Hey Christian. Could you speak a bit on revenue sharing—how it will work, how it’s deployed, how it will be regulated, etc.? And more to the point, how will it impact UW from a recruiting/player retention perspective, if at all? Will an average B10 player be getting about the same amount, whether it’s Northwestern or OSU? Or is it something that could be a differentiating factor for certain programs, like NIL has become? And where does UW fit into it all?
What does it really mean to get up to BIG conference level on offensive and defensive line. Is it culture? 4 years of lifting and training with the team? Size and quickness? Can a team really get there in a year to catch up with top ranked conference teams and compete?
As a media company/sole proprietor does it make any difference if people read your stories on the Substack app vs on email? I assume it just matters that we loyal readers subscribe, but just wondering if any metric would help you attract sponsors or something.
There’s a ton of great questions here. Great job Dawgs. There’s probably too many good questions to put in one response blog. You’ve got your work cut out for you Christian. Might I suggest you break it into multiple blogs. I ask because some of them seem like they will require more research time, and I would like to see a lot of these answered.
You’ve been covering the Huskies for many years across multiple head coaches. I would be very curious how you compare and contrast the different coaches we’ve had from Sark to Fisch.
Sark took over a dumpster fire, got the team competitive, got some good wins and helped rebuild the stadium.
CP built off the talent Sark left, leveraged the new stadium and resources while bringing more discipline and reestablished Washington as a perennial power but never truly got us to the top with elite big wins (unlike DeBoer).
Lake was a mess and tried to destroy what CP built.
DeBoer again brought in discipline and structure and supplemented off the strong foundation left by CP that Lake didn’t cripple and caught lightning in a bottle and led UW to its highest heights and then left in the blink of an eye.
Now we have Fisch and still trying to sort out what he’s good at and what we have.
I’d love you to dive into how each managed the program from your perspective and what you find encouraging or what you question about Fisch so far and why we should be excited or concerned about the future.
We might not have enough information on JF yet but nobody knows more than you and I’d love to hear your insight as someone who’s covered them all.
What 2024 non-starters do you expect to become prominent contributors in 2025? Also, who would you guess will be the most improved player on offense, and the most improved player on defense by the end of the 2025? season?
Christian can you setup an On Montlake chat on this platform? It would be nice to be able to have UW discussions without being tied to a post (not that that’s bad).
I have a question about Dusty Zimmerman, the punter from Australia, who recently committed.He is listed as a redshirt sophomore. I can’t get any information why that is. Do you know why. Thanks.
Has there been any discussion of the upcoming pay structure? The 85 "scholarship" players will each receive a base share but how will the NIL funds be determined on a player (ie agent) by player negotiation or will it be structured on performance (number of years starting, all conference, etc.). Also will the scholarship tuition funds count towards the total base amount?
2014 was my freshman year at UW and I was not previously a UW fan. In the PAC-12/ 4 team playoff era I had come to hope for UW to consistently compete for a conference championship and make the playoff every 4-5 years and maybe once in a long while catch lightning in a bottle like the 2023 Huskies. In the current B1G/ 12 team playoff era, what should my annual expectations be for the Huskies?
Interesting (if incomplete) chart from NCAA.com listing 29 Division I schools (mostly FBS) and estimated dollar figures for the 2025-26 school year when *official* revenue sharing goes into effect. Not quite sure how the researcher(s) came up with their figures, but UW was No. 2 at a nearly $161k per player average (obviously all football players wouldn't receive the same amount). My question is can we expect the university's administration to dole out 82% of rev share (i.e., equal to what football brings in for UW) to one program and, as a result, student-athletes in non-revenue sports — more or less everything other than FB and men's basketball would receive far, far smaller compensation. Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't imagine a UW or a UCLA or a Cal willfully operating in that manner considering the political tides at those three schools (and others as well). Thoughts?
One of the great things about the historical Big Ten programs is how many creative trophy games they have. With that in mind, let’s come up with some either trophies and/or game names between Washington and our new conference opponents. Here are a few suggestions (feel free to use or not use if you publish the question):
Maryland - Crustacean Cup - self-explanatory and sounds more appropriate than Crabs Cup
Rutgers - War on the Shore - circa 2017, either Jersey Shore or shores of Lake Washington
Minnesota - (Battle for) The Canoe - ode to bodies of water in both states, and ode to both the rowing history at UW and Minnesota’s current “row the boat” mantra
Michigan State - Hypotenuse Trophy - to travel to East Lansing from either direction on the interstate, you need to go straight east/west, then straight north. It’d be nice if there was a diagonal shortcut.
How will Walters’ D differ from Belichick’s? For roles that are a bit different, which Dawgs might be well-suited to those?
Hey Christian. Could you speak a bit on revenue sharing—how it will work, how it’s deployed, how it will be regulated, etc.? And more to the point, how will it impact UW from a recruiting/player retention perspective, if at all? Will an average B10 player be getting about the same amount, whether it’s Northwestern or OSU? Or is it something that could be a differentiating factor for certain programs, like NIL has become? And where does UW fit into it all?
Thanks!
What does it really mean to get up to BIG conference level on offensive and defensive line. Is it culture? 4 years of lifting and training with the team? Size and quickness? Can a team really get there in a year to catch up with top ranked conference teams and compete?
I like that these q's come from u/StoutishDawg
As a media company/sole proprietor does it make any difference if people read your stories on the Substack app vs on email? I assume it just matters that we loyal readers subscribe, but just wondering if any metric would help you attract sponsors or something.
There’s a ton of great questions here. Great job Dawgs. There’s probably too many good questions to put in one response blog. You’ve got your work cut out for you Christian. Might I suggest you break it into multiple blogs. I ask because some of them seem like they will require more research time, and I would like to see a lot of these answered.
Hi Christian,
You’ve been covering the Huskies for many years across multiple head coaches. I would be very curious how you compare and contrast the different coaches we’ve had from Sark to Fisch.
Sark took over a dumpster fire, got the team competitive, got some good wins and helped rebuild the stadium.
CP built off the talent Sark left, leveraged the new stadium and resources while bringing more discipline and reestablished Washington as a perennial power but never truly got us to the top with elite big wins (unlike DeBoer).
Lake was a mess and tried to destroy what CP built.
DeBoer again brought in discipline and structure and supplemented off the strong foundation left by CP that Lake didn’t cripple and caught lightning in a bottle and led UW to its highest heights and then left in the blink of an eye.
Now we have Fisch and still trying to sort out what he’s good at and what we have.
I’d love you to dive into how each managed the program from your perspective and what you find encouraging or what you question about Fisch so far and why we should be excited or concerned about the future.
We might not have enough information on JF yet but nobody knows more than you and I’d love to hear your insight as someone who’s covered them all.
Thanks, keep up the great work.
What 2024 non-starters do you expect to become prominent contributors in 2025? Also, who would you guess will be the most improved player on offense, and the most improved player on defense by the end of the 2025? season?
As it stands now, have the huskies improved enough to compete in the trenches next year in the big ten?
Christian can you setup an On Montlake chat on this platform? It would be nice to be able to have UW discussions without being tied to a post (not that that’s bad).
I miss those long-ago days in the Seattle Times - they were fun and interactive
I have a question about Dusty Zimmerman, the punter from Australia, who recently committed.He is listed as a redshirt sophomore. I can’t get any information why that is. Do you know why. Thanks.
Probably was in school in Australia.
Has there been any discussion of the upcoming pay structure? The 85 "scholarship" players will each receive a base share but how will the NIL funds be determined on a player (ie agent) by player negotiation or will it be structured on performance (number of years starting, all conference, etc.). Also will the scholarship tuition funds count towards the total base amount?
2014 was my freshman year at UW and I was not previously a UW fan. In the PAC-12/ 4 team playoff era I had come to hope for UW to consistently compete for a conference championship and make the playoff every 4-5 years and maybe once in a long while catch lightning in a bottle like the 2023 Huskies. In the current B1G/ 12 team playoff era, what should my annual expectations be for the Huskies?
What does your sourcing tell you about the Johntay Cook situation?
Lines such as big issue all year. Fish said they would address it in the portal. Did they? Doesn’t feel like it.
Interesting (if incomplete) chart from NCAA.com listing 29 Division I schools (mostly FBS) and estimated dollar figures for the 2025-26 school year when *official* revenue sharing goes into effect. Not quite sure how the researcher(s) came up with their figures, but UW was No. 2 at a nearly $161k per player average (obviously all football players wouldn't receive the same amount). My question is can we expect the university's administration to dole out 82% of rev share (i.e., equal to what football brings in for UW) to one program and, as a result, student-athletes in non-revenue sports — more or less everything other than FB and men's basketball would receive far, far smaller compensation. Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't imagine a UW or a UCLA or a Cal willfully operating in that manner considering the political tides at those three schools (and others as well). Thoughts?
LINK: https://nil-ncaa.com/football/
One of the great things about the historical Big Ten programs is how many creative trophy games they have. With that in mind, let’s come up with some either trophies and/or game names between Washington and our new conference opponents. Here are a few suggestions (feel free to use or not use if you publish the question):
Maryland - Crustacean Cup - self-explanatory and sounds more appropriate than Crabs Cup
Rutgers - War on the Shore - circa 2017, either Jersey Shore or shores of Lake Washington
Minnesota - (Battle for) The Canoe - ode to bodies of water in both states, and ode to both the rowing history at UW and Minnesota’s current “row the boat” mantra
Michigan State - Hypotenuse Trophy - to travel to East Lansing from either direction on the interstate, you need to go straight east/west, then straight north. It’d be nice if there was a diagonal shortcut.