Softy doesn’t know anything

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Christian Caple from the Athletic was on KJR Tuesday and towards the end of a conversation, told Softy that Puka is almost certainly injured and not practicing… and Softy was shocked and had absolutely no idea.

On the flagship radio station of Husky football, the principal “Husky Honk,” knows nothing of what is going on in the program.

And this is coming from the same guy who actively campaigned for Ty to have a fifth year in the program because he, “deserved it for having such a great recruiting class coming in…”

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He’s a buffoon and bad for the program. He has a huge voice and impact on the fanbase, sadly.

puka out for the year?

Coker scoped him in the background of the Ty Jones catch video yesterday. Go check his twitter. The best guess is, they are easing him back in this week to try to get him ready to play next week.

I like him but have no illusions about his football knowledge.

Chest wrote:

He’s a buffoon and bad for the program. He has a huge voice and impact on the fanbase, sadly.

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I completely disagree. Who else in the Seattle market had a dedicated weekly show to UW football? I chose to listen to the Honks over the KOMO pre AND post game broadcasts. KJR had more UW football coverage than KOMO and 710 combined. That’s all thanks to Softy. Without him local media exposure would be putrid for the program.

Even the guys who cover the Dawgs full-time, don’t have a ton of insights into what’s going on. Jimmy got that thing on information lockdown

[Veeks McMillan]

thapurplefunk wrote:

Chest wrote:

He’s a buffoon and bad for the program. He has a huge voice and impact on the fanbase, sadly.

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I completely disagree. Who else in the Seattle market had a dedicated weekly show to UW football? I chose to listen to the Honks over the KOMO pre AND post game broadcasts. KJR had more UW football coverage than KOMO and 710 combined. That’s all thanks to Softy. Without him local media exposure would be putrid for the program.

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^^^ True. And couldn’t agree more on listening to Honks over whatever KOMO is putting out (I listened in like once and went straight back to Softy, Baird and Millen). Frankly don’t care that Baird (and Softy) are the ultimate Homers, at least Baird has great stories and is funny and actually knows something about football, and I don’t mind that Millen gets deified by some, he largely earns it IMO and is the most insightful guy available to me on Husky football.

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Fitzy wrote:

Even the guys who cover the Dawgs full-time, don’t have a ton of insights into what’s going on. Jimmy got that thing on information lockdown

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All of the beat writers knew about Puka not practicing —- ALL OF THEM.

Softy is super lazy at his job and never does his homework.

Softy is bad for the program because he doesn’t have championship expectations.

Gave Ty a 5th year then went on a big rant about him needing to go midway through 2008.

Fluffed Sark the entire time he was here.

It sounds silly but Softy is somewhat a tone setter for the fanbase.

Softy kisses the butt of coaches but all media are like that basically.

I actually don’t mind him. There used to be a lot of more blue-collar Husky fans in Seattle and Softy is like that.

Think about it. The Husky fan base is mostly UW grads and online it’s obviously football obsessives.

But there is no regular guy football fan that cares about UW anymore. The Huskies actually need that kind of fan.

UW and the Pac-12 generally lacks a blue-collar fanbase. The only exception is Oregon and USC.

My take on softy is not as good as can be. There is room for improvement.

There is no one in the Seattle market that gives UW sports (especially football) more airtime than Softy. For that reason alone he is vital to the program’s exposure.

Chest wrote:

Softy is bad for the program because he doesn’t have championship expectations.

Gave Ty a 5th year then went on a big rant about him needing to go midway through 2008.

Fluffed Sark the entire time he was here.

It sounds silly but Softy is somewhat a tone setter for the fanbase.

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It’s not good to have cheerleaders be the only voices for your favorite program, but I think podcasts and unofficial sites and stations pick up the slack there.

I was also someone who kept listening to KJR during the komo debacle, because those guys are such big fans it just makes for better radio after games.

I do think they bring up fan criticisms and don’t outright censor callers. They let you say that last year was the most disappointing season in a really long time.

Softy will probably never be in a position where he can outright start trashing a coach and the program/school unless he gets caught at a Bellevue massage parlor and has to start doing solo podcasts.

Cam Cleeland and the pdx huskies would fluff the program just as much if they transitioned up to Seattle.

I would have to say this year media would be different due to covid protocols. Some info just will not get out

LiberalArtsDawg wrote:

Chest wrote:

Softy is bad for the program because he doesn’t have championship expectations.

Gave Ty a 5th year then went on a big rant about him needing to go midway through 2008.

Fluffed Sark the entire time he was here.

It sounds silly but Softy is somewhat a tone setter for the fanbase.

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It’s not good to have cheerleaders be the only voices for your favorite program, but I think podcasts and unofficial sites and stations pick up the slack there.

I was also someone who kept listening to KJR during the komo debacle, because those guys are such big fans it just makes for better radio after games.

I do think they bring up fan criticisms and don’t outright censor callers. They let you say that last year was the most disappointing season in a really long time.

Softy will probably never be in a position where he can outright start trashing a coach and the program/school unless he gets caught at a Bellevue massage parlor and has to start doing solo podcasts.

Cam Cleeland and the pdx huskies would fluff the program just as much if they transitioned up to Seattle.

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I’m in the PDX market, which comes with many obvious challenges. I have to say though that local radio here – in spite of all the Zeroes you see on shirts, cars, etc. – has no equivalent, and not even close, to the Honks as far as their love for the local program and their football insight (and I’m obviously referring to Hugh and Dick with the latter part). I’ve listened to the Yuck station(s) pre and post game – as painful as it is – and frankly its pedestrian and just plain boring. That’s something I haven’t experienced with the Honks.

I appreciate Softy’s passion for UW football but he’s a lazy fucker who only has surface level knowledge about the team. He doesn’t follow recruiting whatsoever and his ignorance comes through when you listen to him on the Honks. Dick Fain is some even worse and the sad thing is he actually went to UW.