I'd be less concerned over the D. To me OL is our biggest shortfall from being #1.
Agree fully. That's why my original post dedicated a huge paragraph to it. Far and away our biggest player concern is OL, followed by QB (Browning has issues and what is behind him is dreck), and then RB (unless McGrew and Ahmed save the day - it ain't Dotson), and THEN LB'ers. So yeah, pretty far down the list for me as a concern but it is the one place on D where I can see we could use some tweaking - this includes OLB being used as rush ends.
The vast majority of this board is way higher on the dooging schedule right now saying all is well, Nick Harris will be great, we're so close blah blah blah
There are some fundamental parts of the program that MUST be VASTLY improved going forward and EVERYTHING that this program does going forward from yesterday needs to be focused on how we play at the nationally elite level ...
The vast majority of this board is way higher on the dooging schedule right now saying all is well, Nick Harris will be great, we're so close blah blah blah
There are some fundamental parts of the program that MUST be VASTLY improved going forward and EVERYTHING that this program does going forward from yesterday needs to be focused on how we play at the nationally elite level ...
But I was assured repeatedly by you that everything on the Husky offense was fine.
I'd be less concerned over the D. To me OL is our biggest shortfall from being #1.
Agree fully. That's why my original post dedicated a huge paragraph to it. Far and away our biggest player concern is OL, followed by QB (Browning has issues and what is behind him is dreck), and then RB (unless McGrew and Ahmed save the day - it ain't Dotson), and THEN LB'ers. So yeah, pretty far down the list for me as a concern but it is the one place on D where I can see we could use some tweaking - this includes OLB being used as rush ends.
In the PAC you can get elite skill position talent. I think we've got an elite QB coming in. The RB position will remain solid with Ahmed and Pleasant may be good plus McGrew.
OLB/DE will be elite in 2 years with the young talent developing. I'm solidly in @Tequilla camp re: OL... IF we want to compete with Bama. We're close to dominating the Pac12
The vast majority of this board is way higher on the dooging schedule right now saying all is well, Nick Harris will be great, we're so close blah blah blah
There are some fundamental parts of the program that MUST be VASTLY improved going forward and EVERYTHING that this program does going forward from yesterday needs to be focused on how we play at the nationally elite level ...
But I was assured repeatedly by you that everything on the Husky offense was fine.
At the PAC level it was ...
At the National Level we have shortcomings ...
We had to scheme our ass off yesterday to be successful AND win the turnover battle (at least +2) and get 10+ points out of that ... we did some nice scheme things in stretches but didn't get turnovers while giving up turnovers leading to points.
There was a path to victory yesterday ... perhaps a 20% chance ...
Don't confuse being optimistic and glass half full for being unrealistic about our chances ... it was ALWAYS going to be difficult yesterday ... and it didn't matter who the OC was
The vast majority of this board is way higher on the dooging schedule right now saying all is well, Nick Harris will be great, we're so close blah blah blah
There are some fundamental parts of the program that MUST be VASTLY improved going forward and EVERYTHING that this program does going forward from yesterday needs to be focused on how we play at the nationally elite level ...
But I was assured repeatedly by you that everything on the Husky offense was fine.
At the PAC level it was ...
At the National Level we have shortcomings ...
We had to scheme our ass off yesterday to be successful AND win the turnover battle (at least +2) and get 10+ points out of that ... we did some nice scheme things in stretches but didn't get turnovers while giving up turnovers leading to points.
There was a path to victory yesterday ... perhaps a 20% chance ...
Don't confuse being optimistic and glass half full for being unrealistic about our chances ... it was ALWAYS going to be difficult yesterday ... and it didn't matter who the OC was
This is a good post.
What was really reinforced yesterday was how far away the Pac is from being competitive nationally.
The vast majority of this board is way higher on the dooging schedule right now saying all is well, Nick Harris will be great, we're so close blah blah blah
There are some fundamental parts of the program that MUST be VASTLY improved going forward and EVERYTHING that this program does going forward from yesterday needs to be focused on how we play at the nationally elite level ...
But I was assured repeatedly by you that everything on the Husky offense was fine.
At the PAC level it was ...
At the National Level we have shortcomings ...
We had to scheme our ass off yesterday to be successful AND win the turnover battle (at least +2) and get 10+ points out of that ... we did some nice scheme things in stretches but didn't get turnovers while giving up turnovers leading to points.
There was a path to victory yesterday ... perhaps a 20% chance ...
Don't confuse being optimistic and glass half full for being unrealistic about our chances ... it was ALWAYS going to be difficult yesterday ... and it didn't matter who the OC was
This is a good post.
What was really reinforced yesterday was how far away the Pac is from being competitive nationally.
We're closer than not ...
But the last few steps to get to that spot will be the hardest requiring decisions that may be very very difficult
Alabama is not "nationally". We compete with and could beat everyone else. That's how good Bama is on D.
This.
Clemson has the matchup to beat Bama (even though they won't) but Alabama is clearly in a league of their own this year and everyone else is a distant irrelevant 2nd.
I sometimes wonder just what Browning would look like with an elite OL in front of him. If he consistently had time and a good pocket against top tier teams I wonder if he could light it up like he does against dreck. Probably a little drop off because coverage is better and thus you need more arm strength to thread it, but a top shelf OL would probably make noodle arm a Heisman winner.
DL looks awesome, so excited for that unit next year.
victor and bierria will be beasts next year, and if some young guys like eifller or Williams can make an impact that could be one of the best front 7's in college football next year.
with DB's their will be some dropoff, but I think we'll be fine especially if budda stays.
I onder if ross stays. I don't think after the end to this year teams are gonna give him a 1st or 2nd round grade. he might leave regardless.
If we can get stronger on the OL and browning can work out some of his problems, this team could be back at this spot next year.
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The vast majority of this board is way higher on the dooging schedule right now saying all is well, Nick Harris will be great, we're so close blah blah blah
There are some fundamental parts of the program that MUST be VASTLY improved going forward and EVERYTHING that this program does going forward from yesterday needs to be focused on how we play at the nationally elite level ...
OLB/DE will be elite in 2 years with the young talent developing. I'm solidly in @Tequilla camp re: OL... IF we want to compete with Bama. We're close to dominating the Pac12
At the National Level we have shortcomings ...
We had to scheme our ass off yesterday to be successful AND win the turnover battle (at least +2) and get 10+ points out of that ... we did some nice scheme things in stretches but didn't get turnovers while giving up turnovers leading to points.
There was a path to victory yesterday ... perhaps a 20% chance ...
Don't confuse being optimistic and glass half full for being unrealistic about our chances ... it was ALWAYS going to be difficult yesterday ... and it didn't matter who the OC was
What was really reinforced yesterday was how far away the Pac is from being competitive nationally.
But the last few steps to get to that spot will be the hardest requiring decisions that may be very very difficult
Clemson has the matchup to beat Bama (even though they won't) but Alabama is clearly in a league of their own this year and everyone else is a distant irrelevant 2nd.
victor and bierria will be beasts next year, and if some young guys like eifller or Williams can make an impact that could be one of the best front 7's in college football next year.
with DB's their will be some dropoff, but I think we'll be fine especially if budda stays.
I onder if ross stays. I don't think after the end to this year teams are gonna give him a 1st or 2nd round grade. he might leave regardless.
If we can get stronger on the OL and browning can work out some of his problems, this team could be back at this spot next year.