AFAIK Pete carroll darn near walks on water but I think he blew it on this one. He figured barkley would help recruiting of offensive linemen, big fast wide recievers, etc.
Barkley has strong skills and he has the brains, he will eventually be a very, very good quaterback. He just aint there yet. Maybe by the time he's a junior.
Unfortunately an 8-4 record wiped out anything that Barkley added to the mix.
They have to rebuild the defense and strengthen the offense, I don't think they'll get it done in one year. Next year will prolly be another dissapointment, maybe the year after that.
The defense did their job against Arizona but the offense didn't.