Washington Huskies: Latest incident should be final strike against Jimmy Lake
Washington Huskies Head Coach Jimmy Lake is currently suspended. It’s just the latest in a series of events that should end his tenure at UW.
Sunday night, Washington Huskies Head Coach Jimmy Lake received a one-week suspension from the university for putting his hands on player Ruberake Fuavai. This incident on its own doesn’t warrant his dismissal. But when added to other issues, it’s the final strike against him.
Lack of results
The Washington Huskies entered 2021 as a Top 20 team, and people were excited about this year’s games. That ended after the first game, a 13-7 loss to FCS school Montana. The Grizzlies ranked ninth in the latest FCS poll, but they lost two games and are fourth in the Big Sky Conference.
It’s been pretty much downhill from there. Since the opening day stunner, Washington is 4-4. They have three wins against FBS teams. Stanford, Cal, and Arizona have a combined 5-14 record. UW beat the Pac-12’s weakest teams, and not by more than a touchdown.
That isn’t much of a bragging point. Worse, at no point this season could anyone say UW looked good or played anything close to a good or complete game.
John Donovan
Washington’s offense is flat-out bad, and the numbers bear that out. In the Pac-12, they are 11th in passing yards per game (172.3), 10th in rushing yards per game (120.5), 11th in first downs (16.2), and 10th with 21.5 points per game. It’s almost unfathomable they produce such poor results with the amount of talent they have.
Blame for the offensive debacle goes to former offensive coordinator John Donovan. It was considered a small coup when Lake hired the Carolina Panthers assistant coach. Maybe he should have done his homework better. Donovan received heavy criticism when he was the OC at Penn State.
#Washington has fired offensive coordinator John Donovan. Junior Adams to take over play-calling for the rest of the season. pic.twitter.com/iEU263IKa9
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) November 7, 2021