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Jimmy Lake didn’t make flashy hires. But are they the right hires?

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,400 Founders Club
edited January 2020 in Hardcore Husky Board
"And, like Petersen in 2006, Lake has made some nontraditional hires. The flashy pick for offensive coordinator would have been Joe Moorhead or Mark Helfrich or Todd Monken or Chip Long, not Jacksonville Jaguars assistant running-backs coach John Donovan. The flashy pick for defensive-backs coach would have been Cal’s Gerald Alexander, not Vanderbilt’s Terrence Brown. The flashy pick for tight-ends coach would have been former UW quarterback and current Cal tight-ends coach Marques Tuiasosopo, not Husky offensive analyst Derham Cato.

On paper, these were risky hires. They might also be the right ones.

The common denominator, it seems, is that Lake hired people with plenty left to prove."

https://seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/analysis-uw-head-coach-jimmy-lake-didnt-make-flashy-hires-but-are-they-the-right-hires/

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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,289 Founders Club
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
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  • rodmansrage
    rodmansrage Member Posts: 6,377

    Don’t care about the position coaches. Whatever about those guys. I can’t get over Donovan as the OC tho. I’m going to be so pissed when we inevitably suck on offense this year.

    we?'ve sucked on offense for a while, so itll be nothing new.
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,331
    No. They weren’t.
  • AEB
    AEB Member Posts: 2,994
    Is @jecornel moonlighting as Vorel? There’s a quiet voice of reason out there. I’m not roofing on these hires, but I think the bdtw and others have flown the coup on this.
  • BayDawg
    BayDawg Member Posts: 1,623
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696

    Betteridge's law of headlines applies.

    Impressive pull!
  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member Posts: 15,274
    He was so good nobody else wants him
  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 25,616 Standard Supporter
    I didn't like it when Carroll hired Schottenheimer, but he's actually done pretty well. I couldn't stand devil Bevell so anything seemed like an improvement. I'm willing to LIPO and see what happens here. People forget that Belichick sort of sucked in Cleveland and Saban was nothing special at all at Michigan State and Miami. People improve at their jobs.
  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823

    I didn't like it when Carroll hired Schottenheimer, but he's actually done pretty well. I couldn't stand devil Bevell so anything seemed like an improvement. I'm willing to LIPO and see what happens here. People forget that Belichick sort of sucked in Cleveland and Saban was nothing special at all at Michigan State and Miami. People improve at their jobs.

    Doog
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    It's a bold move that shows Jimmy isn't afraid of the naysayers. Hell do what he has to to make the team great.

    If its the assistant to the rb coach as his OC fine. If it's a retarded middle school kid as his assistant HC, fine.

    Trust the process and you might be in for a big treat.
  • dooginthehall
    dooginthehall Member Posts: 182
    Mark Helfrich?
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    guntlove said:

    This OC hire is like some kind of insane Russian doll of shitiness... Every time you look closer, dig deeper, or find out some new piece of information, it looks worse. It is an absolute flaming shit-wreck of a hire. It's indefensible and I honestly can't explain it. It's either hubris or gross incompetence on Jimmy's part... or some kind of toxic combination of both.

    This combined with his decision to bring back Bob Gregory, which pisses me off almost as much as the Donavan hire, have me convinced we're fucked. The only logical conclusion is that Jimmy has no fucking idea what he's doing. We've got generationally good local talent coming down the pipe this year... but even if we manage to sign Emeka & JT etc, they're gonna get wasted on a coach who's in way over his head.

    We won't ever win the pac 12, much less get to the playoff with Jimmy. Take yer screenshots. Or don't. I don't really give a shit anymore... I think I stopped caring after the Stanford game this year anyway. The only enjoyment I get out of Husky football anymore is coming to this festering shitpit to get bullied by @dnc.

    gunt.

    Let that hate out!
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    guntlove said:

    This OC hire is like some kind of insane Russian doll of shitiness... Every time you look closer, dig deeper, or find out some new piece of information, it looks worse. It is an absolute flaming shit-wreck of a hire. It's indefensible and I honestly can't explain it. It's either hubris or gross incompetence on Jimmy's part... or some kind of toxic combination of both.

    This combined with his decision to bring back Bob Gregory, which pisses me off almost as much as the Donavan hire, have me convinced we're fucked. The only logical conclusion is that Jimmy has no fucking idea what he's doing. We've got generationally good local talent coming down the pipe this year... but even if we manage to sign Emeka & JT etc, they're gonna get wasted on a coach who's in way over his head.

    We won't ever win the pac 12, much less get to the playoff with Jimmy. Take yer screenshots. Or don't. I don't really give a shit anymore... I think I stopped caring after the Stanford game this year anyway. The only enjoyment I get out of Husky football anymore is coming to this festering shitpit to get bullied by @dnc.

    gunt.

    what happened with the stanford game
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    edited January 2020

    guntlove said:

    This OC hire is like some kind of insane Russian doll of shitiness... Every time you look closer, dig deeper, or find out some new piece of information, it looks worse. It is an absolute flaming shit-wreck of a hire. It's indefensible and I honestly can't explain it. It's either hubris or gross incompetence on Jimmy's part... or some kind of toxic combination of both.

    This combined with his decision to bring back Bob Gregory, which pisses me off almost as much as the Donavan hire, have me convinced we're fucked. The only logical conclusion is that Jimmy has no fucking idea what he's doing. We've got generationally good local talent coming down the pipe this year... but even if we manage to sign Emeka & JT etc, they're gonna get wasted on a coach who's in way over his head.

    We won't ever win the pac 12, much less get to the playoff with Jimmy. Take yer screenshots. Or don't. I don't really give a shit anymore... I think I stopped caring after the Stanford game this year anyway. The only enjoyment I get out of Husky football anymore is coming to this festering shitpit to get bullied by @dnc.

    gunt.

    what happened with the stanford game
    Petersen cucked it up.
    Ftg way to go out with zero wins against HERM

    pups totally demoralized
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662

    guntlove said:

    This OC hire is like some kind of insane Russian doll of shitiness... Every time you look closer, dig deeper, or find out some new piece of information, it looks worse. It is an absolute flaming shit-wreck of a hire. It's indefensible and I honestly can't explain it. It's either hubris or gross incompetence on Jimmy's part... or some kind of toxic combination of both.

    This combined with his decision to bring back Bob Gregory, which pisses me off almost as much as the Donavan hire, have me convinced we're fucked. The only logical conclusion is that Jimmy has no fucking idea what he's doing. We've got generationally good local talent coming down the pipe this year... but even if we manage to sign Emeka & JT etc, they're gonna get wasted on a coach who's in way over his head.

    We won't ever win the pac 12, much less get to the playoff with Jimmy. Take yer screenshots. Or don't. I don't really give a shit anymore... I think I stopped caring after the Stanford game this year anyway. The only enjoyment I get out of Husky football anymore is coming to this festering shitpit to get bullied by @dnc.

    gunt.

    what happened with the stanford game
    Petersen cucked it up.
    Ftg way to go out with zero wins against HERM

    pups totally demoralized
    Pete was 1-0 vs Herm.
    NOC
  • Emoterman
    Emoterman Member Posts: 3,333
    guntlove said:

    This OC hire is like some kind of insane Russian doll of shitiness... Every time you look closer, dig deeper, or find out some new piece of information, it looks worse. It is an absolute flaming shit-wreck of a hire. It's indefensible and I honestly can't explain it. It's either hubris or gross incompetence on Jimmy's part... or some kind of toxic combination of both.

    This combined with his decision to bring back Bob Gregory, which pisses me off almost as much as the Donavan hire, have me convinced we're fucked. The only logical conclusion is that Jimmy has no fucking idea what he's doing. We've got generationally good local talent coming down the pipe this year... but even if we manage to sign Emeka & JT etc, they're gonna get wasted on a coach who's in way over his head.

    We won't ever win the pac 12, much less get to the playoff with Jimmy. Take yer screenshots. Or don't. I don't really give a shit anymore... I think I stopped caring after the Stanford game this year anyway. The only enjoyment I get out of Husky football anymore is coming to this festering shitpit to get bullied by @dnc.

    gunt.

    It's said that Petersen was going to fire Bob if he'd have stayed. Bob is still on staff.

    Now ask yourself why.
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,224 Standard Supporter

    It's a bold move that shows Jimmy isn't afraid of the naysayers. Hell do what he has to to make the team great.

    If its the assistant to the rb coach as his OC fine. If it's a retarded middle school kid as his assistant HC, fine.

    Trust the process and you might be in for a big treat.

    Waterboy in at linebacker is in play.
  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696

    It's a bold move that shows Jimmy isn't afraid of the naysayers. Hell do what he has to to make the team great.

    If its the assistant to the rb coach as his OC fine. If it's a retarded middle school kid as his assistant HC, fine.

    Trust the process and you might be in for a big treat.

    Waterboy in at linebacker is in play.
    That can actually work. I've seen it.
  • dannarc
    dannarc Member Posts: 2,699
    guntlove said:

    This OC hire is like some kind of insane Russian doll of shitiness... Every time you look closer, dig deeper, or find out some new piece of information, it looks worse. It is an absolute flaming shit-wreck of a hire. It's indefensible and I honestly can't explain it. It's either hubris or gross incompetence on Jimmy's part... or some kind of toxic combination of both.

    This combined with his decision to bring back Bob Gregory, which pisses me off almost as much as the Donavan hire, have me convinced we're fucked. The only logical conclusion is that Jimmy has no fucking idea what he's doing. We've got generationally good local talent coming down the pipe this year... but even if we manage to sign Emeka & JT etc, they're gonna get wasted on a coach who's in way over his head.

    We won't ever win the pac 12, much less get to the playoff with Jimmy. Take yer screenshots. Or don't. I don't really give a shit anymore... I think I stopped caring after the Stanford game this year anyway. The only enjoyment I get out of Husky football anymore is coming to this festering shitpit to get bullied by @dnc.

    gunt.

    Bless you