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Shaw is a liar
Your_Mom
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HeH-cNIcDsAnd pointing it out doesn't make anybody a doog.
Sark should have won that game, and the fake injuries aren't the reason he lost.
But that doesn't change the fact that Stanford has done it before, and it is poor sportsmanship.
In this clip, Stanford is called out by the announcers on national TV for doing it.
Shaw is a liar.
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http://hardcorehusky.com/forums/#/discussion/3424/david-shaw-extremely/p2
With a headline pointing out that Shaw is a liar.
And that has nothing to do with Sark being a shitty coach.
The part the gets me is this:
" ...Skov and Gardner were evaluated on the field. You know -- when play was being held up. "
Get their butts off the field and evaluate them. Keep play moving.
Shaw's whiny little bitch press conference and chest thumping using Harbaugh's W record against UW, exaggerated grad rates, and Harbaugh's BCS bowl games says your wrong. Shaw was overly defensive and showed that the fat Tiger Woods actually gives more than two shits.
He obviously cares a lot. Nobody who didn't care would "press" as much as he did.
CoogLJ's lack of comments on Sark's weight speaks volumes.
The most infamous example of faking injuries was in 1948 or 1949(?) when Notre Dame used it to beat a great Army team on a last minute drive and touchdown to end the game. The Irish were coached by the legendary Frank Leahy I believe. We didn't have TV in Boise yet, but ND games were broadcast nationally every Saturday and I as an 8 or 9 year old at the time always listened to the play-by-play. I was 8 or 9 years old and as I recall, an Irish player probably a lineman would fake injury on just about every down and stay down until carried off the field while the ND offense huddled and got ready in position on the line to snap the ball when the clock started. The injured Irish players would each stay on the sideline for one or two plays before coming back in to be injured and carried off again. The tactic worked for a score and a major ND win over Army and I haven't had an ounce of respect for Irish football since. I still remember the disgust I had listening to that game even though I was very young and just getting interested in football.
What Stanford is doing is obviously different and done for a different reason than in the past and I suspect other teams will do the same or are doing it now. Rules will have to be changed to either slow the hurry-up offenses down or prevent the fake injuries by not allowing the injured players to return to the field until say...... after the ball changes possession. It's unfortunate, but football coaches will do just about anything to win if they are allowed to and if you don't believe that, just think about the much bigger problem football at all levels is now having with spearing and the resulting injuries. A lot of that dirty play doesn't happen unless it's coached or allowed by coaches at all levels, even in pee-wee ball.