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Grade the position groups... reasonable expectations for next year

Jimmy's tenure so far has been a complete kick in the balls to any fan with remotely high expectations. Despite all of Jimmy's head-scratcher decisions he's currently set up to have maybe the most talented team in the conference with a very, very manageable schedule for 2021. Below I graded out the position groups and the offense and defense in general. My god, having a let down season with this roster would have to be one of the worst coaching failures in Husky history.

OFFENSE: B+
QB: B Yeah he doesn’t have the strongest arm and he’s not the most athletic guy but he actually has some pocket presence and showed that he doesn’t wilt under pressure.
Rotation: Morris

RB: C+/B- I don’t like how many guys we have in the rotation but all of them are solid and have game experience. Pleasant and McGrew are gone after this year so start thinking about the future and get Davis, the player who you’ll need to lean on going forward and the player with the highest ceiling, the most touches out of that group.
Rotation: McGrew, Pleasant, Cam Davis

OL: A The deepest position group on the team. One thing I worry about is with guys like Kirkland and Wattenburg coming back that some of the younger players lose out on reps that they should be getting had Kirkland and Wattenburg left for the NFL. Fautanu and Murao are two of the more impressive recruits we’ve gotten in the past 15-20 years and they need to play. Huff is going to have some delicate roster management issues to deal with.
Rotation: Kirkland, Ale, Wattenburg, Bainavalu, Curne, Fautanu, Murao

WR/TE: B+ With Puka this position group moves up to an A. McMillan and Odunze are as advertised athletically but dropped too many passes last year. The Texas Tech transfer Polk had a productive freshman year and is the most physically imposing of all our receivers. Otton is a beast.
WR Rotation: Bynum, Polk, Odunze, McMillan
TE Rotation: Otton, Westover, Culp, Redman


DEFENSE: B+
DL: B My suspicion is that this group finishes the season higher than a B but there is a lot of unproven talent that will be playing for the first time this year. If Tuli can stay healthy I think he proves to be as good as Levi or Gaines at the nose tackle spot. Tuitele and Bandes were elite recruits with tons of potential. Taimani played decent last year but has a lot to prove.
Rotation: Tuli, Taimani, Bandes, Tuitele

ILB: B This position group should be higher but Bob can’t find someone to play opposite of Ulofoshio. Despite Sirmon being very average none of the big name recruits have been able to break through. There’s plenty of talent on the roster who should be able to fill that spot but Bob always seems to fuck up the roster management.
Rotation: Ulofoshio, Sirmon, Tuputala, Heimuli, Calvert

OLB: A This is the most talent we’ve had at this position in the last 15 years or so. If ZTF can become more than just a pass rusher then he’s a first or second team All American candidate. As good as ZTF is Latu was the guy who was getting all the hype last fall before his injury. Bowman is solid and Smalls and McDonald both played well last year as true freshman.
Rotation: ZTF, Latu, Bowman, Smalls, McDonald

Secondary: B This position group not being rated higher is a huge indictment on the coaching staff given how much talent is on the roster. McDuffie is a legit superstar but behind him are a bunch of guys who haven’t lived up to the hype.
Rotation: McDuffie, Kyler Gordon, Cam Williams, Asa Turner, Alex Cook, Dom Hampton, Jacobe Covington, Julius Irvin






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Comments

  • LawDawg1
    LawDawg1 Member Posts: 3,946
    So you’re thinking 8-4 or 7-5?
  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,855 Swaye's Wigwam
    The RBs will be great if the OL can run block. They were good in Pass blocking but kind of crap on the runs.

    But then I am an idiot and usually drunk by the end of the game so am not really sure what I saw
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,561 Swaye's Wigwam

    Excellent
    OL
    TE
    OLB

    Should be fine
    QB
    WR
    DL
    ILB

    Someone will need to step up
    DB
    RB

    Imo RB position will determine UWs success this year. We will have 7 scholarship RBs. Find one or two that can get the job done. If we run out that Mickey Mouse JV everyone gets a turn bullshit, we're not gonna be successful

    RB really needs two guys to get 90% of the carries. McGrew should probably be one of them. Develop the other guy.
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,888 Founders Club
    I don’t understand what is happening.
  • thechatch
    thechatch Member Posts: 7,519 Standard Supporter
    What’s with Rosengarden?

    No snaps in year 2? Wanted that meathead badly in Eugene when he was a croot....
  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,648
    thechatch said:

    What’s with Rosengarden?

    No snaps in year 2? Wanted that meathead badly in Eugene when he was a croot....

    I've heard he will start at LT. He was a 4* recruit with an amazing HUDL. Our returning left tackle was only a 3* and his HUDL wasn't as impressive
  • louism2wash
    louism2wash Member Posts: 368
    edited March 2021
    thechatch said:

    What’s with Rosengarden?

    No snaps in year 2? Wanted that meathead badly in Eugene when he was a croot....

    He's a redshirt freshman this year with 3 guys(Kirkland, Fautanu and Kalepo) in front of him.
  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,851 Swaye's Wigwam
    thechatch said:

    What’s with Rosengarden?

    No snaps in year 2? Wanted that meathead badly in Eugene when he was a croot....

    Rosengarten is a stud but came in weighing like 275 or less. Teams with desperately thin OL rooms play guys like him in year two. He was never going to be a second year contributor.

    UW has recruited a lot of tackles since Huff has been here.