Matt Mosley leaves the team
by John Berkowitz on Nov 10, 2009 10:50 PM PST
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CB Matt Mosley had a meeting with Coach Steve Sarkisian today and decided to leave the team. He will transfer to another school. Mosley hasn't played this season but started a number of games last year. Obviously it was a matter of playing time and a tough decision for Matt who is a third generation Husky legacy. He is the grandson of Husky great Luther Carr who was a star RB int he late 1950's. His mother was also a UW athlete.
You hate to see things like this happen but the writing is on the wall since Washington will bring in around 30 new players in 2010. Expect to hear similar stories between now and next fall as players make up their own minds or the coaches suggest they head elsewhere in search of playing time.
Matt is a good athlete who never seemed to be a true fit at Washington at RB, WR, or CB. Kind of a classic tweener in my opinion. Look for him to land at Eastern, Portland State, or Central.
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Unfortunate
Its an unfortunate reality that some guys wont be back next year. Guys that have pledged to give their all for the Dawgs. You hate to see a kid leave but its necessary for the program to grow into a power house.
Whoever lands Mosley is getting a very good football player and I wish him only the best in his future, whatever decision he makes.
Too bad
He had some real nice games last year. I thought he was our best CB last year and was suprised that he didn’t play more then what he did.
I hate to start naming guys but you are starting to get an idea
of who will be around next year and who wont. Its always a tough decision to pick up everything and change schools. Not an ideal situation but sometimes if you want to play football it necessary. I would probably stay at UW because of the education but thats just me…i know it can be hard to see your friends playing football from the stands.
Yeah. It’s not hard to look at the depth charts and start seeing likely candidates.
That said, there are always surprises in the transfer ranks, guys you wouldn’t have figured would decide to leave. As an example, it wasn’t a surprise that Brandon Johnson left, but it was a surprise that Terrance Daily did.
Matt will be a senior next season
So if he wants to get playing time in his career he needs to move on. Probably better if he waited till after the season to be honest. He can always come back to UW to finish and get his degree. Many who transfer end up doing that.
best wishes to Matt
If I was him, I would go to Central for the reasons you stated, no sitting out a year like he would have to at Eastern. I too wish he would have waited until end of season to announce. He could still enrol in Jan/feb to another school winter qtr or spring semester. I also hope wherever he goes that he does come back and finish up at UW.
I am pretty sure that he is merely the first of many who will be doing same.
wouldn't have to sit at Eastern
No sitting when transferring down.
Central is the best option for winning and playing.
Joe Lorig’s defense has led Central to a Nunber 1 ranking. Has held 3 teams in games to minus yards rushing. What type of defense do they run; blitzing style, Zone blitzes and lot of man to man.
by bigdawgdaddy999 on Nov 12, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
To be surprised, or not to be surprised.
I’m surprised that Matt didn’t get more playing time, he really showed some good potential last year. According to Condotta’s blog, Holt claims that Matt had some off field issues, hopefully it was just Matt not putting in the effort necessary. I’ve mention before that I don’t like seeing all of the freshmen playing when there are guys like Matt sitting on the bench. I’m hoping that the coaches are giving them a fair shot, and not just playing “their” recruits.
I’m not surprised that Matt would choose to leave, seeing a true freshmen jump you on the depth chart would be tough enough, but then having a WR switch to my position and immediately jump ahead of me on the depth chart would easily destroy any motivation I had.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Rule of Thumb
The rule of thumb on playing under classmen is simple Lear and most coaches use it. The rule is- if an under classmen has the same skills, talent, fundamentals, and play-making ability as does an upper classmen in the same position, the under classmen plays.
Why? Because as an under classmen you are only going to get better. Seniors don’t have another year to get better, Juniors only have one. But if the freshman is playing as good as the upper classmen, he’s got four years to grow and develope. Makes sense doesn’t it?
However, I do agree with your stance on the vicious cycle of playing freshmen. You can’t continue to play freshmen every single year. If you find yourself in that cycle every season then their is something seriously wrong. Hopefully playing a lot of true freshmen beginning next season slows. This coaching staff needs to develope players better then the old regime did.
All I saw was purple
Holt on Mosley
Holt said last week that Mosley had had some "off-field issues’’ - apparently not legal or serious - that had led to him not playing, but that he also had not performed when given chances in practice.
Buying In
Sometimes guys just don’t buy into the new regime. Not saying that was Matt’s problem but even Sark will tell you that 100% of the players are not on the same page with him. When the losses start piling up and you still aren’t getting time it is pretty hard to see the light at the end of a tunnel that isn’t there.
I wish Matt well
Whether he didn’t buy in, had off the field matters, or whatever. The kid made his decision and it was probably for the best for both himself and the UofW.
But I agree with you John, more of this is coming rather soon. Sark and Holt want to bring in kids that fit their system better.
All I saw was purple
Why wouldn`t Mosely leave now?
By all accounts he`s a good kid that represented the UW well. He owes the UW nothing, Sark&Co were wasting his eligibilty! Stop drinking the koolaid that it`s okay for a school to run players off but a player can`t make an intelligent decision in their own self-interest.
by 206 on Nov 12, 2009 10:07 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Whoa 206!
Nobody ever knocked the kid. He is also graduating from UW this winter.
He owes the UW nothing? He received four years of education for free. On top of that he is a third generation UW graduate.
I think he made the right decision to transfer so he could get some playing time during his fifth year.
That being said walking out on your team before the season is finished isn’t a great way to go about it.
by John Berkowitz on Nov 12, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
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