Oops, his name is Donte not JD. I should have just said String.
I was about to murder you. I’d take Alexander over Donte, Donte has a lot of coach meat in him, imho. But thank god you weren’t talking about JD Williams hahaha.
Ideal situation for me is as follows: Hamdan (co-OC/QBs) for Babuskha - Lubick calls the plays and Hamdan recruits
JD Williams (secondary) for Lake - Contingent on Lake actually leaving
Choate (DLs) for Malloe - Not gonna happen, but I also don't think there is an elite DL coach on the west coast, so maybe someone in TX or Tosh (not likely)
Gregory to full time ST coach
Sirmon to LBs
Biggest downside would be too many white guys on staff.
Always the biggest downside. White guys in general. Except @dnc he's my pookie.
I agree with you, but I think he has a bit more ability to develop talent than Meat ever did.
I'd be interested to hear who you and DDY would want for the other replacements. Caveat, I only finished the first half hour of the Pod, so maybe you already did.
For me personally I’d fire: Smith, Malloe, Gregory, and Paopao (don’t really care one way or the other on Paopao though), and the 5th coach would be the coach we need to hire anyways for the 10th spot.
I just don’t see Gregory doing anywhere near enough on the recruiting front to elevate us, that’s all.
And concerning Sirmon, I have no desire for him to be our DC ever. But I’d love to have him on staff recruiting and coaching LB’s or DL depending on what position we need to fill.
I just want coaches that are good at both coaching and recruiting. We just don’t have guys connecting on the recruiting front, that’s my biggest issue currently.
You act like recruiting has been bad ... we are getting arguably as good of recruiting classes that we have ever had. Can it be better ... always. But it’s far from broken.
No arguments on Babushka and Malloe for reasons well documented.
I have no compelling reason for/against Paopao ... he’s roughly done what he should do and falls in Bonerpopper territory to me (Boner better tho) ...
Gregory is a good coach both for LBs and Special Teams ... don’t make the mistake of devaluing good coaching. Could we use a 10th coach like Sirmon that has a LB background that is a recruiting upgrade? Sure.
I can look at Lubick and see solid recruiting ... can I see solid coaching yet? The WRs may be the most disappointing positional group on the team.
You also have to be looking at what messages you are sending to your staff as well in any changes ... if you aspire to have stability you also have to promote it ... it’s a 2 way street
Firing 4+ coaches is crazy to me ... it’s not broken to that degree ... calling for that kind of turnover is easy when you don’t have to deal with the reprocussions
Its not good enough for me, I believe we can do better.
Do better = yes
Turn things upside down = no
I think firing two more coaches outside of the two everyone wants fired does not equal turning things upside down.
I believe in Pete, I think he could somehow manage to handle this.
That’s total BS ... when you also assume that Lake likely leaves that’s turning over over half of the staff of a team that will likely win 10 or 11 games that had a massive rash of key injuries and was stymied by the lack of QB growth (which Babushka will pay for on top of his lack of offensive identity) and piss poor FG kicking.
Significant change usually results in short-term chaos and underperformance.
A more measured approach is required here as outside of Smith and Malloe (massive recruiting fails) nobody else has done anything to warrant losing their job over.
It’s easy to say people should be fired ... but randomly just throwing out that people should without deserved reasons is beyond irresponsible.
I don’t have the time to list all the misses Gregory has had in recruiting.
You said earlier “could we do better in recruiting? Yes.”
THEN WHY IS IT SO OUTRAGEOUS TO WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO DO BETTER? It makes no fucking sense man.
4-5 is a lot of change. That’s typically not good for any program. We used to make fun of continuity, but it’s important when you are actually good.
We are good. This has been a down season.
I’m fully on board with getting more talent and another recruiter or two on staff. 4-5 is fucking crazy though.
TE - Paopao needs to go. Why? Because recruiting TEs isn’t a thing and coaching TEs should be a GAs job unless you have the best TE coach in the world. Once Devin Asiasi went to Michigan, we knew all we needed to. He can’t recruit any better than anyone else.
OL - Huff safe for now.
DL - Malloe gone if Togiai goes elsewhere. In sales, if you have a relationship and a great product - you have no excuses to not deliver.
OLB - immediately hire Gerald Alexander to coach and recruit OLBs. He’ll learn from the best and expand his repertoire. He’s great and will get Smalls and then provide immediate relief if Lake goes.
LB - Gregory gone instantly. Four years, one surprisingly good recruit. We are whiffing on all our top guys this year. He’s had long enough and he can’t do it. Hire Peter Sirmon.
The end.
QB/OC - Hamdan RB - Bonerpop (Choate would be my backup here). WR - Lubick TE - No one OL - Huff DL - Malloe until... OLB - Alexander LB - Sirmon (Kane Ioane is a guy I’d add) DB - Lake
Oh and Pete will be competing for the playoff more than once or twice the next decade.
What makes you think that? He pissed this season away. I mean, what a waste. Have a FG kicker who can put away a 30 yard kick. Down right pathetic.
Pete had a mixture of Sark recruits he probably would have never gotten to come to Washington and was able to sneak into the playoffs last year. Like DDY said, Pete is the one who needs to get out of his comfort zone and change his philosophy. Don James did it in 1988 so I guess Pete could?
If this staff doesn't kill it instate between 2019-2021 then he isn't sniffing another playoff. If Pete continues to recruit the Haener's & the Harris' of the world then the program is fucked. We all know there is no way Yankoff and Sirmon are both here all four years. One will win the job and the other will bail. So the one who sticks better pan out and you better have another QB on deck to push the starter. Like the TSIO guys are saying, Jake has not had to look over his shoulder.
The point I was making about recruiting in the South, is you better have strong fucking inroads to spend valuable time there.
Ya, next year the secondary should be solid, but if you are sieve in the trenches then it makes everyone's job a lot harder. If Gaines leaves the depth will be beyond razor thin. Who do you have behind Jaylen & Levi? McCoy & Pulu?
Calm down little Jimmy. I know you absorb whatever you are hearing like a sponge without any critical thought but let’s think about this for a second.
Yes, our recruiting potential is higher than our recruiting reality.
No, we didn’t go to the playoff on the backs of Sark recruits in year 3.
No, our talent levels are not dropping. Every class has been a little bit better.
No, we aren’t going to be perennially 8-4 to 10-2. Coker and DDY are talking about what is needed to get us to the elite level not the top of our shit conference.
What's the issue troll? I enjoy the pod!
No issue I just felt like I needed to come with some fire.
TE - Paopao needs to go. Why? Because recruiting TEs isn’t a thing and coaching TEs should be a GAs job unless you have the best TE coach in the world. Once Devin Asiasi went to Michigan, we knew all we needed to. He can’t recruit any better than anyone else.
OL - Huff safe for now.
DL - Malloe gone if Togiai goes elsewhere. In sales, if you have a relationship and a great product - you have no excuses to not deliver.
OLB - immediately hire Gerald Alexander to coach and recruit OLBs. He’ll learn from the best and expand his repertoire. He’s great and will get Smalls and then provide immediate relief if Lake goes.
LB - Gregory gone instantly. Four years, one surprisingly good recruit. We are whiffing on all our top guys this year. He’s had long enough and he can’t do it. Hire Peter Sirmon.
The end.
QB/OC - Hamdan RB - Bonerpop (Choate would be my backup here). WR - Lubick TE - No one OL - Huff DL - Malloe until... OLB - Alexander LB - Sirmon (Kane Ioane is a guy I’d add) DB - Lake
Maybe Junior Adams would be a good add as well.
Lubick has recruited very well. The WR’s suck tho.
TE - Paopao needs to go. Why? Because recruiting TEs isn’t a thing and coaching TEs should be a GAs job unless you have the best TE coach in the world. Once Devin Asiasi went to Michigan, we knew all we needed to. He can’t recruit any better than anyone else.
OL - Huff safe for now.
DL - Malloe gone if Togiai goes elsewhere. In sales, if you have a relationship and a great product - you have no excuses to not deliver.
OLB - immediately hire Gerald Alexander to coach and recruit OLBs. He’ll learn from the best and expand his repertoire. He’s great and will get Smalls and then provide immediate relief if Lake goes.
LB - Gregory gone instantly. Four years, one surprisingly good recruit. We are whiffing on all our top guys this year. He’s had long enough and he can’t do it. Hire Peter Sirmon.
The end.
QB/OC - Hamdan RB - Bonerpop (Choate would be my backup here). WR - Lubick TE - No one OL - Huff DL - Malloe until... OLB - Alexander LB - Sirmon (Kane Ioane is a guy I’d add) DB - Lake
Maybe Junior Adams would be a good add as well.
Lubick has recruited very well. The WR’s suck tho.
Our starters are fucking awful. How could they be good?
He's proven he gets WRs to play at a high level. From where he's recruiting (Yankoff, Culp, etc.) he deserves a long rope. Our talent is absolutely shit.
TE - Paopao needs to go. Why? Because recruiting TEs isn’t a thing and coaching TEs should be a GAs job unless you have the best TE coach in the world. Once Devin Asiasi went to Michigan, we knew all we needed to. He can’t recruit any better than anyone else.
OL - Huff safe for now.
DL - Malloe gone if Togiai goes elsewhere. In sales, if you have a relationship and a great product - you have no excuses to not deliver.
OLB - immediately hire Gerald Alexander to coach and recruit OLBs. He’ll learn from the best and expand his repertoire. He’s great and will get Smalls and then provide immediate relief if Lake goes.
LB - Gregory gone instantly. Four years, one surprisingly good recruit. We are whiffing on all our top guys this year. He’s had long enough and he can’t do it. Hire Peter Sirmon.
The end.
QB/OC - Hamdan RB - Bonerpop (Choate would be my backup here). WR - Lubick TE - No one OL - Huff DL - Malloe until... OLB - Alexander LB - Sirmon (Kane Ioane is a guy I’d add) DB - Lake
We all know the TSIO podcast is the greatest thing to ever happen to us and we know that DDY speaks the truth. But here’s what’s really going to happen.
Smith gets canned. So does Malloe when he whiffs.
The 10th coach will be Alexander as a Lake hedge and while none of us will jizz over this, it’s progress.
We all know the TSIO podcast is the greatest thing to ever happen to us and we know that DDY speaks the truth. But here’s what’s really going to happen.
Smith gets canned. So does Malloe when he whiffs.
The 10th coach will be Alexander as a Lake hedge and while none of us will jizz over this, it’s progress.
Fuck Jonathan Smith.
If this happened I would go ape shit with happiness.
We all know the TSIO podcast is the greatest thing to ever happen to us and we know that DDY speaks the truth. But here’s what’s really going to happen.
Smith gets canned. So does Malloe when he whiffs.
The 10th coach will be Alexander as a Lake hedge and while none of us will jizz over this, it’s progress.
Why so much love for Hamdan over Helfrich at OC? Helfrich has a way better resume. I don't want some young, inexperienced up and comer at OC. We just tried that with Smith. I want a grown man who for sure knows what he's doing and is already proven as an OC.
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I’d rather have Alexander over heyward, I think Alexander is a star. But JD Williams doesn’t do anything for me, so I’d rather have Heyward than him.
I mean the one at Nebraska who was a GA for us for a year (maybe under Ty). He was at San Jose State and then Arizona and was a monster recruiter.
I'd be interested to hear who you and DDY would want for the other replacements. Caveat, I only finished the first half hour of the Pod, so maybe you already did.
We are good. This has been a down season.
I’m fully on board with getting more talent and another recruiter or two on staff. 4-5 is fucking crazy though.
I blame all this on Brownsox.
QB/OC - Bush
RB - can stay for now
WR - Lubick doing good
TE - Paopao needs to go. Why? Because recruiting TEs isn’t a thing and coaching TEs should be a GAs job unless you have the best TE coach in the world. Once Devin Asiasi went to Michigan, we knew all we needed to. He can’t recruit any better than anyone else.
OL - Huff safe for now.
DL - Malloe gone if Togiai goes elsewhere. In sales, if you have a relationship and a great product - you have no excuses to not deliver.
OLB - immediately hire Gerald Alexander to coach and recruit OLBs. He’ll learn from the best and expand his repertoire. He’s great and will get Smalls and then provide immediate relief if Lake goes.
LB - Gregory gone instantly. Four years, one surprisingly good recruit. We are whiffing on all our top guys this year. He’s had long enough and he can’t do it. Hire Peter Sirmon.
The end.
QB/OC - Hamdan
RB - Bonerpop (Choate would be my backup here).
WR - Lubick
TE - No one
OL - Huff
DL - Malloe until...
OLB - Alexander
LB - Sirmon (Kane Ioane is a guy I’d add)
DB - Lake
Maybe Junior Adams would be a good add as well.
I could have just said you were overreacting.
He's proven he gets WRs to play at a high level. From where he's recruiting (Yankoff, Culp, etc.) he deserves a long rope. Our talent is absolutely shit.
Smith gets canned. So does Malloe when he whiffs.
The 10th coach will be Alexander as a Lake hedge and while none of us will jizz over this, it’s progress.
Fuck Jonathan Smith.