Alex Akita is a UW Bball authority

Jeebus...

How much fluff is in that?

Why do F3 and Griswold suck this guy off as if he's some kind of innovative genius? I was a freshman Romar's first year and I went to every game even when we lost to Montana fucking State and there were 20 people in the Dawg Pack. Romar had to go to Fijis and beg people to go to the games. They had to give out free catered dinner so students would show up. I was raised to be a big Husky hoops fan. Big fucking deal. Then they started winning and more people came. They've sucked recently and people have stopped coming. Pretty simple concept, actually.

I don't know who this Akita is but he sounds like a douche who takes himself way too seriously

DugtheDoog said:

Why do F3 and Griswold suck this guy off as if he's some kind of innovative genius? I was a freshman Romar's first year and I went to every game even when we lost to Montana fucking State and there were 20 people in the Dawg Pack. Romar had to go to Fijis and beg people to go to the games. They had to give out free catered dinner so students would show up. I was raised to be a big Husky hoops fan. Big fucking deal. Then they started winning and more people came. They've sucked recently and people have stopped coming. Pretty simple concept, actually.

I don't know who this Akita is but he sounds like a douche who takes himself way too seriously

Fuck Akita, it was the guys before him that started going to games before the team got better. Dug, your frosh season was when things started to take off. It was at the end of the season though. I remember the USC game, a local high school coach and I decided to go sit in the booster seats under the fucking basket. No one was sitting there! USC got out to like a 20-2 lead but UW came back and won. Place was fucking empty.

However, (and I just checked the old schedule) I vividly remember the Stanford game, Arizona game and Oregon game which were later in the season. The Stanford game the dawg pack was full and some fans were sitting like 5 rows behind Stanfords bench and just yelling and taunting Stanford's guys and they were getting flustered and had a really bad game. We almost upset Arizona later in the year (who was #2 at the time) and by that point it was pretty obvious that UW BBall was going to take off. From that point forward the student section was full every game. Granted, a year and two years later you had to get there really fucking early but the place was just as loud at the end of the 02-03 season then the following seasons.

This "it took a while to get going" is fucking bullshit. It happened suddenly and sometime in the middle of the 02-03 season. It was a young team with a bunch of local guys that showed flashes and was exciting to watch. That's why there was student interest before they went on that big winning streak a year later.

Akita is the worst, that is all.

Tequilla said:

If I was content to not make much money, I could put together a Seattle sports blog that would blow Akita out of the fucking water.

Problem is that I'd be taking a massive pay cut to do that.

haie said:

Horrible presentation, over-analysis of the mediocre M's, seahawks shit talking, and a film review of D3: The Mighty Ducks. Great site.

Trying t be the Asian Simmons of the hipster generation

This was tequila long article for " if the team is good the dawg pack shows up." The whole premise of this article is the return of the dawgpack as if gano or Akita somehow were the gasoline. Um, it's called winning and putting interesting players and gameplan to watch on the floor. Gano hasn't been able to rile up fans to attend this year till game 15??? Great poont

I gotta say, really enjoyed the part where Alex tosses in skipping class after the zona game and the very next section mentioning being responsible and going to class. Nice work gents.

FreeChavez said:

Tequilla said:

I saw that article as well ... two of KJV and the LPT's favorite topics:

1) the importance of the Dawg Pack

2) sucking off Alex Akita

I'm sure there is a round of back slapping over at dm for the admirable efforts of the dawgpack. By no means will anyone deny a full house can effect a game. But to act as if these two have anything to do with it is downright laughable. Gano probably also"hosts" recruits as well

What a novel idea ... offer free tickets and people show up.

If they want to know why people aren't showing up to UW hoops games, it's because the price of the tickets are way too high.

As for "hosting" recruits, well ...

And Akita is a fucking idiot ... he acts like he is a somebody when he really doesn't have a fucking clue.

The difference in the dawgpack last game was staggering. From 12 people to full capacity. That's impressive and we'll need showings like that in conference. I knew Akita at UW and he wasn't always a weird Kim-esque sycophant. His blog is dumb and his pro-Sarkisian comments the last two years forever damned him.

I'm just happy the pack is showing up. And I don't just think it's winning that turned it around so fast. I was contacted several times on FB and LinkedIn by old pack members telling me that admission would be free for old members.

Also, he's right about the type of students at UW now compared to just 10 years ago when we were there. The fobby international kids don't give two shits about basketball. Local h.s. kids who plaed or were into sports and had GPAs in the 3.6-3.8 range don't get into UW anymore.

Gladstone said:

Also, he's right about the type of students at UW now compared to just 10 years ago when we were there. The fobby international kids don't give two shits about basketball. Local h.s. kids who plaed or were into sports and had GPAs in the 3.6-3.8 range don't get into UW anymore.

This part is 100% true ...

The only part of the story that rang true to me at all was about how getting a game at the IMA (particularly on a Friday) in the past was a 45+ minute wait and the quality of play was strong. Today, there's hardly ever a wait the 1-2x per year that I show up to play and it's hardly worth the time or money to go down there.

IMO, the UW needs to get back to making sure that they are bringing in the best/brightest of the local students into the UW. As the Seattle market continues to grow going forward, part of the buy-in from the local companies will also be tied into how their kids are able to get into the UW.

Who in their right mind would wait an hour and a half to play a fucking pickup game?

Gladstone said:

The difference in the dawgpack last game was staggering. From 12 people to full capacity. That's impressive and we'll need showings like that in conference. I knew Akita at UW and he wasn't always a weird Kim-esque sycophant. His blog is dumb and his pro-Sarkisian comments the last two years forever damned him.

I'm just happy the pack is showing up. And I don't just think it's winning that turned it around so fast. I was contacted several times on FB and LinkedIn by old pack members telling me that admission would be free for old members.

Also, he's right about the type of students at UW now compared to just 10 years ago when we were there. The fobby international kids don't give two shits about basketball. Local h.s. kids who plaed or were into sports and had GPAs in the 3.6-3.8 range don't get into UW anymore.

The problem is the Dawgpack still isn't showing up. The only reason it was full last game is because the tickets were free to old members of the Dawgpack. After tonight's game they won't be doing the free admission anymore, so expect a worse Dawgpack for conference play.... UNLESS (And this is a crazy idea) the team keeps winning, then you will see more and more people coming. I know, that is hard to believe!