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Your initial reaction to every HFC hiring since you've followed the DAWGS?
Geevis_and_Butthead
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Best I can remember:
Don James, 1974: "Dad, who is he?"
Jim Lambright, 1993: "Alright! Lambo is gonna win us some more Rose Bowls"
Rick Neuheisel, 1999: "That cocky guitar-playing asshole?! Well ... he does seem to be a helluva recruiter and a pretty decent coach"
Keith Gilbertson, 2003: Gilby? I know it's an emergency and time is running short, but jeezus can't they find somebody better?"
Tyrone Gilbertson, 2004: "Fuck!! GotDAMMIT!!
Steve Sarkisian, 2008: "Man, I guess we're never gonna get Jim Mora Jr. Sarkisian is alright, I guess. At least it's not a washed-up Pat Hill."
Chris Petersen, 2013:"HOLY SHIT. Jen Cohen didn't hit a home run; she hit a GRAND SLAM."
Jimmy Lake, 2019: "This seems pretty intriguing. Looking forward to seeing what he can do."
Kalen DeBoer, 2021: "This seems pretty intriguing. Looking forward to seeing what he can do."
Don James, 1974: "Dad, who is he?"
Jim Lambright, 1993: "Alright! Lambo is gonna win us some more Rose Bowls"
Rick Neuheisel, 1999: "That cocky guitar-playing asshole?! Well ... he does seem to be a helluva recruiter and a pretty decent coach"
Keith Gilbertson, 2003: Gilby? I know it's an emergency and time is running short, but jeezus can't they find somebody better?"
Tyrone Gilbertson, 2004: "Fuck!! GotDAMMIT!!
Steve Sarkisian, 2008: "Man, I guess we're never gonna get Jim Mora Jr. Sarkisian is alright, I guess. At least it's not a washed-up Pat Hill."
Chris Petersen, 2013:"HOLY SHIT. Jen Cohen didn't hit a home run; she hit a GRAND SLAM."
Jimmy Lake, 2019: "This seems pretty intriguing. Looking forward to seeing what he can do."
Kalen DeBoer, 2021: "This seems pretty intriguing. Looking forward to seeing what he can do."
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Neu and Ty I didn't really follow/care as much as I was in middle school/early high school and cared about other shit
Sark I barked because I was a fucking stupid young college shithead and fell for the hype. I am still fucking stupid just not young anymore.
Petersen was a dream hire and I doubt I will be as optimistic about another coaching hire again
Lake I was happy because I thought it would be a continuation of the solid foundation that Pete built but with more edge. Oops!
Deboer I am indifferent and LIPO. Some things I like and some things I don't. Following college football closely now for a decade you realize the crap shoot coaching hires are. -
Ed Donatell 2008: he’s going to fix our defense and our offense… and our recruiting problems!
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Lambright- well he can’t mess this up right?
Neuheisel- he will be pretty good!
Gilby- I thought we’d be tough for a year or two
Willingham- sucks but he should win 8 games
Sark- whatever we are fat and ugly at closing time
Pete- fuck yeah bitches
Lake- He will be good for a few years and suck or leave first
DeBoer- he will win the north at least once in the first 3 years.
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Poolboy was the AD at the time of Petersen hiring.
Really the only time I actually thought Washington had a chance to win big again.
Meanwhile continued to mock Poolboy with blindsquirrel.gif -
His first time out in December 2008, not many people wanted the job. The Huskies had gone 0–11 in Tyrone Willingham’s final season, and Woodward considered it a victory to get USC offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian. When USC poached Sarkisian following the firing of Lane Kiffin in 2013, Woodward had a list of standard candidates. There was Jim Mora Jr., a Washington alumnus who had gone 19–8 in his first two seasons at UCLA. There was Justin Wilcox, an up-and-comer who had served as Washington’s defensive coordinator under Sarkisian. But as Woodward considered these names, he got a call from Bennett Speyer, who represented Chris Petersen. Petersen had decided the timing was right to leave Boise State, and Washington fit what he sought in a Power 5 job.
Woodward’s response: “WHAT?” His next thought? “Let’s get it done,” Woodward says. “It literally went down that fast.”
https://footballscoop.com/news/story-chris-petersen-got-washington-job-great -
Lambo: thought he'd be good after the sanctions wore off.
Slick: Expected good things, last time I had season tix.
Gilby: Hated the hire.
Ty: Stopped following the team.
Sark: Started paying attention again.
Pete: Glad my buddy still had season tickets.
Lake: If our D stays great and we can just improve our O by 33% over Hamden things will be good.
DeBoer: Maybe we'll finally see great QB play again. -
But I’m from the Ty / Sark generation -
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Yeah, I know it was Woody's hire.HuskyHalfBrain said:Poolboy was the AD at the time of Petersen hiring.
But Ken's version where Jen gets the credit is more fun. -
Don James: I don't know I was 3.
Lambo: I was non plussed. I didn't think he had the personality or presence to be the face of a top 5 program.
Neu: I was pretty damn impressed and thought it was a huge, swinging dick move.
Gilby: I think I was in "is what it is" mode.
Ty: I stayed out of that one. I was lipo until 2007 though. Sad.
Sark: I was shocked and pissed
Petersen: shocked and thrilled
Lake: I was not impressed or pleased. I actually wouldn't remember but someone bumped a thread recently from when he was hired. I was happy to see that I was on the right side from the start.
DeBoer: he was my favorite all along. He's exactly the kind of coach I've been screaming for UW to hire since RN was fired. If they're not willing or able to pull what SC just did then everyone else is an unknown and a risk. This is the right kind of risk to take.
