I like the old logo Mo is wearing.
Kalen wanted to come play with the big boys
Washington made a strong push to keep DeBoer from leaving to take over the Crimson Tide after Nick Saban's retirement
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Washington offered coach Kalen DeBoer a "Big Ten package" that would have made him among
college football's top-10 highest-paid coaches before he left for
Alabama, Huskies athletic director Troy Dannen said this week. Speaking at a civic function in suburban Seattle, Dannen said the school's push to keep DeBoer featured financial figures "that were, quite frankly, unprecedented for this university,"
according to the Seattle Times.
"We put numbers in front of him that were, quite frankly, unprecedented for this university," Dannen said. "We put a Big Ten package in front of Kalen, not a Pac-12 package. …
"When it wasn't signed, Kalen said the right things publicly, and I said the right things publicly … but it gives you pause."
The push to keep DeBoer at Washington began well before Nick Saban retired and the Crimson Tide came calling. Dannen said contract negotiations with DeBoer began in October, just 10 days after Dannen arrived from his prior role as
Tulane's athletic director.