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Post by ALLnAggie on Mar 18, 2022 9:16:39 GMT -5
So what you are saying is the writing is on the wall for this being Washington's last year? That's the only reason there would be soo much internal "panic". This is my belief...the assistant coaches that left see what Washington doesn't see. He has been set up to fail but, he will not be a squeaky wheel so he could potentially get some oil, he will quietly accept his fate. His comrades are not willing to face a similar fate...and ask yourself, would you? They know the cannot ascend or grow here without pulling a rabbit out of the hat for the next 3-5 years. Now, you tell me, what sensible person would resign themselves to that environment?? Thus, my expectation is Washington will get some old recycled coaches that don't have much tread left and try to be respectable the next few seasons. And to be honest...the whole thing stinks. We can give our leadership and administration credit for growing the university to where it is, on the flip side we have be just as honest when they screw up. Well, our leadership blew this one...HUGE! I mean, who stands next to a falling tree... So isn't this an indictment on the HC that those around don't believe the program will be successful in the next 3-5 years?
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Post by Bornthrilla on Mar 18, 2022 9:20:34 GMT -5
It could be more of an indictment against the athletic department than the HC.
If everybody believes that the university is no longer willing to support the current regime, it's pretty much every man for himself at that point.
When you allow at 4X HBCU national title winning coach to become a lame duck after experiencing just one losing season in 10 years, this is the outcome.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Mar 18, 2022 9:27:52 GMT -5
2018 - Washington reached the pinnacle of HBCU football
2019 - Washington reached the pinnacle of HBCU football
2020 - Washington assembled the most talented roster in school history; Earl decided the juice wasn't worth the squeeze
2021 - 5-6
2022 - ?
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Post by ALLnAggie on Mar 18, 2022 9:51:05 GMT -5
It could me more of an indictment against the athletic department than the HC. If everybody believes that the university is no longer willing to support the current regime, it's pretty much every man for himself at that point. When you allow at 4X HBCU national title winning coach to become a lame duck after experiencing just one losing season in 10 years, this is the outcome. Makes sense....did we extend Broadway before the end of his first contract?
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Post by DOOMS on Mar 18, 2022 10:01:52 GMT -5
So what you are saying is the writing is on the wall for this being Washington's last year? That's the only reason there would be soo much internal "panic". This is my belief...the assistant coaches that left see what Washington doesn't see. He has been set up to fail but, he will not be a squeaky wheel so he could potentially get some oil, he will quietly accept his fate. His comrades are not willing to face a similar fate...and ask yourself, would you? They know the cannot ascend or grow here without pulling a rabbit out of the hat for the next 3-5 years. Now, you tell me, what sensible person would resign themselves to that environment?? Thus, my expectation is Washington will get some old recycled coaches that don't have much tread left and try to be respectable the next few seasons. And to be honest...the whole thing stinks. We can give our leadership and administration credit for growing the university to where it is, on the flip side we have be just as honest when they screw up. Well, our leadership blew this one...HUGE! I mean, who stands next to a falling tree... This is a hell of a post.
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Post by aggie30 on Mar 18, 2022 10:06:52 GMT -5
This is my belief...the assistant coaches that left see what Washington doesn't see. He has been set up to fail but, he will not be a squeaky wheel so he could potentially get some oil, he will quietly accept his fate. His comrades are not willing to face a similar fate...and ask yourself, would you? They know the cannot ascend or grow here without pulling a rabbit out of the hat for the next 3-5 years. Now, you tell me, what sensible person would resign themselves to that environment?? Thus, my expectation is Washington will get some old recycled coaches that don't have much tread left and try to be respectable the next few seasons. And to be honest...the whole thing stinks. We can give our leadership and administration credit for growing the university to where it is, on the flip side we have be just as honest when they screw up. Well, our leadership blew this one...HUGE! I mean, who stands next to a falling tree... This is a hell of a post. I wonder what everyone will think after we win the Big South next year?
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Post by Aggie Monster on Mar 18, 2022 10:09:40 GMT -5
This is a hell of a post. I wonder what everyone will think after we win the Big South next year? They will just say we won a depleted Big South. No Kennesaw, No Hampton, No Monmouth. So we should have won it. Now imagine what everyone will say if we dont.....
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Post by ohsixrain on Mar 18, 2022 10:19:21 GMT -5
I wonder what everyone will think after we win the Big South next year? They will just say we won a depleted Big South. No Kennesaw, No Hampton, No Monmouth. So we should have won it. Now imagine what everyone will say if we dont..... Right...who wants be on that train? They very well could lose the Big South next season. But, the insult to the injury is we are moving to the CAA, that we are not ready according to our leadership.
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Post by moaggies5 on Mar 18, 2022 10:20:20 GMT -5
Ouch Monster, but true.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Mar 18, 2022 10:42:51 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm not even focused on the Big South next year. If we win it....ok. But if we're subpar in the league.....BEFORE HEADING INTO THE CAA......that's a huuuuuugggggggeeeeee problem.
Once again, bouncing from the MEAC to the Big South to the CAA in a mater of a few years.........that's asking a coach/coaching staff way too much in terms of success. MISSION (virtually) IMPOSSIBLE!
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Post by aggie30 on Mar 18, 2022 10:53:49 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm not even focused on the Big South next year. If we win it....ok. But if we're subpar in the league.....BEFORE HEADING INTO THE CAA......that's a huuuuuugggggggeeeeee problem. Once again, bouncing from the MEAC to the Big South to the CAA in a mater of a few years.........that's asking a coach/coaching staff way too much in terms of success. MISSION (virtually) IMPOSSIBLE! If the league is depleted then we should win. I understand the CAA is a lot bigger and better. Are we just scratching next year off if so the players are wasting a year of eligibility? I understand there are a lot of changes happening and coming in the future. I just hope we (administration, coaches, and alumni) don't write off next season. If that is the case then why are we playing?
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Post by A&T-roy on Mar 18, 2022 10:59:42 GMT -5
This has zero to do with Coard, Gibbs and Jones leaving for better career opportunities. This is about Coach Washington and the challenges he now faces with assembling a new staff during the final year of his contract. We also have earmarked scholarship dollars for hopefully some bigtime transfers and right now we are missing 3 of our top recruiters. The timing for all this couldn't be worse. Um, it could be worse...see week before 1st game or the day of, etc.
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Post by A&T-roy on Mar 18, 2022 11:04:35 GMT -5
It could me more of an indictment against the athletic department than the HC. If everybody believes that the university is no longer willing to support the current regime, it's pretty much every man for himself at that point. When you allow at 4X HBCU national title winning coach to become a lame duck after experiencing just one losing season in 10 years, this is the outcome. I'm, actually, a bit surprised that more coaches didn't leave sooner. We had a good run (3-4 yrs) with a pretty stable coaching staff.
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Post by aggie2039 on Mar 18, 2022 11:58:58 GMT -5
This is not about the administration, this is about Washington. Did you all see that đź’© show he put in last year?
Our program has been on a steady decline under his leadership, our players act like they are straight out of jail and the coach does nothing.
Like the players I personally know, the coaches that have left know Washington is not the man to lead this program.
Why would the administration extend the contract of a coach that isn’t the right fit? They are doing him a favor by giving him another opportunity to be successful and basically audition to keep his job.
I don’t care about his HBCU championships, we are not in the MEAC or SWAC. We saw what happened once we played a full BSC schedule, no excuses…he had two off seasons to prepare for this move and we got an unprepared coaching staff and team.
CoVID year is an excuse, Ivy League schools didn’t play and Princeton still beat Monmouth. CoVID year is an excuse…
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Post by Aggie Monster on Mar 18, 2022 13:11:56 GMT -5
Y'all are a little hard on Washington right now though. For me his biggest mistake was not making sure our QB was solid and/or the backup QB was solid. If he had done that then we win at least 2 more games. I kind of reject this notion that the entire staff and game plan sucked all season. It really did not, but to hear some people on the board bash the staff as incompetent......it's a bit much.
Furman - 14-for-29, 1 INT, 2TDs, 268 yards (11 point loss) Kennesaw - 14-for-35, 176 yards (14 point loss) GW - 11-for-21 (8 point loss)
There are guys that complete more passes in 1 half than that.
Look at this stat. Even in our wins the completed passes were 18, 14, 15, 10, and 9. For the season we averaged around 13 pass completions. That is kind of despicable even though we averaged not much more than that in 2019, but we had a healthy and in shape Martin, LOL
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