[Seahawker 562]

University of Washington football coach Tyrone Willingham has resigned.
Willingham will coach the Huskies through the end of season, they said.

The announcement comes after one of the worst records in UW football history.

Willingham is 11-32 in his four seasons at UW, and the Huskies are 0-7 for only the second time ever.

Willingham and athletic director Scott Woodward made the announcement at a news conference Monday.

Willingham has been under fire for being unable to turn around the Washington program.

Woodward has said he did not want to change coaches during the middle of the season. But he said Monday's announcement ends speculation of what is going to happen with Willingham and lets the team focus on the final five games.

So thats 2 Washington coaches resigning at the end of the year.... (holmgren is the other)

[Stoney]

Terry Bowden is schedualed to interview for the position today.

[Seahawker 562]

I think its really bad to tell the players that your coach is resigning at the end of the year, they wont be as motivated, resulting in even less games being won

[Stoney]

They are 0-7 and it is thier fault he's going away. Thye just didn't have any heart or pride. They are a horrible team.

[Seahawker 562]

Still a bad idea no matter what the record is

[desertrat]

Originally Posted by Seahawker 562

I think its really bad to tell the players that your coach is resigning at the end of the year, they wont be as motivated, resulting in even less games being won

Kind of difficult to win less than zero games. I don't think it makes much difference, no other motivation has worked this year, but since these are kids Ty recruited they may actually feel guilty about letting him down and try to send him out with a win. Who knows how they will respond, it depends on their relationship with thier coach.

[Stoney]

If Ty gets another chance to be a head coach I am willing to bet he doesn't go the "Friend" route to the players anymore.

[hawksgirl]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Kind of difficult to win less than zero games. I don't think it makes much difference, no other motivation has worked this year, but since these are kids Ty recruited they may actually feel guilty about letting him down and try to send him out with a win. Who knows how they will respond, it depends on their relationship with thier coach.

agreed 100%