This was the beginning of the end of Don James at UW

RaceBannon said:

HHusky said:

WestlinnDuck said:

HHusky said:

WestlinnDuck said:

HHusky said:

46XiJCAB said:

HHusky said:

46XiJCAB said:

Dazzler struggling to the bitter end is the tell.

Majority of the UW fans on the bored would have cheered DJ's firing at the end of the '88 season. Some of them were calling for it.

Just the facts, ma'am.

That second consecutive loss to Oregon in 88' brought out the worst in Husky fans.

Beat Oregon,
Nothing else matters.

Four mediocre seasons in a row. Audible whispers that "the game has passed him by."

And nobody gave an extra shit about Oregon in 1988 except Oregon State.

I thought that the Huskies went to the Rose Bowl for seasons 1989-1991 and when the story broke about the loan that the Huskies were 8-0 and ranked Number 1 in the country. Who was whispering that "the game had passed him by?" Seems like a pretty good run.

Rose Bowls after the seasons of 1990, 1991 and 1992.

Seasons of 1985-88 were awful. Painful.

So, the people who were saying the James had lost it were full of sh*t like you. Is that your point? If so, well played. Don't get the dazzler handle for nothing.

I think I made my point, Gasbag. But just for you: the TugCon narrative today is that the (ultra left-wing) UW administration wanted James gone by 1984, yet after four consecutive crummy seasons, starting with 1985, he didn't get fired even though absolutely no one would have mourned his firing at the time.

The TugCon narrative is wrong, of course. Nothing new under the Sun.

That's your dodge for being made a fool of yet again

Bush wasn't president in 84 moron

Beginning

stuff in the middle

End

Beginning of the end

Dumbass

I think you've confused yourself. Pick a lane, lady.

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

HHusky said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

HHusky said:

WestlinnDuck said:

HHusky said:

46XiJCAB said:

HHusky said:

46XiJCAB said:

Dazzler struggling to the bitter end is the tell.

Majority of the UW fans on the bored would have cheered DJ's firing at the end of the '88 season. Some of them were calling for it.

Just the facts, ma'am.

That second consecutive loss to Oregon in 88' brought out the worst in Husky fans.

Beat Oregon,
Nothing else matters.

Four mediocre seasons in a row. Audible whispers that "the game has passed him by."

And nobody gave an extra shit about Oregon in 1988 except Oregon State.

I thought that the Huskies went to the Rose Bowl for seasons 1989-1991 and when the story broke about the loan that the Huskies were 8-0 and ranked Number 1 in the country. Who was whispering that "the game had passed him by?" Seems like a pretty good run.

Rose Bowls after the seasons of 1990, 1991 and 1992.

Seasons of 1985-88 were awful. Painful.

8-2-1 regular season in '86. They mauled THE Ohio State.

It was a mediocre stretch. Bammer had those before they stopped investigating the SUCKEC elite about 12-15 years ago because Emmert's a corrupt cocksucker. You're reaching.

1985 was awful and featured a home loss to an absolutely terrible Oregon State as well as three non-competitive losses.

1986 was the best of the 4; still, we were non-competitive in a bowl loss.

1987 was mediocre and we were non-competitive in three of our losses.

1988, in retrospect, may have reflected a turning of the corner in the sense of being competitive in all games, but snapped our consecutive bowl streak and seemed like a dud at the time.

Coaches get fired at big-time programs for stretches like this. The drop from 1984 was precipitous.

He proved himself from '77 to '84 or whatever the first good stretch was, then again in the early 90s. The only guy to approach him was Peterson, who never really won the big one and lost in big bowl games. At least you're not a doog, but that part of the 80s was down time, it wasn't toilet time.

That stretch from '85 to '88 was similar to Lambright's tenure. It might not get you fired, but it could. And again, if Gerberding had wanted James gone, he would have gotten minimal backlash after the '88 season. But he didn't want James gone; he didn't hate athletics; and he wasn't some radical lefty. The whole "upper campus was out to get Don James" nonsense has been made up out of whole cloth by a fan base that conflates its every frustration with its politics. It's especially silly because Don James wasn't fired. He could probably have coached at the UW as long as he wanted.

And James shouldn't have made an appearance at a campaign rally for anyone. It was bad judgment. But it didn't have anything to do with anything in 1993.

RaceBannon said:

Anyway Derek was right and H is a pathological liar

Water is wet

Well, at least as it was explained to you.

This thread is still going? sheesh.

hardhat said:

This thread is still going? sheesh.

participation is voluntary . . . for now