and thought it was just one week ago today that I got up all excited to go watch the worst Husky Rose Bowl performance of my lifetime.
Then I thought about what I watched last night
Then I decided to pick some message bored fights on coaching, recruiting, and how do we find a way to beat Cal.
If we don't at least get as excited about branding and recruiting as Oregon does and we don't, how are we going to Dabo our way to the top? We have as good of a DC as Venables. I really believe this. But we're miles to go on offense both in coaching and players. I'll settle for a REAL O line for now.
The biggest disappointment in the 5 years so far is the inability to steal even one win or to show up ready to play every week or to have some sort of competent special teams
I do know it can change and we are recruiting better but it doesn't matter what we? think it matters what Petermen's bosses think
If you have a coach that can beat better teams before we are even in players you have an elite coach. Pete is a conundrum. I just hope he isn't Kirk Ferentz
Elite coaches should be able to get atleast one upset/surprise/big win in 5 years, even if they luck into it.
even with slightly deficient talent
Pete used to do it at Boise.
Here? Not so much.
UW will never have the institutional culture, structure or support that the schools in the South have created. NEVER.
The likelihood that UW will ever achieve a top 10 composite roster regularly better than Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, FSU, USC, Clemson, LSU, Michigan, UT, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Florida, or Penn State is rather low.
It was always going to take top 5 coaching, mixed with top 15ish recruiting talent to win big at UW. It was always going to take a top tier coach overcoming a small as possible talent deficiency to win big, like BSU over Oregon or Oklahoma.
Recruiting matters, it matters a lot, there is room to improve, but the ceiling really isnt that far away.
Coaching matters, it matters a lot, so far Pete is miles away from what people thought his coaching ceiling was.
If Pete needs top 5-10 recruited talent on the roster to win a big game NOW then he is never going to win a big game and he's not an elite coach. No ammount of UW recruiting at its ceiling is going to change that.
Our driving Sark to his drug-induced meltdown was, at the time, a big upset. I’ll willing to give Peterman the benefit of the doubt on it being a Brownsocks limitation...but that excuse is now gone.
Elite coaches should be able to get atleast one upset/surprise/big win in 5 years, even if they luck into it.
even with slightly deficient talent
Pete used to do it at Boise.
Here? Not so much.
UW will never have the institutional culture, structure or support that the schools in the South have created. NEVER.
The likelihood that UW will ever achieve a top 10 composite roster regularly better than Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, FSU, USC, Clemson, LSU, Michigan, UT, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Florida, or Penn State is rather low.
It was always going to take top 5 coaching, mixed with top 15ish recruiting talent to win big at UW. It was always going to take a top tier coach overcoming a small as possible talent deficiency to win big, like BSU over Oregon or Oklahoma.
Recruiting matters, it matters a lot, there is room to improve, but the ceiling really isnt that far away.
Coaching matters, it matters a lot, so far Pete is miles away from what people thought his coaching ceiling was.
If Pete needs top 5-10 recruited talent on the roster to win a big game NOW then he is never going to win a big game and he's not an elite coach. No ammount of UW recruiting at its ceiling is going to change that.
Our driving Sark to his drug-induced meltdown was, at the time, a big upset. I’ll willing to give Peterman the benefit of the doubt on it being a Brownsocks limitation...but that excuse is now gone.
We're missing a killer instinct, with or without Brownsocks
Elite coaches should be able to get atleast one upset/surprise/big win in 5 years, even if they luck into it.
even with slightly deficient talent
Pete used to do it at Boise.
Here? Not so much.
UW will never have the institutional culture, structure or support that the schools in the South have created. NEVER.
The likelihood that UW will ever achieve a top 10 composite roster regularly better than Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, FSU, USC, Clemson, LSU, Michigan, UT, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Florida, or Penn State is rather low.
It was always going to take top 5 coaching, mixed with top 15ish recruiting talent to win big at UW. It was always going to take a top tier coach overcoming a small as possible talent deficiency to win big, like BSU over Oregon or Oklahoma.
Recruiting matters, it matters a lot, there is room to improve, but the ceiling really isnt that far away.
Coaching matters, it matters a lot, so far Pete is miles away from what people thought his coaching ceiling was.
If Pete needs top 5-10 recruited talent on the roster to win a big game NOW then he is never going to win a big game and he's not an elite coach. No ammount of UW recruiting at its ceiling is going to change that.
Our driving Sark to his drug-induced meltdown was, at the time, a big upset. I’ll willing to give Peterman the benefit of the doubt on it being a Brownsocks limitation...but that excuse is now gone.
We're missing a killer instinct, with or without Brownsocks
On offense agree completely...the D looked like shit in the Rose Bowl but for the most part they have held up well in big games. I’m just hoping the offense is more a Brownsocks phenomenon than a team phenomenon.
Heard today that Clemson has 5 people in the AD whose sole job it is to market the program and reach out to recruits via social media. That is literally all they are paid to do all day, every day.
Did you hear their players recruiting kids at the post-game last night?
Doesn’t UW have some cunt in the athletic department that tweets #scoduck and some bullishlt? Send that bitch packing. Fuck
I miss my old animated Captain Obvious before this asshole flooded the market.
One thing to keep in mind, look at our? NY6 draws. Alebama, Penn with Saquon, and Ohio State. It’s not like we? lucked into a matchup against Notre Dame, Miami, UCF or Michigan even. Those are games that with our? talent we should lose. Auburn was a clusterfuck, and a game we? should have won without needing any luck.
We need to get over this NY6 hump. Happy we are winning P12 titles again regardless of the state of the conference but it is time to beat someone else. I think overcoming Bama would have been tough, I don't think we had the bullets for that game but should have at least gone 1 of 2 against PSU/OSU. This year felt the most winnable and it is Petersen's fault we relied on noodle dick to pass us to victory when he had failed in that exact moment every other time.
Petersen is David Shaw until proven otherwise. A stubborn, offensive-minded coach that runs his system to a fault. The difference is Shaw has won the big game (though his Rose Bowls were against Iowa and Wisconsin) and we haven't (Bama, Penn State, OSU).
Both teams will be in contention to win the North every year, but sometimes the results leave a lot to be desired.
Shaw benefitted from inheriting a good team and Andrew Luck, but he was able to beat Oregon when they were on top and get 2 Rose Bowl W's. Petersen benefitted from a shit conference and winning against teams we? should beat, but shitting the bed in the big games.
Elite coaches should be able to get atleast one upset/surprise/big win in 5 years, even if they luck into it. even with slightly deficient talent
UW will never have the institutional culture, structure or support that the schools in the South have created. NEVER. .
Lou Holtz was brilliant at ND in this perspective.
Second point, is almost a non-starter. The loser mentality of Seattle will always lower the ceiling, especially with the “progressives” on campus, which is an additional battle any UW Coach has to battle, while others are spending their energy reloading.
Petersen is David Shaw until proven otherwise. A stubborn, offensive-minded coach that runs his system to a fault. The difference is Shaw has won the big game (though his Rose Bowls were against Iowa and Wisconsin) and we haven't (Bama, Penn State, OSU).
Both teams will be in contention to win the North every year, but sometimes the results leave a lot to be desired.
Shaw benefitted from inheriting a good team and Andrew Luck, but he was able to beat Oregon when they were on top and get 2 Rose Bowl W's. Petersen benefitted from a shit conference and winning against teams we? should beat, but shitting the bed in the big games.
Petersen >> Shaw rather easily. No one on this bored would trade Pete for Shaw
No one on this board would deny that Shaw has achieved more than Pete to this point.
No doubt about that. He has arguably produced the most accomplished program in the conference over his tenure. He also produces some serious "WTF did he just do?" moments at the worst possible time in some games, but he's a winner overall and puts up a serious fight in big time games.
Pete has UW feeling way too much like oregon in terms of big game accomplishments. Sucks big time in this area. Who knows though, Eason for brownshorts is a huge upgrade. Maybe this crop of youngsters coupled with a leader like Skinny changes big game performance. Hate to say it, but until they turn that corner, it's hard to get too excited about Husky Football.
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Both teams will be in contention to win the North every year, but sometimes the results leave a lot to be desired.
Shaw benefitted from inheriting a good team and Andrew Luck, but he was able to beat Oregon when they were on top and get 2 Rose Bowl W's. Petersen benefitted from a shit conference and winning against teams we? should beat, but shitting the bed in the big games.
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Second point, is almost a non-starter. The loser mentality of Seattle will always lower the ceiling, especially with the “progressives” on campus, which is an additional battle any UW Coach has to battle, while others are spending their energy reloading.
Pete has UW feeling way too much like oregon in terms of big game accomplishments. Sucks big time in this area. Who knows though, Eason for brownshorts is a huge upgrade. Maybe this crop of youngsters coupled with a leader like Skinny changes big game performance. Hate to say it, but until they turn that corner, it's hard to get too excited about Husky Football.