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What Happened to Jake Locker? (Why He REALLY Retired Early..Its Not What You Think)

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  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,632 Founders Club
    creepycoug said:

    UW_Doog_Bot said:

    Had to go to school during his era. He came back to play ball at our then loser school instead of being drafted after already coming to our then loser school in the first place. Was not surprised at all by his early retirement. Dude always did what he thought was right for him regardless of what anyone else said.

    Objectively, I recognize he wasn't a great QB. My doog heart will always love the guy for picking UW as the home town team and then winning us a shitty Holiday Bowl after the dark dark years.

    I get that. What I don't get is why there isn't even a fraction of the same appreciation for Isiah Stanback, who was arguably the best pure athlete to play football at UW (or in the Pac 12).
    IS is my other closet doog love. I would lick Cfetters nacho covered grundle to have seen what this coaching staff and the 2016 team could have done with him at Qb.
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  • DerekJohnson
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    RoadDawg55 said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    WeakarmCobra said:

    SECGRIDIRON said:

    Saw a special on him. Didn’t know him but seemed like a family guy that was a good qb, not great, but made his $$$ and said fuck it...

    Bought what he wanted, settled into what he wanted, and all the power to his ass for “making it” ...I guess...

    Seemed like good dude.

    according to @RoadDawg55 he is fucking failure go figure
    He’s a failure as a NFL QB. Nobody ever said he wasn’t a good guy or that he didn’t make a lot of money.
    I was shocked when he was picked #8 overall. My theory was that the Titans thought he'd be highly marketable in the South
    I don’t think it was that. Teams reach for QB’s every year. Blaine Gabbert and Christian Ponder were picked right after him.
    You and Hillsy are probably right
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  • DerekJohnson
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    HillsboroDuck said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    WeakarmCobra said:

    SECGRIDIRON said:

    Saw a special on him. Didn’t know him but seemed like a family guy that was a good qb, not great, but made his $$$ and said fuck it...

    Bought what he wanted, settled into what he wanted, and all the power to his ass for “making it” ...I guess...

    Seemed like good dude.

    according to @RoadDawg55 he is fucking failure go figure
    He’s a failure as a NFL QB. Nobody ever said he wasn’t a good guy or that he didn’t make a lot of money.
    I was shocked when he was picked #8 overall. My theory was that the Titans thought he'd be highly marketable in the South
    You're overthinking this. Did you see how high Josh Allen went?

    NFL GMs and coaches think they can develop a kid with great tools who doesn't know how to play quarterback.

    81% of the time, they can't.
    You make good points, but I also think that being white didn't hurt Jake. And I'm usually not one to immediately point to race.
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  • creepycoug
    creepycoug Member Posts: 24,380
    Doogles said:

    creepycoug said:

    UW_Doog_Bot said:

    Had to go to school during his era. He came back to play ball at our then loser school instead of being drafted after already coming to our then loser school in the first place. Was not surprised at all by his early retirement. Dude always did what he thought was right for him regardless of what anyone else said.

    Objectively, I recognize he wasn't a great QB. My doog heart will always love the guy for picking UW as the home town team and then winning us a shitty Holiday Bowl after the dark dark years.

    I get that. What I don't get is why there isn't even a fraction of the same appreciation for Isiah Stanback, who was arguably the best pure athlete to play football at UW (or in the Pac 12).
    Fuck this debate again! Stanback didn't pop off in the Holiday Bowl, plus Jake was a much more exciting runner.
    Love 'em both!
    Oh, sorry. I didn't realize "but Holiday Bowl". That makes everything perfectly clear now.
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  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,632 Founders Club
    creepycoug said:

    Doogles said:

    creepycoug said:

    UW_Doog_Bot said:

    Had to go to school during his era. He came back to play ball at our then loser school instead of being drafted after already coming to our then loser school in the first place. Was not surprised at all by his early retirement. Dude always did what he thought was right for him regardless of what anyone else said.

    Objectively, I recognize he wasn't a great QB. My doog heart will always love the guy for picking UW as the home town team and then winning us a shitty Holiday Bowl after the dark dark years.

    I get that. What I don't get is why there isn't even a fraction of the same appreciation for Isiah Stanback, who was arguably the best pure athlete to play football at UW (or in the Pac 12).
    Fuck this debate again! Stanback didn't pop off in the Holiday Bowl, plus Jake was a much more exciting runner.
    Love 'em both!
    Oh, sorry. I didn't realize "but Holiday Bowl". That makes everything perfectly clear now.
    Stanback got screwed by Ty and injured. Still kept battling. Watched that guy having to hoof it across campus on crutches. Idk if he could have been great but he certainly could have been better than Brownsocks if given the opportunity.
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