Lots of excitement and expectations

MikeDamone said:

For the 2010 season. I swear I live in some kind of cruel fan experiment.

dailyuw.com/archive/2009/12/08/imported/sarkisian-calls-%E2%80%9909-season-success#.UhJuGY29KSM

And then this:

http://dailyuw.com/archive/2011/01/21/imported/sarkisian-rewarded-recent-success#.UhL4wtKsiSo

MikeDamone said:

IrishDawg22 said:

RoadDawg55 said:

IrishDawg22 said:

RoadDawg55 said:

He_Needs_More_Time said:

“I think we can be electric,” Sarkisian said after the Cal game. “I think we’re coming into our own. It was great that Mykenna Ikehara got his first start at center tonight and played fantastic against a great defensive line. We’re very young. We lose two guys. We’re a very young offense that continued to grow throughout the season, and tonight, we showed some explosiveness that we can continue to grow on.”

Did Ikehara ever play a snap again for us? I remember being excited about him going forward as I think he was only a freshman then he never played again.

Funny how we returned our entire team yet in 2010 I kept hearing how "young" the team was after the 3-6 start.

I remember Ikehara playing a little bit in 2010, but he got injured and had to retire before the 2011 season.

As for the OP, Sark says this type of shit every year. There was more excitement for the 2010 season then there is for this upcoming season. If it wasn't for the new stadium, there would be very little excitement in the program.

RoadDawg - you seem to be moving over to the very negative side lately. Not sure if it is an attempt to fit it, but on your podcast you come through with some very good insight. I think we can all agree that this is a make or break year for the HC, and I think that horse is being served at your local Burger King. But there is nothing wrong with pointing positives in the program,

As for excitement, I think there is a lot of talent on this roster, and the type of athlete in the program has change over the last 5 years. Once again it will be up to the coaches to maximize that talent.

It would be cool if you guys did a podcast comparing certain position groups vs. 5 years ago.

A good example are our LBs & CBs:

I think Shaq-Feeney-Timu-Princeton is our best LB group going into a season in years. Butler-Mason-Victor were very good at the end of the year, but Donald blew up his SR and not sure many people expected that.

And it nice to finally have some size at CB:

Peters - 5'11" 193
Dixon - 6'1" 196
Kelly - 6'2" 183
King - 6'2" 178
Wallace - 5'11" 171
Enewally - 6'1" 184
Beaver - 6'0" 192 (even though he been moved to S)

Just saying your football post are really good and you stand out when not toeing the company line.

I don't mean to come across as too negative. It's not to fit in, I just don't think Sark is a good coach, and it pisses me off because we have enough talent that the right coach could make some noise. I am also starting to agree that Woodward is a moron who is not a football guy. Crazy Larry, alumni event being the Idaho State game, how this fuck holds a football. I'm worried about him in charge.

You are right, there are some postive things going on in the program, but there are just as many negative things which is why we always finish 7-6. It bothers me that mediocrity is so easily accepted by many fans, the local media, and in the administration.

I could go on and on about players I like in the program, but in the end, that means very little when we have the wrong coach. What we have seen from Sark is what we are going to get. I would love to be wrong, but I don't think we will suddenly start playing well on the road, I don't think the OL will be any better than average, we are paper thin at DT, and I doubt we will suddenly be a consistently physical, disciplined team. Sorry that I seem negative, but at this time, I'm not all that optimistic about the program.

Now there is a good post. I agree with everything you said, especially about the lines. We cannot control that Sark is coaching this year, so we might as well talk about Xs & Os and the Jimmy and the Joes. Reminds me of the Private Ryan seen about bitching:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaVfHntwVc4

So start an Xs and Os thread. Why do the guys who want to talk Xs and Os never do so? Because while we are mired in shit, Xs And Os don't matter. Shitty leadership is all that matters. So either start an Xs and Os thread or shut the fuck up

Sorry, got a big game in my NCAA 14 Online Dynasty tonight and I ran out of hot pockets so I have no time.

Bill Gates has a great talk about teachers. Without him knowing much about teaching (the "x's and o's") he showed that after 3 years, the improvement in teaching skill is 0. You are either a good teacher or a bad teacher by year 3...whatever you are in year 3, you will be in year 20. He used this as an reason against giving years of service raises, and instead argued for performance based raises. Of course the shitty teachers were against anything of the sort, but the scenario with sark is similiar. He is who he is at this point.

And furthermore, when Kim says there are reasons to be optimistic, he is being a fucking idiot as usual. Vegas has us going 7-5 this year...Does Kim think he can beat vegas? if so, why the fuck is he running dawgman and not living in a yacht and calling his sports bookie every morning. A rational person would realize we are set up for a mediocre season. Most of the deeper level stats show little performance over the past few years, so unless there is some huge performance increase this year, Kim and the rest are being unrealistically optimistic. As been said here before, that is what is killing the program. People not being able to see reality.