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Pac 12 Coaches Anonymous Comments On UW

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  • doogie
    doogie Member Posts: 15,072
    Open Portal recruiting in the age of NIL is just getting started. LIPO
  • CallMeBigErn
    CallMeBigErn Member Posts: 8,028
    edited August 2021
    Washington

    "This is a good team with a lot of questions. They barely played last year and didn’t practice much. They had something closer to an extended spring than a real season."

    "The constant is the defense, obviously, nothing that they did last year with Jimmy [Lake] as head coach changed what he was doing as defensive coordinator under Pete [Chris Petersen]. It’s the exact same schemes and he’s bonafide, he can find and make NFL talent on that side of the ball. That’s going to be their signature on the field, although for Jimmy it’s more about an off-field team branding thing, bringing back swagger and being more aggressive in recruiting."

    "Offense is what we’re watching. They’ve committed to running the ball, obviously they’ve had a string of good backs, their tight ends stand out too. It will be a really interesting quarterback battle in the offseason, I’d watch out for the freshman [Sam Huard]."

    "John [Donovan] is the kind of OC who is really agnostic about a scheme, he’s going to try to fit to personnel and what’s available."

    "Lake has talked a lot about what they won’t be, let’s find out what they are."

    "The smartest move they can make is building a team that wins the North consistently, and to do that they’ve got to be as good as Oregon on the lines. The problem is that you can’t really do that with any consistency if you’re relying on the transfer portal, and it looks like he’s embraced that because they haven’t recruited as well as they probably should.”
  • LB_33
    LB_33 Member Posts: 326
    "John [Donovan] is the kind of OC who is really agnostic about a scheme, he’s going to try to fit to personnel and what’s available."

    Ummm is this a different John Donovan than the one in Montlake? I know this anonymous coach feedback stuff is mostly bullshit, but this was like asking a politician a question that they have zero knowledge in and you get a canned answer.

    Also, hat tip to whichever old fuck coach used the phrase "dial up exotic blitzes" as an excuse for "can't stay in base personnel because we suck and have to bring the house since we can't get pressure on the QB" about Todd Orlando.
  • PurpleBaze
    PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,547 Founders Club
    haie said:

    tldr: they think know Lake is mediocre.

  • NeGgaPlEaSe
    NeGgaPlEaSe Member Posts: 6,017
    edited August 2021
    To be fair, Wazzu has never recruited in the top 10 but they have put together some strong teams… just sayin… it’s going to take more than recruiting top talent. He needs coaches
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,662 Founders Club
    PUT YOUR NAME ON IT
  • Neighbor2972
    Neighbor2972 Member Posts: 4,334
    LB_33 said:

    "John [Donovan] is the kind of OC who is really agnostic about a scheme, he’s going to try to fit to personnel and what’s available."

    Ummm is this a different John Donovan than the one in Montlake? I know this anonymous coach feedback stuff is mostly bullshit, but this was like asking a politician a question that they have zero knowledge in and you get a canned answer.

    Also, hat tip to whichever old fuck coach used the phrase "dial up exotic blitzes" as an excuse for "can't stay in base personnel because we suck and have to bring the house since we can't get pressure on the QB" about Todd Orlando.

    Theoretically Donovan is able to completely change the scheme from week to week. Look at the difference from Oregon State to Arizona, we went from run the damn ball to throwing the ball all over the place.

    We definitely weren't married to a specific scheme last year. The problem is you still have to know when to use which scheme, and be able to execute it.