Which Huskies were you most excited about that never panned out?

[CheersWestDawg]

Donnie Mateaki.

This would be mine too. The classic 5-star, look-like-a-Greek-God profile pic on TBS.com but ended up doing exactly jack shit. I fell hard for it like the doog that I am.

Seriously, I know the big time TBSers on here will probably disagree with me but when it comes to personnel, a third of it is the talent you sign, a third of it is developing it, and another third of it is retaining it.

 

[uzi]

Lorenzo Booker

Hi Kim

 

[CaptainPJ]

Fucking easy...jason bass, sizemore , matt tui...in that order i’m a fucking cunt

 

[ThomasFremont]

 

[Pitchfork51]

sark

 

[TTJ]

Corey Brown
Eugene Burkhalter
Jason Shelley
Cedric White

 

[puppylove_sugarsteel]

Good call on ben. Dude could have been a great DE. I hate track and field. Damn it hooker

 

[puppylove_sugarsteel]

Chris Jeurgens was rounding out into our greatest whitey at WR. Farmer, McCaffrey type...i always bring this guy up to steel2. Damn it

 

[Joey]

For me, it would be Mike Lustyk, Kevin Ware and James Johnson.

I thought after the LSU game in 2009 James Johnson was going to break every receiving record. Turned into another freshman flameout

 

[DawgofThunder]

Nathan Rhodes
Jori Fogerson
Colin Porter
Craig Chambers
JR Who?
Willis Ray Mackey

 

[AIRWOLF]

God, so many.

Cedric White sticks out, as does a defensive lineman from Houston around the same time whose name I can't remember (Patterson)? Both were highly rated and contributed zilch.

 

[puppylove_sugarsteel]

Nathan Rhodes
Jori Fogerson
Colin Porter
Craig Chambers
JR Who?
Willis Ray Mackey

Uh, Chambers played well when given opportunity. Aside from his mental problems, blame the coach, qb and shitty team around him. Fogerson? He played and was meh.. Rhodes is only good call on your list. Fuck aside from Pup, these posts are shitty.

I expected more from derek. Ware, JJ? At least pick blue chip guys, thats point of the thread

 

[puppylove_sugarsteel]

Corey Brown
Eugene Burkhalter
Jason Shelley
Cedric White

Burkhalter? How did he not pan out? Shelley hurt but Cedric White went to the biggest cheater of all time in jackie Sherrill and did nothing in SEC. Its not like he didnt get a chance

 

[DawgWagonDan]

rel="DawgofThunder">Nathan Rhodes
Jori Fogerson
Colin Porter
Craig Chambers
JR Who?
Willis Ray Mackey [/QUOTE]

Had to google Mackey as it was before my time; Crazy Story. Lived up to some pretty intense hype as a Freshman in 79 then disappeared back to Texas like a fart in the wind and never played another down again. More chinfo: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20021227&slug=sun27

 

[rodmansrage]

gonna get downboated to bolivian for this but ronnie fouch, thought he was going to be 100x the qb lockner was.

i could be right, i could be wrong but fuck he sucked.

 

[steelheader2]

Michael Patterson Madison HS Houston. 1995, Was a stud. I worked at sports Washington back then( kill me, pre Kim etc) and did a lot of work on that class hi light film. Patterson was buddies with Lester Towns, got home sick. I'm still waiting for Cal Lee St. Louis HS head coach at time to call me back about Olin Kruetz.

God, so many.

Cedric White sticks out, as does a defensive lineman from Houston around the same time whose name I can't remember (Patterson)? Both were highly rated and contributed zilch.

 

[RaceBannon]

For me, it would be Mike Lustyk, Kevin Ware and James Johnson.

I thought after the LSU game in 2009 James Johnson was going to break every receiving record. Turned into another freshman flameout

I stood at home and gave him a standing ovation at the end of that game

 

[dongman]

@backthepack

 

[puppylove_sugarsteel]

Michael Patterson Madison HS Houston. 1995, Was a stud. I worked at sports Washington back then( kill me, pre Kim etc) and did a lot of work on that class hi light film. Patterson was buddies with Lester Towns, got home sick. I'm still waiting for Cal Lee St. Louis HS head coach at time to call me back about Olin Kruetz.

God, so many.

Cedric White sticks out, as does a defensive lineman from Houston around the same time whose name I can't remember (Patterson)? Both were highly rated and contributed zilch.

Good call steel2. Craig Quesada really hurt too. Oh, mijo austin too

 

[creepycoug]

I think you guys need to look up "panned out". Jason Shelley panned out. He just couldn't stay on the team.

The biggest single disappointment of which I'm aware in the modern era is Mike Lustyk.

Tempting to say Paul Arnold, but again, look up "panned out". Arnold had back problems pretty much the entire time he was at Washington. That he was able to salvage something of his career by playing some semi-respectable receiver while being a shell of his athletic self tells you what a specimen that guy was.

I used to go to picture day. It's what I liked to do. You'd go and meet guys like Ben Mahdavi and say to yourself "that dude is Ben Mahdavi?" and wonder how the fuck they can shine on Saturdays with that body. I had a similar reaction to meeting Charles Frederick.

I did not have that reaction when I met Paul Arnold. Sitting down and relaxing, the guy's athleticism was just stand-out obvious. What a fucking shame with him. Nice kid too.