because this really isn’t on topic, but it took forever for nothing to happen. Could easily be my connection, just pointing it out in case someone else has the same problem.

Sports success comes and goes, that I understand, and, NW teams’s fortunes could just as easily do a 180 in a very short time, but what a year?

Never cared much for the Sonics much, at least after the NBA seemed to me to become personality vs. team oriented, but they’re gone and I did watch them on occasion.

The Mariners are run nearly as ineptly as is the UW AD, and are eerily similar in that they have a couple of shining points of light that for now keep drawing me to them like a moth. Mariners’ coaching(managing) is, however, being removed when necessary, except at the level of control, while Huskies fans are forced to sit through, well, you just sat through it as well.

My one bastion of hope has been the Seahawks, second only to the Huskies with regard to the length and strength of my fandom. They’re down 34-10 to Buffalo, of all teams!!

I might not have stocked up on enough beer for the coming weeks, it’s not sold over here during Ramadan, so please be kind enough to think of me when tipping one back.

/whine

Dick- I think it was your connection but who knows.

Not a good year for Seattle sports teams.

It all runs in cycles, hopefully the winning will return within my life cycle.

everything’s slow now and I know what you mean about the life cycle. Maybe it’s me. :) I’ve been in Qatar for the past year. Fanpost finally came up, so it is my connection. That’s one things that will be nice about Korea…decent internet, well, that, and available women.

I agree that it would have been nice to have started those guys on defense and have them inexperienced but available, but like you said it’s hindsight and, coaches tend, either rightly or wrongly, to give freshmen at least a chance at their preferred position. That could partly be put on the players not recognizing where they are in the pecking order and not asking to be moved where they have a shot at playing time. I’m just glad it’s not my job, as I’m sure everyone else is.

but Berkowitz, this time I do.

I was at the Game Saturday, and a small part of me sighed relief- even as outwardly I joined the chorus of BOOOOOs- after the PAT was blocked. We were gonna lose in OT cause our defense couldnt stop BYU and the Offense wasnt consistent enough to keep pace. The controversy would be a distraction and I hoped will provide as future motivation.

I have been to almost every UW home game since my first one I attended at age 7 watching the ‘Dub lose 20-13 to Indiana as then junior QB Warren Moon was booed. I’m so sick of losing I could literally throw up every time I exit Husky stadium.

Your analysis this week is excellent.

Ty has no one to blame but himself for the fact that he is using walkons in the starting lineup. I, for one, don’t give him a muligan for his first recruiting season. I f he had come to Washington and busted his butt recruiting then I would cut him some slack….he didn’t ….I won’t.

We are playing these walkons because Ty is a lazy recruiter…hmmm..where have we heard that before?

I’m really tired of getting out coached. I thought this week really proved how poorly the coaches performed last week! And I really wonder why Willingham and staff can’t develop their talent. I hope this great but young class gets a coach that can make them as good as their potential.

JB – I thought you agreed that this wasn’t going to be a Ty hatefest this year. Clearly, you cannot help yourself. Your 20/20 hindsight analysis on the safety position is pathetic. If you had called all of this out at the beginning of the camp – than great, congratulations. But you didn’t have any of these observations before and they are irrational now.

I’m not defending Ty – he has to earn next his job next year. However, here is what I saw in the game:

1. Kavario miss block after block (including the play that Jake fumbled and Kavario recovered)
2. Jake missed at least three open deep men by yards (not inches)
3. Three dropped passes including at least one that would go for a TD
4. A D-Line that just isn’t ready to compete yet
5. A team that was motivated and kept picking themselves up after every mistake
6. An offensive playcalling that kept putting guys in a position to make plays
7. A defensive playcalling that blitzed frequently and threw as many different schemes as I’ve ever seen in a game
8. A punter that played dominant for his position after a horrible week.

The coaching staff deserved panning against Oregon. That game was pathetic and I saw the team, especially the O-Line, simply lay down. But that didn’t happen against a higher ranked BYU team. It is obvious that Ty needs to show some results this year – a bowl game included – or his reign is and should be over. But you can’t call yourself balanced and attentive if you can’t see the obvious difference between last week and this week. This UW team was ready to play and put up a fight. They were simply outmanned, especially against the BYU offense.

By the way, go and watch your Tivo. After Jake scores the last TD, you’ll see Ty holding up two fingers. They were going for two. His comments at the end about having “made up his mind” to go for one were clearly said to protect Jake.

Minny – It is OK if you want to disagree but I think the majority of the media and fans feel the same way I do at this point.

There is no 20/20 on my opinion of depth at safety. I have always written that Fogerson and Taylor should be at safety. that goes back to the day they signed and before fall camp started. I think the coaches felt going in that they would have time to move them after trying them out on offense. A postion that was once thought to be deep is in trouble this week. You need to have some studs on defense. Fogerson and Taylor can be impact players at safety.

I thought the coaches did a good job preparing the team for Saturday. Lappano called a good game and if Jake had connected with his wide open receivers the complexion of the game might have changed. I did see improvement on the offensive side yesterday and the emergence of some potential playmakers.

As for Middleton he is a great receiving threat, but it will take a year before he picks up the nuances and strength required to block.

Defensively this team is still giving up close to 500 yards per game in year four and hasn’t garnered a single sack in the first two games. You can make all the excuses you want but after four recruiting classes you shouldn’t have two walk-ons starting on your defense. Special teams remain a problem and cost us the game yesterday. In three plus seasons how many games have we won the special teams sector of the game?

I like the fact that Donatell is mixing it up each week, but until he can find a way to stop a team on third down we are in the same exact spot as last season.

I wouldn’t try to judge Willingham’s program on a week to week basis because it isn’t fair. Long time readers of this blog know that I had a hands off policy on Ty till last year. I didn’t start to criticize the direction and play of the program till the Arizona game. Believe it or not I want the man and his program to succeed, but in year four is the team better than in years one, two, and three?

On Ty, if he made the decision to go for two it was the right call. Line up Kravitz and homer with Locker and chances are you make the conversion. I don’t think we had enough gas in the tank to take them in OT.

Bottom line is there are no moral victories allowed in year four.

Lear – I don’t think we were outcoached this week. Bronco and BYU didn’t impress me. I think we are just a few players short on defense and need to develop some hard fought experience on the defensive line. Offensively we are coming along. I like the way the young receivers are improving.

T90 – I think we both agree that Ty didn’t really go after it his first two years at Washington recruiting wise and it is really hurting the team in year four. I think his last two classes were pretty good.

Art – I am glad we are on the same page. If you read above Minny swears Ty really wanted to go for two but was just protecting Locker after the game. I guess that makes sense.

was the signal for 1 pt. as a PAT. Or maybe the lack of confidence in the ability to call a play that would work with Jake as, at a minimum, a decoy. Maybe I’m too confident, or maybe just indifferent…we need to win and have a winning attitude. I don’t see it. I think MInny is either ruth or on drugs….not sure which is better or worse.

John, your hard work really shines through. Keep up the excellent blogging, we’ll be in touch soon.

Sparky – Thanks, I am just getting the hang of what this format can do!

Dick – Some people are saying that they might have gone for two but Ty was just protecting Locker. Who knows?

Jack – If we do make a change I hope they have it handled by the first of December.

In the highlight of the TD, you can see Ty holding up one finger, so unless he changed his mind at the last minute, the plan was OT.