Dick Baird opines on the TUFF schedule

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

How many times has the loyal assistant ever met or exceeded expectations after becoming h.c.? You have Chimp, but besides him? They almost always get canned a few years later. ADs are stupid, especially ours.

David Shaw has done well his first two seasons, but I totally agree with your point. That's what makes me hopeful about Helfrich. Most likely, he won't be anywhere close to as good as Chip. They rarely are.

Lambo sucked and I hear he's not the great guy people make him out to be. I personally encountered him once for about 3 seconds (working on a golf course) and my opinion is he's a dick. FWIW I also encountered Gilby. Terrible lazy coach but seemed like a good guy.

He_Needs_More_Time said:

RoadDawg55 said:

Lambright was a borderline terrible coach. He underachieved almost every year. I have tapes of a lot of those games, and the bad coaching is pretty evident when you go back and watch.

There was plenty of talent to win more games, and a decent coach would have gotten at least one 10 win season from 94-97.

Sadly you are 100% correct and yet Lambo is miles better than Sark.

Lambo was a bad coach. Biggest doog myth there is that firing him was a bad move.

Yeah, anyone who says it was a mistake to fire Lambo is an idiot. I might give Lambo a slight edge over Sark, but they are somewhat similar in a way as head coaches.

Lambo was a good DC under James, but much of that was because he was coaching under James. Sark was a decent OC at USC, but that was mainly because of the elite talent and Carroll's insistence on running the ball. I still think Sark could be a good OC if he had the right coach restricting what he could call, he's just over his head when he is by himself. It was the same way with Lambo.

When Lambo was head coach, none of his defenses were that special, and Sark's offenses have been misses except for 2011. Even in 2011, the offense didn't do much whenever we played a team with a good defense.

Lambo's defenses ranked 23rd, 31st, 52nd, 36th, 40th, and 76th in points allowed per game when he was head coach. Being ranked 36th and 40th in '96 and '97 was pathetic. He had some very good talent on those defense. Without James, Lambo's defenses became average to below average. Both Lambo and Sark have had bad special teams, anything thing almost every good coach excels at. Neither guy is or was the right guy to lead UW.