October 11, 2009 in Sports

Cougars need Akey

The Spokesman-Review
 

As a longtime Cougars fan, I felt it was time for my first assessment of the way things are going.

WSU blew it when it let Robb Akey get away. Look what he has done with Idaho football in two years, and then look at what Paul Wulff has done to WSU in his two years. Idaho, second in conference; Cougars, 10th.

Paul, the eternal optimist, still doesn’t have the “no-huddle” offense off the ground. Robb Akey uses it for the first time against Colorado State and comes from down 20-7 to beat the Rams 24-20.

Wulff should be coaching volleyball and get rid of those “rose-colored” glasses he whips out every Monday to tell us “there were positives in the game; something to build on.”

If you can’t dig out of a hole, you aren’t going to build anything. WSU is too tall for Paul.

Safety tip: If you want to keep Cougars out of your yard, just put up goal posts instead of a fence. Problem solved. (Go, Wulff – anywhere.)

Ed Hollow

Spokane

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  • jah05r on October 14 at 10:40 p.m.

    Ed, don’t let facts get in your way.

    First off, Robb Akey is in his third year as Idaho’s coach, not his second.

    Secondly, if you look at UI’s first two years under Akey, you see a 3-21 overall record, a defense that gave up 45 or more points a whopping 14 times, and a lawless mess that resulted in both dismissals from the team and the reduction of scholarships for the program.

    Sound familiar? It should, because it’s the exact same mess that Paul Wulff has dealt with in Pullman.

    Robb Akey only reached success at UI after three years of establishing his own system and identity in the program. At the very least, Wulff should be allowed the same.

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