Comments on: VISITING LECTURER: ENJOY THE ENJOYMENT ON WASHINGTON

By: sineptafgib

sineptafgib — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:01:39 +0000

No one is saying that RN’s classes weren’t highly rated. They were because they were loaded with big time skill position players ala Reggie Williams and Paul Arnold. The problem was the team became depleted in the trenches under his reign and the program collapsed as a result.
Of course Im not happy with the current state of affairs. No one is. But if you’re looking for someone to blame, look at RN and not TW, who inherited a steaming pile of crap.
Willingham’s most recent class is definitely a step in the right direction…

By: Michael Cummings

Michael Cummings — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:26:20 +0000

Sineptafgib: I share your pain, but you need to check your facts. Take rivals, scout, or any other objective recruiting ratings and compare Neuheisel to any coach since or Lambright. Not considering rankings important is exactly one of the anti-Neuheisel mentalities that has led to disaster since he left. And you must be kidding about our line recruiting since he left. Tell me about any highly rated linemen that have been recruited since he left, compared to when he was here. Please present some facts to support your contentions. I don’t mean to knock Lambright, but I think it was felt that RN was a better national recruiter for the top players and had more potential to deliver titles. I noticed you didn’t say you are happier about the program overall now than when RN was here? How many years after he is gone are you going to blame him for the dismal state of the program? Do you think the anti-RN mentality has produced positive results,either now or over the next few years? Even with Locker there just aren’t enough quality recruits to compete with most of the rest of the PAC-10, all recruited by coaches since RN (except perhaps the best, Garcia, ironically enough recruited by RN!) I hope I am wrong, because I am a HUGE Husky fan. GET OVER RN and let’s move on. RN has moved on and now has one of the best jobs in the nation at UCLA. Just think with facts and not emotions like a jilted lover. lol
MC

By: sineptafgib

sineptafgib — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:06:39 +0000

Michael Cummings– What’s the matter the with you? The fact Slick Rick’s recruiting directly led to the demise of UW football is so objectively obvious as to be beyond contention. That his classes “could have been better balanced” is the understatement of the decade. That’s like slapping the torso of a gorilla on the legs of a meerkat and remarking “hmm, could be better balanced.”

And to say the Huskies became mediocre under Lambright isn’t really fair given that Lambright inherited the team during a period when they were ineligible for bowl play due to probation and did nothing but guide them to the winningest record in the Pac10 in the 90s. Neuheisell won a Rose Bowl with a team full of Lambright’s players (that he recruited while on probation), including Tui and a massive, dominant Offensive Line.

I’m saddened any UW fan could think R.N. did anything but run the ship into the rocks…

By: Eirishis

Eirishis — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:19:08 +0000

Yes, but Wooderson, now Ty can play with HIS players against DSA’s players. Before, DSA won with Ty’s players, the ones he supposedly couldn’t recruit.

[collapses on his own circuitous argument, hates self]

By: wooderson

wooderson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:49:26 +0000

Um, Ty finally gets a chance to play ND?

He already had a chance. In Seattle.

They lost 36-17. I believe it was 31-3 at one point. Not even close.

I always respected UW, I hope they see the light and can his ass after the season is over.

By: Last Dragon

Last Dragon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:41:37 +0000

Do you have a man crush on Slick Rick????

By: Michael Cummings

Michael Cummings — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:56:54 +0000

As a huge Husky fan, I completely disagree with the assertion Rick Neuheisel’s recruiting was somehow responsible for the demise of Washington as a college football power. I realize there are angry fans out there but the FACTS to do support the notion. I have LOTS of examples, but let’s just start with these. Under Lambright the Huskies became average, and have been horrible ever since Neuheisel left, and the mentality (proven dead wrong) became to recruit the run the program as the anti-Neuheisel approach. Every objective analysis of recruiting classes have put Neuheisel’s classes and BY FAR the best overall since some by James. What system are you using that says otherwise, particularly just before Neuheisel came and since he left? Losing the # ranked OL in the) to a back injury before getting to play for the Huskies hurt, but when was the last time and when will be the next time we recruit the #1 OL in the nation. Some other quality OL left or were run out after he left. The only truly quailty and hightly ranked one we have now (Garcia) was,ironically, recruited by GUESS WHO. Oh, and when have the Huskies ended the season ranked #3, and when do you think that will happen again, with this ridiculous anti-Neiheisel mentality, which has led to ruin. We should recruit the BEST PLAYERS, period, and just because they are tough, or from WA, etc., alone is not enough. Perhaps some of his classes could have been better balanced, but he rightfully took the best players, by every objective measure. I’ll be happy to elaborate further but the general points are clear. But perhaps the biggest problem is that with Neuheisel the program was FUN. He was a great interview, FAR more intelligent (the only place TW might match him), insightful, funny, and informative than any other recent WA coach. Practices were open, the Huskies were winning, the player’s names were on the uniforms (even TW can learn from his mistakes, as knowing the players is important to fans), fans were enthusiastic, the stadium was full, life was good for Husky fans. He is gone, and you now have what you have wished for, the anti-Neuheisel. Revel in it if you must, but I liked it much better then. Hopefully, the Husky Nation will rise again. Just don’t scapegoat the man inaccurately who led the Huskies and their fans to their most successful seasons since James,

By: Jesus

Jesus — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:47:32 +0000

Thee holiest specimens of athleticism from Notre Dame square off against thee very man who once blindly led them into battle some four years ago. Tyrone was an angel who hath fallen from grace; he is now a shell of a man, a cowardly, petty soul more concerned about chipping in for birdie than leading his �proud young men� to victory. His Huskies of Washington shall fall once again to the mighty, all-knowing Charlie Weis. Mortals mistake Charlie�s body as being made of fat; these fools are gravely mistaken. For on the third day when I created Charlie Weis for all the ends of Earth to either enjoy or loathe, I evenly dispersed his brains throughout his body and made it appear as fat. I knew if I shaped his skull large enough to contain all the brains it takes to lead thee holy men of Notre Dame to victory it would be so large that he would be persecuted by thee public far worse than if I made him appear fat. �Go ahead and mock thy belly, LSUFreek,� says the omniscient Charlie Weis, �for when Saint Peter judges you at the gates of Heaven and sees that you mocked the leader of Notre Dame Football during your time on Earth, he will stone you until you fall into Lucifer�s lap.�

Notre Dame 349
Washington 2

-Jesus

By: fife in the bay

fife in the bay — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:43:34 +0000

Seth,

I enjoyed your article a while back that called out how ex-NFL coaches were no good in college.

Keep up the good work buddy!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:18:13 +0000

fife in the bay — when you write two sentences, it’s usually not necessary to start the second one with “in closing.”

By: fife in the bay

fife in the bay — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:27:09 +0000

@ RRTX Coug

didn’t see anything about completion percentage. in closing, you ain’t got nothin’ to do but get drunk and smoke weed, and not go to class because you’re too tired from doing what you’re doing.

By: RRTX Coug

RRTX Coug — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:21:00 +0000

Yeah that 47% completion rate is really Tebow-esque.

By: Tyrone Willingham

Tyrone Willingham — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:17:58 +0000

Tyrone Willingham says this preview of Tyrone Willingham’s team is bullshit.

By: yoyofutbawl

yoyofutbawl — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:10:10 +0000

HIS COACHNESS is upset with this continued criticism and will rain fire and brimstone on greater Seattle if there is not a sacrifice of 20 fatted oxen on the U-Dub campus by Noon PDT tomorrow.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:06:59 +0000

The ND-Washington game’s going to be fun. As an Irish, fan, I am of course hoping for a hideous blowout in our favor, but I’d settle for Robert Hughes just taking it to the lack of a front seven all day long.