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http://www.firecoachsark.com/washingtons-69-27-win-over-oregon-st/
Its counter-intuitive but here is how the blowout win could help our cause. It should open up the eyes of some doogs and raise expectations going forward. The worst result would have been a close win. Cover against WSU and you are looking at 5 blowout wins in conference. Currently we are +9 ppg in conference. We haven't even been positive since 2000. The blowout wins put more pressure on Sark because they show what this team is capable of yet expose Sark when they fail miserably in the tougher games and show inconsistency. There is some similarity to 2003 but Gilby was completely fucking hapless and worse than Tyrone.
That game should be an inflection point for Sark, the media, the doogs and the program at large. They should beat WSU by 10+ and beat BYU in the bowl game and then remain in the top 20 through next season. (Though I think they'll lose to BYU).
The fire Sark movement is not going away. A loss this week would be disastrous for Sark. A loss in the bowl game would be less disastrous but still heat up his seat. Basically, any loss in the next 8 games will ramp up the pressure.
My worry is I think Sark will win enough to keep his job yet remain in mediocre territory according to outside perceptions of the program. That means 8-5 this year and 9-4 in the regular season next year.
Its counter-intuitive but here is how the blowout win could help our cause. It should open up the eyes of some doogs and raise expectations going forward. The worst result would have been a close win. Cover against WSU and you are looking at 5 blowout wins in conference. Currently we are +9 ppg in conference. We haven't even been positive since 2000. The blowout wins put more pressure on Sark because they show what this team is capable of yet expose Sark when they fail miserably in the tougher games and show inconsistency. There is some similarity to 2003 but Gilby was completely fucking hapless and worse than Tyrone.
That game should be an inflection point for Sark, the media, the doogs and the program at large. They should beat WSU by 10+ and beat BYU in the bowl game and then remain in the top 20 through next season. (Though I think they'll lose to BYU).
The fire Sark movement is not going away. A loss this week would be disastrous for Sark. A loss in the bowl game would be less disastrous but still heat up his seat. Basically, any loss in the next 8 games will ramp up the pressure.
My worry is I think Sark will win enough to keep his job yet remain in mediocre territory according to outside perceptions of the program. That means 8-5 this year and 9-4 in the regular season next year.
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They won't have expectations next year because "how can you expect to win with a sophomore QB even though James won a national title with a sophomore QB".
The Stanford game was just a good hard fought game that we should have won. Had Sark stressed special teams and not playing stupid(penalties) UW wins that one.
To me his worst coaching was UCLA. When UCLA loses next week they'll be 8-4 and 5-4 in conference. They really aren't that good and are actually young. UW was the better team and should have won that fucking game.
If UW wins out to go 9-4 we'll be talking about a hypothetical 11-2. So Sark will be 20-6 hypothetically last two years is what Doogs will say. I wish I was being sarkastic but I'm not Doogs are that pathetic.
Biggest takeaways from the Oregon State game to me are 1) the identity of this team ALWAYS works better when Sark is 81% committed to running downhill and 2) that there was more than enough talent on this team to be better than 5-4 (allegedly) in the conference.
He's not original at all and is almost like a whooosh since he's such a stereotypical Doog.
The Stanford and UCLA games were very winnable.
If we finish out 9-4, the metrics will have us in the top 15 which means we probably underachieved by 1 win.
I show his link to Doogs and their response is always "Well what do you expect? He's a Duck fan just trying to make Sark look bad" even though it's all statistical data.
http://cfbmatrix.com/portfolio/2013-coach-effect/gallery/13-rankings/
http://cfbmatrix.com/pac12-2013-total-wins-matrix/
http://cfbmatrix.com/portfolio/washington-huskies-2013/
It's one of my favorite links because it always proves us right that Sark is an underachiever.
As the founder of firetoddturner.com, I appreciate the work you are putting into firecoachsark.com, I know it is a full time job. And your optimism is second to none.
I just see Saturday's game as a complete rout of the fire Sark movement.
Half brains get that Sark is in over his head ... doogs just see 0-12 and it takes time to rebuild and Don James never had to face a ranked Oregon State and Oregon has Phil Knight, and Stanford can recruit anyone they want nationally because they are a prestigious school, and Wolff left the cupboard completely stocked for Leach, and Dennis Erickson left Graham all sorts of talent, and Rich Rod is the greatest coach since Tom Landry, and we are lucky to just be able to get someone from the coaching tree of SC and we need all the other schools to decline ... blah blah blah
This win does nothing ... nothing ... but steel the doogs into the fact Sark is the right guy.
Where I find solace (when I can't drink vodka) is Sark clearly felt pressure. He curb stomped OSU and didn't let up.
Hopefully, Woody manned up and put the fear of Jesus in Sark ... he knows he has a gravy train and it is time to man up.
For us ... it is another year in misery waiting for the annual three game skid with a royal ass kicking in the desert.