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Sunday Article: Jonathan Smith is Becoming the Fall Guy, and that's not Right
DerekJohnson
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Respectfully disagree. Petersen is a proven, BCS-winning coach. Jonathan Smith is not even remotely close to that. UW is not the place for on-the-job OC training. I can swallow some Petersen criticism because of 92-12, but Smith...
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When you get rid of an offensive weapon like Percy Harvin you can't be surprised when the offense takes a step backwards.
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Smith didn't win a lottery to become the OC. He was selected Petersen.Gladstone said:Respectfully disagree. Petersen is a proven, BCS-winning coach. Jonathan Smith is not even remotely close to that. UW is not the place for on-the-job OC training. I can swallow some Petersen criticism because of 92-12, but Smith...
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I for one, am not a supporter of j smith. Nor does he provide anything remotely interesting as an interview... he sounds like he hates what he is doing...maybe its the oline and Qb he has to deal with everyday?
One thing you wonder with this team is who loves playing the game...one guy I know for a dact does is Cooper. -
You tried two Ducks as D coaches and now you have a popular Beaver for an O coach.
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"I sense readers out there muttering to themselves, "what the hell are you talking about Derek? You're comparing us to the team coming off the 0-12 season of 2008? "
Maybe you're speaking about outsiders but on The boards this has been consistently refuted and even mocked. Owen 12 team didn't have Owen 12 talent.
Blaming Jonathan Smith is kind of mute imo, if Petermen thinks something needs to be done differently he'll fucking say so; he's 'the ultimate CEO'.
But on the overall I'm with you Derek, two of the main points we've stuck to is that Petersen is a great coach, and great coaching makes a huge difference. Didn't fucking look like it last night though.
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I think Smith probably sucks, but I trust Petersen to get rid of him if need be. I don't see why there's all this cause for alarm. A better team that is in our heads and we don't match up with well crushed us. Honestly, we played a little better than I thought we would. Oregon (sadly, but truly) is going to be the last mountain for us to climb, when we do, we'll know we're back.
We knew before last night we weren't 'back'. We're a decent team that has a very good defense, but we're very inconsistent. That's not back, that's a decent team.
The crime this year is playing Miles lost us the Stanford game and I think it will lose us the ASU game if we do it again. With Black Power we are a 10 win team. With Dope Power, we're an 8 win team. -
Does anyone else remember Boise State's offensive scheme against UW in 2013? I'm starting to think it's a real problem. The offense is nothing like the one with Kellen Moore. Petersen switched to the no huddle like everyone else, but our scheme sucks. Watch some other teams and then ours.
We run zone read with no QB keeps. No QB sweeps with lead blockers (a great play). No read option with a pitch option to the motion guy (Ross/Mickens). When we have run option it has been successful. I generally like our style of play to run the ball, no turnovers, John Ross, and lean on the defense, but the offensive scheme has problems. -
If the offensive coordinator isn't to blame for our shitty offense, then who is?
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I agree road dawg....also the offense has identity... we don't do anything particularly well.
