UW Couch Sales & Purchases (Portal Tracker)

CallMeBigErn said:
Walla Walla Longhorn just hit me with some Texas bored comedy
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From Texas writers.
No. 4 - About Johntay Cook...
With the announcement this weekend that former Texas wide receiver Johntay Cook would be joining the Washington Huskies for the upcoming season through the Portal, I feel like I just have to get something off my chest ...
This is so stupid.
Over the last few years, Cook has made incredible NIL money while waiting for his turn to come at wide receiver. Yet his frustration kicked in at not receiving immediate gratification in playing time, so he burned bridges and decided to leave Austin just as the Arch Manning Experience is on the verge of entering the chat.
Sooooooo ... he could make less NIL money playing in a lesser program with a quarterback situation that is far murkier than the one in Austin. There's hustling backward and then there's whatever in the hell Cook just pulled off in entering a marketplace that didn't value him nearly as much as he values himself.
For my money, Cook is the new poster boy for FAFO on the 40 Acres. The grass isn't always greener. The NIL streets are not always paved with more gold. The quarterback situation isn't always close to being better.
Sometimes you just need to keep your mouth shut, put your head down and grind away until your time to shine arrives. You don't set your face on fire because your nose is broken.
Texas paid Cook a LOT of NIL money, only for him to be one of the biggest recruiting disasters of the Steve Sarkisian era. Texas was heavily invested in making his situation work. The coaches weren't trying to avoid playing him on purpose in the name of playing less talented players making less NIL money.
Cook has the natural talent to be a star, but he didn't have the work ethic or inner drive to fight through the adversity in a way that would allow him to come out on top. He placed the responsibility for his plight on everyone but himself and the rest of college football told him pretty clearly what it thought of that position.
Now he finds himself in a position where he's almost certainly hoping to have a big enough season in 2025 that he can use it as a platform to transfer a second time to a more high-profile program.
It is a miscalculated, unforced error. It didn't have to happen. It only happened because of Cook's decision-making and actions.
Here's hoping it he figures out that the thing that needs to happen moving forward has everything to do with himself and very little to do with everyone else.
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This retard needs a reminder about the recent Texas vs Washington series
 
The portal gets + Walters makes this all feel like an off-season NY6 bowl trophy and an expectation of 10+ wins this year. We're still leaving a lot of room for young OL/DL to take a significant step from last year though.
 
haie said:
The portal gets + Walters makes this all feel like an off-season NY6 bowl trophy and an expectation of 10+ wins this year. We're still leaving a lot of room for young OL/DL to take a significant step from last year though.
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If he's a better coach on the field than we saw I think this has been a good off season so far. I don't think he is but still
10-2 is a playoff berth potentially
Let's aim high. Year 2 baby
 
haie said:
The portal gets + Walters makes this all feel like an off-season NY6 bowl trophy and an expectation of 10+ wins this year. We're still leaving a lot of room for young OL/DL to take a significant step from last year though.
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On offense we should be better but to win 10 games we still need impact guys on the inside and have to avoid an injury at tackle Our OLine sucks until it doesn't.
At safety we will be equal or better to what we were.

CB will be better if we can get Dixon or Davis opposite of Prysock.

LB is probably similar to this year if I had to guess.

DL/Edge is probably better but Parker is coming off of the worst possible injury for an athlete and Pepa has been unable to stay healthy. Probably need one more guy.
not sold on our edge guys. I like ward and Davis but they are too small to be 3 down guys and need to rotate. Durfee is fine when he plays but he never does. I am surprised we are yet to sign someone there.

tldr. I hope the expectation is 10 wins because the staff needs to feel the pressure. But they need a few more impact guys and to avoid injuries for that to happen.
 
RaceBannon said:
haie said:
The portal gets + Walters makes this all feel like an off-season NY6 bowl trophy and an expectation of 10+ wins this year. We're still leaving a lot of room for young OL/DL to take a significant step from last year though.
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If he's a better coach on the field than we saw I think this has been a good off season so far. I don't think he is but still
10-2 is a playoff berth potentially
Let's aim high. Year 2 baby
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He's making moves like he knows he can't talk his way out of some 7-9 win season next year and UW seems to be providing enough venti coffee cups to make it happen. I have no clue if the Texas receiver is worth it, but we thought he was and we outspent a really desperate school to get him. He won't even be the #1 here and we still pulled him.
Going out and getting Walters when you could've just lazily stayed intact is a big deal. That's the kind of move that improves your team overnight.
 
For all his faults Fisch knows the excuses he floated this year will be null and void next year, and he is making offseason moves accordingly.
Durfee needs to stay fucking healthy
 
still need an impact edge.

Has anyone geeked out enough to see what type of defense the new DC runs? I still think we need another impact D lineman but not exactly sure what type. Then one more impact olineman. Don’t care if it’s a tackle or a guard but just someone that’s going to fuck shit up.
 
Tacario was rated in the top 40 pics for the NFL draft by most services at the start of this season. He seems to have dropped out of the top 100. He's obviously going to have to come back for another year.
 
priapism said:
Tacario was rated in the top 40 pics for the NFL draft by most services at the start of this season. He seems to have dropped out of the top 100. He's obviously going to have to come back for another year.
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I'd take him over Prysock if we can get Thad Dixon back
 
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