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Psychological deep dive
RaceBannon
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The thought occurred to me that for a fairly large segment of fans Chris Petersen was the one bright spot of their Husky fan existence. If you are under 40 or so the 91 DAWGS are something you read about on the internets or your two dads told you about. Maybe you followed the squad for the one shining moment since then in 2000 but before Petersen you got a steady shit sandwich without the misty colored memories of REAL football here.
And then it was gone. No warning just gone. The security and hope you were beginning to feel was yanked away and you were thrown into the street begging for scraps and another fix.
I can relate to this. I hated Lambo from Day1 because he wasn't James and I wanted James dammit. I grew to have reasons to hate Lambo as a coach but that came later. Conversely other fans clung to Lambo as the bridge to the glory years and got mad when he got fired and hated Rick from Day 1. Even the Rose Bowl year was filled with gameday threads that rival the ones here. Slow starts, always have to come from behind, throw too much, run too much, shitty defense etc.
Then came the long dark extended play decade. Even being old as dirt I too found youth and optimism again under Petersen until the Pick 6 against Bama. 2016 was the best year since 2001 which was the best year since 1991. 3 years out of 30.
So here we all are in various stages of anger grief and denial about the Sqwad awaiting a real season we hope where more of the story will be revealed.
So let's feel each other's pain and hope for the best and expect the worst as usual. You never know when that 4th great year might pop up
And then it was gone. No warning just gone. The security and hope you were beginning to feel was yanked away and you were thrown into the street begging for scraps and another fix.
I can relate to this. I hated Lambo from Day1 because he wasn't James and I wanted James dammit. I grew to have reasons to hate Lambo as a coach but that came later. Conversely other fans clung to Lambo as the bridge to the glory years and got mad when he got fired and hated Rick from Day 1. Even the Rose Bowl year was filled with gameday threads that rival the ones here. Slow starts, always have to come from behind, throw too much, run too much, shitty defense etc.
Then came the long dark extended play decade. Even being old as dirt I too found youth and optimism again under Petersen until the Pick 6 against Bama. 2016 was the best year since 2001 which was the best year since 1991. 3 years out of 30.
So here we all are in various stages of anger grief and denial about the Sqwad awaiting a real season we hope where more of the story will be revealed.
So let's feel each other's pain and hope for the best and expect the worst as usual. You never know when that 4th great year might pop up
Comments
Excellent
The fall will hurt that much more
I remember fans saying it was a good thing to lose the over 20 year winning then non losing season streak under Gilby because it was too much pressure on the kids
I remember
I also remember the 90 team, the best team in the nation at the time, coming out with roses and choking badly at home to a sub .500 UCLA.
I remember the 92 team getting smashed at Arizona by a mor physical, more motivated team, embarrassed in the snow in Pullman and looking like they all wanted to go back to Cali, and looking slow and inept in the Rose Bowl while Tyrone Wheatly ass raped the whole defense.
I remember that there were many seasons under James, all seasons under Lambo, and 2/3 under RN that weren't any better (and worse in many cases) than Petersen's last year at UW. I'm all for hating Pete for saddling himself with a shitty offense, for not being motivated for a winnable Rose Bowl, and for quitting. I can't get on board with treating his last season like some kind of epic, unprecedented failure. It was a mediocre team in need of some minor retooling much like many of them during the glory years that old timers all seem to pine for.
Lake has no excuses on the field or off of it. Petersen handed over a good situation(for proof, at least on the recruiting side, all one has to do is look at the class that signed right after he retired) and if Lake fucks it up it's all on him.
I would have fired Don James.
And 2019 was an epic failure but not unprecedented
This is close to Don James never played a ranked Arizona even though they were ranked in 92. A game I remember as well
I didn't have full Husky fan consciousness until 1990. Before that I only knew Chargers games at the Murph. So my launch - like so many other young Gen X'ers - coincides with the greatest 3 year run in school history.
I show up at school expecting the "RTD" that never came. 2 flashes in nearly 30 years and that's it.
Relative to the time those Husky teams would compete and win their share against Bama and Clemson today
James changed the evaluation and the bag men really stepped up. It showed
Edit: they did