IFL Alex Cook. Hardly saw anytime last year in his third year in the program, at a new position, with multiple younger kids in front of him. That dude had every reason to give up, quit, portal etc.
Butt he busted his ass, beat out the kids, is playing his ass off, smoking ball carriers and talking shit like Lane Kiffin. Might be my favorite kid on the team right now.
You love to see it.
It's not in fashion to complement or credit Petersen with anything, but...one of the biggest and best culture changes he brought to UW is this right here. It's no longer standard practice to write players off permanently after one or two seasons.
Pete had his flaws and they are well documented but hiring Pete was still one the best decisions this program ever made. Pete brought us back to true relevance and stocked us with talent, hard working talent. The frustrations with Pete are that he was so close to being great but his seemingly easily fixable flaws never got fixed.
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I still love the dude.