The Monday Morning Wash
by John Berkowitz on Jul 13, 2009 7:00 AM PDT
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Head Coach Steve Sarkisian was on the KJR Dawgman show on Saturday morning, sharing several noteworthy comments with the fan base.
All the HS signees are academically qualified and are on campus for the bridge program, beginning this week. He is not 100% sure of the status concerning the JC transfers, and likely will not have full assurance until fall camp commences. While most of the JC kids have everything finished (or are in the process of taking final classes), they still must get through the admissions process at the UW. Just because a JC transfer is fully qualified by NCAA standards doesn't automatically mean he will automatically gain admission to the University of Washington.
The coach isn't able to make direct comments about the 2010 class until they are signed; however, he is able to make general comments about the direction and philosophy they are using to recruit players. Coach Sark spoke about the early commits and acknowledged there is a long time to go until signing day. Things may change dramatically, which is why they really never stop recruiting. He feels when a kid verbals with UW it sends a signal to other schools to recruit that player even harder.
As far as academic casualties are concerned, Sarkisian believes former UW running backs David Freeman and Brandon Johnson are it for the time being. Depth is one of his biggest concerns going into the season. Coach's goal is the keep his team as healthy as possible during the first three games. Obviously, LSU and USC are going to be very physical games. He wants to be able to put the same team out in the field on for game six as he did for game one.
One impression he has of the team thus far is they have thoroughly bought-in as a group to what Coach Ivan Lewis is trying to teach and instill in each player. The coach said, "We have put a huge emphasis on speed and change of direction and explosion and our kids have responded very well.''
He also talked about overcoming the 0-12 mentality, both in recruiting and with the current roster. As far as recruiting goes, he and the staff have been able to sell that as coaches they are 0-0 at UW and have had a lot of success in the past. Sarkisian went on to share that the biggest challenge the staff has is that the athletes on the current roster are obviously accustomed to losing. What the staff is doing to help the players recover mentally is to keep them in constant competition. The philosophy is the small wins built up every day in competition translate into big wins on the field during games.
It has been a long time since a Husky head football coach was on the radio in July. This is vacation time for these guys so being able to have access to Sarkisian is something as a fan base we haven't enjoyed since Rick Neuheisel was at Montlake. Once again, it is another example of the fresh breeze that has blown into the football program and the athletic department. It has been obvious from day one that Steve Sarkisian understands what it means to be a Husky.
Puppy Chow
According to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times the Skyline/ Oaks Christian game is going to be played on the Skyline campus and not at Qwest. The reason is ESPN who will be televising it wants a true HS atmosphere for the broadcast. What that means is there are going to only be 4000 tickets available for this one. How many of you guys are going to be cheering for Oaks Christian?
Oregon WR Aaron Plufgrad is transfering to Arizona State. His dad was on the Oregon staff and was let go when Chip Kelly was named the head coach. Just another early reason not to like Chip Kelly. The real question is whether his all world cheerleading sister is going to stay at Oregon too?
Our favorite beat writer, Bob Condotta of the Seattle Time,s is undergoing knee surgery. So send him a note on his blog and let him know that you wish him well! As I have said time and time again...Bob is one of the very best in the country at what he does and undeniably the best in the Northwest!
Mike Denbrock picked up a job at Indiana State under former Husky assistant coach Trent Miles. That leaves Tyrone Willingham as the only unhired coach at this point. What is Willingham up to right now? A good bet is that he is working on getting a lucrative book deal to details his days at Stanford, Notre Dame, and Washington.
Former Husky QB Brock Huard is building an impressive broadcast resume. He is going to be teaming up with former Husky Ed Cunningham to do games on ESPN/ABC this season. Ed has become a fixture with the network. Brock has shown a lot of promise and I think he also has a long career ahead of him on a national basis.
I will be continuing to break down every position on the football team and all of our up coming opponents over the next couple of weeks. I want to make sure everyone has something to read every day in July. You may have noticed that I haven't been publishing anything on Saturday or Sunday unless there is some late breaking news. That will continue to camp starts in August.
Bob Condotta has a great post in his blog regarding the records of first year coaches in the Pac 10 since 1978. Joe Kapp, Ty Willingham....my oh my!
TOP FIVE TURNAROUNDS
Tedford 2002, plus 5.5
Kapp 1982, plus-5
Elway 1984, plus-4
Willingham, 1995, plus-3.5
Erickson, 2007, plus-3
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Gilbertson, Willingham, now Sarkisian.
Early on in the tenure of the last three coaches, each has noted the improvement in the attendance, attitude, and effort being displayed in the offseason strength and conditioning program. I never saw with the last two. In fact, it appeared to regress.
I walked the field after the spring game. It was amazing how different some of the guys already looked. Ryan Tolar in particular stood out to me. He looked like an athlete. I think he played at 330 last season. I bet he didn’t weight much over 300, after only 4 months.
I remember being psyched when the Dawgs stole Trent Greener away from OSU. I always thought he was a good strength guy. I could never figure out why the UW had more doughy 300+ pounders than Oregon, Cal, and USC combined while he was here. I guess the hard lesson is that the players are going to follow the attitude and effort of the head coach year-round.
I re-read the Seattle PI preseason piece for the 1990 season recently. That team had 25 guys that could bench more than 400 pounds. 5 of the defensive starters could (and 6 ran sub-4.6 forties). I really wonder whether 5 guys total on the 2008 team could put up that much weight.
Good athletes are born. Great athletes are made. Four more months like the first four, and I really think this team can make some huge strides “talent-wise” without a single addition to the roster.
Phoney Psych
Athletes usually mirror the traits, habits, and personalities of their coaches.
JO took no prisoners with his early Death March teams. He set the standard for physical play and Husky football.
DJ was dead serious and so were his teams by the middle of his third year when he took them to the Rose Bowl. It took him two and a third years to turn it around and get the full attention and loyalty of his players.
Lambo’s teams were tough but he wasn’t as organized as James. His teams began losing games they shouldn’t have lost. Still he had one of top winning percentages in the history of the program.
Neuheisel as we all know was talented and had a propensity to party too much. As Lambo’s guys left so did the toughness. I still think he would have turned it around.
Gilbertson was in a tough spot. He was never truly D-1 coaching material and it showed the two years he was here. He lost control and resigned his second year. His team lacked discipline and the work ethic continued to slide.
Willingham showed no emotion and his teams didn’t either. He didn’t hit the ground running and it seemed he was just there to pick up the check. 0-12 in his fourth year tells you all you need to know.
I like everything about Sarkisian and this staff so far. All the pieces seem to be in place. If Sark’s players mirror him and Holt we are headed in the right direction. Winners breed winners.
I really think that the physical conditioning is real this year and not just another Molly Yanity feel good story.
by John Berkowitz on Jul 13, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Willingham showed no emotion and his teams didn’t either. He didn’t hit the ground running and it seemed he was just there to pick up the check. 0-12 in his fourth year tells you all you need to know.
This is the primary reason that I think it’s a mistake to make predictions about this year’s team based off the assumption that they were truly an 0-12 team last year on talent.
I sincerely believe that there was a lot more talent on that team than we saw – the lack of wins was due to poor attitudes by the players, including conflict between those that had seen enough from Willingham vs. some that still believed in him, and the team’s confidence took a big hit when they couldn’t get it done against BYU and then imploded once Locker went down and it was clear that Fouch wasn’t ready.
Fast forward half a year, and I think the new attitude brought by this staff combined with a return to health of Locker and the return period of Savannah plus perhaps a few JC contributers points to a team that should surprise a lot of teams this year. And it will result in making Sark look like a genius – I doubt the team wins less than 4 games, and possibly 6+, even considering the difficulty of the schedule. Had the team last year had a healthy Locker all season long and a better attitude, I think they were more like a 3-9 or 4-8 team – not good by any stretch, but not the complete disaster that 0-12 suggests.
Let the rest of the nation and the Pac-10 particularly doubt this team and think of them as the 2nd to worst in the conference; the more teams overlook the Huskies this year, the easier it will be to steal some wins that will surprise the “experts”.
I'm with you 100%
The biggest question I still wrestle with is what should I expect from this team. I couldn’t agree more, players take on the attitude and mentality of the coaches. Not necessarily what the coaches say, but how they act and what they believe. Players can tell when a coach is saying one thing while thinking another. The attitude and work ethic of this staff will filter down to the players, it’s only a matter of time. My biggest concern will be the players mental toughness and how well they deal with the LSU and USC games and any other bumps along the road.
I agree that they will win at the very least 4 games, 6 isn’t out of the realm of possibility and the sky is the limit. I will be patient, and happy with 4-6 wins. I am really looking forward to the 2010 team, an additional year under Sark and the S&C program, combined with numerous returning starts should equal a return to the Husky football that we know and love.
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
While opening with LSU is rough, at least the following week they have Idaho. Assuming LSU wins (and even though it’s a home game, it’d be a major upset to beat LSU), the team will get to use Idaho as a way to bounce back and build some confidence. Then we get USC. Again, it’s a home game which helps, but it’d be a major upset to beat them.
To me, this makes the game against Stanford in game 4 a big deal – a win there, on the road, against an up-and-coming team many think will go bowling this year, would be huge. It’d do a great deal for team confidence, and if this team is going to shock the world and win 6 games and go bowling, it’s a game they need to win.
Lose that game and, while the season wouldn’t necessarily go down the tubes, it would test the psychology of the team and their belief in themselves.
Of course this analysis is simplistic – the way the team plays in these games is important too. Losing to LSU by a TD is much different than getting blown out by 5 TD’s, and beating Idaho by a TD is much different than blowing them out by 5 TD’s. How tough they play every team will carry great significance too.
If this team wins 4, I’ll be OK with it, but I really do think they have the potential to surprise everyone and get to 5 or 6 wins.
Simplistic, but very accurate.
Couldn’t agree more, you seem to be reading my mind.
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
I agree with both you guys.
Last season was a team with 3 or 4 win talent (even without Locker) and a zero win coach. Not only did Willingham not motivate that team, he actually DEmotivated it. How many quotes did we all read from the players saying some version of, “We can’t get too excited for any game. We need to stay even-keeled no matter what happens. If we lose, I guess we just need to work harder.” The team was unprepared, ill-suited for the scheme the coaches sort of wanted to run, and it was administered so poorly that I’m sure most opposing coaches were left scratching their heads at the decision-making going on at Montlake.
I think it’s really important to keep expectations high. 3 or 4 wins is the baseline for 2009. Four wins in 2009 is treading water. 6 wins. Idaho, Stanford, WSU, Arizona, and two of three from ASU, UCLA, Notre Dame, and Oregon State.
I think it’s really important to keep expectations high.
Bingo. This is Washington – we should expect that we have great coaches. I totally understand that it takes 2-3 years for coaches to turn around down programs, but the expectation needs to be that this team is bowling by year 3 (preferably by year 2). If not, Sark probably isn’t the right guy.
But I’m encouraged enough at this point to think there’s a good chance that Sark is the right guy and this discussion will be moot.
I want to agree
but their is always a transition perion getting use to new systems. I agree with your take on a 4 win baseline, and expecting more than 4 wins. Although I don’t expect much this season, it’s next year where my expectations will start returning to “normal”, which would be always going to a bowl game, and never having a losing record.
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
You might be right.
What I don’t want to see, and I doubt I will, is a coach and AD that would be “pleased with the progress” that 4, or even fewer, wins would show. That has pissed me off as much as anything the last 5 years – the nebulous “It takes time.” Yeah. I get that. But at some point you have to prove you aren’t just wasting time.
4 wins, and I bet you’re going to see palpable disappointment with 2009 from Sarkisian and staff. And I think that’s great. I’m done with platitudes. I want Don James in the hall putting his fist into a door the way I heard he did after the press conference that ultimately sparked the Dawgs’ Rose Bowl run in ‘77-’78.
With you 100%
I’m just preaching patients for the fans in year one. Next year is a whole new ballgame. I think Woodward, and Sark expect more than we do, and I don’t think they’ll be happy with 4 wins. I think Turner was the biggest problem with lower expectations, this isn’t Vanderbilt, Washington has the resources to be in contention for the Pac10 title on a yearly basis.
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
You're right Kirk....
…everyone I talked to thought that team “could” go 6-6 and go to a bowl game. Losing EJ Savannah (arguably the best defensive player they had) and Locker combined with the lame duck coaching staff just going through the motions were blows the team could not withstand. I think because of that it tends to be a crapshoot when it comes to making predictions about next season. I think the biggest challenge for this team is mental. They went 0-12 last year and the question still remains, how are they going to respond?
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Still some bugs in mobile comments...like non existant body text boxes
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by B Money on Jul 13, 2009 2:06 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
hopefully it gets worked out...can't wait to live comment from some games this year.
by B Money on Jul 13, 2009 2:10 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Me too
It hamstrings me when i can’t post from a game…they will work it out.
by John Berkowitz on Jul 13, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You guys need to get iPhones – no issues reading and posting to the site via the Safari browser on the iPhone.
I have a Treo 650
I want to get either an I Phone or a Treo Pre this September. 3-G is definitely the way to go!
by John Berkowitz on Jul 13, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to take this thread too far off-topic, but the iPhone is the best gadget I’ve ever bought. Now, keep in mind it’s my first “smartphone” so some of my love of it is due to functionality others have had on their phones for a long time, but the wealth of applications available for it in every conceivable area of interest are what makes it so awesome.
As an example – my new uncle-in-law has an app that is basically a comprehensive bird book that takes your GPS coordinates and tells you what birds are likely to be in your area, and provides multiple sound file recordings you can play back of birdsong for those species to help you identify them.
Kirk since you brought it up...
I’ll just say welcome to the world of Apple.
Mac users are called Macaholics. They have this addiction problem to their computer. PC users are well…just that…computer “users.”
With the introduction of the iPod and now the iPhone, it’s interesting to watch a lot of folks from a PC background start raving about Apple products.
Apple wasn’t the first MP3 music player, nor the first smart phone, but they completely redefined both categories and now we’re seeing ‘me too’ offerings from their competition.
My prediction: Apple will enter the tablet (sub-notebook) market with a screen in the 7.5" to 9.5" area probably priced around $699 later this year.
And, if they do it right they will again “redefine” this product category. I’m looking at some kind of tablet/kindle/iPhone combination of features. It will be a ‘premium’ tablet…not entry level.
If you don’t need the phone facility, this mini-computer might be a good way to blog live from the games.
Watch this space: http://www.macsurfer.com/
I’ve had plenty of exposure to Apple computers over the years, and until they drop their prices dramatically, I’ll stay a PC user.
The iPod is clearly the winner in the portable music player battle – not necessarily because it’s the best, but it is ubiquitous and thus the easiest to buy into given the huge amount of accessories and enable equipment. And the iPhone is well-designed and Apple finally figured out that 3rd party apps were a good thing, and thus the platform has exploded in a positive way.
But as for computers, I’m still not sold. Maybe someday, but not yet.
An iPhone is a Computer
Kirk,
I hear ya. I can understand not wanting to pay the premium price for a Mac, but as for not using an Apple computer, well in very many ways, it appears you already are.
Any ‘smartphone’ is a computer. That’s the “smart” part that’s been added on to a traditional telephone.
If your using an iPhone, you’re using Apple’s OS X operating system in running any application on that phone and, when you go on line (as you noted in your post above) you’re using Apple’s Safari browser.
It may not be a Mac per se, but, in a myriad of ways, it is an Apple computer.
But hey, this is a football forum. Enjoy you iPhone computer.
Oh, I totally get that an iPhone is a computer. But let’s remember two things:
- It’s nowhere near as powerful a computer as current desktop PC’s and Macs
- My objection to buying an Apple computer is mostly to do with the price to performance ratio, as well as the software compatibility (which in the smartphone space actually favors Apple)
But to each his own. I love my iPhone (and iPod). I really dislike iTunes. I enjoy my PC and am looking forward to Windows 7.
I have a Blackberry 8703e
same browser as the pearl I believe…should work but I just can’t see the body text box. It’s my work phone so I just keep a basic personal one.
I certainly hope the attitude is better
I saw way too many smiling faces last year on the sideline. I remember when Don James used to chase down players who were acting silly on the sidelines and this was with the game won for all intents and purposes. Last years team was a pretty pathetic show of physicality and mental toughness. I’ve seen bigger guys in an Army platoon.
Dinosaur overnight
I think this coaching staff has a chance to do something special. One reason why TW failed at both Notre Dame and Washington was due to bad assistant coaches. He took the ND job late and rushed right into hiring a coaching staff. Then turned around and did the same thing at Washington. At both schools TW’s first priority was hiring assistants. Sark targeted his buddy Holt and got him on board. Then combed thru other potentially-good assistants. I think this coaching staff is going to be pretty special around here. And when it’s all said it done, isn’t this what builds a good program?
Another thing that crippled TW was the fact that he was wishy-washy on the offensive side of the ball. You can’t go from one offense to another and be successful at moving the chains. Hell I don’t even know what sort of offense we ran prior to the 08 season under TW. Was it the option? pro? west coast? or was it some plays drawn up in the sand that always backfired, where we’d see our stud QB running for his life?
Not sure what happened to TW from Stanford, to Notre Dame, and ultimately failing at Washington. But the guy pretty much ruined his entire head coaching career up here and it’s sad. He went from a Stanford Rose Bowl, to coach of the year at Notre Dame, to bottoming out at Washington. I just can’t figure out where this guy went wrong. TW led us to the bottom at 0-12. Yet this is the same guy that won coach of the year at ND and got the Cardinal to a Rose Bowl. The only logical explanation is that Willingham was suffering from “coaching burnout” and I don’t think he even knew that he had it. If it were I? I would’ve accepted the buyout, left the program so that Washington might win a game with a fresh new face as head coach midway through last season.
Coach Willingham became a dinosaur virtually overnight at UDub. The kids stopped listening, didn’t respond and why? Because it was no fun Ty.
Note to Sark and Holt: Don’t take the fun out of the game like Ty did. It’s a program killer!
All I saw was purple
Poor leadership, lack of worth ethic, sense of entitlement...you name it.
I wouldn’t put it on the assistant coaches…every one of them got another job.
Guess who is still unemployed?
by John Berkowitz on Jul 13, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not only got another job...
….but you should read about the lights-out recruiting by Randy Hart.
People wanted to complain about the lack of development and recruiting on the d-line, and blame it on Hart. The guy is SERIOUSLY getting the job done so far at Notre Dame.
Don’t blame the assistants is right. They’re only as good as the man in charge. I think of Kent Baer, who coordinated some great defenses at Cal and ASU under Bruce Snyder. Then, the man goes to Stanford, and even in a Rose Bowl season has a defense that is bottom 50% in all of D1A in several categories. The Stink of Willingham followed him to South Bend, and here to Seattle. Finally, freed from Willingham’s albatross, he goes to San Jose State and resumes a decent career….
Totally agree
When the head coach has symptoms of “burn out” the assistant coaches are dead in the water and I believe this is what happened to Hart. The fun part of the job wasn’t fun anymore. And believe it or not I did like Kent Baer.
All I saw was purple
I think Lappano tried...
…to have a combination offense. Some of this and some of that. Belloti thought that was a mistake. He felt committing 100% to one or the other was the way to go. The bottom line is, you have to be able to execute those plays. I think once Locker went down and Fouch was forced into action, your options were limited. No pun intended by the way.
Washington Husky Football-Undefeated 1991 National Champions 12-0!
On Offense
To build a successful offense you have to have a playbook that is systematic. When you reach for this and reach for that you are reaching and I thought that was exactly what I saw last season. I’m not sure anyone knows exactly what sort of offense Ty and Tim brought. It was more or less grab bagging if you ask me and it sure the heck wasn’t systematic.
Theirs this cliche’ labeling QBs as system QBs. But you see every QB at every level of football is a system QB. So in essence the label fits every QB and every player on the offensive side of the ball. Nothing wrong with being labeled a system anything, because in order to be successful you have to operate out of a certain system.
All I saw was purple
Have to disagree with you crazi, on the assistants
If anything, Tys hiring of asst coaches was glacially slow, another reason his first recruiting class (EJ, JR,etc was so bad). I believe he didn’t complete the staff until just before the spring game. FWIW, Sark had to do the same, but it was because of departures after hiring, the guy from UTAH and Michalzic (sp) back to bay area.
I often kibitzed about the quality of his assts, (ie Baer) but like sundodger, wondered how Baer was so succesful at ASU and Lappano at Ore St, remember Jonathan Smith. Plus the DL efforts were a strong departure from Randy Harts history, as well as Tormeys LBs play. After Baer was canned, I had hopes for the new DC, but guess what. IMHO, all the assistant coaches (minus Simmons who had retired on active duty) were good soldiers following their boss’s whim and attitude. I am glad they all finally landed on their feet, but the stench of the TW resume will always be a blot on their history.
Further, Ty got the furd to a RB, only because UW lost to UCLA the week after the miraculous win at AZ. UCLA was really hurting bad with a makeshift line, and we still lost at the Rose Bowl that year.
Normally, I agree with most of what you say, Crazi, but not this time. It WASN"t the asst coaches. I have also changed my opinion of Baer after the year of Donatell as DC. IT was Tys philosophy of get a lead, and go real conservative and try not to lose. The greatest evidence of his game day strategy was the UH game. Up 21-0, and then we thow 3 and out deep balls, and got very conservative on D , no more disguised blitzes to rattle Colt Brennan which had worked for the first 1/3 of the game.
Well maybe it was a combination of a lot of things
Through out Willingham’s coaching career, the guy was alway very conservative. He didn’t actually light it up at both Stanford and Notre Dame and we saw how boring and ineffective our offense was at Washington. Now that I look at the entire scope of Ty’s career, I’ve come to the conclusion that the guy got burned out. Maybe Washington wasn’t a good fit for him and maybe Ty wasn’t a good fit for Washington. Either way the recruiting was lame, the program acheived well below everyone else in league, the strength and conditioning program vanished, kids quit, coaching staff seemed to do very little teaching, the win/loss column struggled, and the surrounding prep coaches were sending their kids elsewhere.
I think Ty was burned out for who knows what reasons. Evidence: the guy is still sitting on a hefty buy out and not coaching- sort of like a sabitical leave. Maybe I am being too hard on the assistant coaches under the Willingham flag- they all seem to be doing good things nowadays. That just goes to show how ineffective you are as an assistant when the boss in burned out.
Yet I have to disagree on Ty’s history though. It’s harder then hell to get to Pasadena. Even if the trees were offered a gift with Washington losing down the stretch- I still think it is rather difficult to get there, especially Stanford of all places. Look at it this way. USC needed an end of the season Oregon win over Oregon State to advance to the Rose Bowl. To get to Pasadena sometimes you need a little luck to get there. At ND, O’Leary was caught with a fabricated resume and they hire Willingham who wins coach of the year w/ Bob Davie’s kids. Davie didn’t recruit very well and he was over his skis as head coach at ND- helluva nice guy though. But to win the way Willingham won at ND speaks volumes. Then comes to Washington and the program falls off the face of the earth. Smells exactly like burn out to me.
TW should’ve never taken the Notre Dame job. If you are not an alumni or if you don’t win 9+ games per season- you’ll be canned! It’s a stressful work load in South Bend. Ty gets canned after year 3 and we go after him like he is the second coming of James. By then TW was a mess. He failed at one of the best jobs in the land and couldn’t recover from it, sending him into a tailspin “burn out”. Willingham had a good job at Stanford, he had the loyalty of the fanbase, administration, alumni, and boosters. Recruiting was good because of an unexpected Rose Bowl season. Ty’s job was safe as long as he stayed near to the upper tier of the Pac 10 and went bowling now and then.
Note to div. 1 head football coaches: sometimes the grass isn’t greener on the other side.
What did Ty do? He took a crap on his own lawn. Sad…
All I saw was purple
Ty's Intransigence?
Crazi,
You make some good points on the Ty’s being “burned out”. I can’t disagree. Certainly in year 4 or Ty’s reign, there did appear some resignation.
But I’ve also wondered to what degree did Ty’s natural intransigent personality play a part in his undoing. To me, his intransigence approach such a stubborn level that he didn’t seam to be “processing” to a large degree what was going on around him.
Being stubborn is a two edge sword. It’s great when you right and have the consistency to stick to your methods. But it can be fatal when you’re unwilling to consider the very change you need to implement to reach your objectives.
It’s was Ty’s way or the highway. And, if your boss is like that, assistants will probably just keep their head down and get on with the job at hand as best they get. And brook no dissenting opinions.
I’ve never personally meet the man, so I could be way of base. But his treatment of EJ, and even silly fights with Bob Condotta, seem to show a Ty who always thought his approach was right. Irregardless of the consequences.
Love the colorful commentary Crazi!
“What did Ty do? He took a crap on his own lawn. Sad…”
All I saw was purple
Washington Husky Football-Undefeated 1991 National Champions 12-0!
does anyone remember the usc sideline
at the end of the ucla game last year?
there were groups of a dozen or so players each, dancing and hopping around. having fun, knowing they played well and were successful.
hopefully we will see that soon here. it’s a game and the players are learning respect for themselves and how they play.
if they are not playing to their potential the coaches will chew them out. when someone is working their butt off and makes a mistake there will be some ne on one tutelage.
this team will take on the personality of the coaches. there will be time for being serious but also for laughing and jumping around.
by PandG on Jul 13, 2009 10:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah I think there is...
…more than one way to run a program successfully. There are probably also things successful coaches have in common.
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mobile posting- sweet. but no text box on my bberry
"Greed is Good."
So is Rudy.
by Gekko Mojo on Jul 14, 2009 6:15 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
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