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     Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
From Condotta's blog: One stark example, Sarkisian said, was senior strong safety Nate Williams. Sarkisian said Williams "went from bring a mid-4.7 guy to a low 4.5 guy." The thing I like about Nate Williams is that he brings the lumber with him. The fact that he's bringing it even faster now is nothing but good. | ||
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There's only one "Nate the Great" and his name damn sure doesn't end with Williams. His speed gain is due to bovine hormones injected into his gastrocnemuses. | ||
| Sundodger Username: Sundodger Registered: 10-2008 |
That's a really impressive speed gain. Especially for a senior. More evidence of 1. Just how bad strength and conditioning was under Willingham, and 2. That good coaches can make this roster a lot better without a wholesale turnover. | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
...and 3. The propaganda benefits of a coach with a fast stop-watch-finger. Remember your comment about the negative effects of Coach Gilbertson comparing the size of our lines unfavorably to Stanford's? This is the same psychology for defensive backs. If I were Nate the Great's coach, I'd tell him he's the fastest, baddest, hardest-hitting sumbitch on Montlake, and anybody with a different jersey that crosses his face better learn that fact, etc. Not saying he's not getting faster. Just saying there are incentives to, um, "emphasize" the improvement. Also not disagreeing with your fundamental point about the existing players getting better. Oh, man, I hope our defense starts getting better. It's bound to happen. I hope it happens now. | ||
| Sundodger Username: Sundodger Registered: 10-2008 |
I get your point, but the same coaches timed him last season. They can only cheat so much, or before you know it, guys will be running sub-4 second 40's. Maybe they only cheat for seniors... | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
Fair point. Although they might just be "mis-remembering" his time from last year. In other words, it seems a little weird that our starting safety ran in the 4.7s. Don't you agree? Nate the Great seems faster than that to me. Ah, look, I'm not trying to be pessimistic. I like Number 8, I like the Huskies, I like Sarkisian, I like our chances. The world is pretty good. | ||
| Kdog Username: Kdog Registered: 10-2008 |
He's not Nate the Great you stupid ass until he can prove he can go a whole season and keep his starting job. He'll be great when he doesn't give up game winning TD passes like he did against Notre Dame and ASU. He gained some speed because 1. Roids and 2. We landed a stud recruit so for the first time in his career his job is seriously threatened. I'm glad he gained some speed but lets stop this rediculous Nate the Great shit. Nate Robinson is Nate the Great but not Nate I get burned once a week for a TD Williams. | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
Hey, Kdog, did you just call me a "stupid ass"? Wow. You're way out of line. Control yourself. Meanwhile, I think I'll go on using a little rhyme like "Nate the great wears number eight" to teach a five-year-old Dawg fan the names and numbers of the Huskies. I think he and I will go on showing a little enthusiasm for the current players. Whether that's okay with you or not, I don't seem to care. You little brat. | ||
| Sundodger Username: Sundodger Registered: 10-2008 |
Unfortunately, I think more than a few safeties that played for the Dawgs recently ran in that range. Or the high 4.6's, anyway. CJ Wallace ran in the 4.7's at the NFL combine, I believe. He actually ran slower at the UW pro day (over 4.8) Mesphin Forrester and Darin Harris where both in the high 4.6's. Greg Carothers, Jimmy Newell, Evan Benjamin...Not fast guys. Dashon Goldson was fast enough to move to corner, and he only ran a 4.65 at the combine. The lack of speed in the secondary the last decade has been amazingly bad. | ||
| Dawgvader Username: Dawgvader Registered: 06-2010 |
Jimmy Newell was a 4.4 guy..... he was blazing fast..... just didnt have great instincts | ||
| Sundodger Username: Sundodger Registered: 10-2008 |
Even if that were true (which it isn't, unless you're talking about a 34 yard dash or something), that doesn't really take away from the fact that the UW has had an inordinate number of slow safeties the last several years. | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
One thing to remember: very, very few people ACTUALLY run a 4.5. A true 4.5 is extremely fast. Most of the numbers we hear are pure nonsense. Not that any of this changes your fundamental point, Sundodger. Just offering some perspective. | ||
| Kdog Username: Kdog Registered: 10-2008 |
I'm a brat huh? Well your still a senile old dipshit! Nate the great should be reserve for someone who won't be replaced by a true freshman during his senior year. Thats the problem with this team is guys like Nate Williams play in our safety position. Giving up non stop long bombs to lose games is getting quite annoying. Him and Quenton Richardson need to get their act together becuase I'm getting tired of watching those two getting burned week after week then having morons on this site praising them. | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
Couldn't quite hear that, Kdog. Maybe try again without banging your spoon on your high chair. | ||
| Millertime Username: Millertime Registered: 12-2008 |
Kdog calls Djohnson a dipshit, then Djohnson makes insulting references to Kdog's maturity level. What else is new? | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
Observations. Mine are observations. Kdog's are unsupported assertions. I may be a dipshit, but he's in no position to know. See what I mean? | ||
| Kdog Username: Kdog Registered: 10-2008 |
Actually I'd say citing several examples of Williams getting burned over this past season and how he might lose his job to a true freshman is an observation. You throw around words like "great" way to much. Hell you thought Ronnie Fouch was good and he had no business taking up a D-1 scholarship let alone start games for a Pac-10 school. Remember this is the pac-10 there all good in highschool but when I say he is great I'd use that for Jake Locker and Jake Locker only. | ||
| Sundodger Username: Sundodger Registered: 10-2008 |
Did you actually read why Djohnson calls Williams "Nate the Great," Kdog? He spelled it out, just for you. He won't lose his job to Parker, either. For one thing, Parker is most likely going to play free safety, not strong safety. Williams has close to 30 pounds on Parker. | ||
| Dawgvader Username: Dawgvader Registered: 06-2010 |
That is the problem..... Djohnson spelled it out and spelled it out and spelled it out and on and on and on and on... If he would shortened his entire chapters.... people might start reading his entire post's | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
Right. Or maybe if I'd spelled it out in smaller words... | ||
| dawgfvr Posted From: 65.183.198.118 |
It's no use making suggestions Vader, Djohnson thinks he's right no matter what. He's too much of a coward to ever admit any sort of failure. | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
That's true. And I'm not afraid to admit it. Remind me, though, what failure am I supposed to be admitting to? I fail to see what you're talking about. Is that it? Damn you and your Jedi mind tricks! Did Kdog put your up to this? | ||
| Kdog Username: Kdog Registered: 10-2008 |
Djohnson's posts are so long and boring only you read his posts Sunfagger because you are the same way. Just make your friggin point and get on it with it. Exchange emails/facebooks so you guys can stop cluttering this page with personal one on one conversations. Nobody cares! | ||
| Djohnson Username: Djohnson Registered: 10-2008 |
Kdog, if you didn't exist, somebody would have to make you up. You're a gem. Don't ever change. All right, this stupid thread has run its course. Let me just invoke Godwins Law by pointing out that Hitler did not think Nate Williams wore number eight, and he did not acknowledge his greatness. That ought to do it. | ||
| Kelis Posted From: 188.72.238.13 |
No question this is the place to get this info, tnakhs y'all. | ||
| Shir Posted From: 109.230.216.60 |
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