Love Timu's comment.

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UW’s John Timu: ‘We know how to be average, and that’s what we’re trying to avoid’

You certainly do, John. In fairness, I think Timu has really improved under Peter Sirmon and Wilcox. Some other positions on the team? Not so much.

Link: blogs.seattletimes.com/huskyfootball/?from=stnv2

Swaye

"We know how to be average."

I could see that replacing "Retake Montlake" soon!

bananasnblondes

LBs and secondary have improved greatly with the new staff. D line not so much. Frankly I haven't seen anything in recruiting or on field play that has come anywhere close to warranting the Tosh Lupoi mythos

Gladstone

^ Sadly, I agree. Timu's improvement has been one of the cooler storylines on this team. The DL continues to underwhelm. I pray Shelton can stay healthy because without him we'd be seriously fucked.

puppylove_sugarsteel

Gladstone said:

^ Sadly, I agree. Timu's improvement has been one of the cooler storylines on this team. The DL continues to underwhelm. I pray Shelton can stay healthy because without him we'd be seriously fucked.

no shit?

chrisvashon

bananasnblondes said:

LBs and secondary have improved greatly with the new staff. D line not so much. Frankly I haven't seen anything in recruiting or on field play that has come anywhere close to warranting the Tosh Lupoi mythos

Uh, last year's DL class was bananas. Not sure how that didn't live up to your expectations.

MikeDamone

Why should we believe anything that is said. Just play. Results will speak for themselves. You can go back years and find quotes about how things chnaged, how they "get it", how losing is unacceptable, etc.

Here is a great one from Sept 2011:

"I trust Nick Holt," Sarkisian said. "I believe in Nick Holt. I believe in our defensive staff. They are tremendous coaches. I've seen them coach for years. And we will get better."

No one in the program has any credibility. Shut up and play.

RoadDawg55

chrisvashon said:

bananasnblondes said:

LBs and secondary have improved greatly with the new staff. D line not so much. Frankly I haven't seen anything in recruiting or on field play that has come anywhere close to warranting the Tosh Lupoi mythos

Uh, last year's DL class was bananas. Not sure how that didn't live up to your expectations.

Yep, even without Hall, it was the best DL class I can remember getting. I think the DL is improved this year as well with Kikaha back.

RaceBannon

WOOF

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chrisvashon said:

bananasnblondes said:

LBs and secondary have improved greatly with the new staff. D line not so much. Frankly I haven't seen anything in recruiting or on field play that has come anywhere close to warranting the Tosh Lupoi mythos

Uh, last year's DL class was bananas. Not sure how that didn't live up to your expectations.

It was light on the interior DLs. We need a young Danny Shelton coming up the ranks, and we don't have him. Elijah Qualls is the only interior guy we got, and the jury is out on him. We should be bringing in 2 quality interior DLs per year.

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MikeDamone said:

Why should we believe anything that is said. Just play. Results will speak for themselves. You can go back years and find quotes about how things chnaged, how they "get it", how losing is unacceptable, etc.

Here is a great one from Sept 2011:

"I trust Nick Holt," Sarkisian said. "I believe in Nick Holt. I believe in our defensive staff. They are tremendous coaches. I've seen them coach for years. And we will get better."

No one in the program has any credibility. Shut up and play.

It's a shame our media never holds these guys to those statements. Like when Holt was fired, someone ask Sark "just three months ago you said he was a tremendous and you believed in them. What changed in only three months?"