I took a long walk to get some perspective.

HillsboroDuck

dhdawg said:

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

Losing smalls being an unacceptable failure aside you are delusional if you think this team is a player away from a ring.

Have you seen our offense under Pete?

I'm assuming significant improvement at the QB position with Eason and Huard. I thought that was obvious.

jecornel

RaceBannon 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

Amen brother. Amen. I cried like a little bitch after the Arizona game.

creepycoug

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.

Did you unplug from Technology? Was the beach on the Big Island?

If not, you weren't doing it right.

dhdawg

HillsboroDuck said:

dhdawg said:

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

Losing smalls being an unacceptable failure aside you are delusional if you think this team is a player away from a ring.

Have you seen our offense under Pete?

I'm assuming significant improvement at the QB position with Eason and Huard. I thought that was obvious.

Sure. But there is no guarantee either of those guys will be the savior and as far as we know the scheme and wr are still the same.

Also while we are talented at rb it isn't proven talent.

We might win a NY6 bowl with a decent QB finally tho.

CuntWaffle

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Baseman said:

RaceBannon 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

D’marco Farr replaced Stan and he wasn’t enough. Morris trophy winner in 93, too

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.

Sav'ell is better than all of them put together.

Sav'ell is better than the 7 best DTs in college football history put together?

creepycoug

RaceBannon 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

A dominant D lineman makes all the difference. Those guys are like gold.

backthepack

CuntWaffle said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Baseman said:

RaceBannon 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

D’marco Farr replaced Stan and he wasn’t enough. Morris trophy winner in 93, too

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.

Sav'ell is better than all of them put together.

JTT is better than the 7 best DTs in college football history put together?

fixed and yes

HillsboroDuck

dhdawg said:

HillsboroDuck said:

dhdawg said:

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

Losing smalls being an unacceptable failure aside you are delusional if you think this team is a player away from a ring.

Have you seen our offense under Pete?

I'm assuming significant improvement at the QB position with Eason and Huard. I thought that was obvious.

Sure. But there is no guarantee either of those guys will be the savior and as far as we know the scheme and wr are still the same.

Also while we are talented at rb it isn't proven talent.

We might win a NY6 bowl with a decent QB finally tho.

If our QB play improves to an above average level and we get an elite pass rush we can win a national title with everything else as is.

Dennis_DeYoung

CuntWaffle said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Baseman said:

RaceBannon 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

D’marco Farr replaced Stan and he wasn’t enough. Morris trophy winner in 93, too

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.

Sav'ell is better than all of them put together.

Sav'ell is better than the 7 best DTs in college football history put together?

YEAH HE IS AND THROW IN RONNIE LOTT.

jfc Cunt.

HillsboroDuck

CuntWaffle said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Baseman said:

RaceBannon 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

D’marco Farr replaced Stan and he wasn’t enough. Morris trophy winner in 93, too

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.

Sav'ell is better than all of them put together.

Sav'ell is better than the 7 best DTs in college football history put together?

Barry Sanders 2.0 with some Earl Thomas thrown in, IMO.