Wooching is a Husky
by John Berkowitz on Jan 21, 2012 8:44 AM PST
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PrintPsalm Wooching of Kealakehe High in Kailua Kona, Hawaii reportedly has committed to the Huskies according to the usual sources. The 6'3 205 lb Wooching is described as a big back and will compete for playing time in he Husky offensive backfield.
Wooching originally was a UCLA commit but when he coaching change wen down he decided to open things up and take a closer look at other schools. Psalm is one of five athleets visiting he school this weekend and he is he 20h known recruit in the 2012 class.
The Huskies will take up to 28 in this class....and yes...we expect more good news coming of Montlake by the end of he weekend.
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Finally some news on Shane brostek
http://blogs.starbulletin.com/quickreads/?p=1932
Didn’t know he already had an official too UW.
He visited during the Oregon game...
I guess we missed that.
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by John Berkowitz on Jan 21, 2012 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
Any idea...
…where he’s leaning towards going? Have the Husky coaches softened on him?
Washington Husky Football-"Hear the bark, feel the bite!"
The Dawgman crew are staunch that he’s a UW lock….we’ll see on signing day.
by Snostrebla on Jan 21, 2012 9:52 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Nobody has softened...
Shane simply isn’t talking to anyone on the mainland…but it doesn’t hurt that one of his good buddies committed to Washington last night.
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by John Berkowitz on Jan 21, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
Yep
They visited UCLA together.
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by John Berkowitz on Jan 21, 2012 1:07 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
interesting
Wooching is from the windward side of Oahu, Brostek is from the big island. I suppose they know each other from camps and whatnot…
Both go to HS on the Big Island
Wooching’s HS is in Kona on the west side of the Big Island (home of Longboard Lager and Kona Brewing Co!).
Brostek’s HS is in Waimea in the northern part of the Big Island – only about a 45 to an hour drive away from Kona.
my bad
I saw “Kailua” and immediately thought Oahu – I overlooked that he’s actually from Kailua Kona.
You were wrong?
Wow, the world really is going to end in 2012 . . . .
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
I wonder why people are assuming he's an Oregon lock?
That’s certainly not anything we’ve heard here – all the indications have been he’s a Husky lock. Maybe the Max Unger connection?
yea, saw that
Since when has oregon been in the mix? UCLA would be my only worry at this point. Just heard on KJR with the DM guys Sark may be having an in home with him this week.
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 21, 2012 12:35 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I wouldn't
by signing early or at least earlier, you can do a lot to help your class get better. Much like one or 2 kids bad mouthing a particular school, you can send postiive vibes out too and get kids to take a closer look.
All I saw was purple
I would pick my school early and get it over with...
I wouldn’t want to lose my spot by dicking around.
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by John Berkowitz on Jan 21, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
If I was a top national recruit with my pick of any school I want.
I’d wait until signing day.
Otherwise, I’d get it done early.
by Carl Shinyama on Jan 21, 2012 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
Linebacker?
Looking at his tape it looks like he would be a better fit at LB. the first video of him at LB is him putting a hurt on the ball carrier
He seems too upright for RB
by MNDawgfan on Jan 21, 2012 9:54 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
I agree. looks like a future LB
by Snostrebla on Jan 21, 2012 9:55 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Would you mind linking the video?
The one of him playing backer? All I’m finding is him playing RB.
by I'mSureI'veSeenWorse on Jan 21, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I think he's better at LB...
…but the only way Sark was going to get him was by selling him on coming in as a RB.
Let’s hope the depth at RB in Spring convinces him to try LB, but given the numbers at RB right now he’ll have a shot there for playing time.
does that mean that Cal will like us?
or that they’re even more pissed because the predictions put reality on the cheap.
It's really pretty close to what you'd expect
Wilcox is getting a small raise as expected
Keisau is getting almost exactly Nussmeier’s money
Lupoi is getting less at 350k a year, but with a 100k bonus now and another 100k in 3 years, it comes to about 415k a year average. Less than the 500k reported, but still a huge bump from what Cal was giving him.
Also doesn't include the boat, house and car that Lupoi is getting
Which probably pushes the value to right around 500k/year
Cal should have been able to counter
Cal simply chose not to pay the money to retain either of the coaches.
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by John Berkowitz on Jan 21, 2012 1:21 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
More to the story
To accept #365,000 and bolt for UW, there had to be more reasons then just money to get Tosh out of his alma mater. I don’t buy that a bump in pay is the reason. This proves that Cal was not willing to pay $300,000 for him and that he must not have been liked in the Cal coaching staff. Maybe others were jealous. I think what all these coaching hires prove is that people want to work for Sark. The salaries back it up too. We did not have to over pay to get top notch coaches to come to UW. Just think if you take out the former coaches buy out we are only increasing the coaching salaries by $700,000 a year and we got much better coaches in all areas. (in my opinion)
yep
There’s a lot more. From listening to McGill, there was tension on the Cal staff – other coaches were getting peeved at the attention Tosh was getting, and Tosh felt under-appreciated and that he’d been tossed under the bus with the “fake injury” thing vs. Oregon.
Toss in the pitch that Sark made about no coach under Tedford moving on to become a head coach vs. what has happened under the Pete Carroll tree (clever bit of propaganda there since Sark hasn’t had an assistant go on to be a head coach yet either) as well as the Wilcox factor and I think you can see the appeal for Tosh. And I think when he saw what the UW was able to offer, and the limits to how far Cal would go, he could see the balance of power in the conference shifting.
On a side note, I’ve seen it referenced elsewhere (on CGB actually) that the disparity between head coach pay and assistant coach salary pool is extreme at Cal – they rank #2 behind Minnesota in that regard. Tedford makes big bucks, but his assistants do not, especially in comparison to Tedford.
Cal's problem
is not being a self sufficient Athletic department and it forces them to answer to Upper Campus. They believe (which is fine but dont complain when your assistant coaches get poached) that assistant coaches should not get paid more then Cal faculty. Tedford salary is offset by boosters. UW because we are self sufficient do not have to answer to Upper Campus. Thus we can pay our coaches whatever we want and are able to. That is the big difference and why Cal will never be a player in the PAC12.
Relationships with upper campus.
I think you’ve got a strong point here, it would appear that our new president Michael Young is pro sports and pro football, which only makes it easier for Woodward and Sark to get more money for the program.
I get the feeling that Cal is in a similar place to Washington in the 90’s. Upper campus isn’t pro sports (even if they talk the talk), anybody that compares faculty pay to football coaches pay is making an absurd comparison. When was the last time that 50,000+ people showed up (and paid $50 per ticket) to watch a professor do their job?
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
Excellent point. Cal Athletic Dept probably could have found the $$$
for Tosh, and I have to assume they could have offered the run defense asst title,
but that would’ve also required a reset to other coaches salaries and left the coaches making more than professors.
I don’t think Cal administration was ready to take on the whole asst coach bidding war on short notice over the holidays, and they just didn’t see it coming.
by HuskyInExile on Jan 21, 2012 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't call Sarks "clever bit" propaganda...
I agree it was a clever angle to the storyline/pitch…but propaganda? Consider that Tedfords coaching reign at Cal alone has been what…10+years or so? Sarks Head Coaching career still has the new car smell…and with Nuss “moving on up” (by moving down south..) a successful performance for him will soon bring Head Job offers! Success breeds Success…the rich get richer so to speak..No disrespect intended but, Tedfords recruited talent vs performance outcomes haven’t really impressed. Dawgs on the other hand are on the verge of a breakout action I think and Sark knew it would require a bold series of moves! I say; “Well done Sark”! by targeting and getting the talented guys to help get r done! Now we’ll all just have to wait and see who left “undecided” can see the opportunity here with the Dawgs and pen their future on the uptrending train!? Dawgs Baby!
my point is this
Yes, Sark has only been a head coach for three years, so there hasn’t been much time for his staff to move on up. And yes, in the time period that Tedford has been a head coach, it’s surprising that he hasn’t had any staffers move on to a HC position – compare that with a similar time span under Carroll and how many of his guys have done so.
That said, you could also argue that if Sark is going to point to the Pete Carroll coaching tree, Tedford could point to the Mike Bellotti coaching tree, or the Jim Sweeney coaching tree.
You have to admit that it was a bit of spin on the part of Sark.
I've also heard that Tosh's fiance is from the Seattle area.
I don’t know if that’s true or not, but if it is, I could see that playing a part too.
by Mind of no mind on Jan 21, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know if it proves anything.
It is certainly indicative.
by Carl Shinyama on Jan 21, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
it's a little bit more complicated than that
Cal and Tedford were reportedly willing to go up to $300K for Tosh, even though that would cause some grousing within his staff. But it was going to have to go through a lot of bureaucracy to get approved, and the tensions Tosh was feeling among the rest of the staff was only going to increase.
Exactly
There had to be other reasons for him leaving Cal. I am torn on the Shaq Thompson situation. Telling him that you were thinking of going to UW I don’t think is wrong as being up front with recruits is the best way to go IMO. How many times do coaches lie to recruits.. Telling recruits “Hey I am leaving for UW take a look if you are interested” is much different then “Hey I am leaving for UW, don’t go to Cal” We have only heard one side of the story (Cal’s perspective) it will be interesting to hear what Tosh has to say about this.
Scorned lovers . . .
I want to see some PROOF that Tosh said, “Don’t go to Cal”. It’s like going to somebodies recently ex-wife and asking what they think happened.
Would it be out of line for Tosh to say, “I’ve recently realized that Cal won’t spend the money necessary to be competitive in football, I’d reconsider going there if I were you”. I don’t think it’s out of line, I think Cal fans are hurt and I don’t blame them. It sucks when a former player, who then becomes an assistant coach, moves on to another school in the conference. I really feel for Cal fans, but if Tosh wants to move up the coaching ladder, he can’t stay at Cal forever.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
My guess...
..is that it wasn’t so much about the money as it was the oportunity to move up. At Cal Tosh could have been stuck at DL coach for another decade. At UW it is assumed that WIlcox will take a head coaching job in the next three or four years which would give Tosh a chance to move to D cordinator = big raise and a big move up the ladder. If your goal in coaching is the big bucks then you have to find the quickest route up the ladder and I think, at this point, UW offers that.
I had that thought too.
If Wilcox is successful and moves on to be a head coach, he’ll probably take Sirmon with him. It would be Tosh’s job to lose.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
Me too. Sark is advertising a pipeline, even though he's not all the way there, yet.
But D.Martin did get hired away, and Nansenn did get the big promotion to Alabama. If you’re an asst/position coach or a coordinator, you have two ways to move up:
- promotion w/in (usually only available near term if program has great success and someone ahead of you is hired away for a promotion)
- or being hired away by another team.
by HuskyInExile on Jan 21, 2012 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
Wilcox and Tosh are tight
If Wilcox gets a head coaching job in the near future, I’m sure Wilcox offers Tosh a job at his new school. Tosh would then have to decide between the two schools.
All I saw was purple
salaries for new assistants
"@gbellseattle: Exclusive ‘Unleashed’: new #uwhuskies asst coaches’ base pays in ’12: Wilcox $750K, Kiesau $375K, Lupoi $350K. http://t.co/9TcxmE39
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 21, 2012 12:43 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
How pissed are Cal fans after they read this?
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 21, 2012 12:47 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I would tell you, but they already broke my rage meter.
The new one doesn’t get here until next week.
by huskies2010 on Jan 21, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha
Make sure to buy the 3 year warranty
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 21, 2012 1:07 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Wow, we got amazing deals with these guys
Hey Cal fans, so much for that whole “he only left because he’s a money grubbing traitor” thing
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
They left because Tedford isn’t an easy guy to work for. I think Jeff is a class act but I don’t work for him. Jeff is a hard worker and I would imagine he expects the same out of hi staff.
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by John Berkowitz on Jan 21, 2012 1:10 PM PST via mobile reply actions
jordan payton
he’s probably the biggest name and the kid we have the best shot at.
i donno
i think he’s waiting to see if he gets into stanford so i doubt we see him commit this weekend were more like a backup plan for him.
yeah, if he doesn't get in to Stanford I could see us being his backup plan
I think Eldrenkamp will pick us, but it may not happen this weekend.
I could also see Payton eventually picking us, but again, I would expect him to pop this weekend.
payton
jordan payton is hanging out with keith price. If i was gonna have anyone be his escort here price would by far be my first choice how can you not like that kid?
KP is such a class act.
Sure hope he stays healthy, for his sake.
by HuskyInExile on Jan 21, 2012 7:33 PM PST up reply actions
it is dumb and potentially damaging...
to a legitimate Heisman contender’s image. Keith Price was making a play-call what’s the point of smearing him with that nonsense?
I thought it was funny
That wink at the end tells me that he was tweaking a Duck defender with the “smoking” motion he did before that.
Couldn't be a more perfect host for Payton.
This pleases me.
by TualatinDawg on Jan 21, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Payton tweeting that UW is "on point"
Sounds like his visit is going well so far – it’s not as cold has people in L.A. told him it would be, he’s hanging with KP…I’m expecting to hear a very positive trip report when it’s done.
The guy to keep an eye on is Shelton. I absolutly love his film. To me he has the hips and the extremely quick feet that make an all american CB. Yes I know they list him as a safety but I see a prototypical DB when I watch him. He’s a must get in my eyes.
Shelton
Shelton is the prototype of the type of guy OSU has been bringing in to play DB under Riley.
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by John Berkowitz on Jan 21, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Shelton's a beast
I think the kid is physical enough to play as a true freshman. I don’t know where the Safety part is coming from …perhaps his height? In every video he’s up pressing kids and just man handling them. We’re going to have to impress because Nebraska has eyes on him and they think he can be the next Alphonso Dennard.
Imagine if you get
Shelton
Beaver
Goforth
one of those guys is gonna play next year if we can land them.
He looks great at CB
But I could absolutely see him at safety.
by Carl Shinyama on Jan 21, 2012 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
This is what I am reading as well
Sounds like rumors so far, but sometimes they turn out to be true.
Oh, it has evolved then further than I thought.
Sad way to end your career and life.
The family is saying that Joe Pa is still alive . . .
but is not doing well.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
For Husky fans who don't follow basketball:
ASJ got on the floor and had a great game defensively. He played well considering the fact that not only is he a freshman, but a football player too.
All I saw was purple
yes he did
I figured playing ASJ was mostly a favor to Sark, but he was a spark and gave them great minutes. Pretty impressive that ASJ got just about all the backup minutes in the post in relief of Aziz while Kemp & Bruenig never left the bench.
I’m sure Sark & Romar will make sure to point out the box score of this game to Zach Banner & Arik Armstead…
A favor for Sark . . .
What do you think, Sark owes Romar and his wife dinner at Canlis? The Met?
Or if he gets Banner, a trip to Hawaii?
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
It might've started out as a favor (to some extent)
But the kid can ball. He hasn’t had much practice time and he killed it on the floor. The only down side was that he fouled out with 7 minutes still on the clock.
All I saw was purple
I'll pitch in for Hawaii
If we get Banner and Armstead
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 22, 2012 1:00 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I hope Romar is pitching in on the recruitment
Romar is such a great guy, he can’t help but be a plus to the efforts to recruit Zach. Compare and contrast LoRo with Kevin O’Neill – c’mon Zach, who would you rather play for?
He looked great. He reminded me of a more athletic Brockman. Not quite as physical as Brock (but who is) but a big athletic kid that gets. After it.
....or a less athletic Julius Peppers
by Bamer_ on Jan 22, 2012 2:13 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
He played basketball in high school.
I think it’s more impressive that he’s not had the amount of practices to gel with the rest of the team.
by Carl Shinyama on Jan 21, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
Agree
With that performance, ASJ will get more minutes. He didn’t get the ball on the offensive side of the floor and that’s okay because he was a beast defensively. I am still waiting to see if he has offensive skills too.
All I saw was purple
His offensive game is gonna be limited to putbacks and hustle baskets
but if he can contribute 3 points and 6 boards in 10-15 minutes, he’s more than doing his part.
Jordan Payton is feeling and giving lots of love to UW tonight
Can only be positive.
I'm Definetly Woofing 4 Wooching!
A name for the ages…?
by gliderdawg on Jan 22, 2012 12:16 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
keeping an eye on Banner I imagine
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 22, 2012 1:01 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Zing!!
Hahaha, who wouldn’t!
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 22, 2012 1:44 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Miles and Banner
Seems like they hung out a lot in San Antonio. I too guess that this weekend was about being together.
maybe
Banner told Greg Biggins the USC visit was the “most fun” he’s had so far. Sure wish he was a lock, but it looks like we’re going to sweat his decision all the way up to Signing Day.
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