Seto offered the DC job

by John Berkowitz on Dec 13, 2008 12:55 AM PST

Steve Sarkisian is in California this weekend helping prepare the USC Trojans for the Rose Bowl. He is expected back in Seattle on Monday. Expect most of the staff to be finalized next week when he gets back.

According to papers in LA Rocky Seto has been offered the DC position at Washington. Most people think that is the only way he will make the move. His potential hiring will finish off the staff on the defensive side of the ball.

Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times reports in his blog tonight that QB Dominique Blackman won't be coming to Washington and that Coach Sarkisian has told him the best thing for him to do is to open his recruiting again.

Blackman didn't make it in last Fall after failing to qualify but according to him he was now qualified and was looking forward to enrolling at UW in January. What it looks like is Sarkisian would rather have that spot open for somebody else in the future.

Blackman was one of the top QB recruits in the West last year until he was suspended at the start of his senior season for a violation of team rules. We have heard some other stories about Blackman that indicate a lack of maturity which most likely helped figure in the decision.

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Any word on Seto...

what is the good word on him?

by bigdave967 on Dec 13, 2008 5:52 AM PST reply actions

SETO

I just goggled his name to find info an it sounds like he is a good recruiter and that he coaches his dbs with the passion we want but to answer if he will be a go DC that is only to be seen on the field

by Go Dawgs on Dec 13, 2008 8:42 AM PST reply actions

A little weird

Don’t coaches usually hire a coordinator before launching out to assistants? It sounds as if Rocky Seto who is aligned to be our next defensive cooridnator is the final piece of putting our defensive coaches together. What if our DC (Seto) has a major philosophical or strategy issue with a defensive assistant who was hired before he? But I guess that is why they are paid the big bucks…

by crazidawg on Dec 13, 2008 8:49 AM PST up reply actions

Re: SETO

I really like his energy and style as a coach…but we will not know how good a DC he will become. I watched a video of him at USC and he is a terrific coach, good motivator, I like how he interacts with players.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HRb1YN7aV4

Will he be a good DC…..I agree with Go Dawgs in that it will be evident on the field.

by DawgMan44 on Dec 13, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions

Out with the old - In with the new: Blackman was a Ty spread recruit

I saw this story coming. Steve Sarkisian is bringing in fundamentally a pro style attack. If I remember correctly Blackman was a spread kid. Sounds as if coach was honest up front with him.

I already like where we are headed! The pro style is the way to go. Everybody up in the NW is running some stupid version of the spread or gimmicky fly offense. Our offensive niche will be great for recruiting. Most of the top notch recruits want to eventually play pro ball. And if we are the only NW school offering on- the-job-training for the NFL’s pro style offense? Well then line up boys, we will make room for you on our roster.

Go Dawgs! WOOF!!!

by crazidawg on Dec 13, 2008 8:59 AM PST reply actions

Quarterback

Aren’t we getting a little thin at the position? Maybe Sark will bring in a JC guy?

by doubledeucedawg on Dec 13, 2008 9:46 AM PST reply actions

JC QB

I think it would be pretty tough to bring in a JUCO Qb with Jake Locker starting for two more years and Jake Heaps most likely waiting int he wings. Don’t forget that the kid they are bringing in this year, Keith Price, is a pretty good player.

by John Berkowitz on Dec 13, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah that's true...

…I just hope our depth doesn’t bite us.

by doubledeucedawg on Dec 13, 2008 1:22 PM PST up reply actions

It's not completely horrible

Jake, Ronnie, Luther Leonard, and Taylor Bean, plus you add Keith Price to the mix that’s 5 qbs. Ronnie just got murdered in the pocket from no protection, I think he is a better player than his numbers indicate. And Bean showed flashes of what he could do in the Cal game. I’m not going to worry unless we have an Oregon or a WSU situation where we are digging 3-4 rungs down.

by kolonelk on Dec 13, 2008 5:35 PM PST up reply actions

Hmmm...

I guess I look at it like who is in the mix after Jake and Ronnie? Ronnie needs some serious work as does Locker. Taylor Bean is a walkon and Luther Leonard is an unknown quantity. Hopefully all of them improve a lot under Coach Sark and the QB position will be stronger.

by doubledeucedawg on Dec 13, 2008 6:56 PM PST up reply actions

Lost recruiting year?

I’m surprised that we would let any recruit go. Usually when a coach comes in late, the class that year is small and weak, like 4 years ago. This tells me that either Blackman wouldn’t work out or Sark Daddy plans to get a good class this year! Simone and others are now reconsidering the UW.

Concerning QBs, we will have Jake I (not to be confused with Jake II, Heaps), Fouch, Bean, and a California kid that is excited about Sark. I don’t see a juco joining that group.

by dawgdude on Dec 13, 2008 10:47 AM PST reply actions

This may not be a stellar recruiting class, but I’ll bet that it will be above average, new coach and all. Remember Sark said he sold “vapor” before he even had a product. I believe this class will be as good as any class Ty brought in even though this is a transition period. Wait til next recruiting season after the fact that Sark gets this thing rolling in his first season. Alumni happy, boosters happy, student body happy, administration happy, fans happy, and above all players excited about what is in store for their program.

I think we are okay at QB for now. We’ve got a stud QB ready to go and a decent backup who played the majority of the season. I think the main reason we have not been very consistent at QB the last two years stems from teaching. Lappano’s offense wasn’t productive and couldn’t protect our quarterback. Get Sark’s offense up and running- we’ll be good to go.

by crazidawg on Dec 13, 2008 11:14 AM PST up reply actions

You've been drinking the Kool Aid!

I"m love the positive attitude, but reality is an average recruiting class would be a huge success right now, let alone an above average. As far as everybody you listed being happy, it will take one hell of a season to do that.

"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"

by Lear Pilot on Dec 13, 2008 1:27 PM PST up reply actions

Recruiting Class

If we end up inside the top fourty it is going to be a miracle. So much of it will be building momentum for 2010.

by John Berkowitz on Dec 13, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions

Willingham's last class

That class, on paper anyway, is one of the best ever. No way is this class going to even be close. I think it’ll be way better than it is now but right now it’s probably ranked near the bottom of division 1.

by doubledeucedawg on Dec 13, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions

A good class but wasted

It was a good class but because so many of them played before their time the impact they have in the future will be seriously mitigated.

by John Berkowitz on Dec 13, 2008 2:30 PM PST up reply actions

Unfortunate...

It’s unfortunate that so many guys had to play. I totally blame that on Willingham. If you’re doing your job you project the depth into the future and realize you have five receivers who will be graduating. You realize that after the 2007 season you’ll lose 3 out of four of your defensive lineman. Piss poor planning on his part. That being said there is still a lot of young talent on this team. Hopefully this staff will kick things into gear and develop these guys. I really help the new strength coach is good.

by doubledeucedawg on Dec 13, 2008 5:26 PM PST up reply actions

This Team Isn't That Bad

This team isn’t that bad fellas. Many coaches around the region have indicated that this is a pretty talented team. The problem I see is that it has been mis-managed for quite some time. Offensively we had decent talent at almost every position. I think Tim Lappano under Willingham did a horrible job with the talent- this would ultimately explain our loss to WSU.

Offensivley we couldn’t do anything right. Couldn’t run, couldn’t pass, couldn’t catch, couldn’t block, and above all coulldn’t score. Sark is going to be a HUGE difference maker on offense. We will move the ball and we will score in bunches.

Defensive is going to be the key to the season and it looks GOOD! Most of the secondary is back, our LBers are all coming back along with EJ, and the majority of our inexperienced yet talented D Line is coming back. The key on D will be the same as on offense and that my friends is the guy in charge. Sark’s biggest hire is at Defensive Coordinator and he must get it right! Get it right and the Dawgs will be going in the right direction.

I don’t know anything about Rocky Seto. All I know is that he is a USC assistant coach. To me at this particular juncture- hiring any USCer is GOOD! Bring in Seto and any other SCers you can get. I’m out…

by crazidawg on Dec 14, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions

Put down the kool aid!!!

This team in YOUNG, VERY VERY VERY YOUNG. I do think there is a lot of potential with the Freshmen class, but it will take until their junior year to see the impact of it.

"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"

by Lear Pilot on Dec 14, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions

Lear Pilot- I agree we were young freshmen during this last dissasterous 0-12 season. But after the beating these youngsters took, I would have to argue they are no longer freshmen.

Look at what a sophomore-led Husky basketball team did under Romar. Managed to get an invite to the NCAA tournament. The next season? A No.1 seed. We do have talent on the gridiron. We just need to build an offense around that talent and custom fit it. No Pac 10 championships next year, but a minor bowl is a distinct possiblity.

I respect Willingham’s coaching philosophy but it didn’t work at the UofW. I didn’t however like his offensive style. To run that sort of offense requires a seasoned bunch of studs. Ty believed in “execution” as the staple for his offense. Again execution works when you are loaded up front and have studs as playmakers. The sorry thing about Ty’s or Lappano’s offense is that it didn’t generate anything yet we continued to run it. Not sure but I think our offensive coaches were in over their heads. How else do you explain the same plays called one after the other with no success? Our offensive coaches had nothing else to call.

Sark is going to custom fit a pro style offense. Once the Rose Bowl is over, Sark will begin studying film of the players coming back and I’m willing to bet that he will spend probably until spring getting a custom fit offense ready for us to deploy.

Yes I drink the Kool Aid- it’s Grape flavor…
Go Dawgs! WOOF!!!

by crazidawg on Dec 14, 2008 12:48 PM PST up reply actions

Wow, I’m amazed at your ideas, they are, well, wrong.

The spread offense worked great last year (2007), I believe in the Oregon game we had 500-600 yards of offense, not too shabby. The only problem is Locker was the only QB we had to run it properly. Bowling Green and Utah didn’t have “a seasoned bunch of studs” yet Urban Meyer had those teams racking up the yards. Which leads to my next point . . .

Execution – If you can execute properly, you don’t need any studs on your team. If you are executing, your offense is working. Studs make small plays into big plays.

Do you know why less and less college teams run pro style offenses? Because they take better execution and better players to get the same result as other offense’s. We don’t have either, yet.

"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"

by Lear Pilot on Dec 14, 2008 6:23 PM PST up reply actions

Blackman

I honestly think Blackman was a huge behavioral risk. I was actually pretty surprised that the molder of men stuck with him.

by John Berkowitz on Dec 13, 2008 12:22 PM PST up reply actions

Stubborn...

…that would probably explain it.

by doubledeucedawg on Dec 13, 2008 1:24 PM PST up reply actions

Think Central

after the molder of young decided he couldn’t mold Blackman but that won’t be a problem anymore. I read that Blackman is maybe a bit like Jeremy(sp) Stephens, might not be worth the trouble he could bring..

by T9ODawg on Dec 13, 2008 2:43 PM PST up reply actions

I was thinking that too...

both behaviorally and position-wise.

by hairofthedawg on Dec 13, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions

why is nobody else

talking about ron english except dawgman?

by bigdave967 on Dec 14, 2008 9:20 AM PST reply actions

Ron English?

I’ll talk about Ron English. His resume is NOT that impressive. What did Louisville do this year? What kind of job did he do at Michigan? Who did he work for at Michigan? Lloyd Carr? How did Carr finish out his career?

Michigan hasn’t been “Meee-shigan” for quite some time. And why is English such a hot commodity nowadays? His Wolverine defenses were horrible! Remember the big No.1 Ohio State vs. No.2 Michigan game a few years ago? The score was something like 35-33. Serving up that many Buckeye points is not the least bit impressive, especially w/ Ohio State’s lethargic offense. In my book, Ron English has done only one good thing since becoming a hot coordinator name. In last year’s bowl game Michigan’s defense shut down Tim Tebow of Florida. But is that enough to make him the most wanted defensive coordinator in the land? I’ve got to have more. I’ll take USC’s Ken Norton over English in a second.

by crazidawg on Dec 14, 2008 9:31 AM PST up reply actions