suck. Was he great? Good? Probably serviceable is the best description. But that's still far beyond expectations.
Anointing McGary as the starter next year is FS. Sure, he could earn it, but he fucked the pooch as much or more than Kirkland.
If Kirkland plays next year, maybe, just maybe, it's due to injuries. You know, like this year. He may also beat out the competition.
And to add on to your "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts" drivel, if McCaffrey were in our backfield this year, Gaskin would not have done shit.
You can do better. I've heard it on the podcast.
Anyway, thanks for listening!
That said, I agree he's exceeded expectations.
However, if we'd had Josh Garnett, Zach Banner and Stephane Nembot on our line this year as we should have, he wouldn't have seen one fucking down.
Losing out on recruits to Colorado is always special.
It is cute how you believe Nembot is anything more than a big sack of shit though.
Just fucking darling.
It's easy to see why, but when has that not been the common motto?
2009 was bright because Ty was gone.
2010 - Jake came back! Great recruiting class.
2011 - We won the Holiday Bowl. Oh shit, Price is actually good too!
2012 - new staff on defense!
2013 - Going to be special if Price plays like he did in 2011. Tosh is killing it recruiting!
2014 - Petersen! We finally have a coach.
2015 - Rebuilding year, but it's year two for Petersen.
I know not everyone believed this, so no need to point out that you didn't buy the bullshit. I could go back even further to illustrate this point. Bright futures have gotten us nothing.