So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
To address concerns that some of you have about Hardcore Husky... Only one person has been banned in recent weeks. Mike is his name and he has had numerous handles. He's the best player on the field one of those Greenpeace guys. Enuff said on that.
In the history of Hardcore Husky, we have banned a total of 5 people, and 2 of them were let back in after being contrite.
Other than that, the only recent changes have been to get rid of sig pics because they annoy more people than they entertain.
Also, a couple other investors told me they thought I was being inconsistent in protecting PL_SS from taunts over his paralysis, because I simultaneously allow him to sometimes spew racist stuff. That's a fair assessment. So I have asked PL_SS to refrain from those comments and if he continues I will treat those like I would someone taunting him over his paralysis. To his credit, PL_SS says he wants this board to grow further and will do what is necessary.
I also discontinued the ads yesterday because their benefit to us won't be enough to warrant the small nuisance of having them on here.
Other than that, I'm quite surprised at the levels of self-entitlement by several people on this bored. You are getting a high quality forum to poast on for free, and yet you seem to think you have the right as a customer to demand that we be just like the Pit or HHBv1. And yet, you've contributed nothing financially.
The more that kind of bitching and complaining continues, the more inclined we will be to shut down the site after the 2014 season. It depends on how much enjoyment we are all getting and how much bang for the buck there is while we dissect important matters like the narrow win over Georgia State and the latest blown prediction by Dawgman.com.
In the grand scheme of things, we have won the war. Sark is gone, we've got a new coach that most of us are optimistic about, and Dawgman.com has been severely damaged - nay, imploded.
Going forward, it's all predicated on how much fun are we having. That's all I've got to say for now.
BTW, a new interview feature article will be up on Sunday.
Here is my reaction to all this......
You want to take the gloves off Derek? You want to get down in a pissing match? Let's do it. Let's roll.
I'm getting completely fed up with your hate, negativity, and throwing people under the bus.
Quite frankly Derek, I'm very, VERY happy that I don't know you. I'm quite happy that I don't lead what appears to be such a pathetic life that is faced with looking for the negativity in every situation. You need to go find something to smile at. Last I checked, it's summertime. The weather in Seattle seems to be pretty damn good right now - why don't you go check that out.
You are pretty damn wrong about things. You may think that the amount of time that you keep spewing your views that that you've now heard it enough times that you are right. Doesn't make you right.
You talk about 12-47 like that happened out of the blue sky. I've never seen you once suggest that the process of the downfall of this program began well before Emmert arrived.
You want facts? You want truth? Here's your truth.
Emmert came to the UW prior to the GLORIOUS 1-10 season under Gilby. The year before that (2003) Gilby managed to do enough to get us to 6-6, but that included the debacle at Cal where we gave up 700 yards (or thereabouts). It was an indifferent team that pretty much was at best mediocre. We lost 5 of our last 8, including the blowout to Cal, the blowout to UCLA, and a home loss to NEVADA. Yep, the program was heading in the right direction.
The 2002 season under Slick was another sterling season example that is most remembered for the "Northwest Championship." That was great. But it hid the fact that going into the "Northwest Championship" we were a 4-5 football team that was pretty much a joke at 1-4 in the conference. In both 2002 and 2003, we finished the season with a 4-4 conference record.
These weren't good football teams. The trend was heading downhill.
Emmert comes on board and immediately gets sadled with the Gilby 1-10 debacle.
Prior to Emmert coming on board, Babs jumps ship after a decade of mis-management, including allowing the stadium to begin the erosion process.
Throughout 2003, we're faced with Slick leaving and the subsequent lawsuit(s), Dr. Feelgood, and a whole mess with the softball program and Teresa Wilson.
Now keep in mind the following: ALL THIS HAPPENED BEFORE EMMERT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
Things were not in great shape. I think just about everybody knew that.
A search committee is formed to replace Babs. The BOR, upper campus, and the big donor supporters of the school are sick of the egg showing up on their face. They are sick of the country club that Babs ran and the loose way she ran the department - particularly in light of what went on with Slick. They wanted someone prim, proper, and who they could count on would not sully the University name. ENTER TODD TURNER.
Now, this pretty much gets you up to the point where Emmert was hired. Did he have to sign off on the hiring of Turner? Most likely. But whatever.
At this point, Emmert isn't responsible for the on-field performance of the football program. There is a coach in place. It's not Emmert's job to oversee the football program or any other program in the athletic department. That job belongs to Todd Turner. It's Emmert's job to monitor the job performance of Todd Turner.
So 1-10 happens. Gilby is canned by Turner (rightfully so). Yes, the program went 1-10. But the actions of those charged with overseeing the program were correct. Turner fired the coach for poor performance. If I'm in Emmert's shoes, I can't complain.
Coaching search takes place and Turner has his heart set on Tyrone Willingham. It's Turner's hire. It's not Emmert's hire. Surely Emmert had to sign off on the hire. That's fine. You want to throw some blame on him for not having the foresight to negate the hire. That's fine. But the hire isn't Emmert's responsibility. It's Turner's responsibility. It's Emmert's responsibility to hold Turner accountable for the hire (which he did 3 years later when it was obvious that Tyrone wasn't the answer).
So Tyrone goes 2-9 the first year after a 1-10 year. Not great. Warning signs start going off, particularly with some poor performance to close games. But it's the first year of the regime and really hard to get too critical.
The next year the program goes 5-7 and has 2 significant events. The first significant event is the loss of the QB to injury. I think many could argue that without the loss of Isaiah that year, we go 6-6. The second event that was significant was the "suddenly senior" day and the unexplicable loss to Stanford with the most emotionless football team anybody had ever seen. Again, there's not enough there to fire Tyrone at that point. There are warning signs. There is ground to pretty much tell Tyrone that the following year is an action year where something needs to happen. He's on a short leash at this point in my opinion.
The following year we lose games in ways that are unexplainable. Blow a huge loss to Arizona - a game we should have never lost. The most ridiculous ending to an Apple Cup I've ever seen where a guy was open by 20 yards coming out of a timeout. Blowing a pair of 21 point leads to Hawai'i. It was pretty obvious at this point that things weren't working. Coaching change was in order. Perhaps an AD change was also in order. The coaching change was blocked and complicated. The AD's head fell - and rightfully so due to some other issues that he had and such a terrible hire of a head coach.
Prior to the decision to fire Tyrone after 2007, it's really hard to argue with ANYTHING that Emmert had done with respect to the football program.
I will say that bringing Tyrone back for 2008 was a disasterous mistake. It should have never happened. You want to throw 0-12 on Emmert - I'm all for it. I think if you caught Emmert in a reflective, truthful moment, he would tell you in hindsight that he should have made the move and that it wasn't worth the carnage of 0-12.
Throw Emmert under the bus for 2008. That's his responsibility. 2004-2007? Not so much. By all means, please, please tell me where he has responsibility for 2004 and 2007 other than the fact that he's the University President. Please tell me what specific actions that he did to undermine the program. You aren't going to find them - they aren't there.
Your criticism of Emmert is ridiculous. Your criticism of Woodward is just downright comical.
Where has Woodward screwed this program? He has only been responsible for this program in the summer of 2008 in a full-time role. Are you going to hold him to the fire for being the interim AD for the first half of 2008? How is he responsible for anything from 2004-2007 when he wasn't even involved with the Athletic Department? Talk about conspiracy theories. This may be one of the greatest conspiracy theories I've ever seen.
I don't like losing. I don't like what I've seen the last 5 years. It's made me sick to my stomach many times over. But unlike you, I can at least take a step back and realize that the genesis of this problem began well before Mark Emmert became President of the University of Washington.
If I spent my time being a "mindless Kim Grinolds minion," then I'd be convinced that the only logical explanation for our failures have been Mark Emmert and Scott Woodward.
Quite frankly, that opinion is one of the most idiotic insanely stupid opinions that I've ever seen in my life.
I don't defend the "wrong targets." There is blame to be thrown Emmert's way. I readily acknowledge that. But it isn't his full blame. Babs deserves blame. Gerberding deserves blame. McCormick deserves some blame. Slick deserves some blame. Gilby deserves some blame. Turner deserves some blame. Tyrone deserves some blame. Of the names I've listed, only 3 of those names have any timeline that extends into any portion of Emmert's tenure. That's less than half of those names.
Quite frankly Derek, you are a world class donkey. When I hear people bitch and moan about the people in the State of Washington - you are a crystal example of why people bitch about the State of Washington. When I hear people that bitch about the fans of the University of Washington and what their complaints are, you represent what those complaints are.
In my opinion, you are not good for the University of Washington. You aren't helping the program. You aren't helping the University. You are entirely self-serving and a pompous, egotistical jerk.
You are barking up the wrong tree if you are going after me. I'm not naive enough to shove my head so far up my arse to ignore what I am seeing. I don't think that there is anybody that knows me that would say that I wouldn't call a spade a spade.
All that paying for and attending games longer than I've been alive has done for you is given you a perceived ability to go be a bitter old man. Congrats on that.
Thanks for showing those of us in a younger generation how not to act in 20-30 years when we are in your shoes.
This board is a revolutionary concept. It would suck to see it closed down after 2014. I wish there were a duck board like this. Every team needs one. On a side note, the sigs are one of the main components that make this site so wacky and give it character. One of the first ones I saw in here was a dog humping another dog then puking right afterwards. WTF? This place is fucking crazy. They allow each poster to express their own character too, and it doesn't hurt to see some bouncing boobs and some nice ass while you're reading posts.
To address concerns that some of you have about Hardcore Husky... Only one person has been banned in recent weeks. Mike is his name and he has had numerous handles. He's the best player on the field one of those Greenpeace guys. Enuff said on that.
In the history of Hardcore Husky, we have banned a total of 5 people, and 2 of them were let back in after being contrite.
Other than that, the only recent changes have been to get rid of sig pics because they annoy more people than they entertain.
Also, a couple other investors told me they thought I was being inconsistent in protecting PL_SS from taunts over his paralysis, because I simultaneously allow him to sometimes spew racist stuff. That's a fair assessment. So I have asked PL_SS to refrain from those comments and if he continues I will treat those like I would someone taunting him over his paralysis. To his credit, PL_SS says he wants this board to grow further and will do what is necessary.
I also discontinued the ads yesterday because their benefit to us won't be enough to warrant the small nuisance of having them on here.
Other than that, I'm quite surprised at the levels of self-entitlement by several people on this bored. You are getting a high quality forum to poast on for free, and yet you seem to think you have the right as a customer to demand that we be just like the Pit or HHBv1. And yet, you've contributed nothing financially.
The more that kind of bitching and complaining continues, the more inclined we will be to shut down the site after the 2014 season. It depends on how much enjoyment we are all getting and how much bang for the buck there is while we dissect important matters like the narrow win over Georgia State and the latest blown prediction by Dawgman.com.
In the grand scheme of things, we have won the war. Sark is gone, we've got a new coach that most of us are optimistic about, and Dawgman.com has been severely damaged - nay, imploded.
Going forward, it's all predicated on how much fun are we having. That's all I've got to say for now.
BTW, a new interview feature article will be up on Sunday.
Here is my reaction to all this......
You want to take the gloves off Derek? You want to get down in a pissing match? Let's do it. Let's roll.
I'm getting completely fed up with your hate, negativity, and throwing people under the bus.
Quite frankly Derek, I'm very, VERY happy that I don't know you. I'm quite happy that I don't lead what appears to be such a pathetic life that is faced with looking for the negativity in every situation. You need to go find something to smile at. Last I checked, it's summertime. The weather in Seattle seems to be pretty damn good right now - why don't you go check that out.
You are pretty damn wrong about things. You may think that the amount of time that you keep spewing your views that that you've now heard it enough times that you are right. Doesn't make you right.
You talk about 12-47 like that happened out of the blue sky. I've never seen you once suggest that the process of the downfall of this program began well before Emmert arrived.
You want facts? You want truth? Here's your truth.
Emmert came to the UW prior to the GLORIOUS 1-10 season under Gilby. The year before that (2003) Gilby managed to do enough to get us to 6-6, but that included the debacle at Cal where we gave up 700 yards (or thereabouts). It was an indifferent team that pretty much was at best mediocre. We lost 5 of our last 8, including the blowout to Cal, the blowout to UCLA, and a home loss to NEVADA. Yep, the program was heading in the right direction.
The 2002 season under Slick was another sterling season example that is most remembered for the "Northwest Championship." That was great. But it hid the fact that going into the "Northwest Championship" we were a 4-5 football team that was pretty much a joke at 1-4 in the conference. In both 2002 and 2003, we finished the season with a 4-4 conference record.
These weren't good football teams. The trend was heading downhill.
Emmert comes on board and immediately gets sadled with the Gilby 1-10 debacle.
Prior to Emmert coming on board, Babs jumps ship after a decade of mis-management, including allowing the stadium to begin the erosion process.
Throughout 2003, we're faced with Slick leaving and the subsequent lawsuit(s), Dr. Feelgood, and a whole mess with the softball program and Teresa Wilson.
Now keep in mind the following: ALL THIS HAPPENED BEFORE EMMERT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
Things were not in great shape. I think just about everybody knew that.
A search committee is formed to replace Babs. The BOR, upper campus, and the big donor supporters of the school are sick of the egg showing up on their face. They are sick of the country club that Babs ran and the loose way she ran the department - particularly in light of what went on with Slick. They wanted someone prim, proper, and who they could count on would not sully the University name. ENTER TODD TURNER.
Now, this pretty much gets you up to the point where Emmert was hired. Did he have to sign off on the hiring of Turner? Most likely. But whatever.
At this point, Emmert isn't responsible for the on-field performance of the football program. There is a coach in place. It's not Emmert's job to oversee the football program or any other program in the athletic department. That job belongs to Todd Turner. It's Emmert's job to monitor the job performance of Todd Turner.
So 1-10 happens. Gilby is canned by Turner (rightfully so). Yes, the program went 1-10. But the actions of those charged with overseeing the program were correct. Turner fired the coach for poor performance. If I'm in Emmert's shoes, I can't complain.
Coaching search takes place and Turner has his heart set on Tyrone Willingham. It's Turner's hire. It's not Emmert's hire. Surely Emmert had to sign off on the hire. That's fine. You want to throw some blame on him for not having the foresight to negate the hire. That's fine. But the hire isn't Emmert's responsibility. It's Turner's responsibility. It's Emmert's responsibility to hold Turner accountable for the hire (which he did 3 years later when it was obvious that Tyrone wasn't the answer).
So Tyrone goes 2-9 the first year after a 1-10 year. Not great. Warning signs start going off, particularly with some poor performance to close games. But it's the first year of the regime and really hard to get too critical.
The next year the program goes 5-7 and has 2 significant events. The first significant event is the loss of the QB to injury. I think many could argue that without the loss of Isaiah that year, we go 6-6. The second event that was significant was the "suddenly senior" day and the unexplicable loss to Stanford with the most emotionless football team anybody had ever seen. Again, there's not enough there to fire Tyrone at that point. There are warning signs. There is ground to pretty much tell Tyrone that the following year is an action year where something needs to happen. He's on a short leash at this point in my opinion.
The following year we lose games in ways that are unexplainable. Blow a huge loss to Arizona - a game we should have never lost. The most ridiculous ending to an Apple Cup I've ever seen where a guy was open by 20 yards coming out of a timeout. Blowing a pair of 21 point leads to Hawai'i. It was pretty obvious at this point that things weren't working. Coaching change was in order. Perhaps an AD change was also in order. The coaching change was blocked and complicated. The AD's head fell - and rightfully so due to some other issues that he had and such a terrible hire of a head coach.
Prior to the decision to fire Tyrone after 2007, it's really hard to argue with ANYTHING that Emmert had done with respect to the football program.
I will say that bringing Tyrone back for 2008 was a disasterous mistake. It should have never happened. You want to throw 0-12 on Emmert - I'm all for it. I think if you caught Emmert in a reflective, truthful moment, he would tell you in hindsight that he should have made the move and that it wasn't worth the carnage of 0-12.
Throw Emmert under the bus for 2008. That's his responsibility. 2004-2007? Not so much. By all means, please, please tell me where he has responsibility for 2004 and 2007 other than the fact that he's the University President. Please tell me what specific actions that he did to undermine the program. You aren't going to find them - they aren't there.
Your criticism of Emmert is ridiculous. Your criticism of Woodward is just downright comical.
Where has Woodward screwed this program? He has only been responsible for this program in the summer of 2008 in a full-time role. Are you going to hold him to the fire for being the interim AD for the first half of 2008? How is he responsible for anything from 2004-2007 when he wasn't even involved with the Athletic Department? Talk about conspiracy theories. This may be one of the greatest conspiracy theories I've ever seen.
I don't like losing. I don't like what I've seen the last 5 years. It's made me sick to my stomach many times over. But unlike you, I can at least take a step back and realize that the genesis of this problem began well before Mark Emmert became President of the University of Washington.
If I spent my time being a "mindless Kim Grinolds minion," then I'd be convinced that the only logical explanation for our failures have been Mark Emmert and Scott Woodward.
Quite frankly, that opinion is one of the most idiotic insanely stupid opinions that I've ever seen in my life.
I don't defend the "wrong targets." There is blame to be thrown Emmert's way. I readily acknowledge that. But it isn't his full blame. Babs deserves blame. Gerberding deserves blame. McCormick deserves some blame. Slick deserves some blame. Gilby deserves some blame. Turner deserves some blame. Tyrone deserves some blame. Of the names I've listed, only 3 of those names have any timeline that extends into any portion of Emmert's tenure. That's less than half of those names.
Quite frankly Derek, you are a world class donkey. When I hear people bitch and moan about the people in the State of Washington - you are a crystal example of why people bitch about the State of Washington. When I hear people that bitch about the fans of the University of Washington and what their complaints are, you represent what those complaints are.
In my opinion, you are not good for the University of Washington. You aren't helping the program. You aren't helping the University. You are entirely self-serving and a pompous, egotistical jerk.
You are barking up the wrong tree if you are going after me. I'm not naive enough to shove my head so far up my arse to ignore what I am seeing. I don't think that there is anybody that knows me that would say that I wouldn't call a spade a spade.
All that paying for and attending games longer than I've been alive has done for you is given you a perceived ability to go be a bitter old man. Congrats on that.
Thanks for showing those of us in a younger generation how not to act in 20-30 years when we are in your shoes.
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
Axe RoadDawg
DNC has this place dialed the fuck in.
Awesome'd for the FREE PUB
Awesomed for the awesome, which is sort of like forum meat gazing. Sorry about that, but you picked the urinal.
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
Axe RoadDawg
DNC has this place dialed the fuck in.
Awesome'd for the FREE PUB
Awesomed for the awesome, which is sort of like forum meat gazing. Sorry about that, but you picked the urinal.
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
Axe RoadDawg
DNC has this place dialed the fuck in.
Awesome'd for the FREE PUB
Awesomed for the awesome, which is sort of like forum meat gazing. Sorry about that, but you picked the urinal.
wanna cyber? Or did we already?
I haven't seen sexual tension like this since Race Bannon(RIP) and iDawg(RIP) did a podcast(da fuq?)
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
Axe RoadDawg
DNC has this place dialed the fuck in.
Awesome'd for the FREE PUB
Awesomed for the awesome, which is sort of like forum meat gazing. Sorry about that, but you picked the urinal.
wanna cyber? Or did we already?
I haven't seen sexual tension like this since Race Bannon(RIP) and iDawg(RIP) did a podcast(da fuq?)
Why do you hate the RoadDawg, BeatMyChest with Little Jimmy Citrus Show?
Btw, this sexual tension is a lot more fun to be a part of than to listen to. Highly recommended.
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
Axe RoadDawg
DNC has this place dialed the fuck in.
Awesome'd for the FREE PUB
Awesomed for the awesome, which is sort of like forum meat gazing. Sorry about that, but you picked the urinal.
wanna cyber? Or did we already?
I thought I was already e-pregnant. Cyber complete.
So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
Just like CollegeDoog. CollegeDoog had no problem posting personal FB pics of girls he goes to college with, talking shit about Todd Doxey, making cripple jokes. The minute someone made a joke about his football career he goes off the handle and demands his account be deleted as it violating his privacy.
What was said about his football career .??... I missed something...
Axe RoadDawg
DNC has this place dialed the fuck in.
Awesome'd for the FREE PUB
Awesomed for the awesome, which is sort of like forum meat gazing. Sorry about that, but you picked the urinal.
wanna cyber? Or did we already?
I haven't seen sexual tension like this since Race Bannon(RIP) and iDawg(RIP) did a podcast(da fuq?)
Perhaps DNC and I should do a podcast. We can talk about cabs that drink like a Zima.
I guess I dont understand what all the uproar is over. Why the fuck would the boards get shut down after the 2014 season? Why can't people figure out how to disable the fucking sigs if they are annoyed by them?
I hate 90% of people
The bored of investors is no shit a group of 10-12 of us, I think all original HHBs who've poured some money into creating this playground. DJ (ILTCHDJIWILTD) has invested a lot of time into this. At some point, it's difficult to justify continuing to put money into this. The site isn't hosted for free - there's a Paypal button on the front page by the way, donate at your leisure.
As for the sigs, I had the shit turned off and voted to do away with them. If you got a funny picture, poast it in a fucking thread or start a picture thread but when it's a picture on every single poast, it gets hard to moderate those that are offensive, i.e. the horse crapping on the woman's head or the one one of you assholes posted of gloved arm elbow-deep in a cow's ass - at least that was only in 1 thread and not in every thread that asshole poasted in. Those pics make it difficult to keep the place from looking like a meth house.
As for the guy most recently banned, he claimed DJ was butthurt but then spent his time being butthurt over DJ being butthurt. The guy was an original HHB and when he wasn't being a sandy cunt, was someone worth having around.
For those of you saying DJ's no different than Kim, take a look at why people are getting banned. It's not Kim where he's trying to control the messaging on doucheman, it's simply banning those that can't follow the simple established rules and it ain't difficult to follow those rules. If you can't follow them, LEAVE!
I guess I dont understand what all the uproar is over. Why the fuck would the boards get shut down after the 2014 season? Why can't people figure out how to disable the fucking sigs if they are annoyed by them?
I hate 90% of people
The bored of investors is no shit a group of 10-12 of us, I think all original HHBs who've poured some money into creating this playground. DJ (ILTCHDJIWILTD) has invested a lot of time into this. At some point, it's difficult to justify continuing to put money into this. The site isn't hosted for free - there's a Paypal button on the front page by the way, donate at your leisure.
As for the sigs, I had the shit turned off and voted to do away with them. If you got a funny picture, poast it in a fucking thread or start a picture thread but when it's a picture on every single poast, it gets hard to moderate those that are offensive, i.e. the horse crapping on the woman's head or the one one of you assholes posted of gloved arm elbow-deep in a cow's ass - at least that was only in 1 thread and not in every thread that asshole poasted in. Those pics make it difficult to keep the place from looking like a meth house.
As for the guy most recently banned, he claimed DJ was butthurt but then spent his time being butthurt over DJ being butthurt. The guy was an original HHB and when he wasn't being a sandy cunt, was someone worth having around.
For those of you saying DJ's no different than Kim, take a look at why people are getting banned. It's not Kim where he's trying to control the messaging on doucheman, it's simply banning those that can't follow the simple established rules and it ain't difficult to follow those rules. If you can't follow them, LEAVE!
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So not only is he (allegedly) paralyzed but hes a fucking pussy that needs special protection.
You want to take the gloves off Derek? You want to get down in a pissing match? Let's do it. Let's roll.
I'm getting completely fed up with your hate, negativity, and throwing people under the bus.
Quite frankly Derek, I'm very, VERY happy that I don't know you. I'm quite happy that I don't lead what appears to be such a pathetic life that is faced with looking for the negativity in every situation. You need to go find something to smile at. Last I checked, it's summertime. The weather in Seattle seems to be pretty damn good right now - why don't you go check that out.
You are pretty damn wrong about things. You may think that the amount of time that you keep spewing your views that that you've now heard it enough times that you are right. Doesn't make you right.
You talk about 12-47 like that happened out of the blue sky. I've never seen you once suggest that the process of the downfall of this program began well before Emmert arrived.
You want facts? You want truth? Here's your truth.
Emmert came to the UW prior to the GLORIOUS 1-10 season under Gilby. The year before that (2003) Gilby managed to do enough to get us to 6-6, but that included the debacle at Cal where we gave up 700 yards (or thereabouts). It was an indifferent team that pretty much was at best mediocre. We lost 5 of our last 8, including the blowout to Cal, the blowout to UCLA, and a home loss to NEVADA. Yep, the program was heading in the right direction.
The 2002 season under Slick was another sterling season example that is most remembered for the "Northwest Championship." That was great. But it hid the fact that going into the "Northwest Championship" we were a 4-5 football team that was pretty much a joke at 1-4 in the conference. In both 2002 and 2003, we finished the season with a 4-4 conference record.
These weren't good football teams. The trend was heading downhill.
Emmert comes on board and immediately gets sadled with the Gilby 1-10 debacle.
Prior to Emmert coming on board, Babs jumps ship after a decade of mis-management, including allowing the stadium to begin the erosion process.
Throughout 2003, we're faced with Slick leaving and the subsequent lawsuit(s), Dr. Feelgood, and a whole mess with the softball program and Teresa Wilson.
Now keep in mind the following: ALL THIS HAPPENED BEFORE EMMERT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
Things were not in great shape. I think just about everybody knew that.
A search committee is formed to replace Babs. The BOR, upper campus, and the big donor supporters of the school are sick of the egg showing up on their face. They are sick of the country club that Babs ran and the loose way she ran the department - particularly in light of what went on with Slick. They wanted someone prim, proper, and who they could count on would not sully the University name. ENTER TODD TURNER.
Now, this pretty much gets you up to the point where Emmert was hired. Did he have to sign off on the hiring of Turner? Most likely. But whatever.
At this point, Emmert isn't responsible for the on-field performance of the football program. There is a coach in place. It's not Emmert's job to oversee the football program or any other program in the athletic department. That job belongs to Todd Turner. It's Emmert's job to monitor the job performance of Todd Turner.
So 1-10 happens. Gilby is canned by Turner (rightfully so). Yes, the program went 1-10. But the actions of those charged with overseeing the program were correct. Turner fired the coach for poor performance. If I'm in Emmert's shoes, I can't complain.
Coaching search takes place and Turner has his heart set on Tyrone Willingham. It's Turner's hire. It's not Emmert's hire. Surely Emmert had to sign off on the hire. That's fine. You want to throw some blame on him for not having the foresight to negate the hire. That's fine. But the hire isn't Emmert's responsibility. It's Turner's responsibility. It's Emmert's responsibility to hold Turner accountable for the hire (which he did 3 years later when it was obvious that Tyrone wasn't the answer).
So Tyrone goes 2-9 the first year after a 1-10 year. Not great. Warning signs start going off, particularly with some poor performance to close games. But it's the first year of the regime and really hard to get too critical.
The next year the program goes 5-7 and has 2 significant events. The first significant event is the loss of the QB to injury. I think many could argue that without the loss of Isaiah that year, we go 6-6. The second event that was significant was the "suddenly senior" day and the unexplicable loss to Stanford with the most emotionless football team anybody had ever seen. Again, there's not enough there to fire Tyrone at that point. There are warning signs. There is ground to pretty much tell Tyrone that the following year is an action year where something needs to happen. He's on a short leash at this point in my opinion.
The following year we lose games in ways that are unexplainable. Blow a huge loss to Arizona - a game we should have never lost. The most ridiculous ending to an Apple Cup I've ever seen where a guy was open by 20 yards coming out of a timeout. Blowing a pair of 21 point leads to Hawai'i. It was pretty obvious at this point that things weren't working. Coaching change was in order. Perhaps an AD change was also in order. The coaching change was blocked and complicated. The AD's head fell - and rightfully so due to some other issues that he had and such a terrible hire of a head coach.
Prior to the decision to fire Tyrone after 2007, it's really hard to argue with ANYTHING that Emmert had done with respect to the football program.
I will say that bringing Tyrone back for 2008 was a disasterous mistake. It should have never happened. You want to throw 0-12 on Emmert - I'm all for it. I think if you caught Emmert in a reflective, truthful moment, he would tell you in hindsight that he should have made the move and that it wasn't worth the carnage of 0-12.
Throw Emmert under the bus for 2008. That's his responsibility. 2004-2007? Not so much. By all means, please, please tell me where he has responsibility for 2004 and 2007 other than the fact that he's the University President. Please tell me what specific actions that he did to undermine the program. You aren't going to find them - they aren't there.
Your criticism of Emmert is ridiculous. Your criticism of Woodward is just downright comical.
Where has Woodward screwed this program? He has only been responsible for this program in the summer of 2008 in a full-time role. Are you going to hold him to the fire for being the interim AD for the first half of 2008? How is he responsible for anything from 2004-2007 when he wasn't even involved with the Athletic Department? Talk about conspiracy theories. This may be one of the greatest conspiracy theories I've ever seen.
I don't like losing. I don't like what I've seen the last 5 years. It's made me sick to my stomach many times over. But unlike you, I can at least take a step back and realize that the genesis of this problem began well before Mark Emmert became President of the University of Washington.
If I spent my time being a "mindless Kim Grinolds minion," then I'd be convinced that the only logical explanation for our failures have been Mark Emmert and Scott Woodward.
Quite frankly, that opinion is one of the most idiotic insanely stupid opinions that I've ever seen in my life.
I don't defend the "wrong targets." There is blame to be thrown Emmert's way. I readily acknowledge that. But it isn't his full blame. Babs deserves blame. Gerberding deserves blame. McCormick deserves some blame. Slick deserves some blame. Gilby deserves some blame. Turner deserves some blame. Tyrone deserves some blame. Of the names I've listed, only 3 of those names have any timeline that extends into any portion of Emmert's tenure. That's less than half of those names.
Quite frankly Derek, you are a world class donkey. When I hear people bitch and moan about the people in the State of Washington - you are a crystal example of why people bitch about the State of Washington. When I hear people that bitch about the fans of the University of Washington and what their complaints are, you represent what those complaints are.
In my opinion, you are not good for the University of Washington. You aren't helping the program. You aren't helping the University. You are entirely self-serving and a pompous, egotistical jerk.
You are barking up the wrong tree if you are going after me. I'm not naive enough to shove my head so far up my arse to ignore what I am seeing. I don't think that there is anybody that knows me that would say that I wouldn't call a spade a spade.
All that paying for and attending games longer than I've been alive has done for you is given you a perceived ability to go be a bitter old man. Congrats on that.
Thanks for showing those of us in a younger generation how not to act in 20-30 years when we are in your shoes.
Btw, this sexual tension is a lot more fun to be a part of than to listen to. Highly recommended.
As for the sigs, I had the shit turned off and voted to do away with them. If you got a funny picture, poast it in a fucking thread or start a picture thread but when it's a picture on every single poast, it gets hard to moderate those that are offensive, i.e. the horse crapping on the woman's head or the one one of you assholes posted of gloved arm elbow-deep in a cow's ass - at least that was only in 1 thread and not in every thread that asshole poasted in. Those pics make it difficult to keep the place from looking like a meth house.
As for the guy most recently banned, he claimed DJ was butthurt but then spent his time being butthurt over DJ being butthurt. The guy was an original HHB and when he wasn't being a sandy cunt, was someone worth having around.
For those of you saying DJ's no different than Kim, take a look at why people are getting banned. It's not Kim where he's trying to control the messaging on doucheman, it's simply banning those that can't follow the simple established rules and it ain't difficult to follow those rules. If you can't follow them, LEAVE!
Done.