Hope you'll consider this idea. The overall point is made towards the end.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs!
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Win a fucking NY6 or go back to the WAC
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i want to see heaner play
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Who the fuck are you and what have you done with DDY?Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
Nope this team would get plungered by Bama, Clemson, OSU, and Georgia. Win the Pac 12 and whatever bowl game you go to, which should not be too hard in this conference.
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You chinned your own poast?
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Same as he ever was.EwaDawg said:
Who the fuck are you and what have you done with DDY?Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs!
Wooooooooooooosh..... -
If you had actually written this I would have driven to South Carolina and shot you.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
I like Pete, I want to love him, but he can't ever have a 2014/2015 type of season again.
Even 2017 was unacceptable on many levels although 10 wins and a fiesta loss to what my eye balls told me was a playoff team had me not completely hating him at the end.
He cannot lose to Oregon, Stanford and WSU. I'm sure the usual quook fags and doogs will remind us about Ty and Sark and 18 years!!!!
But the expectation of beating our rivals and winning the conference at a minimum are fair and completely justifiable, and created by Pete himself. -
So what’s the fucking hold up?Swaye said:
If you had actually written this I would have driven to South Carolina and shot you.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs!
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Sober Dennis is worst Dennis.
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Win the pac 12 (with no CFP) and that “whatever” bowl game is the Rose Bowl this year.CuntWaffle said:Nope this team would get plungered by Bama, Clemson, OSU, and Georgia. Win the Pac 12 and whatever bowl game you go to, which should not be too hard in this conference.
You would piss yourself for the life race and I live.
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DDY makes a great point though. If we were being viewed by voters like WSU is being viewed, our expectations would be tempered and we'd be happier with the season so far.
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This is clear dawgman copy pasta. Easy peezy.
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That's against the rules, and DDY would NEVER break the rulesCokeGreaterThanPepsi said:This is clear dawgman copy pasta. Easy peezy.
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We are still the little engine that could. Playground bully of the special ed class.
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I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
It seems legit to me.Swaye said:
If you had actually written this I would have driven to South Carolina and shot you.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
fuck offTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
There's enough Doog bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Doog copypasta from Doogman.DerekJohnson said:
fuck offTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
then go somewhere elseTierbsHsotBoobs said:
There's enough Doog bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Doog copypasta from Doogman.DerekJohnson said:
fuck offTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
Do it anyways just to be sureSwaye said:
If you had actually written this I would have driven to South Carolina and shot you.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
LOL, so having a different opinion than the majority on some topic makes me an enemy of the state. Got it.DerekJohnson said:
then go somewhere elseTierbsHsotBoobs said:
There's enough Doog bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Doog copypasta from Doogman.DerekJohnson said:
fuck offTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
#MeTooTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
There's enough of your bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Stalin copypastaTierbsHsotBoobs said:
LOL, so having a different opinion than the majority on some topic makes me an enemy of the state. Got it.DerekJohnson said:
then go somewhere elseTierbsHsotBoobs said:
There's enough Doog bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Doog copypasta from Doogman.DerekJohnson said:
fuck offTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs! -
Is this the Power Rangers thread now? Clean it up guys!
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I have been in contact with Vanilla. I have begun expressing my frustration over it taking so long to fix the upvote/downvote situation. I have also stated my extreme dislike of the new spoiler feature. The most recent response from Wednesday morning is below. If I don't see resolution by Friday then I'll be contacting the owner of the company.DerekJohnson said:
There's enough of your bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Stalin copypastaTierbsHsotBoobs said:
LOL, so having a different opinion than the majority on some topic makes me an enemy of the state. Got it.DerekJohnson said:
then go somewhere elseTierbsHsotBoobs said:
There's enough Doog bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Doog copypasta from Doogman.DerekJohnson said:
fuck offTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs!
The folks at Vanilla are great and usually very responsive to fixing issues. So I can't help but wonder why it has recently been sporadic and odd.
Hey Derek,
I'm afraid that the spoiler function is a part of the editor, and there is no way for me to remove it from your site. Let me do a bit of investigating and see if you have any options to hide it from your members.
I was ill yesterday, so I missed the weekly meeting where we talk about what's going out, but according to the documentation I have, this appears to still be on the list for this week and it looks like it's been reviewed on Github. I'll reach out to our Support Lead once she comes in today and see if I can get a specific ETA for you.
Thank you for your patience!
(I did not hear back from Vanilla on Wednesday) -
who will annoy the annoyers?TierbsHsotBoobs said:
I have been in contact with Vanilla. I have begun expressing my frustration over it taking so long to fix the upvote/downvote situation. I have also stated my extreme dislike of the new spoiler feature. The most recent response from Wednesday morning is below. If I don't see resolution by Friday then I'll be contacting the owner of the company.DerekJohnson said:
There's enough of your bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Stalin copypastaTierbsHsotBoobs said:
LOL, so having a different opinion than the majority on some topic makes me an enemy of the state. Got it.DerekJohnson said:
then go somewhere elseTierbsHsotBoobs said:
There's enough Doog bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Doog copypasta from Doogman.DerekJohnson said:
fuck offTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs!
The folks at Vanilla are great and usually very responsive to fixing issues. So I can't help but wonder why it has recently been sporadic and odd.
Hey Derek,
I'm afraid that the spoiler function is a part of the editor, and there is no way for me to remove it from your site. Let me do a bit of investigating and see if you have any options to hide it from your members.
I was ill yesterday, so I missed the weekly meeting where we talk about what's going out, but according to the documentation I have, this appears to still be on the list for this week and it looks like it's been reviewed on Github. I'll reach out to our Support Lead once she comes in today and see if I can get a specific ETA for you.
Thank you for your patience!
(I did not hear back from Vanilla on Wednesday) -
TrumpDerekJohnson said:
who will annoy the annoyers?TierbsHsotBoobs said:
I have been in contact with Vanilla. I have begun expressing my frustration over it taking so long to fix the upvote/downvote situation. I have also stated my extreme dislike of the new spoiler feature. The most recent response from Wednesday morning is below. If I don't see resolution by Friday then I'll be contacting the owner of the company.DerekJohnson said:
There's enough of your bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Stalin copypastaTierbsHsotBoobs said:
LOL, so having a different opinion than the majority on some topic makes me an enemy of the state. Got it.DerekJohnson said:
then go somewhere elseTierbsHsotBoobs said:
There's enough Doog bullshit on this bored as it is. I don't need bad Doog copypasta from Doogman.DerekJohnson said:
fuck offTierbsHsotBoobs said:
I wish you would have died in the car accident.Dennis_DeYoung said:Appreciate all who take the time to read.
I was thinking more about this last night. Some background as to how I got here...from reading posts of others, it seems like the board is split into two camps. You have one camp that maintains such high expectations for this year's huskies that anything short of a blowout or near perfection is considered a failure. You have another camp (this includes the mods) who remind everyone ad nauseam that we should be happy to have a program in such great shape and find their mouse hovering over the "downlike" button anytime a comment isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Of course there are also some who have the unique ability to stay optimistic while also finding constructive things to point out, but that nuance seems harder to find recently.
But perhaps the high expectations from Camp One are unrealistically high, and thus, the excuses for the team's inconsistency made by Camp 2 are unnecessary. Consider the following:
While very good and likely the class of the pac-12, can the Huskies confidently beat any of the following teams?
-Alabama
-Clemson
-Georgia
-Oklahoma
-LSU (beat Auburn)
-Auburn (they already did)
-Penn State
-Ohio State
-Florida
-Texas
-Notre Dame
-Texas A&M
-Miss St. (beat Auburn)
Objectively, it's hard to make the case they can, at least confidently. Not with the way they're playing. Not with the teams they've beat and how they've beat them. Thus, regardless of where the AP or Coaches polls have the Huskies sitting at, they are realistically no better than a #15-20 ranked team. It shouldn't matter if the Coaches Poll has them ranked 7th. Can most agree?
So what's the point? The point is that the expectations placed on this team are unnecessarily high. We're critiquing the play of this team as if they're a legitimate 7th ranked team with the ability to make it to the CFP, when in reality, they don't punch at this weight. Stated differently, would you be so upset, so frustrated, so confounded if this team were ranked #20? Likely not. Being ranked #7 conjures the highest of expectations (whether justified or not).
I'll take a top-15 team any day. And I'm even more excited about the trending of this football program with its recruiting prowess over the past couple years. Top-15 means better recruits. And we develop players second to none. Our coaching staff is one of the best in the country. All signs point to the Huskies becoming a bona-fide elite team in the next few years.
Until then, it may serve everyone best to temper expectations, but also keep in mind we're getting there.
If we can all agree on that, perhaps we'll find more common ground.
Go Dawgs!
The folks at Vanilla are great and usually very responsive to fixing issues. So I can't help but wonder why it has recently been sporadic and odd.
Hey Derek,
I'm afraid that the spoiler function is a part of the editor, and there is no way for me to remove it from your site. Let me do a bit of investigating and see if you have any options to hide it from your members.
I was ill yesterday, so I missed the weekly meeting where we talk about what's going out, but according to the documentation I have, this appears to still be on the list for this week and it looks like it's been reviewed on Github. I'll reach out to our Support Lead once she comes in today and see if I can get a specific ETA for you.
Thank you for your patience!
(I did not hear back from Vanilla on Wednesday) -
Stalin getting angry. Kinda weird.
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He is taking the Seahawks loss very hard.UWhuskytskeet said:Stalin getting angry. Kinda weird.
