Look, the 2024 Washington Husky football season wasn’t what Washington Husky football fans actually wanted to see. Things went very, very poorly at times. The offense was clunky. It just wasn’t a spectacular sort of season.
And while folks who weren’t paying close attention may have blamed Jedd Fisch for the drop off from the magical 2023 season to the 6-7 struggles that we saw from the Huskies this past year, it’s pretty clear that the real reason for those struggles is a bit more nuanced and complex.
Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to look back at this season and actually acknowledge the entirety of why UW had issues in 2024.
“It’s because they lost 20 of 22 starters,” Josh Pate plainly explained.
Pate, in a recent podcast, broke down why he’s expecting more from the Huskies this coming season. And as part of that, the college football analyst examined why Washington struggled this past season.
“Washington was 6-7 last year, but the thing is, everyone looked at it and said ‘well, that’s because they lost Kalen DeBoer’,” Pate said. “No it’s not!”
Josh Pate expertly breaks down why the Washington Huskies struggled during the 2024 season
And he’s right. He’s right to point out that the reason UW struggled was the massive roster turnover and such that took place. Pate is also right to note that Fisch had a hard time with finding success in 2024, but someone else almost certainly would have had issues as well.
“DeBoer would have taken a big step back record-wise, in my opinion, had he stayed at Washington,” Pate noted. “He didn’t, Jedd Fisch came in and so Jedd Fisch is the poster child for the fall off from national championship game to 6-7.”
It’s not totally fair that Fisch is hit with that reputation. The man had to deal with a significant amount of roster turnover and roster assembly and such in a hurry. And, to be totally fair, it could have theoretically gone better for the Huskies in 2024, but Fisch was able to build a team that is expected to accomplish a bit more in 2025.
As long as the Huskies continue to move forward and build momentum with Fisch at the helm, then things are going well, if you ask me.