Dumb and Dumber

There's a lot of Mike Riley in that idaho spud.

Tequilla said:

knees = agreed

No huge problem w not calling a timeout

The fuck?

You're doubling down on that fucktarded logic?

Time is the most valuable thing you have as a coach.

Jesus boy.

Do you get points for taking the timeouts with you?

Tequilla said:

knees = agreed

No huge problem w not calling a timeout

You got it backward.

Tequilla said:

And what is Miles going to do w 20 seconds?

All calling a timeout does is give Rich Rod a chance to go for it, keep his timeout, and kick a closer FG

You dont really think he would have gone for it if we called timeout, do you?

Ive had some to drink, but I hope Im hearing you wrong?

BayDawg said:

Tequilla said:

And what is Miles going to do w 20 seconds?

All calling a timeout does is give Rich Rod a chance to go for it, keep his timeout, and kick a closer FG

You dont really think he would have gone for it if we called timeout, do you?

Ive had some to drink, but I hope Im hearing you wrong?

47 yard kick with a kicker that going into that kick was 14 for 21 on the year with only 2 of those makes from beyond 40?

No, it wouldn't have shocked me to see Rich Rod go for it there, run it for the first down, and then try to pick up another 10-15 yards for an easier attempt.

Not using the timeout forces Rich Rod to kick the 47 yard FG with a kicker that isn't anywhere close to an all-conference kicker. 47 yard kicks aren't necessarily easy.

I wouldn't defend Petersen until 0-12.

But I'm also not going to fucking get all worked up and get all bent out of shape about shit in the first year of a coach turning a roster over, instilling a culture, and watching as a young/inexperienced team learns how to win.

I'm also not going to get all bent out of shape because I've also recently sat through and watched TCU get their ass kicked the last 2 years in a number of close, heartbreaking, and disappointing victories only to be in a position this year to be in the discussion to be in the tournament for a national championship. A number of people tied to the UW would want to run a coach for being 6-12 in conference over a 2 year period.

There's a lot of positives this year ... and a whole lot of negatives. I'm going to let it play out and let Petersen's body of work at the UW speak volumes instead of jumping to some half brained irrational decision. Doing that would be fucking stupid.

The overall parity in college football (and in particular the PAC) today is greater than it has ever been. Winning isn't easy. Not using that as an excuse or defending Petersen as such ... but it's also not 1991 and we're not just going to show up as Washington and roll over everybody because of that.

Tequilla said:

I wouldn't defend Petersen until 0-12.

But I'm also not going to fucking get all worked up and get all bent out of shape about shit in the first year of a coach turning a roster over, instilling a culture, and watching as a young/inexperienced team learns how to win.

I'm also not going to get all bent out of shape because I've also recently sat through and watched TCU get their ass kicked the last 2 years in a number of close, heartbreaking, and disappointing victories only to be in a position this year to be in the discussion to be in the tournament for a national championship. A number of people tied to the UW would want to run a coach for being 6-12 in conference over a 2 year period.

There's a lot of positives this year ... and a whole lot of negatives. I'm going to let it play out and let Petersen's body of work at the UW speak volumes instead of jumping to some half brained irrational decision. Doing that would be fucking stupid.

The overall parity in college football (and in particular the PAC) today is greater than it has ever been. Winning isn't easy. Not using that as an excuse or defending Petersen as such ... but it's also not 1991 and we're not just going to show up as Washington and roll over everybody because of that.

You are going full retard. Nobody expected 1991. They only expected 10 wins. You expected more than 90% of this board. Then the non conference shitty play didn't concern you. People who were alarmed were stupid and couldn't see what Petersen was doing. Now the season doesn't matter. You get what is annoying about that?

What is the irrational decision? The only thing I have decided is that Petersen has sucked this year, which he has.

Tequilla said:

I can tell you what I'm seeing around me and it is flat out bad ...

I can see what I'm seeing on Twitter from some influential people and it is bad ...

My expectations were high ... they haven't been met. I could either get stomping mad or try to figure out what has happened. Some on the players and some I the coaching ... Everybody is in it together good and bad.

The biggest risk that I see to Petersen being successful is ourselves at this point ... Even with the record I'm seeing more good than bad out of this season.

And the reason I wasn't concerned in the preseason is that we had no clue what we were going to get out of Miles or the run game. Until you play games that matter you never really know.

I heard recruits' parents read this bored.

As it relates to the plays at the 1:20-1:30 mark I think an astute coach would insert some context about the game to that point -- we had already fumbled 5 times at that point, we have a QB who is spooked by the slightest of things and a C who can't can't consistently shotgun snap all year. Maybe normally you wouldn't want to have to punt on 4th down with only 15 seconds left (if my math is right) but with this team and this game I think you would have had to consider this. I'm guessing this is why their chart had that mysterious first down they needed -- to avoid that last 15- 20 seconds.

There is zero way to defend not calling timeout on 4th down with 30 seconds, though -- if we really wanted to nit pick we could have burned two timeouts and had 40-45 seconds left, actually. If Rich Rod was really nervous about a 47 yard field goal, he would have immediately gone for it on 4th and 6 regardless of any timeout, they had plenty of time to run another hurry up play. Justifying letting the last 30 seconds burn off with "well, Miles wouldn't have done anything" and "no one returned a kickoff very far today" is pretty defeatist kind of bullshit.

It's so defeatist, in fact, it kinda makes me wonder on these two decisions that he was basically making it clear to the team that he wasn't going to bail them out from their turnover and penalty happy play by either minimizing risk in the first part (kneeling vs. running the ball), and not working hard to get the offense another chance at the end of the game given they had already fumbled with an opportunity to close out the game. Might be conspiracy theory, and even if I'm right, I'm not sure I think it's a 100% net positive for the program longer-term, but just another thought.