Ripp
Woke bitch
No, just posting info. that I thought was interesting.
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Jimmy Lake - DC Washington
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Was just wondering. No harm, no foul.
Honestly
You guys have swung me to this guy!
The players would love him
He would elevate recruiting
It would hurt Washington and we would have inside knowledge
I approve of this guy!
Babers #2, but he does not have as many pluses in conference as Lake. I would bet this guy has some seriously good staff options up his sleeve.
You guys have swung me to this guy!
The players would love him
He would elevate recruiting
It would hurt Washington and we would have inside knowledge
I approve of this guy!
Babers #2, but he does not have as many pluses in conference as Lake. I would bet this guy has some seriously good staff options up his sleeve.
Duff turned me on to this guy. I wanted Mick McCall until I read about him. He is the real deal.
Ripp
Woke bitch
Yeah, I keep going back to him too. After seeing his training video and reading about how good a recruiter he is, I'm not sure we want to pass on this guy, someone's gonna grab him soon. It's still a gamble but anyone RG picks is going to be a gamble. He seems like a real smart guy and he's charismatic. I think he might be worth the gamble.
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Ralfie
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Are you back to rooting for CU again
I wore my CU sweatshirt yesterday at Boondocks at a birthday party for my daughter's friend.I tried my best to follow the game on my phone and was rooting for the Buffs. Thanks for asking.
Ralfie
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Atta boy
jizzrag85
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And you’re basing this off of? Just curious.
Assume you mean full time head coach--he's obviously a full time assistant already. He seems to embody a lot of the traits that you'd be looking for in a head coach. Technical acumen, reputation as a tremendous teacher, great recruiter, has been mentored under a great head coach (Petersen) for several years now, personable in a way that would seemingly play well with donors/boosters. Just checks a lot of the boxes.
jizzrag85
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Yes, edited for clarity. Interesting insight, thanks! Starting to get a little sold here with his background and familiarity with the PAC-12 as well.
Plus very few people run a college football team better than Petersen. Washington's been the best in the Pac-12. Taking a page out of the recent playbooks in the SEC by hiring the best coach working for the top dog program isn't a bad strategy.
Re-read this thread.
1. He recruits the team’s best players.
2. He’s learned from one of the nation’s best coaches.
3. He’s received promotions and top end treatment at one of the best programs in our conference.
4. He’s in the right age bracket for a successful coach.
5. He’s demonstrated his acumen against our team and many others in this conference.
There’s more. Looking at a lot of the top guys, a good % of them were #1 assistants at P5 schools under high level coaches. Lake is worth the risk.
He's been a co-DC for one year. Kwiatkowski (who is still there) built that defense (verbatim from Kwiatkowski's UW bio).
It does say something that Lake was promoted to co-DC last year as Petersen clearly has been trying to keep him happy. I am intrigued by him as I think being the guy who built a defense isn't a prerequisite for being a HC. I'd just be cautious (after all, Nik was calling Adams a superstar not long ago). Lake's the type of potential superstar hire that would put him at or near the top of my list to do a deep dive on.
It does say something that Lake was promoted to co-DC last year as Petersen clearly has been trying to keep him happy. I am intrigued by him as I think being the guy who built a defense isn't a prerequisite for being a HC. I'd just be cautious (after all, Nik was calling Adams a superstar not long ago). Lake's the type of potential superstar hire that would put him at or near the top of my list to do a deep dive on.
jizzrag85
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I’m not saying he is not. I just asked for your opinion, I don’t have one. His background is intriguing and he seems to be successful at the things we need most. We’ll see what RG thinks.
Unfortunately, I don’t think Lake will be on RG’s radar.
Ralfie
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To be fair, Nik says a lot of stuff.
I do. Sometimes spitballing, sometimes generating conversation by intentionally going over the top, sometimes being overly emotional and reacting.
But with Adams, @buffaholic is absolutely correct with me. I was totally on team Adams when he landed 4* Bisharat, then switched to our OL Coach and we had our 2016 season, then signed that 2017 class of OLs... while also hearing from multiple people that he is one of the best guys you'd ever meet and is someone that other programs were trying to poach. I'm still kind of in shock that it went so sideways so fast.
Sykobuff
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Then he's not being consulted properly. Lakes resume and most importantly recruiting is what CU needs.
the one year is definitely the biggest negative on Lake. and if we're nitpicking it'd be nice if he had spent some time at another top program rather than the NFL for a few years.
We just can't wait for him to season more, someone is going to give him a HC job and we need a HC now.
I think it's almost impossible that any OC or DC of the top 3-4 teams in the conference is off of any conference AD's radar.
If Lake isn't on RG's radar, he needs a new radar.
Nik wasn't the only one, and I was just poking fun. Most of us, me included, thought Adams was going to fix our OL. We thought Chev was the golden goose as well.
After Hawkins, I look at any hire questioningly, rather than getting all fired up.
Lake's one "unknown" is that he was elevated to co-DC with the guy who was the DC who built a great D.
Is Lake a great mind? A great leader? Or is he just a great DB coach and recruiter, so great, that Petersen wanted to pay him more and give him that co-DC title to keep him recruiting?
If Lake was just a great recruiter, I'd be wary. But he seems to have built his DB system, managed it, coached it, under a guy who demands perfection. So I'm pretty sure he can scale that skillset up to a full roster. If he checks out, I'd think he's worth that small risk.
Petersen did give him playcalling responsibilities, though. So more than a ceremonial promotion to get him a title & coin in order to keep him.
Ralfie
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I suppose we’ve gotta accept there’s gonna be risk no matter who ya hire. And we may have 2-3 rough “building” seasons ahead of us.