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Happy Turkey Day and 8th Anniversary to Hardcore Husky!

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,562 Founders Club
On November 26, 2012, Hardcore Husky launched. Both incarnations of the Husky Half Brains sites had been shut down and there was a group of us that were homeless Ronin roaming the UW countryside. We wanted to create a place that we could call home. We were also thoroughly disgusted by the arrogance of Dawgman's Kim Grinolds and wanted to be the bane of his existence. Finally, we wanted to be an entity that would hold UW accountable to a high standard of football, when we felt no one in the media was doing so.

We came very, very close to naming ourselves Operation Husky. We had a logo that featured a periscope view from Lake Washington trained upon Husky Stadium. But at the last minute, Stalin opted for Hardcore Husky.

Actually, I wasn't called Stalin until a couple years later. I announced to the board something like we were no longer going to have signatures, and APAG (TheKobeStopper) said "It's getting to be like Nazi Germany around here." One thing led to another, and suddenly I was given the nickname Stalin.

Eight years later, all three of our goals have been reached. We have a home that we enjoy. We surpassed Dawgman in traffic about three years ago and from our vantage point watched them become irrelevant and no longer something we think much about. And we have certainly annoyed UW through the years but also have given voice to fans that want to hold UW to high winning standards. When a former player reported to me that he had been in Jen Cohen's office and Hardcore Husky was on her computer screen, that made my day.

So to the basement-dwelling incels who make this place what it is, thank you. Here's to another eight years.


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  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823

    I also want to tip my cap to the late Don James. He lived long enough to see the first two years of Hardcore Husky, and saw what a bunch of idiots we were. But he always granted me interviews for the site (when we had a front page) and always encouraged me to do my thing.

    Jen should do the same, not like she’s busy these day
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,562 Founders Club
    pawz said:



    When a former player reported to me that he had been in Jen Cohen's office and Hardcore Husky was on her computer screen, that made my day.

    Jen Cohen has a Wam membership??




    I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you
  • Mad_Son
    Mad_Son Member Posts: 10,194
    Stalin posting after 1AM. Yikes.
  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,937

    On November 26, 2012, Hardcore Husky launched. Both incarnations of the Husky Half Brains sites had been shut down and there was a group of us that were homeless Ronin roaming the UW countryside. We wanted to create a place that we could call home. We were also thoroughly disgusted by the arrogance of Dawgman's Kim Grinolds and wanted to be the bane of his existence. Finally, we wanted to be an entity that would hold UW accountable to a high standard of football, when we felt no one in the media was doing so.

    We came very, very close to naming ourselves Operation Husky. We had a logo that featured a periscope view from Lake Washington trained upon Husky Stadium. But at the last minute, Stalin opted for Hardcore Husky.

    Actually, I wasn't called Stalin until a couple years later. I announced to the board something like we were no longer going to have signatures, and APAG (TheKobeStopper) said "It's getting to be like Nazi Germany around here." One thing led to another, and suddenly I was given the nickname Stalin.

    Eight years later, all three of our goals have been reached. We have a home that we enjoy. We surpassed Dawgman in traffic about three years ago and from our vantage point watched them become irrelevant and no longer something we think much about. And we have certainly annoyed UW through the years but also have given voice to fans that want to hold UW to high winning standards. When a former player reported to me that he had been in Jen Cohen's office and Hardcore Husky was on her computer screen, that made my day.

    So to the basement-dwelling incels who make this place what it is, thank you. Here's to another eight years.



    Welp there goes any future employment opportunities for me!
  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,937
    What’s a job anyways?
  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    AlohaDoog said:

    Long tim lurker and first tim poaster here. Please forgive me if I type anything that’s misspelled, I’m Hawaiian so there’s a language barrier.

    As we say on the islands, mahalo Taft!

    They have internet in Hawaii?
  • PurpleBaze
    PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,333 Founders Club

    AlohaDoog said:

    Long tim lurker and first tim poaster here. Please forgive me if I type anything that’s misspelled, I’m Hawaiian so there’s a language barrier.

    As we say on the islands, mahalo Taft!

    They have internet in Hawaii?
    1200 BAUD rate dial-up sistah!
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter

    AlohaDoog said:

    Long tim lurker and first tim poaster here. Please forgive me if I type anything that’s misspelled, I’m Hawaiian so there’s a language barrier.

    As we say on the islands, mahalo Taft!

    They have internet in Hawaii?
    1200 BAUD rate dial-up sistah!
    Sistah? 🙄
    * mahoo
  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter

    AlohaDoog said:

    Long tim lurker and first tim poaster here. Please forgive me if I type anything that’s misspelled, I’m Hawaiian so there’s a language barrier.

    As we say on the islands, mahalo Taft!

    They have internet in Hawaii?
    1200 BAUD rate dial-up sistah!
    Sistah? 🙄
    * mahoo
    🤨
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter

    AlohaDoog said:

    Long tim lurker and first tim poaster here. Please forgive me if I type anything that’s misspelled, I’m Hawaiian so there’s a language barrier.

    As we say on the islands, mahalo Taft!

    They have internet in Hawaii?
    1200 BAUD rate dial-up sistah!
    Sistah? 🙄
    * mahoo
    🤨
    ybe
  • TommySQC
    TommySQC Member Posts: 5,813
    edited November 2020

    I actually bought and read your books before I knew you operated an internet cesspool. At the advice of my friend TommySQC I checked this place out. Spent a year lurking, made an account after a particularly bitter Husky defeat, and later “donated” to the cause. After being told to LEAVE!!! and poorly writing a few nasty haiku I have been welcomed as the sites resident grocer. Thanks Derek, I come here almost every day to see what’s going on with my Dwags. Oh, and finding out how the NWO is going to run every facet of my life before killing me and my family was also a nice side treat. Well done sir!


    FTG

    Seriously though...I've been working the phones. BRB