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Did Sark over use Polk and Sankey

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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,967 Founders Club
    Sark went away from his multiple running back style he talked about and used at USC and these guys had too many carries
    Look at 2009 vs UCLA as example #1 of Sark's retarded use of Polk.

    Polk was gashing the UCLA D in the first half and gets only 5 or so carries in the second. After the game, Sark says something along the lines that he lost track of how many carries Polk had.

    2010 vs ASU is another prime example. Sark keeps throwing the ball with Jack Lockner despite Polk averaging around 4.5 ypc, no runs that resulted in lost yardage and only 1-3 carries for no gain.

    It wasn't so much that Sark overused Polk and Sankey but that he misused them and often times chose fucktarded plays over utilizing his 2 best players.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    Sark went away from his multiple running back style he talked about and used at USC and these guys had too many carries
    Polk and Sankey were always at the top of the conference rushing statistics, but the team was always middle of the pack in rushing. Sark probably used Polk and Sankey the right amount (at least as far as total carries are concerned), but he should have given another 5-8 carries to the backups per game.
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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,869 Founders Club
    This pole is fucktarded. The majority of you half brain fucks bitch about how Sark never ran the damn ball with Polk and Sankey, and now you are going to put up a poll asking if he used them too much?

    Fuck you, Fuck me, blah blah blah.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    I think he overused them in the meaningless blow outs and underused them in games that actually mattered.

    He never tried to develop a backup RB either.
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  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    I'm detecting the 'overuse' ragging to mean Sankey wouldn't be leaving early if he hadn't been so successful, which is pussy talk
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  • puppylove_sugarsteel
    puppylove_sugarsteel Member Posts: 9,133
    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    I think he overused them in the meaningless blow outs and underused them in games that actually mattered.

    He never tried to develop a backup RB either.

    Good point more_cock, you're right
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  • Tailgater
    Tailgater Member Posts: 1,389
    NeGgaPlEaSe said:

    It was never about RB durability during Sark's five seasons at UW. Polk and Sankey were abused in a football sense more so than over-used. I believe the number of carries would not have been so much a factor in shortening Sankey's college career had Sark focused the desperately needed attention as a coach and recruiter on developing a solid Husky style offensive line. With a good OL, Bishop may have been as close to a Heisman as we've had.

    Sankey has incredible vision and skill at finding the slightest openings or creases in the line and as often as not make the quick moves to avoid defenders and get up field for good yardage. His offensive line frequently helped Bishop make long runs of ten or more yards, but did not help him as much as they should have on gaining the tough yardage. When Sankey wasn't advancing the ball four or more yards, he was getting hammered before hardly getting started because Sark's OL units each year were at best average to mediocre.

    Both Sankey and Polk were physical runners and could deliver a blow as well as take one. But neither had Cory Dillon bodies and thus the number of carries combined with run blocking that should have been much better has meant that Sankey's decision to leave amateur football now is solid. As a great football coach once said: "Running backs are a dime a dozen" meaning that their careers by design are short.

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