How much heat on Sarkisian's chair? Heard some rumblings somewhere last week that things aren't going well.
Living in the NW, in Husky territory, I can tell you he is fine. On days when I dont have my sirius radio, I am forced to listen to local sports radio and there is NO talk of wanting Sark out.
The Huskies have played 5 teams who were ranked in the top 9 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll when they played them (#3 LSU, #9 Stanford, #2 Oregon, #9 USC, #7 Oregon State) and they won 2 of them and had a chance to beat USC, really. Fans around here are excited about his recruiting prowess and reputation from USC.
Washington was 0-12 the year before Sarkisian took over. When Sark was hired in 2009, Washington had not won 6 games in a season since 2003. In fact, since going 6-6 in 2003, the Husky program was 12-47 from '04-'08. In his first year with the Huskies they beat #3 USC. Then his sophomore season he beat 3 Top 25 teams, including a sleeping Nebraska team in the Holiday Bowl. Overall Sarkisian has recruited better than any other Pac 12 team outside of USC and Oregon and thats pretty impressive considering how far the Washington program had fallen under Tyrone Willingham. They are a team on the upswing, they played the meat of the schedule. Dont be shocked to see them win out and go 8-4.
From the mid 80's through the late 90's, Washington was one of the better progams in the country. They fell real far but fans around here are confident Sarkisian is the guy to get them back to their heyday of the early 90's. Whether they are right or not I dont know, just the opinion of the fanbase (of which I am not a part of).
