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  • ACSlaterDawg
    ACSlaterDawg Member Posts: 200
    edited May 2013
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Any way you look at it, Sark is not likely to meet any of our expectations. Does anybody really believe we will start playing well on the road? Does anyone believe we won't get blown out a couple of times this year? This year is going to be no different than any other year under Sark. We will win a really tough game or two, lose an unfathomable game, get blown out a couple times and call it a season with a record of 7-6. All we can do is pray a change happens after the season.

    I think nothing new or surprising will happen. We'll see moderate improvement generally but will fail to meet expectations. Defense will be about the same, offense will be better. We'll be 8-5. I predict a +6-7ppg margin of victory, 3 10-20 pt losses, 1 very close loss and 1 7-10pt loss. It will placate a lot of people but further show that Sark will never be a championship coach.
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  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
    ACSlaterDawg said:



    Texas A&M was 7-6 in 2011 but their point differential was +11ppg. They had numerous very close losses. Thus, they were in position to make a significant jump in W/L the next season


    Texas A&M fired their "2011" seven win coach and hired a twelve win coach. Regardless of point differential, seven wins did not meet their expectations, and they knew with their move to the SEC that they'd get destroyed if they didn't make a change. Their significant jump was primarily the result of the coaching staff change.
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  • Steve_Bowman
    Steve_Bowman Member Posts: 442
    edited May 2013
    Agreed. Football is not a game of horseshoes with soft metrics. The metrics are unforgiving: Win-Loss.

    A&M wanted to compete in the SEC. A seven win team from a weaker conference (Big-12) is going to get killed in the SEC.

    The problem at Washington is Upper Campus. They really don't care; they haven't for a long time. If a fair number of tickets are sold, that's all anyone really wants.


    Southerdawg said:


    Texas A&M fired their "2011" seven win coach and hired a twelve win coach. Regardless of point differential, seven wins did not meet their expectations, and they knew with their move to the SEC that they'd get destroyed if they didn't make a change. Their significant jump was primarily the result of the coaching staff change.


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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,759 Founders Club
    They wouldn't be remodeling the stadium if they didn't care. They do care. They want to succeed.

    The problem is they don't know how to build a hardcore football program with high standards and that includes a marketing department that sets the tone. We've got limp-wristed academic and artistic types in charge of the program and its marketing.
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  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
    edited May 2013
    DerekJohnson said:

    They wouldn't be remodeling the stadium if they didn't care. They do care. They want to succeed.

    The problem is they don't know how to build a hardcore football program with high standards and that includes a marketing department that sets the tone. We've got limp-wristed academic and artistic types in charge of the program and its marketing.

    Mostly agree. They do care and really do want to succeed, but the marketing department does not set the tone. Their job is to maximize exposure and revenues. Unfortunately, this marketing bunch reflects the attitudes and ineptitude of those who really are responsible for setting the tone; the AD and the head coach. If the AD wants a hardcore program, he hires a head coach who either executes that vision or gets replaced. If the AD really wanted a hardcore football program, Sark and the marketing department would already be gone.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,759 Founders Club
    edited May 2013
    Southerndawg said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    They wouldn't be remodeling the stadium if they didn't care. They do care. They want to succeed.

    The problem is they don't know how to build a hardcore football program with high standards and that includes a marketing department that sets the tone. We've got limp-wristed academic and artistic types in charge of the program and its marketing.

    Mostly agree. They do care and really do want to succeed, but the marketing department does not set the tone. Their job is to maximize exposure and revenues. Unfortunately, this marketing bunch reflects the attitudes and ineptitude of those who really are responsible for setting the tone; the AD and the head coach. If the AD wants a hardcore program, he hires a head coach who either executes that vision or gets replaced. If the AD really wanted a hardcore football program, Sark and the marketing department would already be gone.
    When you're walking to CenturyLink Field and have to pass beneath a horrifying gauntlet of Crazy Larry images, that sets a tone. One of which my psyche still hasn't recovered.
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  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
    DerekJohnson said:

    Southerndawg said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    They wouldn't be remodeling the stadium if they didn't care. They do care. They want to succeed.

    The problem is they don't know how to build a hardcore football program with high standards and that includes a marketing department that sets the tone. We've got limp-wristed academic and artistic types in charge of the program and its marketing.

    Mostly agree. They do care and really do want to succeed, but the marketing department does not set the tone. Their job is to maximize exposure and revenues. Unfortunately, this marketing bunch reflects the attitudes and ineptitude of those who really are responsible for setting the tone; the AD and the head coach. If the AD wants a hardcore program, he hires a head coach who either executes that vision or gets replaced. If the AD really wanted a hardcore football program, Sark and the marketing department would already be gone.
    When you're walking to CenturyLink Field and have to pass beneath a horrifying gauntlet of Crazy Larry images, that sets a tone. One of which my psyche still hasn't recovered.

    That made me laugh :)

    Woodard is an idiot for letting that Crazy Larry crap get beyond a concept, and the douche bags who came up with it should have been fired on the spot.
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  • Steve_Bowman
    Steve_Bowman Member Posts: 442
    Actually, neither one of us know, "if they care." What we do know, without question is they do care about selling tickets. Whether they connect that with having a hardcore, successful team is open to debate.

    We also know they are clueless and inept about how to be successful. Does it really matter if they care? Probably not - the results are the same.
    DerekJohnson said:

    They wouldn't be remodeling the stadium if they didn't care. They do care. They want to succeed.

    The problem is they don't know how to build a hardcore football program with high standards and that includes a marketing department that sets the tone. We've got limp-wristed academic and artistic types in charge of the program and its marketing.

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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,759 Founders Club
    Agreed.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    Not a chance Pool Boy fires him for anything other than an absolute disaster - say 3 wins. If Bag'0'Dicks Sark even sniffs .500 he is safe.

    Only hope is that a sub .500 season starts getting some attention and forces Full Retard Woody's hand in a couple seasons.

    We are screwed.
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