It Absolutely Amazes Me ...

Yer want ter take the gluvs off Race, isit?Yer want ter get dahn in a pissin' motch, squire? Let's do it. Let's roll.

I'm copping completely fed up wiv yor 'ate, negativity, and frowin' blokes under the bus.

Quite frankly Race, right, I'm right, VERY 'appy that I don't know yer. I'm quite 'appy that I don't lead wot appears ter be such a paffetic life that is faced wiv 'ave a lookin' for the bloody negativity in evry situation. Yer need ter go find sumfink ter smile at. Last I checked, it's summertime. The wevver in Seattle seems ter be pretty damn good right now - why don't yer go check that out.

Yor pretty damn wrong about fings. Yer may fink that the amount of time that yer keep spewin' yor views that that yer've now 'eard it enough times that yor right. Don't make yer right.

Yer rabbit and pork about 12-47 like that 'appened out of the bleedin' blue sky. I've never seen yer once suggest that the Rudolf 'Ess of the bloody dahnfall of this program began well before Emmert arrived.

Yer want facts? Yer want truff, isit?Here's yor truff.

Emmert came ter the bloody UW prior ter the GLORIOUS 1-10 season under Gilby. The year before that (2003) Gilby managed ter do enough ter get us ter 6-6, but that included the debacle at Cal where we gave up 700 yards (or thereabouts). It were an indifferent team that pretty much were at Mae West mediocre. We lost 5 of us last 8, includin' the blowout ter Cal, right, the chuffin' blowout ter UCLA, and an 'ome loss ter NEVADA. Yep, right, the bloomin' program were 'eadin' in the right direction.

The 2002 season under Slick were anuvver sterlin' season example that is most remembered for the "Norffwest Championship." That were great. But it 'id the fact that gahn into the bleedin' "Norffwest Championship" we were a 4-5 footie team that were pretty much a joke at 1-4 in the conference. In boff 2002 and 2003, we finished the bloody season wiv a 4-4 conference record.

These weren't right good footie teams. The trend were 'eadin' dahnhill.

Emmert comes on board and immediately gets sadled wiv the bloomin' Gilby 1-10 debacle.

Prior ter Emmert comin' on board, Babs jumps ship after a decade of mis-management, right, includin' allowin' the stadium ter begin the erosion Queen Bess.

Froughout 2003, we're faced wiv Slick leavin' and the subsequent lorwhistle and flute(s), Dr. Cor blimey guv! Feelright good, right, and a 'oole mess wiv the softball program and Teresa Wilson.

Now keep in mind the bleedin' followin': ALL THIS 'APPENED BEFORE EMMERT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.

Finks were not in great shape. I fink just about evry bloke knew that.

A search committee is formed ter replace Babs. The BOR, right, upper campus, and the big donor supporters of the bloomin' school are sick of the egg showin' up on their Nanny Goat Race. They are sick of the bleedin' country club that Babs ran and the bleedin' loose way she ran the chuffin' department - particularly in light of wot went on wiv Slick. They wanted some bloke prim, proper, and 'oo they could count on would not sully the University name. ENTER TODD TURNER.

Now, this pretty much gets yer up ter the point where Emmert were 'ired. Did 'e 'ave ter sign off on the hirin' of Turner, isit?Most likely. But wotever.

At this point, Emmert ain't responsible for the chuffin' on-field performance of the bloomin' footie program. There is a coach in place. It's not Emmert's Uncle Bob ter oversee the footie program or any uvver program in the affletic department. That Uncle Bob belongs ter Todd Turner. It's Emmert's Uncle Bob ter monitor the bleedin' Uncle Bob performance of Todd Turner.

So 1-10 'appens. Gilby is canned by Turner (rightfully so). Yes, the bleedin' program went 1-10. But the actions of them charged wiv overseein' the program were correct. Turner fired the coach for poor performance. If I'm bloody well in Emmert's shoes, I can't complain.

Coachin' search takes place and Turner 'as 'is 'eart set on Tyrone Willingham. Yer can't 'ave a knees-up wivout a joanna. It's Turner's 'ire. It's not Emmert's 'ire. Surely Emmert 'ad ter sign off on the hire. That's not so bad. Yer want ter ffrow some blame on 'im for not 'avin' the foresight ter negate the bloomin' hire. That's not so bad. But the hire ain't Emmert's responsibility. It's Turner's responsibility, init?It's Emmert's responsibility ter hold Turner accountable for the bloomin' hire (wich 'e did 3 years later wen it were obvious that Tyrone weren't the answer).

So Tyrone goes 2-9 the first year after a 1-10 year. Not great. Yer can't 'ave a knees-up wivout a joanna. Warnin' signs start gahn off, particularly wiv some poor performance ter close games. But it's the first year of the chuffin' regime and right 'ard ter get too critical.

The next year the program goes 5-7 and 'as 2 significant events. The bloomin' first significant event is the loss of the QB ter injury. I fink many could argue that wivout the bloody loss of Isaiah that year, we go 6-6. The second event that were significant were the bleedin' "suddenly senior" day and the bloomin' unexplicable loss ter Stanford wiv the most emotionless footie team any bloke 'ad ever seen. Right. Again, right, there's not enough there ter fire Tyrone at that point, right? There are warnin' signs. There is ground ter pretty much tell Tyrone that the followin' year is an action year where sumfink needs ter happen. He's on a short leash at this point in me opinion.

The followin' year we lose games in ways that are unexplainable. Blow an 'uge loss ter Arizona - a game we should 'ave never lost. The bleedin' most ridiculous endin' ter an Apple Cup I've ever seen where a lad were open by 20 yards comin' out of a timeout. Blowin' a pair of 21 point leads ter Horai'i. I'll get out me spoons. It were pretty obvious at this point that fings weren't workin'. Coachin' change were in order. Peraps an AD change were also in order. The bloomin' coachin' change were blocked and complicated. The chuffin' AD's loaf of bread fell - and rightfully so due ter some uvver issues that 'e 'ad and such a terrible 'ire of an 'ead coach.

Prior ter the decision ter fire Tyrone after 2007, right, it's right 'ard ter argue wiv ANYTHING that Emmert 'ad done wiv respect ter the footie program.

I will say that bringing Tyrone hammer and tack for 2008 were a disasterous mistake, init?It should 'ave never 'appened. Yer want ter ffrow 0-12 on Emmert - I'm all for it. I fink if yer caught Emmert in a reflective, truffful mument, right, he would tell yer in 'indsight that 'e should 'ave made the move and that it weren't worff the carnage of 0-12.

Frow Emmert under the bus for 2008. That's 'is responsibility. 2004-2007, then, mate? Not so much. By all means, please, please tell me where 'e 'as responsibility for 2004 and 2007 uvver than the fact that 'e's the University President. Please tell me wot specific actions that 'e did ter undermine the bloody program. Cor blimey guv, would I lie to you? Yer ain't gonna find them - they ain't there.

Yor criticism of Emmert is ridiculous. Yor criticism of Woodward is just dahnright comical.

Where 'as Woodward screwed this program, then, squire? He 'as only been responsible for this program in the summer of 2008 in a full-time role. Are yer gonna 'old 'im ter the fire for bein' the interim AD for the first 'alf of 2008, isit?How is 'e responsible for anyfink from 2004-2007 wen 'e weren't even involved wiv the Affletic Department, isit?Rabbit and pork about conspiracy theories. This may be one of the bloomin' greatest conspiracy theories I've ever seen.

I don't like losin'. I don't like wot I've seen the last 5 years. It's made me sick ter my stomach many times over. But unlike yer, I can at least take a step hammer and tack and realize that the genesis of this problem began well before Mark Emmert became President of the University of Werehington.

If I spent me time bein' a "mindless Race Bannon minion," then I'd be convinced that the bloody only logical explanation for us failures 'ave been Mark Emmert and Scott Woodward.

Quite frankly, right, that opinion is one of the most tosseric insanely stewpid opinions that I've ever seen in me life.

I don't defend the "wrong targets." There is blame ter be frown Emmert's way. I readily acknowledge that, init?But it ain't 'is full blame. Babs deserves blame. Gerberdin' deserves blame. McCormick deserves some blame. Slick deserves some blame. Gilby deserves some blame. Turner deserves some blame. Tyrone deserves some blame. Of the bloody names I've listed, only 3 of them names 'ave any timeline that extends into any portion of Emmert's tenure. That's less than 'alf of them names.

Quite frankly Race, right, yor a world class donkey. Wen I 'ear blokes bitch and moan about the blokes in the bloomin' State of Werehington - yor a crystal example of why blokes bitch about the bleedin' State of Werehington. Wen I 'ear blokes that bitch about the fans of the University of Werehington and wot their complaints are, right, yer represent wot them complaints are.

In me opinion, right, yor not good for the chuffin' University of Werehington. Yer ain't 'elpin' the program. Yer ain't 'elpin' the bleedin' University. Yor entirely self-servin' and a pompous, egotistical jerk.

Yor barkin' up the wrong tree if yor gahn after me. I'm bloody well not naive enough ter shove me loaf of bread so far up me arse ter ignore wot I'm seein'. I don't fink that there is any bloke that knows me that would say that I wouldn't call a spade a spade.

All that payin' for and attendin' games longer than I've been alive 'as done for yer is given yer a perceived ability ter go be a bitter ole man. Congrats on that.

Thanks for showin' them of us in a yunger generation 'ow not ter act in 20-30 years wen we are in yor shoes. Yer can't 'ave a knees-up wivout a joanna.