Fighting the Good Fight, even when it seems the Fight is Lost
Fighting the Good Fight, even when it seems the Fight is Lost
How a late night message from The_KobeStopper helped keep Hardcore Husky alive and kicking through the darkest days of Sark. Here's one final look back.
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tl;dr
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inspirational.. it's a money grab, but still.
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your best effort
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Thanks Derek! Solid write up....it is feeling good to be a husky again...
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Who exactly did the Kobe Stopper fist ...?
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“If Sark goes 7-6 for the next 30 years in a row, that’s another 210 wins. If you ignore the winning percentage, that would put him in the pantheon of the all-time coaching greats.”
Did you keep a straight face when you said this?
GRAA, YBE, etc. by the way.
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Viva la APAG
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Hardcore Husky: Worth every pemmy
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May we never die. Long live high standards and free speech.
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I just creamed in my thread bare jorts....well said
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Shit. Classics Bored. Belongs. Now.
and PM to APAGAKABALAJt_KS ...
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After reading this column, I feel even more humbled and honored to be not only a member of the BOI and a moderator, but a fellow fucktard.
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Yes, while my angst was real, I was being over-the-top sarcastic to jokingly get that response from my papa, who never thinks in exaggerated terms.PurpleJ said:“If Sark goes 7-6 for the next 30 years in a row, that’s another 210 wins. If you ignore the winning percentage, that would put him in the pantheon of the all-time coaching greats.”
Did you keep a straight face when you said this?
GRAA, YBE, etc. by the way.
I can't believe you ever considered closing the fucking gates here. -
BTW, I didn't like harping again on all that Dawgman stuff from the past, but I felt it was needed to set up the story and APAG's PM properly.
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It needed to be said. A lot of us (maybe just me) didn't know the back-story.DerekJohnson said:BTW, I didn't like harping again on all that Dawgman stuff from the past, but I felt it was needed to set up the story and APAG's PM properly.
Pretty shitty they choose to "distance" themselves from you. Especially when considering they had to know it coming a priori...
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Yes... A part of me feels like I've told the story 100 times, but I also reminded myself that we have all sorts of new readers and lurkers coming from far and wide to lurk. Plus I felt the story needed those details, so people could understand my mindset at the time.pawz said:
It needed to be said. A lot of us (maybe just me) didn't know the back-story.DerekJohnson said:BTW, I didn't like harping again on all that Dawgman stuff from the past, but I felt it was needed to set up the story and APAG's PM properly.
Pretty shitty they choose to "distance" themselves from you. Especially when considering they had to know it coming a priori...
The truth shall set you free. -
Good move Stalin.DerekJohnson said:
Yes... A part of me feels like I've told the story 100 times, but I also reminded myself that we have all sorts of new readers and lurkers coming from far and wide to lurk. Plus I felt the story needed those details, so people could understand my mindset at the time.pawz said:
It needed to be said. A lot of us (maybe just me) didn't know the back-story.DerekJohnson said:BTW, I didn't like harping again on all that Dawgman stuff from the past, but I felt it was needed to set up the story and APAG's PM properly.
Pretty shitty they choose to "distance" themselves from you. Especially when considering they had to know it coming a priori...
The truth shall set you free.
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Good work, Derek. I, as well, started to lose my fervor and that Oregon State game was the ultimate slap in the face. I wanted the Huskies to win because I have a hard time rooting against the team, but the way that game turned out...I thought the fight was lost. Little did I know what would transpire just 8.5 days later.
On a side note, I joined your site about a year ago this time, right before fall camp. Even though doogman was a sinking ship, I was banned constantly (literally at least twice a week, which was hard to do because the bans were 2 days), I couldn't stand Kim's arrogance, F3's passive-aggresive schtick and the once decent Ektard growing more like his mentor every day...I still needed a place to talk Husky football. And with the halfbrain site moving around all the time, I thought I was fucked. It's funny that when you are told how wrong you are 1000x in a row, you start to question your sanity. Though I still question my sanity, it's not because of fucktards like johnb, ordawg, dugthedoog purpledawgfan, bleenor and s14afs.
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It hasn't been said enough in this thread ... Fuck Butler Cabin
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GRAA. Fuck the revolution, bring on the Apocalypse.
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It's worth even more when you donate to the cause.Dardanus said:Hardcore Husky: Worth every pemmy
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Great read as always (it was a great read, actually).
One quibble though:
Like myself, KobeStopper had been deeply wounded that dreadful day back in December 2007, when Emmert brought back Willingham instead of hiring Mora. And like myself, Kobe couldn’t stand to see what happened to Dawgman, morphing from a magnificent website into Stalag 13.
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actually, the sentence doesn't say it occurred in 2007
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Awesome stuff... really appreciate the background piece. One editorial note though; Petersen was hired early Friday morning (6am) although he was likely hired on Thursday night. So it wasn't 10 days after Sark left, it was more like 4!
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Crisped that for you.CheersWestDawg said:After reading this column, I feel even more humbled and honored to be not only a member of the BOI, a moderator and Supreme Allied Commander, but a fellow fucktard.
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How could I forget? Obviously the hookers and blow are taking their toll on my memory.DerekJohnson said:
Crisped that for you.CheersWestDawg said:After reading this column, I feel even more humbled and honored to be not only a member of the BOI, a moderator and Supreme Allied Commander, but a fellow fucktard.
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But it felt like fucking 10! I was on suicide watch the whole time, gasoline already doused, waiting to light the match as soon as we hired Nussmeier. So no, I would not have been around to Cuss for Nuss.CokeGreaterThanPepsi said:Awesome stuff... really appreciate the background piece. One editorial note though; Petersen was hired early Friday morning (6am) although he was likely hired on Thursday night. So it wasn't 10 days after Sark left, it was more like 4!
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Great article dude!
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After the Mora ship sailed on Wednesday, I admit, I lost my shit a little bit and was CONVINCED Nuss was going to be the guy. And then the news broke Thursday around 4 that Woody was flying to Boise (I tracked down his private plane and watched it on the internets). Shortly after the meeting ended (around 10pm) a BSU booster who was at the airport, said he was hearing that Petersen turned Woodward and Cohen down. I went to bed that night thinking all was lost and Nuss would be announced on Friday. @MrsPetersen woke me up at 6am and said to me, "It's Petersen!". Ever since then I have been doogin' it up, with a major boner in my sweat pants.DugtheDoog said:
But it felt like fucking 10! I was on suicide watch the whole time, gasoline already doused, waiting to light the match as soon as we hired Nussmeier. So no, I would not have been around to Cuss for Nuss.CokeGreaterThanPepsi said:Awesome stuff... really appreciate the background piece. One editorial note though; Petersen was hired early Friday morning (6am) although he was likely hired on Thursday night. So it wasn't 10 days after Sark left, it was more like 4!
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Just pulled out my Bow Down to Willingham DJ signed copy. (I really didn't, but it sounded good)
Nice read for those of us who just finally stumbled upon this bored after wandering in the desert for the last few years.
