perhaps this will grab the attention of Woodword

dhdawg

http://seattletimes.com/html/sports/2022886679_withers12xml.html
attendence has dropped by 20 fucking percent, if this continues there's a chance.
We're second to last in attendence to fucking wsu, with a fanbase that will support the team when good, fucking unacceptable

topdawgnc

Romar is a good recruiter, and the best coach ever.

It's what I am hearing.

CuntWaffle

Yup Romar needs to go. I remember watching games on TV and it was crazy loud, now I can here echos of the ball dribbling.

[Deleted User]

I think by stealing Petersen, Woodward has confidence in himself that he can improve on the coaching situation.

Be it by blind luck he did improve the coaching situation with the football program. I think Romar is in some serious danger this year and it has ran its course.

RoadDawg55

I would be more than okay with making a change, but I think chances are slim to none that Romar gets fired after this year. I do think that if he misses the tournament again next year, chances are pretty good that a change is made.

Regarding attendance, not only do they suck, but the players are boring. There are no local players. The local guys who people had followed in high school brought crowds. Not to mention, the doogpack had nerds who went to high school with those guys or watch them dominate their high school team. There was a connection.

IT, Conroy, and Nate were all very entertaining, energetic players who were local. They knew how to get a crowd fired up. This team is wooden, even the best players. Fuck, until Overton got in trouble, people loved watching him play. He pissed them off too, but he was a very entertaining player who played in your face, balls out every minute he was in the game. There is no connection with the team right now and I think it goes beyond them not being very good.

[Deleted User]

Good point Road Dawg, I remember watching IT, Overton, Hawes, Brockman at the state tournament.

I was very fortunate to have been at the game when IT went up against Overton and dropped 51 but Overton got the win.

Even Tony Wroten when he was here he was exciting and we'd had all seen/heard of him for four years leading up to that.

With these guys you don't really know about them until they sign here.

There is no high flying guys who are athletic anymore. The team sucks, their OOC home slate is always shitty and the team is rather boring.

At least two years ago you had Ross and Wroten who had any moment could make you jump off your couch with excitement.

SweatpantsGeneral

Agree across the board. Romar has been great for the program for where it started. Time to move on boss. I used to get blasted for insisting a better coach would have consistently got us beyond the first round or two with the talent Romar had. Now, his hallmarks---athletic fast paced basketball and stingy D is gone. These guys play with no fire whatsoever.

I listened to Rondeau the other night on KJR and he said this is the least athletic team Romar has ever had. Probably true, but who is responsible for recruiting the athleticism?

RaccoonHarry

Unless you're a truly great coach (e.g. Izzo, Kruh-zew-ski) your stay at a university simply runs it's course. Same thing with Rick Barnes at Texas, though they've shown some signs of life this year. Romar has done a good, not great job. Time for new blood.

RaccoonHarry

RaccoonHarry said:

Unless you're a truly great coach (e.g. Izzo, Kruh-zew-ski) your stay at a university simply runs it's course. Same thing with Rick Barnes at Texas, though they've shown some signs of life this year. Romar has done a good, not great job. Time for new blood.

"...its course." Fuck me, I never make that mistake...

section8

Correct me if I'm wrong but has there ever been a time when the basketball and football teams have been good at the same time? Basketball is great, but if the football team and the Seahawks are doing well and basketball team is just average their an afterthought.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

section8 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong but has there ever been a time when the basketball and football teams have been good at the same time? Basketball is great, but if the football team and the Seahawks are doing well and basketball team is just average their an afterthought.

mid 80s, Wvwelp, Schrempf

tracker

Romar is a good guy, good rep for the university, but he reached his ceiling a long time ago. If Woody wants to take the program to a higher level a change must be made.

Tequilla

Fuck anybody that think that Tony Wroten was "exciting" for the year he was at the UW ... that's one of the last words that I'd use to describe how I felt watching him play.

Romar's not getting canned after this year ... not happening.

However, the interest is gone besides those that support him no matter what. He's got to figure out how to turn the tide. It might already be too late.

I'm still not convinced that Woodward would fire Romar ... he's been a good enough representative for us that I'm not sure that we'd want to door.ass.out him.

But I could see a scenario where Romar is casually asked whether or not he's interested in an early retirement.

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Tequilla said:

Fuck anybody that think that Tony Wroten was "exciting" for the year he was at the UW ... that's one of the last words that I'd use to describe how I felt watching him play.

Romar's not getting canned after this year ... not happening.

However, the interest is gone besides those that support him no matter what. He's got to figure out how to turn the tide. It might already be too late.

I'm still not convinced that Woodward would fire Romar ... he's been a good enough representative for us that I'm not sure that we'd want to door.ass.out him.

But I could see a scenario where Romar is casually asked whether or not he's interested in an early retirement.

Was this not exciting?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwQ0mzMfFc

How about this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Shl8un3U34

He had a lot of flaws but I'll stand by my exciting comment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDuhBYuqsn8

Tequilla

Wroten had his moments ...

But there was so much about him that was so non-team oriented that it was painfully obvious that he wasn't at Washington because he wanted to win at Washington ... he was there because he had to go to college for a year and decided to stay home.

In many respects, I find behavior like that somewhat insulting.

RoadDawg55

Tequilla said:

Wroten had his moments ...

But there was so much about him that was so non-team oriented that it was painfully obvious that he wasn't at Washington because he wanted to win at Washington ... he was there because he had to go to college for a year and decided to stay home.

In many respects, I find behavior like that somewhat insulting.

Being a flawed player does not mean he didn't want to win. I remember the Duke game where he was the only guy on the whole team playing with any heart and fire.

Serious question, out of all the great UW players were any way better than Wroten their freshman year? I just wish we could have watched Wroten for more than one year, but everyone knew going into it that he was gone after his freshman year. I feel the same way about people who criticized Hawes.

Swaye

Can we move this to the NBA and useless shit bored?

Mods? Devs? Allah?

bananasnblondes

RosdDawg hit the nail on the head. Not only was UW winning with guys like Nate Rob, Conroy, IT, Bobby Jones, etc. but they were fun, exciting players to watch. Nobody, and I mean nobody can get excited about guys like Desmond Simmons, Mike Anderson, Paris Blackwell, Andrew Andrews, etc. Even CJ is not really a dynamic player. On a properly run team he would be a role player. More than half the players on this team belong on a Seattle U/ U of Portland team. Some belong at a school like Central. This all goes back to recruiting. Having to take your Plan F and G guys killed this team.

What kills me is that Romar had a recipe for success earlier in his coaching career with the run and gun style. For a few years we were Oregon Football on a basketball court. It wasn't perfect but was great for a nontraditional basketball school. Why he decided to slow everything down and recruit a bunch of slow Guys who aren't really great at anything is beyond me