Are we back?
Not quite, but we’re almost there, as the Huskies took the stage at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas for Big Ten media day today. Here are some key takeaways from Coach Fisch’s presser and the interviews with the Big Ten network crew as the season is almost upon us!
What A Difference A Year Makes
As I listened to Coach Fisch’s presser, my mind kept going back to what he said at last year’s media day, which was that in that rebuilding year, he wanted “our team to be the hardest opponent that everybody plays. I want our opponents to feel like they left that game and they played two games in a row.”
It’s clear that the vision has shifted this year. And with 11 returning starters on both sides of the ball, and just one starter transferring out (corner Thaddeus Dixon, transferring to UNC), it is very evident that this is a point of pride for the Huskies, but for Fisch in particular. “The rest of our team either has moved on through graduation or are back, and that’s a huge credit to the culture of our assistant coaches and our program.”
With that shift in vision comes higher expectations, something that Fisch clearly has instilled in these Dawgs. Coach Fisch said, “We are going to make sure that everything we do, we do it at the highest level, we do it every day, and we compete for championships and make University of Washington proud.”
New Hires
This offseason also saw the promotion and hiring of new assistant coaches. Jimmie Dougherty was promoted to OC after being QB coach last year. Fisch also made mention of special teams coordinator Chris Petrilli, emphasizing his importance to this team’s success, stating “for the first time in my career, other than in the NFL, to have two people designated strictly to coach special teams, in this conference I think is critical…
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