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ToddTurnerLIVES
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I know this isn't news to anyone paying attention but it's yet another year of Husky football under Chris Petersen where we are doing great in certain areas and abysmal in other areas.
Some of the areas that need to be cleaned up:
- Offensive play-calling
- QB play
- Pass Rush
- linebacker recruiting
- WR recruiting
I love Pete and he is moving in the right direction, however, the difference between being OK and winning NY6 games is "on the margin" stuff. You can't have a great defensive coordinator(which we do) and then not recruit pass rushers and expect to beat a NY6 type of team. EVERYTHING has to be elite. Competing for a national championship requires finding an edge against other staffs that can scheme, recruit and develop players just as well as we can. That means having ZERO holes. We know what are shortcomings are and until we fix them that means that we have to be content with not competing at an elite level.
If you want to compete for national championships then demand more. Demand more out of the coaches, the athletic department staff, the boosters, etc. However well we are doing now is simply not good enough to complete with Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, etc. Do we want to be close or do we want to actually win? We've been "close" for the past 4 years under Pete and we'll continue to be just "close" if nothing changes. Pete has done great things for our program and I LOVE that I am even able to rant about competing with Bama. Pete is a God but he can do better. I hope he knows it. If he doesn't than it's our job to remind him.
Some of the areas that need to be cleaned up:
- Offensive play-calling
- QB play
- Pass Rush
- linebacker recruiting
- WR recruiting
I love Pete and he is moving in the right direction, however, the difference between being OK and winning NY6 games is "on the margin" stuff. You can't have a great defensive coordinator(which we do) and then not recruit pass rushers and expect to beat a NY6 type of team. EVERYTHING has to be elite. Competing for a national championship requires finding an edge against other staffs that can scheme, recruit and develop players just as well as we can. That means having ZERO holes. We know what are shortcomings are and until we fix them that means that we have to be content with not competing at an elite level.
If you want to compete for national championships then demand more. Demand more out of the coaches, the athletic department staff, the boosters, etc. However well we are doing now is simply not good enough to complete with Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, etc. Do we want to be close or do we want to actually win? We've been "close" for the past 4 years under Pete and we'll continue to be just "close" if nothing changes. Pete has done great things for our program and I LOVE that I am even able to rant about competing with Bama. Pete is a God but he can do better. I hope he knows it. If he doesn't than it's our job to remind him.
Comments
Problem 2) Pete's offense.
Until those problems are solved, PAC 12 titles are the ceiling.
Not saying everything will be corrected but having a mature defensive and offensive talent sure masks holes in coaching and schemes and other personnel.
Let's get to that talent point with 2-3 consecutive classes and then reassess.
Looks like we are actually getting "farther"
I can live with 12-2, 10-3, and 10-4 with two Pac 12 titles and a Party Bowl. That's not bad at all. But I want to do better and win national titles. I don't see the evidence that suddenly we're going to be one of the elite 0-2 loss teams year in and year out right now.
Get an elite QB and check back in.
Right now we are a NY6 gatekeeper who is one of the better teams in the shittiest P5 conference, that is it.
No killer instinct or passion. The problem with the idea of never getting too high or low is that you never get high. And you think the answer to everything is just executing more precisely. It’s not. Our punter isn’t going to be great just because he executes. Same with our field goal kicker. Same with our quarterback. They can be slightly better, but there is a ceiling based on talent. And I feel like even the whole team limits their ceiling, even when talented, with their mindset. We always look like we’re going through the motions.
It's worse than the offense....or any other statistical analysis.
Charmin soft.
Now that the season is over it wouldn’t shock me to learn Lubbick and Hamden don’t get along and Lubbick is out...bet he was pissed when Peterman brought Hamden back and bet he got more pissed when the offense kinda sucked in season. Don’t blame him (or Peterman), but it needs improvement this offseason. Expect Eason will help, but he will need WR help and I expect him to have both a higher ceiling and more variability than we had this season.