Wow. You kind of saw it coming after he was third string this week, but wow. Sad to see him go.

Wow. That really sucks he felt he should quit the team rather than work his ass off to get a shot at more playing time.

I'd say it was more than a "perception" of not having an opportunity.

Six carries is not an opportunity.

Not a good sign that a top recruit walks away like that. If this was a singular event over the past year, I would say it's a problem with Hasty. Since it isn't singular, I'd say there are some serious problems with the team--with morale, with relationships between the coaches and players, with the future of Husky ball. What does this say about a staff that invests scholarships to individuals they feel can compete on a high level for 3 to 4 years and have them walk away after one or two? Either we're not picking them right, or things aren't right when they get here. I'd love to hear of any stats regarding players walking away during the Don James era, if this is natural attrition and I'm overly worried about it or there is truly a situation to be worried about here.

Top recruit in 2004 you mean. If he's not good enough and he wants to cry about it, then peace out Hasty! Doesn't bother me.

Does anyone else find this disturbing?

Six carries is definitely not an opportunity. Not only did Hasty deserve more carries than that--all of the other backs deserve more carries. That has been painfully clear since week 2.

Can't say I am suprised, he just didn't seem to have the fire to play football anymore. With that said, three guys quitting the team during any season has to be alarming as to what is going on with this team. I just get the feeling as the last two seasons have gone on their becomes a rift between the players. Last year you had the senior fiasco and Lappano taking shots at Rankin and others, now this year Ty and Turner keep bringing up our lack of talent. Obviously if he didn't want to put the work in the it is probably best he goes his seperate way, but there is something going on that is making players feel that leaving is a better option than busting their but to get into the rotation and that is starting to be a problem.

WOW, i can see where this came from but didn't think it would happen, but i don't think he really was given a shot, i thought he should of at least been given the opportunity to return kicks, but the freshman fumbled and rankin's been the only other one since, wow

WOW, i can see where this came from but didn't think it would happen, but i don't think he really was given a shot, i thought he should of at least been given the opportunity to return kicks, but the freshman fumbled and rankin's been the only other one since, wow

Meant to say a rift between players and coaches.

You can't keep everyone happy, but it's bad when you have players walking away from scholarships. Too bad about Hasty---what a great name for a running back, somewhere else now, I suppose.

Bob, thanks for the link to Wilner's column & projections. BTW, there is another link on that site that some regular posters here might be interested in---it investigates whether TW is really the worst thing in the history of the game to happen to at least one program of some renown.

Here's the address:

http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/collegesports/2007/10/22/weis-vs-willingham-the-results-might-surprise-you/

Well, since last year, I naturally had to question a kid's motivation if he couldn't do the bare minimum to stay eligible. You have to. Look at how many players have come through the UW from much more humbled backgrounds than a kid from an affluent city with an ex-NFL Father and have made grades to play football there. He had a golden opportunity going into last season, too. Rankin was far from solidifying the starting role, and there wasn't much behind him. What a shame. Wherever J.R. goes, I hope he figures it out and ends up being a success, but all signs point to a lazy kid who wouldn't step up to the challenge and ended up quitting. But I'll be the first to admit I don't know what goes on behind closed doors, but it sure looks that way.

Hearing TW make the comment about the lack of talent floored me. How could, how would a college coach ever think this is an appropriate thing to say? Why so little backlash from the press and alumni over this? I mean, he's always been low key about expectations but this comment infers even TW has given up.

Sounds like somebody needs a pep talk.

Let's hear it, coach

And to think...a lot of Husky fans said:

Who needs Jonathan Stewart?...we have JR Hasty!

lol

Time to fire Ty. He had his chances, and he has blown it. Another blunder.

Keep walking guys..then and only then UW admin will realize that TW is totally a lost cause. I want TW out so bad its not even funny. He will continue to ruin the careers..Just keep walking out..so we can get rid of this guy.

I was a little stunned to read this, and have mixed feelings about it. From everything I've read and see happening, the coaches make their gametime decisions based on how the individual practices leading up to the game, and as a whole. Not that I know Hasty a lick, but it seems to me that he suffered a little bit from "Ryan Leaf NFL Superstar" syndrome, where you show up and simply expect to have things handed to you. Maybe that's not the case, but (and I cringe quoting this man) when Moody left USC, Pete Carroll simply offered, "if you don't want to compete, this is not the place for you." Maybe Hasty didn't get a fair look at HB, maybe he did...who's to say. I just wish he would've had a lot more fire, and responded by competing week in and week out with Rankin. I do wish him best of luck, though, I really do. Hopefully he goes to a place where he feels he's given a fair chance, and becomes their mainstay.

I wouldn't blame the Coaches for something that I have no clue on, but if I was asked to guess I would say that the transition from High school to College is tough for some people. What I mean is, this kid was a great High school Football player who had high expectations to be a great College player with the Dawgs. When all your competition in College is against only top former High School kids than you are not always the best anymore. Some just can't handle that.

I really think that if he was the one than he would be in the position right now, just like Jake is over Bonnell. You didn't see Bonnell leave the team. Hasty will regret this move later in life.

Any pararells between JR Hasty and Craig Chambers? I'm pretty sure Hasty's mom didn't call KJR to complain about playing time like Chambers' mom did.

I have no problem w/him leaving. None of us knows about his practice habits, attitude, etc. I wish him luck but props to the coaches for not succumbing. Obviously they're trying to build a winning program and if you don't want to be part of it by doing your part then you're welcome to leave. You must however earn your playing time. That is how you build a winning program. I do wish Hasty finds what he's looking for though, because he is/was a Husky..

Bonnell has not left because he knows if Jake goes down than he is the only guy left with any experience. Hasty left because he was not getting his fair shake on things. It sucks too see him go.

I'm sure all of the rabid Griz fans would love to have J.R. here in Missoula. Too bad it didn't work out with the dawgs. Thought for sure he'd be an impact player this year.

Go Dawgs, and Griz!!

i can't believe how suprised some people are on this. i saw it coming as soon as BJ passed him on the depth chart. i see these types of events as not the fault of the coaches, but a lack of confidence in the player. instead of working his butt off to regain the #2 spot, he quits. this talk about firing ty because of this is crap. you are going to fault the guy for putting the better performing player higher on the depth chart. the same thing happened at USC when moody transferred. get a grip.

So, if an RB like Hasty walks, we're probably ok because we've got others in the pipeline, right?

Was anyone else struck by the fact that of the RBs on Bob's list of commitments for next year not one tips the scale at over 200 lbs? Yeah, it's good to be fast and bone-crunching bulk ain't everything, but 5 foot 7 (and a HALF) inches, 179 pounds---ringing wet, no doubt . . .?

I remember some said VW was too small to be as good as he was, and even Napoleon K. But I also remember Greg Lewis and Cory Dillon. Now that was a running game. Gotta remember that this spread thing is the wave of the future---more speed, less crunch.

O line recruits look good, though. Maybe they'll block so well a Girl Scout could run the gaps they make.

just what i would expect from someone that comes from bellevue

Only four players that weren't getting playing time have quit. Big deal. It's typical for a recruiting class to lose up to half it's players by the senior year, depending on the program. More reps for others. Ty didn't fail to go to class and thus get behind, Hasty did. The injuries only made it more difficult. I'm glad the standard is set high. The growing pains may hurt, but the foundation for longer term and continuous success seems to be falling into place. No quick hit flame outs such as the USC basketball team that has a collective IQ of 100 .

The mistake on Hasty was recruiting him. He played behind a tremendous offensive line that made he shine brighter then he had earned. I never understood the offer of a scholarship in the first place and I watched him play three years in the KingCo. He had a great, great line paving the way for him. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. The truly good ones don't quit on their teammates and coaches. i would bet his practice habits were right in there with his study habits. Good bye, good luck, and good riddens. I'm looking forward to this segment of the schedule from hell...come on Mutts!!!

I can't believe some people on here actually see his departure as a reason to fire Ty. As Hasty is a local kid, Ty had all the reason in the world to give him a chance. I'm sure he'd want nothing more than to please the fans by playing a kid that half of them followed in high school, but it wasn't meant to be.

Personally, I watched JR in high school and was good buddies w/one of his teammates there (he went on to play at Central and blow his opportunity there), and I never thought he was destined for greatness. I don't remember him every juking anybody, and it's not like his style of running through arm tackles created by huge holes works in college. His measurables were nothing to write home about (40 time, etc.), and becoming academically ineligible is not a sign of a go-getter, so I'm not sure how this is such a hit to our program.

For the talk of losing weight (which is obviously correlated to him believing he deserved a shot), I don't recall him grading out like Locker and Rankin did in the conditioning test to start the year. Bob, do you know how he did because I would say that could help settle the argument going on here about whether or not he felt things would be handed to him or he worked his butt off.

If he was the caliber of recruit that our program needs, then he would have earned the opportunity he felt he deserved and the coaches would have gladly granted it to him. I hope him the best, but I think the impact this will ultimately have on the program and it's W's is de minimus.

I expected him to tear um up. TW says in public
he doesn't have enough talent. Come on. Only
time will tell about this one. Wonder if JRH
had gone to Oregon and JS come to Washington, what the scene would be. To bad we couldn't look
in the future. Something is going on that all of us don't know about. Too many leaving. I
don't expect UW to return to the elite until they get a new elite coach, TW is not doing it.

This should not be disturbing to anyone. The issue is all the attention these high school kids get in high school and coming out of high school with the development of all these recruiting sites. Big whoop he was rated high coming out of high school, he had potential and didn't live up to the billing. I think he listened to much to what others were telling him, and how good he should be rather than focusing on actually being good.

Kids come out of HS with a 4 or 5 star rating and think they have already succeeded. Especially when fans see that and give them all the hype. Yes many do live up to it but there have been many that haven't . I'm waiting for someone to do a story on the negative impact of all these recruiting sites.

The kid was already troubled and the fact he couldn't qualify last year academically was a clear sign of that. It was his own fault and gave up when challenged rather than show some sort of fight.

Mike D - good post.

I find it funny Hasty claims lack of opportunity/playing time. I would think that last year it would have been pretty obvious that the position was WIDE OPEN, and if one was to bust their ass in the offseason playing time would follow.

Truth is JR wouldn't start at Portland State.

JR was looking at 5th string next year

Men nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad as it seems, but it
certainly isn't bad somewhere in Division II. Now D-II isn't as easy the public
would lead you to believe. We can't change the past but we can change the
future. We cannot allow Ty to keep down the cream of our team two years in a
row. Remember the good Lord put eyes in the front of your head rather than in
back so you can your way to thriving metropolis of Missoula - rather than
looking back at the stagnant backwater that is Seattle. How well you transfer
today is critical to your future! I'm not talking about foosball - I'm talking
about flippy-cup. Twenty years from now - you're going to get laid off your job
at the carnival, the bank is going to refuse to extend the mortgage on
your home, your unicycle breaks on your way home, and when you finally get home
your four children tell you that your wife ran off with a real pro football
player. You aren't even going to flinch, you are going to say 'I avoided the
challenge at Washington and I'll avoid the challenge here.' It's all about
believing, someone has to pay for what happened last year, and it's going to be
Washington today. Let's go.

I agree with uw716. I remember the deception Bellevue achieved in their wing-T and the success Hasty had with former Bellevue RB Tracy Ford. It was never about the measurables of speed, strength, etc... and I remember Tyrone had brought him in feeling that his winning attitude was needed in an losing environment. It seems like the coaches had expected great things from Hasty, holding through with the red-shirt season. The academic ineligability really hurt him last year - he would have had plenty of opportunities if he had taken football and school more seriously.

I understand kids moving on, looking for a better chance elsewhere. But three kids in the middle of the season? Doesn't seem like Tyrone has a handle on this team at all. Sad to see another kid who could help the program just up and leave. At this rate, we will only have about 60 scholarship players by the time the Hawaii game rolls around.

Funny what happens when Hasty doesnt have trick plays and decieving handoffs allowing him to run through holes so big my grandma could run for 100 yeards.

Fish!!!! What do you know? You don't have a friggin clue as to what goes on in the locker room or on the practice field. For that matter as to why Bonnell is still there. A top quality education for one. Yah he is the one if Locker goes down, but I would think it would be a hell of allot harder to accept loosing your job to a freshman when you are in your last year. You haven't heard anything negative out of Bonnell. Hasty was a great High School Football player who probably had someone do his school work for him. This kid thought he could walk on to the turf and be the guy. A little competition comes along and he doesn't want to put in the work. So he cries.

You think TW has a gem standing on the sidelines and he is just not playing him? Get real this is not TW's fault or any of the other coaches. Follow this kid wherever he goes you will see he is going to have this problem again. He is a quitter. This also proves that you don't always benefit from getting one of the top recruits in the state. You get their attitude also.

Thanks nitsuj - For those who want to fire TW because of this, he's a J.R. Hasty timeline:

- Hasty enters college as a highly touted RB
- His competition is Kenny James and Louis Rankin
- Kenny James graduates, leaving essentially only Louis Rankin ahead of him
- He becomes academically ineligible
- He becomes out of shape
- He gets eligible
- He loses the weight

Meanwhile...

- Louis Rankin wins the conditioning test in fall camp
- Becomes a team leader
- Stays academically eligible the whole time
- Works to correct his flaws

So basically, Hasty wasted two years to get back to where he should have been his RS freshman year, meanwhile all kinds of recruits come in and he feels he wasn't given a fair shake? I don't get it.

Listen, if you are going to create a culture of winning, the competition has to come from within. You're not going to win with 18 yr old kids with senses of entitlment. Whether it's three players or 30 that leave, TW will continue to run off kids that don't want to embrace that philosophy, and I stand behind it 100%. What does it say about a player who lets his team down by not making grades from FRESHMAN level courses as a student athlete with tutors? What does it say about a player who quits on his team? Is that the kind of player you want to go to war with? Don't you think teams face adversity in games, and in seasons? Who wants a quitter on your team, bottom line!

Willingham better figure out the recruiting because his recruiting classes are looking extremely bad.

It's embarassing, Hasty was amazing in HS and they didn't even give him a chance. How was Rankin a better alternative?

His daddy told him to quit. This is so clear to me: He's not a good back, he feel the heat from the younger RB's and he's not mature enough to handle the competition. Period.

With Rankin leaving, he'd be in the drivers seat next year if he could beat out Johnson. If he can't, Johnson is the better back and he doesn't deserve the playing time.

Adios! Moving on.

This doesn't bother me at all. He apparently never worked hard, was constantly in the coaches dog house , got fairly beat out by a guy with probably less talent, but more motivation (Rankin). Then as icing on the cake, gets beat out by Brandon Johnson, who happens to look awfully good.

So all in all, it's a little dissapointing but it was kinda obvious that he was never gonna get any time, and so transferring is logical. But he is still a quitter, no questions asked.

Nothing to get worked up over.

Have people claiming this was a loss seen Hasty???? He simply wasn't that good. He was slow hitting the hole (quickness), did not out run anybody (speed), and didn't break any tackles (toughness). He couldn't even do anything in the public scrimmages.

Did you see those?

The main issue is not about Hasty leaving, its about how TW is unable to keep the team together as it slowly sinks into another 2~3 win season.

Wish Hasty well, where ever he ends up..and sorry you fell for the "we are going to bring UW back to prominence" line but atleast you woke up now and realized that it was all BS. There are plenty of players still on the team and those on the way that will fall for the same line from TW and will have to play through season after season of 3 win seasons.

Thing is... it's three this month, and Rankin is just not that talented.

I think Coach is more interested in molding them into Men than he is in molding them into Winners. So, no matter your talent level, if you're not one of "Ty's Guys", then you're not going to play. That's not competition, that's BS.

good. whatever you may think about the coaches, they are always going to try to put the best talent on the field. this kid wasn't good enough to beat out rankin or even a freshman for the backup spot. just because he came in with some stars next to his name doesnt mean jack. i think the academically ineligible part says it all.

Bob,
This is starting to smell like a gilby-type melt down. Three players have quit the team, we have lost 5 in a row, some of the stalwarts (garcia) last week sounded like they were getting pretty down and we have our first fire-somebody web site in www.firetoddturnernow.com. What's the real mood (not the blah, blah they tell reporters) on the team?

Wow, pretty amazing how everyone's all of a sudden changed from Ty haters to J.R. Hasty haters over night. Hey, maybe Hasty didn't do what he had to do to cut it at U Dub, and realizes it. Maybe he wants a fresh start somewhere else. I just love all of the opinions of the experts on this blog. I bet most of you have never even put pads on and been on the field.

Hasty was a waste of space. He couldn't cut it on the field or in the classroom. Brandon Johnson is and will be a better fit for this team as we move forward. So Hasty, goodbye, good luck and good riddens. I just don;t know why he couldn't wait until the end of the season. A very selfish move.

Glad everyone on their knees for Tyrone is so quick to throw this kid under the bus.

Good riddens JR. Obviously he wasn't showing it during the week and that showed up on Saturdays. Good luck in I-AA.

I do not know the true story on Hasty. Maybe it's even a movie opportunity with a view from behind the scenes. But on the surface looking in, I do know this: 1) Coaches spent time trying to get him to learn the system during his redshirt season and to help him mature as a player. 2) The coaches were rewarded from Hasty by being ineligible his second year. 3) Hasty is back to year one essentially in his third year of a college program. Hasty took the year off apparently. As a twenty-five year educator at the college level, that kid would have to come back to my program with humility and desire to make some things right that hadn't gone that way in the past. It doesn't seem to me that this is a coaching issue regardless of Hasty's talent. It's Hasty's personal issue. I wish him well and hope he figures things out.

I was pretty adamant about hiring Ty after he was fired by ND in hopes he would instill some dignity and talent into a once proud football program. After this latest fiasco, I'm now officially on the fence with this administration. As an alum, you better get your act together coach, because the clock is offically ticking...and midnight is rapidly approaching. We may have now instilled dignity into the program the past three years, but neglecting talent will not get us where YOU need to be when your contract expires. I hope you have a magic wand in your back pocket.

The best opportunity to see Hasty was in the Spring games. From what I saw, I was a little worried that he wasn't going to be a very productive back. He wasn't very quick, and couldn't tell if he was fast as he never broke into the open. He also wasn't a power back either. It seemed like he was a "tweener", kind of in between all those attributes.

Certainly the year lost to academic ineligibility really hurt him. Bob, if I remember correctly, he couldn't even practice while AI, correct?

But the bottom line is that last year in Spring practice, he and Rankin were the only two tailbacks in the program. If he couldn't standout in that situation, then I think the bottom line is he wasn't a Pac-10 quality back.

I hope he does well wherever he lands, though.

Greenlake:

Don't attack me because i am right. Hasty was a gem on the sideline. He was in the same league as Jonathan Stewart when he came out of High School. You are right I don't know what happens on the field or in the locker room at UW. That doesn't keep me from wanting a guy of that caliber on the field. So why do you think that Bonell is still here. Thats right you don;t have a friggin clue either. Why would you leave anyway in your senior year when you couldn't transfer anywhere else to play. He knows the system so if god forbid Jake gets hurt he can come in and help. He can also tutor jake in the offence so Jake gets better. I'll say it again, it sucks that Hasty is gone. He never got his chance to prove himself.

"he wasn't a Pac-10 quality back" perfect for TW since he is not a Pac-10 quality coach and being that we are winless in conference, not a Pac-10 team either.

Not a Pac-10 quality coach? Interesting when considering he won a Pac-10 championship and took Stanford to the Rose Bowl (probably the last Stanford coach that will ever do that).

I personally don't believe Hasty got a fair shot this year and the more I read about what Hasty senior has said on this subject the more I tend to believe he didn't. His father understands football and his comments do not reflect well on Ty.

Kosob and Hasty were his recruits, is he now running off his recruits and did he make mistakes in evaluating them. This is a concern given how many sleepers he is continuing to take with offers from only WAC schools.

And did Ty and his coaching staff do a good job in developing him as a player. I believe Ty's coaching staff is uneven in terms of competency -- JD Williams is very good and running back coach Trent Miles and Baer not so much. But of course Ty is blindly loyal to them and it would appear much more to them than his players.

firetoddturner.com

It doesn't bother me to see him go. He has had three years of opportunity and never has done what it takes to see the field in the coaches' eyes. If he was a better back than Rankin, he would have been playing GAURENTEED! Us internet knuckleheads are always hoping the unknown is going to be better than the known quantity. In MOST cases it's not!

In addition it says a lot about his character that he walks away as opposed to staying and fighting on. If he really has NFL ability and desire like his father, it would have translated to performance if he would have continued to fight.

LOL..Who cares what TW did at Stanford..Good for Stanford but what has he done since then? Lets assume he is relived of his duties this off season, do you think another Pac 10 school will offer him a job? I don't think so. Therefore, he is not a Pac-10 quality coach, he has proven as much, look at his recruiting, the treatment of his players and most importantly, his win-loss record since his aberration at Stanford.

There is no way you can compare Jonathan Stweart to Hasty. Even in high school. Stewart had to pound his way to his success while Hasty ran mostly untouched and never really learned how to run as a running back because of the trick handoffs and false plays they run. How many Bellevue running backs have been successful in college during their 6 year run? The answer to that is none and that is because they never learn how to run just how to hit open holes provided by trick handoffs. Its very obvious if you want to be a quality rb in college you should not go to Bellevue.

Gentlemen,
Losing a 4-star highly-touted player doesn't sound good, at least when you put it like that. When you say that your 3rd string player left the team, and he was a guy who had trouble with conditioning and with academics, I'm not so sure it looks so bad. It doesn't look bad at all when you consider the underclassman at his position, the ones that are working hard to get better.
One assertion about TW, however, seems to be obviously destroyed, and that is the assertion that Ty has "his guys" and if you aren't one of them then you don't play. It appears, in the stead of that ficticious assertion, that Ty plays the guys who work hard and prove it. He puts the best players on the field, period.
Message to UW players and recruits: If you're not willing to work hard and compete, then don't come to UW. It's a waste of your time, and ours. God Huskies!!!

I wonder if J.R. Hasty could find "good riddens" in the dictionary? To be academically ineligible given the incredibly low bar in academics speaks volumes about J.R. Hasty's work ethic. How tough can American Ethnic studies be, or whatever courses he had lined up? This kid has something else he would rather be doing.

When will this end? Why has the majority of news since Tyrone arrived about something negative? I thought he was supposed to be rebuilding the program. Everything I ever see and read about is negative. Well, outside of Locker (poor kid, bet he wishes he went to a real program) everything is negative. Coaches and A.D. say the players aren't good enough. Fans say the coaches aren't good enough. We are poaching recruits from Portland State and Nevada. Losses upon losses. I don't see that Tyrone has this thing going the right way at all. Even Gilby (.304) had a better winning percentage than Tyrone (.300). A loss this weekend means a complete free fall.

Complains about lack of talent after three years as the head guy...Dogs the players he does have when, say what you will, they have played hard every game. I'd have trouble playing for this guy on Saturday. Just like Stanford last year. Screw Willingham, an egomaniac jerk.

I never like to see recruits leave the program. Having said that, the Dawgs need a better running game. When you watch the great running backs, they run with power and speed. Good running backs have one or the other. We miss a great running back like Kaufman, Steele or Mcelhenney. I see this as an opportunity to recruit a back with both.
Ty is a good coach. Is he a recruiter like the Dawgfather? Only time will tell. In the meantime we need to get tougher (and I see the team doing that) and faster.

This is really a simple and non-controversial story. JR had his chances, and he failed to take advantage of them:

1. He should have started his development as an RB earlier, but he had academic problems;
2. Because of his academic problems, the coaches had to re-shuffle the team, and moved Shelton Sampson to RB again to be the #3 back;
3. JR had to compete with Houston, and then got lucky when Houston had to leave the team, so Hasty had the back-up position to himself.
4. HASTY WAS TOLD IN NO UNCLEAR TERMS THAT THE BACKUP JOBS WAS HIS TO TAKE, and he had to prove it in spring practice. He did not have a good spring, but a good spring would have kept the young players at bay.
5. Hasty has been consistently 5-10 overweight, which slowed him down. Yes, he lost some weight, but was not in the same shape as Rankin.
6. Hasty has not learned to block well, and the coaches cited a whiffed block in the ASU game that cuased a croken play where Jake nearly got sacked.
7. Hasty clearly had the writing on the wall when the UW recruited 4 RBs in the last recruiting class. DUHHHH.... Time to step up your game, JR...! He never got the memo, it seems.

This is unfortunate for him, and a disappointment, but not an unexpected one. I wish him well. He may end up at Montana with Swogger and Chambers etc....

To all of you who think this is Ty's fault for Hasty leaving -- shame on you. Hasty is the one in the offseason who needed to work to get better than Ranking or the freshman we have now and if he obviously didn't do it -- ride pine. Sven, come on -- you know there is more to the running back position than just rushing the ball. He wiffed on a couple of key blocks and dropped a pass or two I believe. He has had a chance. I don't see the big deal with him leaving. He can go join the other girls at C -WOOO. I hope he doesn't trip on his skirt and get a hang nail or something that will keep him out for the year or anything like that. He should have bucked up and put in the effort.

In my observation the defining quote of JRH's UW career is:

"Me and my family, we thought there was no opportunity opening up for me," Hasty said. "We'll look at other options."

Grammar shots aside, this expectation that an opportunity would "open up for me", rather than an attitude that he would make his own opportunities, seems to the the defining characteristic of Hasty, and the source of his football problems...At any rate, good luck!

Does anyone else find this disturbing?

Posted by Richard Lomas at 04:09 PM, Oct 25, 2007

I do because Ty recruited him. How many of Ty's recruits have 'quit.' Is this going to be a recurring event.

Coaches should do a better job evaluating the kids.

Hey, Hasty! Central Washington has a uniform ready for you.

Global,
Swogger isn't here at the U of M. He stayed true to his colors and "Coug'd" it for the Griz in the semifinals last year. And Chambers isn't even playing this year. In fact, don't have a clue where he is.

I am sure Ty wined and dined Hasty(not literally of course) during the recruiting process and now he doesn't even get a call to be asked about his wherebouts when he is no-show at practice. Hmm, not a good precedence for those recruits still on the fence about coming to UW.

Good luck Hasty, sorry you were bamboozled.

Hasty is done, any chance of being the #1 guy has just gone away for good. He is a quitter. If he thinks that there is going to be a starting job waiting for him somewhere else than he will find out again. Some other young stud will want it more than him and take it. Hasty is lacking the most important thing HEART.

I go to Central. We will gladly take him. A power back to complement the speed back we have. Thanks again Ty. You gave us our 2nd leading reciever (rohrback), the conference's leader in interceptions (hemphill), and a fullback (moss). For everyone's information, Hemphill is now listed as a possible draft pick next April. Glad the Dawgs got rid of him.

4 star recruit Chris Polk, are you out there?! Didja hear the news? Come to Washington and you will be playing right away.
Brandon Johnson. The job is yours next year if you continue to work hard and play well. Keep in mind that UW has 5 RB recruits for 2008.
And, finally, to JRH. Good luck, but I think you'll regret that you didn't choose to stay and prove everyone wrong.
And to all the Ty bashers out there. Ty, like King Leonidas, obviously would rather go to battle with few lions than with a whole herd of lambs.

and now he doesn't even get a call to be asked about his wherebouts when he is no-show at practice

Posted by coolio at 07:19 PM, Oct 25, 2007

Hasty appears to lack a work ethic. And don't forget accountability and responsibilty. He belongs in the NAIA.

Ty needs to do a better job evaluating the recruits.
Can't lose players you're building the future on.

Chris Polk signed with Colorado recently Roman

Coolio, are you kidding me?! You find it disturbing that the coaching staff didn't call and ask where Hasty was when he didn't show for practice? Is the kid in grade school or something?! Gimme a break!
To me, that just shows how deep the entitlement mentality of that family is. That they would even say that, is childish. If anything, Hasty should have been calling to say where he was at, or what his intentions were, instead of simply not showing up. That's childish, ridiculous, egregious, and outragious.

I go to Central. We will gladly take him. A power back to complement the speed back we have. Thanks again Ty. You gave us our 2nd leading reciever (rohrback), the conference's leader in interceptions (hemphill), and a fullback (moss). For everyone's information, Hemphill is now listed as a possible draft pick next April. Glad the Dawgs got rid of him.

Posted by huskiesjv at 07:27 PM, Oct 25, 200

Maybe we should petition the PAC-10 to admit Central Washington into the conference.

So he quit just like Don James. The going got tough and he quit.

I don't know if Hasty was average or great but I do know that Willingloser recruited him. Of course he has recruited a number of academically ineligible players.

The 2008 recruiting class looks to be as anemic as the previous Willingloser classes, and it won't get any better with 5 or 6 more losses this year.

The coaching staff has no clue!!!

Recruiting, preparation, play calling, etc. are terrible.

firetoddturnernow.com looks good!!!

I can't decide if the Turner/Willingloser era is better than the Hedges/Neuweasel era and it should have been pretty easy to be better.

Apple Cup will be the battle for the PAC-10 BOTTOM!!

Hasty, thanks for opening up a spot for a player who wants to be here. For all of you out there that blames TW or think that Hasty made a good decision, don't bother watching the rest of the loyal Dawgs play who want to be here. I am sure that where ever Hasty goes there will be plenty of seats waiting for you. GO WITH HIM

LOL.touché Gasser..no UW fan will have a come back for that one..LOL..I am specchless myself..lol

1) J.R. Hasty was overrated coming out of high school
2) J.R. Hasty had academic and conditioning issues
3) J.R. Hasty selfishly quit on the team in the middle of the year
4) Huskies will beat Arizona and Stanford. Bloggers will suddenly talk about how Tyrone has the program going in the right direction.
5) Our bowl chances hinge on a showdown in Corvallis.
6) Winners of three in a row, Huskies take down Cal in front of a raucous Husky Stadium crowd.
7) Huskies push aside Cougs and run all over Hawaii to finish 8-5.
8) Huskies win first bowl game in recent memory. Recruiting finishes strong and everyone is amazed how quickly Tyrone turned around a down program.

Mike- We are doing just fine in the North Central Conference. Including being ranked 15th in the nation. Just thanking Ty for sending some quality players our way.

Huskiesjv,
You're thinking of Ray Polk. I'm talking about the higher ranked (#9 in the country) RB Chris Polk, who opened up his recruiting after an early commitment to usc, and then took an official visit to Washington last weekend. And he and his mother, who came along for the visit, raved about TW.

Good call East Slope

Or Cal will put up 600 on us. Not to mention Colt Brennan is going to attempt at least 70 passes that game.

So he quit just like Don James. The going got tough and he quit.

Posted by Gasser at 07:36 PM, Oct 25, 2007

Weak, weak, weak comparison.

The PAC-9 (Bill Walsh) punished Don for his accomplishments. Don turned the program around and the PAC-9 feared him. Hasty just plain quit w/o accomplishing anything as a Husky.

How many NCs and bowl games has YOUR team won?

I stand corrected Roman. Haven't seen that guy listed before on scout.com.

I bet, Mallory, that you didn't think that anyone would call you on your hypocritical stance of absolving Willingham of losing players while previously burying ND and Weis for the same "transgression". I'm more than happy to act as your conscience.

Mike, we all know the history of DJ but after its all said and done, bottom line is that he did quit.

In protest or whatever, he did quit.

1st, unless you get fired, you eventually quit. That's true for everyone.

And, it was the strongest statement of protest that DJ could make to the Pac10.

Go back to pullman or eugene with that.

Roman,

I am actually a UW grad and so is my wife and one of our girls is currently a student right now. No coug or duck here..

THAT A BOY HASTY WELCOME TO THE CLUB!!! ABOUT TIME YOU REALIZED THAT WILLINGHAM IS A MORON AND DOES NOT PLAY THE BEST PLAYERS HE ONLY PLAYS HIS SOLDIERS! YOU HAVE TO MUCH TALENT TO DEAL WITH HIS CRAP! THAT IS WHY HE WILL NEVER WIN! BRING IN JIM MORA JR.

LOVE,
CHAMBERS, MOSS, C. SMITH, HEMPHILL, WOOD, BRAUNSTEIN, CRUCHLEY, KOSOV, BUSH, BRONSON, ROHRBACH, T. Williams, KAVA, FLOWERS, SAMPSON (but then came back), S. WHITE (for a few days), AND ALL THE OTHERS TO STILL COME UNTIL WILLINGHAM IS FIRED.

Someone needs to explain to me how USC keeps 10 highschool all american tailbacks happy (ok, one or two transferred) and we have kids quiting when they're dropped temporarily to 3rd string.

I'm just left with the idea that JR Hasty is a quiter. He didn't play last year and it's not the coaches fault. He didn't perform better than Brandon Johnson or Louis Rankin this year and that's not the coaches fault... and now he thinks he has a better future by going to a Div-1AA team, ARE YOU KIDDING! I think the kid might be dealing with a half deck..

Club, your an idiot, take your negative posts somewhere else.

Willie Hurst never quit when Neuheisal tried to buyer him on the depth chart then move him to receiver. Good Riddance, JR..have fun in Montana!!

JRH: Life is about competiton. Those who embrace it succeed while those who do not languish and fail. Thank you for all your hard work on behalf of the University of Washington and good luck with you future athletic and academic endeavors.

Welcome to Montana JR! Go Griz!!!

Didn't you forget a few like: Kim Taylor, Jason Benn, Chancellor Young, Chandler Clemons, Derek Kosub, Ashlee Palmer, Leilyon Myers, Chris Handy, Quenton Freeman, Chet Sanders, Dre Simpson, Keno Walter White, Jared Campbell, James Montgomery, Tyrone Davis, Jake Merrill, Key Bankhead, and I'm sure some more that Willingham either lost a commitment on, couldn't get qualified, ran off, or pissed off.

typo: RN tried to "bury" Hurst and he just kept coming back.

After watching the open practice/scrimmage this fall, I can't say that I am surprised by this news at all.

Bring on Shaw and Johnson!

People love to blame EVERYTHING on Willingham. You think that the coaches are stupid enoug