Husky Jacks open thread [2025]
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Starting Haener would have been a massive ballsy move. If he came out and struggled at all the horde (me included) would have wanted to kill Peterman. I wonder if he hoped Eason was a gamer and would turn it on once the games started. Then he didn't.
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Eason started out like gangbusters in 2019 and, in retrospect, doesn’t seem like the problem. He had shit receivers and superstar Puka languishing on the bench.
Bizarro Cal game red-pilled that season and teams realized they could pick on Kyler Manu. Late stage Petersen was a tough hang. Dude showed up from Boise burnt out and kicked the can down the road for a few years until…well🤷♂️🤷♂️
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sermon seeker? Good for him.
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now he can buy the entire trailer park!
All jokes aside, crazy story of what this kid and his family went through so happy for them all.
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It's true that UW looked pretty good at the end of 2019, even though that Boise team being ranked #12 or whatever was ridiculous. Eason + Ahmed had me pretty optimistic for 2020. Eason did say right after the game that his mind wasn't made up yet.
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If I remember correctly Eason was kind of a thud against Cal and his immobility was already clearly a problem. I get that his WRs weren't great but felt like the love affair was already over by then then he tore it up against crappy teams.
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That's the problem with annointed kids out of high school.
Like a week or two later after Cal, he was beating a shitty BYU on ESPN and already had Todd McWhoeverthefuck creaming himself on air again.
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A conspiracy theory I've held ever since Pete quit: The Haener/Eason thing was a huge factor in Pete quitting coaching. I think Haener likely beat out Eason in Pete's eyes during camp but there was no way he could start him after the Cal fiasco and with all the fanfare Eason garnered. Haener was the ultimate underrated gym rat Pete-style QB and Eason was a cocky rich kid who (allegedly) didn't put the time in in the film room. IIRC, Haener transferred the day after Eason was announced as starter. And as much as I hate to give this asshole credit, I do think Mario Cristobal was the other huge factor in Pete quitting.
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Also Savell Smalls
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I think the Haener/Eason thing might have been a final tipping point yeah. Did TSIO also always say Petersen hated Browning by the end of things and that was another drop in the bucket. Could make an expansive list of stuff. I think Gaskin (and some of the other seniors) kind of willed them to that 2018 championship because I think Pattersman was also burnt out by the way the conference set them up against Oregon that year, the OKG is racist BS, Gee Scott Jr. saga, having to suck up to guys he probably knew sucked like Smalls, and the impending uphill battle with JT and Egbuka. I think it was around then they had done a good job of getting on Egbuka early and then the game Petersen came to watch him he wore Ohio State gloves.
