re: McCarthy could be on way out

Very interesting that Sarkisian is now the head coach who runs a wide oped style offense and D.J. McCarthy may be interested in a job at UofW. We just put in charge of recruiting the #1 WR or player for that matter. Best thing for us is that it is damn cold in Washington.

Dj McCarthy is a very good wr coach. People have inflated the talent he's had to work with. He doesn't have a dewayne bowe or buster davis to work with.

Doucet was hurt most of the year last year. Lafel has improved. D byrd is head case and the two mitchel's just not as talented as they were rated coming out of high school.

All in all, the group is a good group. Above average. However, none of them are great. You can't blame a coach for a guy not having the inner drive or will to be great.

Is williams a better wr coach because julio is better than d.j. hall? Talent is the decisive factor.

Bottom line, McCarthy is a good wr coach. He's a hell of recruiter, he's played the position, and he's developed multiple players to become n.f.l. wr's. That's what you want in a wr coach. He got a good class last year. If he hauls in debose and randle, all of sudden, mccarthy becomes a great wr coach.

The WRs lost confidence in Lee and lost focus catching the ball. It is McCarthy's job to keep them motivated and focused.

And on the talent, do we need to have all first round draft picks to not drop the ball?? This is no excuse.

S.F.P.

Lafell is no bowe, he's not as physical. bowe was better at blocking and making a play on the ball. Lafell waits for the ball to come to him. Bowe would get physical with the db's and win that battle.

T.T. is not a buster davis at this point in his career. He's light, can't block, he's not as fast, and i'd say it's hard to even think he has as good as hands because buster had some of the best hands in school history.

Does t.t. have "potential" yes. He must grow, become more physical, then he "can" get to the level as bowe or davis. He did make good stride's this year. he was the one wr who would play the ball vs. let the ball play him.

Won't comment on the mitchell's. They would not start for most elite programs in the country. That should tell you everything.

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He's a hell of recruiter,

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can't argue there.

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Bottom line, McCarthy is a good wr coach.

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I'm not saying he is good or not. I really think it's too early to tell. Again, there are good things and bad things but the lack of concentration and dropped balls this year has been a killer and the inability to line up correctly last year was rediculous.

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He doesn't have a dewayne bowe or buster davis to work with.

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I love D Bowe and Buster as well, but those were Sr. wide outs your talking about. TT, LaFell and Byrd are outstanding talents, and in some ways more talented than Bowe, Buster and Doucet.

I don't think you can realisticly say that talent is the problem.

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Best thing for us is that it is damn cold in Washington.

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You've never been to Seattle have you? Certainly it's colder, but it's pretty mild considering how far north it is. Puget Sound really moderates the weather.

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and wow he got a talent like Toliver to play ok? Man thats awesome

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Anyone who followed TT's recruiting knew he would be a project in the first place. Dude showed up 170 pounds soaking wet on a 6'5 frame...

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yea man just ignore the drops,

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Coaches cause drops? Should we have canned Monken when Bowe dropped everything in sight (before we knew it was an eye problem)?

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lazy blocking

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I think this has a lot more to do with the overall demeanor of the team. Frustrated players = lazy effort. Again, it's not really the WR coaches job to ensure his players don't play lazy.

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poor route running

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He can be single handedly credited for Lafell's development as a damn fine route runner.

Byrd has an attitude problem and his arrogance probably had more to do with his lack of development than anything.

Can't think of anyone else who really runs poor routes...

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TT > buster davis

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That's bullshite.

You can't even make a claim like that because there is absolutely zero evidence to support it, but I'm sure you'll cite TT's 5 star Rivals status.

TT was not ready to play SEC ball when he came out. In fact, he's still tiny as shite. Add to the fact that the coaches haven't been pleased with his effort in practice and there you have the reason why he's failed to make a huge splash...

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Nah. 06 the line played really well, last year good not great.

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Without checking, I'm pretty sure sacks, TFLs and hurries have gone down every year since he's been here including his first year. There were big question marks about why our line couldn't generate more pressure/pass rush the last several years.

So are we going to hire Jerry Rice this time?