I took a long walk to get some perspective.
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didn't everyone say that about Smalls up until Monday night?Passion said:It didn't work. I'm still pissed about Smalls.
But here are just a few things to think about. If one defensive player could make-or-break a team, then:
- Aaron Donald would've taken Pitt to the national championship.
- Lawrence Taylor would've taken north carolina to the national championship (yes, I'm going back a few years).
- Ndamukung (sp?) Suh would've taken nebraska to the national championship.
- Khalil Mack would've taken univ of buffalo to the national championship.
- J.J. Watt would've taken wisconsin to the national championship.
- Luke Kuechly would've taken boston college to the national championship.
- On and on and on.
I am STILL hopeful that somebody can offer Smalls some useful guidance and show him that his best chance for development as a football player and a man is at the University of Washington, and that he can still "be his own man" and "do something different" without having to leave Seattle.
But if we (sadly) don't get Smalls, then looking at the above list of names I know that UW's defense can still be championship caliber if we can continue to recruit strong across the board, develop guys like Laiatu Latu and Bralen Trice into stellar pass rushers, and if we can keep Lake, Kwiatkowski and Malloe in place for a few years.
This program can reach the highest peaks without one player. But if this losing stellar-in-state-player shit becomes a pattern under Petersen like it did under his predecessors (Jonathan Stewart, Foster Sarrell, Garnett, Banner, Taylor Mays, David DeCastro) then that's another story.
We better fucking get that JT Tuimoloau guy, or no long walk will help me.
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The totemic value of landing Smalls would have huge. Losing him, the impact is much, much bigger. It's double black eyes, knee to the balls, and called faggot in front of his friends for the program, imo.
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It doesn't matter that we didn't get the overall top 5 player in country from in-state this year as long as we get the overall top 5 player in the country from in-state next year.
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Strong agreeExtraChrisB said:It doesn't matter that we didn't get the overall top 5 player in country from in-state this year as long as we get the overall top 5 player in the country from in-state next year.
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GrundleStiltzkin said:
The totemic value of landing Smalls would have huge. Losing him, the impact is much, much bigger. It's double black eyes, knee to the balls, and called faggot in front of his friends for the program, imo.
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D’marco Farr replaced Stan and he wasn’t enough. Morris trophy winner in 93, tooRaceBannon said:91 had Stan
92 did not
The difference was huge
All of a sudden the middle of the 46 was exposed and in the very first game of 92 an ASU running back ran wild through it -
I'm really upset that this narrative has not been the primary one here.ExtraChrisB said:It doesn't matter that we didn't get the overall top 5 player in country from in-state this year as long as we get the overall top 5 player in the country from in-state next year.
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D'Marco was one of our best DLs ever and he could not replace Stan. There have been like 6 DTs in the history of CFB that could replace him.Baseman said:
D’marco Farr replaced Stan and he wasn’t enough. Morris trophy winner in 93, tooRaceBannon said:91 had Stan
92 did not
The difference was huge
All of a sudden the middle of the 46 was exposed and in the very first game of 92 an ASU running back ran wild through it
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Losing smalls being an unacceptable failure aside you are delusional if you think this team is a player away from a ring.HillsboroDuck said:None of those defenses had every piece besides the one in question though.
UW does.
One defensive player can’t get a mediocre defense a ring.
One elite defensive player at the right position can make an already very good to great defense ring worthy though.
That was Smalls.
Now he gone.
FYFMFE
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Uh, I think D’Marco Farr replaced Tyrone Rodgers and Steve Hoffmann replaced Emtman (or stan or whatever the fuck we call him here).Baseman said:
D’marco Farr replaced Stan and he wasn’t enough. Morris trophy winner in 93, tooRaceBannon said:91 had Stan
92 did not
The difference was huge
All of a sudden the middle of the 46 was exposed and in the very first game of 92 an ASU running back ran wild through it
