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Where Exactly Are We Headed: A Response

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  • Thebourbinator
    Thebourbinator Member Posts: 664

    How many times did Kirk or Reece describe a UW player as "undersized."

    I like BBK, I like Myles Bryant, sometimes I even like Baccellia.

    But when we face off against a team of elite and large athletes like OSU the difference is stark. That #2 DE was ridiculous how fast he could move at 6'5" and 265 lb.

    Sure, maybe CP could have schemed better and eked out a win if everything went our way.

    But we were outmatched physically and athletically at almost every position on the field.

    That is changing with the last two classes.

    My husband was busy doodling and looked up at the tv for a minute and was like “the ohio state players just look... bigger.” A casual observer can recognize that immediately, and Pete recognizes that after getting beat up on by blue bloods recently, hence the sudden surge in recruiting those thicc bois. Boneheaded playcalling aside, he knows we? aren’t there yet, and I’m hopeful for Washington 2.0. I’m also very ready for these adidas jerseys and the off-season hype that’s all going to provide.
  • Fear_Boner
    Fear_Boner Member Posts: 808
    Fire Paopao and Boner too. And hire more black coaches. Real ones. Not the fake mufuccas.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,657 Standard Supporter
    edited January 2019

    Obligatory:



    God, there's a lot of times when I wish that goofy fuck was still POTUS.

    Either that or William Jefferson banging hot chicks like Gina Gershon and Liz Hurley.




  • FremontTroll
    FremontTroll Member Posts: 4,744
    dhdawg said:

    If you watched that game and think UW would have won if only the coaches had schemed better than you're the doog.

    Some of you are really simplistic fucks. If a bunch of sweatpants warriors in their dads' basements are aware that Gaskin and Bryant are UW's best players do ya think Urban Meyer might have been able to figure that out too in his month to prepare?

    Again. No one is suggesting this. Of course we need more talent. Look at all the mediocre teams that played Ohio State tough this year. Did they have more talent than us? Fuck no. Ohio State has a god awful defense and we put up 3 points in 3 quarters.

    It's a combination of inept offensive coaching that has been a problem since Petersen arrives as well as talent deficiences.
    Many posters were suggesting this was all on the coaches for not preparing and scheming better while completely ignoring the talent and size disparity that I pointed out

    A football is a slippery oblong object that bounces funny and two or three of those funny bounces can distort a small sample of 150 plays (a single game.)

    But for the most part Ohio State continued to blow its opponents out this year like they do every year.

    If we want to match up evenly (not just eke out one lucky win) with an Ohio State or a Clemson we need to keep LEVELING UP our talent. Which we are currently doing!
  • DoogCourics
    DoogCourics Member Posts: 5,739

    Good analysis @DoogCourics

    I'd say just based on my limited knowledge that at the least, the 16 needs to turn into a 7 or 8 to really get to the playoff contender/legititmate top 5 elite status. Maybe 10 but no lower. Oregon under Kelly was around 10-12 in that metric IIRC. I'm way too lazy to research it.

    So can that be done with the recruiting church boy strategy? You almost need some assholes who steal cars or prima donnas


    @Fire_Marshall_Bill , another question and another answer.

    To address this, I bring forth Clemson under Dabo Sweeney as the example. They have often been cited as a good comparison to UW in regards to history, resources, etc.



    Clemson Recruiting:

    2009 Recruiting Class - 36th in Country - 6 Four Stars - 7 Three Stars - 89.91 Average Composite - 6 Blue Chip

    2010 Recruiting Class - 27th in Country - 6 Four Stars - 15 Three Stars - 85.94 Average Composite - 6 Blue Chip

    2011 Recruiting Class - 10th in Country - 3 Five Stars - 6 Four Stars - 20 Three Stars - 87.17 Average Composite - 9 Blue Chip

    2012 Recruiting Class - 20th in Country - 10 Four Stars - 10 Three Stars - 89.03 Average Composite - 10 Blue Chip

    2013 Recruiting Class - 15th in Country - 1 Five Star - 10 Four Stars - 11 Three Stars - 88.46 Average Composite - 11 Blue Chip

    2014 Recruiting Class - 16th in Country - 10 Four Stars - 9 Three Stars - 88.69 Average Composite - 10 Blue Chip

    2015 Recruiting Class - 9th in Country - 3 Five Stars - 9 Four Stars - 12 Three Stars - 89.12 Average Composite - 12 Blue Chip

    2016 Recruiting Class - 11th in Country - 1 Five Star - 11 Four Stars - 8 Three Stars - 90.30 Average Composite - 12 Blue Chip

    2017 Recruiting Class - 16th in Country - 2 Five Stars - 8 Four Stars - 4 Three Stars - 92.10 Average Composite - 10 Blue Chip

    2018 Recruiting Class - 7th in Country - 5 Five Stars - 7 Four Stars - 5 Three Stars - 93.45 Average Composite - 12 Blue Chip

    2019 Recruiting Class - 5th in Country - 2 Five Stars - 11 Four Stars - 14 Three Stars - 90.40 Average Composite - 13 Blue Chip



    As you can see Clemson toiled in the 15th or worse range for the first 6 years before they finally had their big break thru in 2015. During that time their average player was less than 89 on the composite rating. But they continued to stack double digit Blue Chip recruits each year which got them to above 50% Blue Chip Ratio. As soon as that class in year 7 popped, they made the Playoffs the following 4 years. Even then, only a couple of those classes were top 10 in the country. But the amount of Blue Chips and the quality of the average player (above 90 in the composite) has stayed consistent.

    Add in Dabo's coaching and development, and you have a fucking juggernaut.



    Washington Recruiting for Comparison:

    2015 Recruiting Class - 26th in Country - 5 Four Stars - 18 Three Stars - 85.77 Average Composite - 5 Blue Chip

    2016 Recruiting Class - 29th in Country - 7 Four Stars - 10 Three Stars - 87.42 Average Composite - 7 Blue Chip

    2017 Recruiting Class - 22nd in Country - 9 Four Stars - 9 Three Stars - 88.45 Average Composite - 9 Blue Chip

    2018 Recruiting Class - 16th in Country - 10 Four Stars - 10 Three Stars - 90.21 Average Composite - 10 Blue Chip

    2019 Recruiting Class - 16th in Country - 11 Four Stars - 9 Three Stars - 89.74 Average Composite - 11 Blue Chip


    Likely an additional 2-3 Blue Chip will be added in this 2019 Class.




    The first 5 years under Petersen has followed the same 5 year trend under Swinney in regards to talent acquisition. Yes, Petersen is leveling up the team in regards to pure talent.

    The big difference is that after Dabo lost his NY6 Bowl in year 3, he started winning all his bowl games. He had the right staff, right philosophies, and right coaching to use that talent to win.

    That's the major failing of Pete to this point.
  • Dennis_DeYoung
    Dennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754
    Houhusky said:

    PurpleJ said:

    Recruiting won't change the fact that Pete is too retarded to run the fucking ball.

    Pete system does not allow for him to beat an elite talent team with good/decent coaching.

    UW/Pete has to be able to beat teams that have better “talent” or this is the cap... UW is never going to have more 4 and 5 stars than Clemson, Alabama, Ohio state, UT, Georgia, USC, tamu, Michigan, Norte dame, penn state, or 5-10 other schools with any sort of regularity.

    The system is decent at winning games he is supposed to and good at not getting blown out in a loss to teams he is supposed to lose too.

    Big games, important games, are won by players transcending the scheme and coaching and putting everyone on their back and dragging the team to victory...

    Pete’s culture and scheme is so strict and ridged there is an upward cap that prevents players transcending the game, he can’t win the games he isn’t supposed to win like he could at Boise.

    Yah yah, recruiting is important, just wait till 2021! Then the offense will work!
    Houhusky said:

    PurpleJ said:

    Recruiting won't change the fact that Pete is too retarded to run the fucking ball.

    Pete system does not allow for him to beat an elite talent team with good/decent coaching.

    UW/Pete has to be able to beat teams that have better “talent” or this is the cap... UW is never going to have more 4 and 5 stars than Clemson, Alabama, Ohio state, UT, Georgia, USC, tamu, Michigan, Norte dame, penn state, or 5-10 other schools with any sort of regularity.

    The system is decent at winning games he is supposed to and good at not getting blown out in a loss to teams he is supposed to lose too.

    Big games, important games, are won by players transcending the scheme and coaching and putting everyone on their back and dragging the team to victory...

    Pete’s culture and scheme is so strict and ridged there is an upward cap that prevents players transcending the game, he can’t win the games he isn’t supposed to win like he could at Boise.

    Yah yah, recruiting is important, just wait till 2021! Then the offense will work!
    This is fucking retarded.
  • TTJ
    TTJ Member Posts: 4,827

    ...But we were outmatched physically and athletically at almost every position on the field.

    That is changing with the last two classes.

    It’s changing on defense. But defense hasn’t been the problem.

    I don’t see a huge offensive talent upgrade on the horizon—other than at QB.