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HuskyJW
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Worst spring game performance I've ever seen. The schemes on offense are simplistic and unimaginative. And should be easily countered. Quarterbacks looked hesitant and held onto the ball too long. Offensive line lacks discipline and is porous. The team looked as if they were going at 80% speed and intensity, maybe a result of lack of tackling in practice. The entire offense looks gimmicky as if Sark is betting that simply running plays fast-and they weren't running plays that fast, will make up for a lack of imagination and poor execution on offense. Sark ought to be ashamed of himself for putting that kind of offensive product out on the field for the fans. This team is going to lose a lot of games. That was bad. No other way to spin it guys.
If only there was some site that could have warned them.
If only there was some site that could have warned them.
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Sark hasn't coached a game yet and they know he's not the guy.
The under on 3.5 years for Sark is looking like a strong favorite right now.
Boy, lot of negativity in here. I thought the spring game looked good. The playcalling is designed to make up for any shortcomings in the O-Line. OL is overrated-- that's the genius of bubble screens. Sark did that at Washington, and just look at how badly he beat Oregon State. Anyone who says otherwise is twisting my words. Don't be a twister. I'm hearing from sources that Sark is going to own the Pac-12 south. Just what I'm hearing. Stay tuned.
I don't know who the hell wrote that nonsense, but it looks like SWS has at least one fan.
Scroll down..post by "Paris"
"We just needed to make a few plays on offense and it's a different game... we don't have depth right now due to sanctions..." (queue the woe is me sound bite from pre-spring).
This is a perfect description of our offense last year. Sark thought, "hey, Chip Kelly was succesful by running plays quickly and catching the other team off guard. That's what I'll do."
What he didn't realize was that running plays quickly was only a small part of why Chip's offense worked. Blocking schemes and receiver routes were a much more important part of Oregon's offense. I remember watching Oregon a couple years ago and on a botched qb rollout the RB came back into the play and blocked a linebacker and the center (Grassu) ran 20 yards down field to block a safety allowing Mariota to get score once he got loose. This has to be taught and practiced through discipline. Sark saw this and said "duh, they fast and they win. I run fast plays too. I win".
The problem is, as USC will soon find out, is that if you run 3 quick shitty plays with undisciplined players who don't know their assignments, you get a 45 second possession with a 3 and out. A bubble-screen to a covered receiver without blockers is only going to net you 2 yards 95% of the time. It doesn't matter how quickly you run it. Then your defense is on the field for way too long, you fall behind, and then your play book gets that much smaller.
Sark's offense is "same shitty plays, but way faster"
They won't put up with his bullshit down there. I was actually surprised Sark left to USC myself. Once he fails at USC I doubt he ever has another head coaching gig again.
After SC he will land a coordinator job or lower level D1 school.
He's a smart guy and an opportunist. He knew UW could get back to bowls immediately and could milk the 0-12 to inflate his performance and get him a second gig. Had he stayed around UW the story on his tenure would have been more about how he failed to compete for championships. He left when he could claim victory on the turnaround in the program.
He probably thinks that he can do what he did at UW, add in top 5 classes at USC and he'll have top 10 teams at worst.