Huskies hire Utah's Aaron Roderick
by John Berkowitz on Jan 15, 2009 2:26 PM PST
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PrintWashington completed its staff today with the hire of Utah Receivers Coach Aaron Roderick to take over the coaching of WR's and TE's. Roderick has been with Utah since the 2005 season.
During the past four seasons under Roderick, five Ute receivers have caught at least 20 passes, and the 2005 and 2007 teams featured a pair of receivers with 50-plus catches. 2008 saw four Utes with at least 30 catches each, led byFreddie Brown, who had 77 grabs for 900 yards.
Before joining the Ute staff, Roderick spent the 2003-04 seasons as the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at Southern Utah, where he conducted one of the better Division I-AA offenses. Southern Utah ranked No. 21 in the nation in total offense in 2004, averaging 412.5 yards per game. The Thunderbirds also averaged 270.5 passing yards per game (14th in the nation) to set a new school passing record.
Prior to his stint at SUU, Roderick coached the running backs at Snow College in 2002. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at BYU, assisting with the linebackers in 1999 and the receivers in 2000 and 2001.
He was an All-America junior college receiver at Ricks College from 1994-95 before transferring to BYU, where he redshirted in 1996. Roderick started for the Cougars as a receiver and returner in 1997 and 1998. He was also an academic all-conference selection.
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So that's the end of that...
And it looks like a pretty good way to wrap up. I was AMAZED at how well Utah’s WR’s played against Bama and he certainly appears to be a rising star. I’m assuming this was a coaches’ conference hire? Hopefully Roderick will have inside lines on recruits from the Mountain States, the Islands, and maybe down on into AZ.
I may have missed it, but has a recruiting coordinator been named? If not, who would the leading candidate be?
Our leather lungs together...
Sark didn't go to the conference
Sark is in Seattle working.
No recruiting coordinator named as of yet.
Like they say
no high school recruits at the coaches conference.
Sark promised a great staff, and I think he delivered. I’m not sure where this class of 25 is coming from, but he’s delivered on everything else he’s said.
25?
If they are taking 25 they are going to have to ramp up the numbers of players visiting.
by John Berkowitz on Jan 15, 2009 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
Bob Condotta is saying...
That the connection was from Sark’s playing days at BYU. Presumably, Roderick caught a pass or two from Sark. That’s pretty cool. Bob also says Jared Blank will do the job of the recruiting coordinator in tandem with Sark.
I think there is a very nice balance between experience and ambition in the coaching staff with a lot of rising stars on this coaching staff. I’m getting very excited for the next few years.
Our leather lungs together...
Good staff overall
I think they did a good job with every hire so far. We will see how they finish the recruiting season and move into spring football.
Recruiting Coordinator
If Jared Blank is mostly in charge of the recruiting, its probably best that Sark has a heavy hand in recruiting logistics, especially at first when we need all the good recruits we can get.
They couldn't have played in any games together.
If Roderick redshirted in 1996, then there’s no way that he played in any games with Sarkisian, as 96 was Sark’s senior year. They certainly practiced together; but no passes on Saturdays.
Weekend Visits
Dawgman list 8 prospects coming in on visits this weekend however Coach Sart Stated on KJR today that there will be 13 to 14. Any idea how the additional players are? The interview is on KJR 950 demand if anyone is interested.
Recruits
I have a feeling that no one really knows how good Sark is at recruiting…if he really have 6-7 more recruits than the “experts” know about it makes me feel really good. I noticed that there was talk about bring in some very highly regarded JC players, an o linemen, RB, and a believe a safety. Only time will tell.
Jeremiah Tafaeono
6’5" 320 OT out of Las Vegas Nevada and Cheyenne HS I believe he’s visiting this weekend.
Recruits
It would be nice if a couple of those unknown recruits were some of the local prospects that have already commited elsewhere.
I dont know about that...
It woudl be nice to get some local guys are start to get serious about the “fence” Sark talked about but its also really tough to make a kid change his mind about where he is already commited. I would rather get kids that are still up in the air…I think at this point its an easier sell. Just my opinion.
Rumor is...
that a BIG TIME running back from California, who is commited to someone else, is visiting. Most that have heard this are thinking it may be Cierre Wood who is commited to Notre Dame. I f true – I would LOVE to steal one from Charlie . : )
JC Running Back
According to Rivals there is a 4 star runningback Andre Harris from Cali that is coming up. Its the same CC that all the Juco players seem to play for on Sarks radar…El Camino CC. Also a safety David Batts from the same school (another 4 star kid) is also on their radar. They could be really big recruits if Sark can get them. Put them together with possibly Boyd…that could be 3-4 4 star recruits that he is getting late in the game…i guess we will see.
DeQuin Evans
He could also be another kid we see on campus. DE who is a four star recruit from Los Angeles Harbor CC.
Carroll disses Sanchez
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/9087970/Breaking-up-is-hard-to-do-for-Pete-Carroll
Interesting story regarding Sanchez presser to announce he’s going into the NFL draft. Seems like Carroll threw him under the bus and dissed him.
Sanchez
I think Mark Sanchez made a good decision. With his offensive coordinator leaving and also the defensive coordinator leaving along with Ray M. and B. Cushing- the future didn’t seem so bright for Sanchez to stay around.
Sanchez won the Rose Bowl, how can he top that? A run for the national championship isn’t going to happen with out Ray and Brian on the defense. And since Tebow, McCoy, and Bradford are staying that means Sanchez and Stafford are the only 2 legit pro QB prospects on the draft board. Having a lesser talent pool it makes perfectly good sense to put the “supply and demand” theory to good use.
Granted Sanchez could ues a few more starts as a college quarterback, but we’ve seen senior year dud seasons before. I’d argue that Matt Linehart was a better QB as a junior then as a senior and look how far his stock fell from his junior year to his senior year. Linehart was penciled in a a No.1 draft pick by the 49ers if he’d left for the pros as a junior. How far did he fall after his senior year? The supply and demand wasn’t in his favor after his senior year. Sanchez is making a very good decision to come out. I think Pete Carroll is getting a little miffed because eveerybody that was somebody at SC is leaving. This is good news for the rest of the league! Good for you Mark.
Sanchez
He made the right call considering the depth at QB next year. I always assumed Carroll was a great coach and a great guy…the kind of guy you could go to the beach and surf with. I dont really take his comments to heart. He was obviously thinking as a coach who just lost his starting QB…that is a big blow to a team that is losing everyone on Def (not literally) but a large number. I wish Sanchez the best and hopefully Carroll will be a little bit better the next time he has to give a player away a year early…
Recruits
Thanks for the info, I can hardly wait until Monday when the commit news starts to funnel. I can’t imagin these kids spending a weekend around Sark and Holt and not getting jacked up to play here. I’m fairly optimistic that the UW recruiting class is going to turn out OK. Every time you listen to the new staff it’s obvious that they know what their doing, unlike the previous regime.
This incoming class is going to be just fine regardless of what rivals and scouts say. It is what you do with the class once you get them in. Utah is a prime example. Like Barry Switzer said their is not one Utah recruit that Alabama would’ve pursued- but they beat the living snot out of the Tide.
Sark and Holt are going to recruit kids that fit into their plans. I think they are inclined to recruit “football players” and not just athletes if you know what I mean. You guys are going to give yourselves a corinary if you don’t learn to relax.
Wow, Crazi, you are starting to sound like me.
Nothing is more important than developing talent. A 5 star recruit can be a total bust if not developed by a good coach.
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
Corinary
Crazy,
thats why I have Insurance. I just have to take extra high blood pressure pills until 2-5. LOL
Seriously though I agree with you but its all about perception. ie… If Sark gets a few stellar recruits it builds excitement for next year also sends a message to next years recruits.. If he doesn’t he’ll still be successful since he has a great staff and like you said knows what to do with them it will just take longer..
The Buz
I think Sark has already created the buz you are referring to by hiring a top shelf coaching staff- particulary Nick freakin’ Holt! Their is this tag out there that says you aren’t a great coach if your first recruiting class isn’t stellar. I call B.S. on that one. I think your second recruiting class will either make you are break you as a major college head coach. In the first year (the transition period) you want to stock your shelves with the best available talent- I agree with that. But don’t sell yourself short. What we need more then anything else when it comes to recruiting right now are “football players”. I am tired of hearing how great this kid is at linebacker, runningback, or at wide reciever. I want to start getting back to the nuts and bolts of football. Instead of hearing how great this kid looks at LB, RB, or at WR- I want to hear “MAN! That kid is a dam good football player”.
The concept of football player is slowly losing it’s focus, especially at the UofW. If we intend on getting back to where we belong- then surely a coaching staff needs to take a look at past recruiting philosophies and figure out why kids just didn’t produce or excell. Now I will agree, a lot of that had to do with coaching- but their were a few knuckleheads that have passed through this once-great program.
And I believe Sark has pretty good talent coming back to generate even more buz that will affect next years incoming class. The 0-12 team was well 0-12, but they were all freshmen and sophomores. Young but talented and poorly coached.
Poorly coached is more like it...
No excitement and no coaching was the disaster of last years team.
Not just the Ty Era
I’m not just referring to the Ty era. Slick Rick brought in the WRs, QBs, and RBs yet how many of these guys were “football players”? We’ve got to get back to this recruiting concept and that goes with knowing talent when you see it. I think our past coaches looked at height, weight, 40 times, weight lifting marks, and highlight reels.
Theirs more to recruiting then sitting in a dark room looking at film. You have to meet the kid and find out if he is a “football player”. This is why Holt looks a kid right in the eye and invades his personal space. That is the making of a good recruiter and we’ve got to get back to that.
Yes...
we do! I’d like to see a few more big tough offensive lineman come in. I think it’s great to fill in with JC guys and next year maybe more the HS way. Regardless talent is talent. The thing that scares me is getting JC guys into the UW.
Remember Willingham and staff whiffed repeatedly at that. Pretty disheartening to get talented guys committed and then not be able to get them into school.
If you haven't already...
I’d suggest you listen to the interviews with Sark & Jim Michalczik that are on KJR:
http://www.kjram.com/main.html
the Jim Michalczik interviewed pumped me up big time because the two most important things that can be done at UW right now are A) Recruit and B) get the players that are already here in MUCH better shape. Jim says several times that guys are walking around “sore”. = Great news!
Makes you wonder...
…what they were doing before? From the looks of how underachieving the offensive line was last season, my guess would be resting on their laurels and eating bon bons!
Sanchez
I echo your statment . With Bradford, Mccoy and whomever pops up on next years QB radar and possibly an unforseen injury Sanchez stock could fall in the QB pecking order. Hopefully he gets on a team where he isn’t needed to start right away and gets to further develop.
PS… I really feel sorry for Carroll NOT!!!
I really feel it showed poor class him leaving prior to Sanchez finishing his press conference
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