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1 minute ago, Tex Pete said:
Apropos of nothing, Jake Locker is one of the most overrated QBs in history. Never did shit.
I always thought he was overrated myself, but he was still a fine PAC QB.
Anyway, I've been speaking about this subject through a recruiting and talent lens, but I see how it can get off the rails so I'll stop discussing it.
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Just now, Getafix said:
Snarky bot is the best bot.
If it isn't an actually copy and past of a tweet about a recruit, is it even recruiting talk, bro?
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Just now, Burt Macklin said:
This is a massive exaggeration. Willingham wasn’t good, but he actually took over a 1-10 UW team in 2004 and got them to 5-7 and 4-9. They were probably going to win about 5 games in 2008, but then Locker got hurt and Willingham didn’t have anything behind him.
So basically Sark took over a program that had performed about the same as UT under Charlie (albeit with less talent but did inherit Jake Locker) and then went 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, and 8-4. He didn’t exactly work miracles, but he also didn’t have a ton to work with. You definitely would’ve liked to see his team improve more in his last 2 seasons when he had turned over the roster. In 2011 and 2012, they were around 50th in SP+. Doing that in 2012 when it was pretty much his roster was not good. To his credit, UW was 15th in the country in 2013 per SP+ and went 0-2 in one score games, so he was probably a bit unlucky and should’ve been 9-3. Still not amazing but decent.
He then goes to a USC team that went 10-4 the year before and was 10th in SP+ which returned about 5 All-Americans, its QB, 3 starting OL, and was loaded at the skill positions, though it did have some scholarship restrictions. He went 9-4 and regressed to 22nd in SP+ and then got fired the next year.
Overall, he has a very mixed bag as a HC. You can say that he’s grown since then and his alcoholism likely played into his struggles, but we don’t actually know how much he’s improved as a HC or how much more in control he’ll be of his issues. Beyond that, he’s been a HC for 6 and a half years and never won double digit games. I do think his coaching staff at UT is his best yet, but he also had Wilcox as a DC for multiple years, who’s no slouch.
Tl;dr There are plenty of things to be excited about with Sark, but also some serious reasons for caution. Maybe we keep that concept in our head instead of freaking out whenever anyone points out that Sark isn’t a guaranteed thing.
Me and you have argued about this before. And like I said before, I don't give a fuck who your QB is, 0-12 means you have some serious fucking roster issues. Going 0-12 REALLY is hard.
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Just now, Machinator said:
J.T. Tuimolau
Just now, Machinator said:In actual recruiting news, an Oregon 247 mod says we're making a push with J.T. Tuimolau:
Ohio State and Alabama have been the two schools standing out front for the five-star for the past few months and each is trying to eliminate the remaining contenders as signing day nears. Oregon isn’t going to go quietly though as the Ducks push to break the distance that Ohio State and Alabama are working to create.
While not in his top five, Texas is making a late entrance to the party with Steve Sarkisian coming to the Longhorns from Alabama and bringing a top notch staff with him that includes Washington’s former defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski. USC also is looking to improve their standing and is hoping to make a run as well.
The one thing that can almost be assured at this point in the race for JT is that this won’t be settled early next month. In fact, I’d make the wager that we’ll see this outlast the dead period meaning that there’s the possibility that JT can make the desired visits to his finalists before making a decision.
Niiice
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Just now, UncleSonny said:
I'm in no way defending how shitty that team was but out of curiosity I looked up that 2008 Washington schedule and they had an brutally tough slate. Their ooc games were BYU, OU, and Notre Dame (Charlie Weis version, but still). Played three teams that finished top ten (OU, USC, Oregon). Played 6 teams that finished in the top 25.
Did almost get a win in the Apple Cup against a terrible Washington State team that only won a single other game but lost what had to be an absolute classic in double overtime 16-13.
Sorry for the digression but not like we're super focused here at the moment. I'm drinking the Sark Kool-Aid completely but I appreciate golfclap's attempt to keep us relatively grounded. Every concern he's brought up is reasonable. Anyway, it's Tuesday, hopefully we get some good news soon.
It's absolutely fair to question things, I've got no issues with that. I'll just argue them if I don't agree.
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3 minutes ago, Fud said:
Sark had mediocre results as a head coach. He got Washington out of the basement, but plateaued shortly after.
I'd argue his last season (the team finished 9-4, he left for USC after 8-4) gets lost, especially in the context that the program was beyond dick down in the dirt when he took over, far worse off than anything we've seen here. Some people on here have really underestimated just how bad 0-12 really is. And they weren't only 0-12, they had only won 12 games in the previous five years period. He inherited all of that shit, and turned it into 9 wins while he was there. Petersen would take Washington to the CFP with Sark's last two recruiting classes.
Sark is starting off here with a program that is in a much better situation. 100X better. It's not even debatable.
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1 minute ago, Machinator said:
For fuck's sake, can't y'all find somewhere on the football board to have this debate?
Hey go bitch about it on the football board!
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3 minutes ago, Foosters said:
Is Sark going to be leasing an apartment atop a bar on 6th St?
Apparently he sleeps out by the Salvation Army on 8th.
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2 minutes ago, golfclap said:
What is the imaginary shit?
That a recovering alcoholic, five years sober (hopefully), is going to have a harder time staying off the sauce in Austin vs. anywhere else he'll be coaching on the planet, just because Austin "parties hard as fuck." So does Tuscaloosa. So does Atlanta. So does just about anywhere if you're an alcoholic.
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15 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:
With all due respect - the idea that Austin offers more temptations to an alcoholic than anywhere else is stupid as fuck.
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16 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:
With all due respect - the idea that Austin offers more temptations to an alcoholic than anywhere else is stupid as fuck.
Absolutely. It's all dependent on the personality of the individual, for starters. For seconds, Austin offers a very public drinking scene, like most any major city. I would imagine Sark is smart enough to booze privately, if he is going to.
There are going to be concerns with Sark, from alcohol to decisions he's made with the staff etc..., but there doesn't need to be any sanding of our vaginas over imaginary shit.
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2 hours ago, TexArcher said:
I'm expecting a phone call myself. I sent them some screen shots of my NCAA 2013 dynasty's success. I can do offense and defense myself and save them some money on coordinators. And I'm not the worst option that's been mentioned.
but do you know Christ to be your lord and savior?
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4 minutes ago, Hate said:
If Frazier isn’t announce today can we assume that it is going to be bieniemy?
That's possible. Of course, they could do a last minute interview with another team's third string quarterback.
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Just sitting here waiting on the latest reports of dysfunction to drop.
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Only question I have is when will Stewart get his fifth star now that he’ll be committing to Texas? #BOMC
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Is Refugio not in that territory?
Refugio is about 70 miles south of Cuero (Whittington), which is about 12 miles south of Yoakum (Moore), which is about 15 miles south of Hallettsville (Brooks), which is about 12 miles east of Shiner (Brooks). -
I know a guy who knows Stewart. He says Stewart really likes Texas now that Sark is there, and that Texas has his attention. My guy gave me this information publicly on a message board when I saw him post for the first time, so you can say we’re “tight.”
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Roach's ears found a new street:
SpoilerJust got a text that indicates something may have indeed changed. I’ve got to have way more before I feel good enough to put a pick in but I’ve discovered the first signs of life to that theory.
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2 minutes ago, canadianhorn21 said:
Also he is getting a bit pissy over there. Someone Mentioned the Farrell pick and his response was that he actually met the kid in person before hahaha
and he's "tight" with some people around him. ya dig?
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6 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:
Every coach has their demons, but excuse me if I'm worried that we followed this illustrious group with a guy that was drunk on the sideline as head coach of a blue blood.
I can get people being worried, it's just difficult to debate these things when one side is presenting their case through a lens where the expectation is that the coach shows up drunk and naked during pre-game warm-ups 2-3 seasons from now.
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3 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:I don't trust Sark to be here for very long
I mean if we start out there ^
and then we end down here:
3 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:Imo, there will be a direct correlation with this class and whether it will be a HC promotion from within or a regime change in 2-3 years.
Relax a little bit, man.
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Just now, texifornia said:
a) I like having a bluechip WR like us on merit for once
Okay you have this one. This LAST one. Then it's bags across the face time.
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5 minutes ago, texifornia said:
Eh, he's liked us for a long time and we hired a coach with a track record of optimizing WRs. Might have a normal bit of moral fuzziness, but this one's made sense since Sark was hired.
Hey wet blanket go chill and let us pretend that the new staff just popped the bag cherry. Thx.
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