Kudo's to Dawg Pound readers

I almost never post on Husky message boards after a game, and find myself regretting looking at them right after a game if it’s a loss. I’d rather let things settle for a day and take a little time for reflection and letting the emotions cool off some.

There are many out there who let their emotions get the best of them and say dumb things in the heat of the moment. Some of them are capable of regaining some rationality after some time has passed and admit their impulsiveness; others are stubborn and admit no fault.

I’m glad this community has very little of that, and I hope that continues.

I appreciate the Dawgman boards for the variety of opinions found there, and on the Premium boards there is still enough insight and valuable opinions to make it worthwhile – you just have to be willing to work around the irrational posters that still populate the place.

I do like the newly positive Race Bannon though – perhaps Sark will win enough in his time here for Race to let go of his over the top distrust of Emmert & Woodward.

I didn’t know what to say and the things that came to mind shouldn’t be put out there.

We did get jobbed by the refs but Sark had plenty of chances to do something other than go Lambo at the goal line.

Some of Passion’s posts live up to his screen name and this one was over the top.

I can’t wait for Race to get back to the Duckfighter pieces.

Dawgman used to be the first Husky site I visited every morning….the Dawg Pound has taken over that spot.

Jack

Dawgman is the pulse of the Husky Nation…this post is simply part of the pulse.

Enjoyed reading it.

   Scott, Kim & Chris do a great job. I pretty much stick to recruiting and the occational AANDY post.
   John you do an outstanding job here and I really appreciate it. This is a “must stop” any time I get on a computer.

GO DAWGS!!!
-Aaron

we expected the worst and got it. Now there is much excitement in the air and a great attitude among Husky players and fans. Give this coaching staff and team two or three years and we will wonder if it wasn’t all a bad dream, 0-12. Believing is a sure way to achieve your goals.
Go Sark and the Huskies you made my retirement exciting again, win or lose.

….and the knowledgeable community combined with the mature and insightful posts are exactly why I haven’t given up on comments here as well.

However, in reading some of your thoughts on the dawgman boards I might begin to revisit them as well.

Thanks for all the hard work John. And thanks to you more active commenters too.

…for our Husky Pride! And I think everyone here appreciates the positive direction the Huskies program has taken. We all just need to make an honest effort to be the best Huskies we can be and we`ll be an elite program sooner rather than later.

I want to reiterate that I am not calling out Dawgman at all. I love Dawgman. We aren’t competing with Dawgman. We just provide a different format for discussion that still in not censored 99.9% of the time. Most of the readers here are Dawgman readers and I encourage that. It is ground zero for accurate recruiting news,

I am just pointing to the example of one poster who continuously goes over the top who happened to post over there after the game. To me it was a real turnoff and I took offense at the remarks.

Finally I am pointing out that I appreciate everyone who posts and reads here who did not let their emotions get the best of them this past weekend. The readers and posters are the one’s who make this a special place to discuss Husky Football.

Thank you!

Depression and a long, tired ride back from South Bend prevented me from blogging something I might regret. But I’ll take your pat on the back anyway.

Can’t say enough about the new and improved city of Chicago, and the people of Notre Dame. I’ve always been an ND hater, and It’s easy to despise them for their confounding Luck of the Irish. But they really know how to do things with style—the UW marketers could take a lesson. This was my first trip to South Bend, and I was very surprised at how friendly everyone was. Of course I’d like them even better if we hadn’t lost.

My problem wasn’t so much with the goal line drive as it was the defense. They can stuff ND’s drive in the red zone, but not at the 50? C’mon, that’s not right. Stopping them from getting TDs is important, sure, but they shouldn’t have even gotten those FGs. The defense is better than that. That’s what frustrated me more than anything else – the whole game long.

I wouldn’t say I didn’t agree with the view but the way that view was presented became unfair and vulgar. The minute Tyrone was hired a large number of people went ballistic and never let up. I think he deserved a couple of years to prove himself either way. In year three I took the gloves off to a certain extent and by the Arizona game wanted him gone. I really didn’t think he would last after the Hawaii debacle.

I did have some immediate doubts about Ty. I thought the first recruiting class was terrible and lacked effort. The second one that featured Locker had some serious local misses that raised eyebrows. His relationships with local HS coaches was strained to say the least. I never felt comfortable with the way the man approached recruiting, the media, boosters, fans, players, and PR in general.

All that being said I felt any coach deserves two years at the helm before the inevitable attack starts when things aren’t headed in the right direction. Criticism is fine. I just thought it was too soon and way out of hand. So we started this blog so we could filter through all the crap and concentrate on Husky Football in a more mature setting.

As for Husky Stadium I am not a huge fan of booing the opposition when they run onto the playing field. I have seen a lot worse at Oregon, Miami, Tennessee, and Ohio State. I think opposing teams and fans need to be treated as guests. Notre Dame gets that. Win or lose have some class. I think the Husky fans that made the trip were pretty classy.

As far as game day experience goes UW has made major strides this season. The Zone is a great idea and a huge plus. I like the way the team enters the stadium through the Zone walking between the lined up band members. That is a really nice touch.

Anyway back to the post we are talking about today. It was completely tasteless and lacked class. I doubt the poster would have had the guts to say that to Sarkisian in person or even by email using his real name and address. I think that is the general rule around here. Strong opinions are welcome. Make sure you lay out an intelligent case for that strong opinion.

The same thoughts about the play calling went through my mind too. I wondered why we didn’t spread it out more at the goal line to give Locker more options and give ND something to think about other than a sneak or a handoff up the middle. That is valid criticism. Sark even questioned himself on it. any good coach questions what doesn’t work.

Do I think the play calls were bad? Nope…just not executed well as a team.

Did I second guess the fourth down call at the goal line in the third quarter. Sure I did. I would have gone for the field goal because it would have made it a two score game. Do I fault the coach for going for it? Not really because if we had scored it would have been game over. Sark thought it was time to go for the jugglar. It is the coaches call and we need to be able to execute.

Calling the coach a choke artist and a bonehead in this situation is unacceptable.

It lacks class and intelligence.

NEBRASKA, beat them at home and they cheer you leaving the field. Booing etc., weak teams certainly shows a lack of class and is not needed at Husky stadium.