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Sports Illustrated ranks UW class #20

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  • guntlove
    guntlove Member Posts: 784
    It's a really good class. Probably the best I've seen since I started paying attention to the TBS shit. But it has two glaring weaknesses... Firstly, for the third straight year, we shit the bed in terms of OL talent & numbers. And secondly, we lost the best recruit in the class, and didn't have any viable backup plan.

    If we'd held onto Tuipolotu and gotten one of Sarrell/Vera-Tucker/Davis it would've been an amazing class.
  • creepycoug
    creepycoug Member Posts: 24,046
    Executive summary of this dreck denial thread: we thought UW was speshul again, but even after bending over for Bama on national television, still nobody gives a fuck about our progrum.
  • JaWarrenJaHooker
    JaWarrenJaHooker Member Posts: 2,122

    Executive summary of this dreck denial thread: we thought UW was speshul again, but even after bending over for Bama on national television, still nobody gives a fuck about our progrum.

    UW gets a top 20-50 class every year. When those players are coached by the right coach, UW tends to win conference championship and shit. Hope this helps.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
    chuck said:

    #20 is fine as a rule but is a bit of a letdown for this year. Momentum a few months ago pointed toward a possible top 10 rating. It really fizzled and they didn't close on any big name guys who were deciding late.

    Traditionally UW doesn't close particularly well ... it's an area for improvement but to say that this class on the whole is a let down is insanely FS ... thankfully there was a good year for OL on the West Coast and we were able to get a very good passable class here ... but this is an EXCELLENT class on the whole.
  • TurdBomber
    TurdBomber Member Posts: 20,039 Standard Supporter
    BearsWiin said:

    20th is a disappointment.

    Massive. If Washington is BACK!, why aren't the top recruits flocking?
    Because the Pac12 was weak this year, and when playing on the large, national stage, WA broke down and choked. UW is close to elite, but not elite. And USC was better when it counted. They finished with a win and UW didn't. Trends matter.

    That's why.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839

    BearsWiin said:

    20th is a disappointment.

    Massive. If Washington is BACK!, why aren't the top recruits flocking?
    Because the Pac12 was weak this year, and when playing on the large, national stage, WA broke down and choked. UW is close to elite, but not elite. And USC was better when it counted. They finished with a win and UW didn't. Trends matter.

    That's why.
    Because Washington and USC.

    That's all that needs to be said.
  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,678 Swaye's Wigwam
    Tequilla said:

    chuck said:

    #20 is fine as a rule but is a bit of a letdown for this year. Momentum a few months ago pointed toward a possible top 10 rating. It really fizzled and they didn't close on any big name guys who were deciding late.

    Traditionally UW doesn't close particularly well ... it's an area for improvement but to say that this class on the whole is a let down is insanely FS ... thankfully there was a good year for OL on the West Coast and we were able to get a very good passable class here ... but this is an EXCELLENT class on the whole.
    Saying that saying the class on the whole is a letdown is insanely FS is insanely FS if you're addressing me because I didn't say that. Keep things in perspective if you can.

    #20 is fine as a rule for UW. That I said.

    #20 is a bit of a letdown this year, however, because it once looked like *we were going to finish much higher than that. The letdown is the final ranking and that is so only because it didn't meet the expectations built by the momentum of the program this past fall.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    chuck said:

    Tequilla said:

    chuck said:

    #20 is fine as a rule but is a bit of a letdown for this year. Momentum a few months ago pointed toward a possible top 10 rating. It really fizzled and they didn't close on any big name guys who were deciding late.

    Traditionally UW doesn't close particularly well ... it's an area for improvement but to say that this class on the whole is a let down is insanely FS ... thankfully there was a good year for OL on the West Coast and we were able to get a very good passable class here ... but this is an EXCELLENT class on the whole.
    Saying that saying the class on the whole is a letdown is insanely FS is insanely FS if you're addressing me because I didn't say that. Keep things in perspective if you can.

    #20 is fine as a rule for UW. That I said.

    #20 is a bit of a letdown this year, however, because it once looked like *we were going to finish much higher than that. The letdown is the final ranking and that is so only because it didn't meet the expectations built by the momentum of the program this past fall.
    20 is bullshit because it's based on class size.

    Per Scout, this is the #15 class by average stars. Considering Pete's never going to be a guy who looks at a kids stars and recruits them based on it, I'm perfectly happy with 15 this year.

    If we're only at 15 next year I'll be disappointed, because one year's success most closely correlates to the following year's class. #RecruitingLag #PutBoobsInCharge
  • H_D
    H_D Member Posts: 6,098

    dnc said:

    chuck said:

    Tequilla said:

    chuck said:

    #20 is fine as a rule but is a bit of a letdown for this year. Momentum a few months ago pointed toward a possible top 10 rating. It really fizzled and they didn't close on any big name guys who were deciding late.

    Traditionally UW doesn't close particularly well ... it's an area for improvement but to say that this class on the whole is a let down is insanely FS ... thankfully there was a good year for OL on the West Coast and we were able to get a very good passable class here ... but this is an EXCELLENT class on the whole.
    Saying that saying the class on the whole is a letdown is insanely FS is insanely FS if you're addressing me because I didn't say that. Keep things in perspective if you can.

    #20 is fine as a rule for UW. That I said.

    #20 is a bit of a letdown this year, however, because it once looked like *we were going to finish much higher than that. The letdown is the final ranking and that is so only because it didn't meet the expectations built by the momentum of the program this past fall.
    20 is bullshit because it's based on class size.

    Per Scout, this is the #15 class by average stars. Considering Pete's never going to be a guy who looks at a kids stars and recruits them based on it, I'm perfectly happy with 15 this year.

    If we're only at 15 next year I'll be disappointed, because one year's success most closely correlates to the following year's class. #RecruitingLag #PutBoobsInCharge
    Wanted to flag for Scout but FREE PUB
    Slave to the pub.

    #BoobsForPrez