Jaden Navarrette, 4* 2020 OLB/WR, Norco (HS) CA (Offered 2/16/18)

StrongArmCobra said:

whuggy said:

StrongArmCobra said:

CallMeBigErn said:

StrongArmCobra said:

CallMeBigErn said:

StrongArmCobra said:

And fuck Chris Petersen. This is bullshit. Why can't we be about both substance AND excitement in recruiting? Why does it have to be one or the other? It's fucking stupid. Why are we the only top-25 program in the nation that doesn't do a Spring game or have big recruiting weekends with a shit load of recruits on campus? We would destroy in recruiting if we mixed the Built for Life shit with some big recruiting events like a big Spring game recruiting weekend or recruiting BBQ. The fact that we're not adapting with the times just seems fucking pompous and like Petersen cares more about doing it his way than doing what fucking works and brings in the best possible talent. It's not YOUR fucking program asshole. The program belongs to us fans and everyone who supports it and we want a fucking Spring game and fast twitch black kids who can rush the fucking passer and we don't care what you have to do to get them. Just get them on the goddamn roster and the team culture will do the rest.

38, 26, 29, 22, 16, 16. Petersen HAS upped his recruiting technique. Just because whatever he's doing is not visible to peons like ourselves does not mean it isn't happening.

That being said, there are some aspects that still need tweaking in order to land top-flight out of state recruits. I'm not sure a Spring Game is that tweak, but maybe spice up that weekend in other ways. I totally understand Petersen's view on potential Spring Game injuries. Just think about how mad you would be if Adams, Harris, Levi, Ahmed, Taylor, etc got hurt in a Spring Game. Might make ya think twice. I don't care that other programs do it. They're all dumb. Pete thinks he's smarter than everyone else because he is.

You practice scared, you play scared. Football players need to play football. Otherwise, you have a shrivel dick team that plays scared which we do. We have a shit load of guys on this team who haven't played real college football yet that we will need to rely on this season. There's massive value in having those guys play in a live college football type scrimmage, in front of fans, in the big stadium, prior to the season so they can get acclimated to college football and it doesn't feel so daunting to them and bigger than it really is when the season rolls around.

This team plays tight. They play with a high anxiety level of not wanting to make mistakes. A live Spring game would help alleviate that anxiety and build team confidence. The risk of injuries is so fucking minimal. You almost never hear about key players at big name programs getting injured playing in their Spring game. Guys can get injured in non-contact drills in practice or playing pick up basketball in the off season. Decisions can never be made based on being afraid of injuries. It's football. Guys are gonna get injured no matter what. Plus, they already limit the live hitting now-a-days in practice more than ever before. The benefits in team psychology, confidence building, and recruiting outweigh the risk of injuries.

Ohio State doesn't tackle in their Spring Game. TCU cancelled theirs. Stanford curtailed theirs. LSU lost an RT to a leg injury in theirs.

A full-blown Spring Game is not the answer to all our on-field deficiencies like you say it is. It's an event for the fans. If not having a Spring Game is what makes us a shrivel dick team, we have big problems. Hint: It's not.

How the fuck would you know? You don't. The majority of the college football world agrees with me. You're taking the side of the minority. Let me know when Bama, Clemson, and Georgia stop doing their Spring games. The teams that are winning aren't scared to play real football in the Spring and they see the value in it. How many more years of watching this team look like a bunch of pussies in their bowl games do you need before you say "maybe they need to switch things up" or "maybe Chris Petersen needs to stop being a stubborn asshole and do what the successful teams are doing because it seems to work for them."

Let me know when UW can get more than 8000 bodies to show up to a Spring game. Let's not waste our time comparing our fan base to those down South. We have to do things differently than them because we just look stupid trying to be them. Don't get me wrong I see the value in recruiting to have a Spring game but until our fanbase decides to pull their heads out and actually show up then I think its a bad look to potential recruits.

That's a bunch of bullshit. Our fan base packs a stadium way bigger than Oregon's. Our fan base travels and dwarfed the noise made by Ohio State fans at the Rose bowl. Our fans are passionate. Husky stadium is still the loudest stadium in the conference. If you build and market a legit Spring game and maybe sell alcohol and concessions and make it feel like a game atmosphere, the fans will absolutely show up instead of going to the Mariners game or whatever. Right now nobody wants to show up to watch a fucking practice with a little bit of scrimmaging which is like watching paint dry. Will they be able to get 35K fans to show up the first Spring game? Probably not, but you have to start somewhere and if you build it year after year, they will come. Oregon is fucking embarrassing us like they have better fans when they don't. They have the most fair weather, bandwagon fans in the conference. We can absolutely have a bigger and better Spring game event than them because we're better than them in every fucking way.

RatherBeBrewing said:

Vultures never stop.

backthepack said:

Meek said:

RatherBeBrewing said:

Vultures never stop.

how many fucks do you think Petersen gives about respecting Oregon these days?

Also, what is Crystalballz's obsession with pointing at the cameraman? Every photo he's pointing at the camera.

Because he’s a massive fag and trying to replicate how some rappers take photos