Tree fells dawgs

According to an article written by Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times, and I quote: "Willingham admitted later the team's main goal now may be to keep the players from splintering amid the rumors swirling about his future. 'They are frustrated, the coaches are frustrated, everyone is frustrated,' he said. 'We want to get this thing right.'"

With Willingham's future as Washington's coach hanging by a thread, recruiting could take a resounding blow due to uncertainty.

Scout.com ranks Washington's 2009 recruiting class 71st in the nation, listing just 6 recruits.

But recruiting will most likely suffer whether Willingham is fired now, resigns now or is let go at the end of the season. Making a decision on him at this time just to salvage recruiting doesn't seem necessary. I think AD Scott Woodward would go along with that and probably, along with the school president, will make his decision on Ty’s future at the end of the season -- unless there are some blowouts between now and then, with evidence of the team quitting on the coaching staff.

In that regard, Locker's nonchalance on the sidelines was not a good sign. Some defensive lapses in the last two games are troubling. Not even Gil Dobie (58-0-3) could survive a player mutiny, nor could a former Lt. Gov.

At Washington, it’s the bottom line that is hurting Ty the most: a 0-4 season and 11-29 overall.

Before Willingham, Gilbertson’s two-year non-winning record is hurting him, too, and, unconsciously, with many fans, is being added to Ty’s record. No bowl since 2002 is all certain fans see.
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Sound off, hut, two, three, four:

(*) I hate to see these true freshmen being thrown into an early baptism of fire, with an injury – sooner or later – being an almost certain outcome.

The coaches know it; the players know it.

Case in point: Repeatedly pounding young Chris Polk up the gut was sickening to watch. Now Polk is rehabbing shoulder surgery.

I blame the coaching staff for not recruiting the JC ranks any better than they have during the last two or three years. I will not accept any excuses, regardless of what Dick Baird says.

I’d rather see an incoming JC having to lose some weight rather than watching a "skinny" true freshman getting beat up because he hasn’t had time to bulk up.

And why wasn't Ryan Perkins wearing a yellow jersey? I know that's 20-20 hindsight, but just thinking of his injury makes me nauseous too. Geez, we all wear seatbelts.