Coach Pete says he wants OKGs and apparently some of these (Tuiasosopo, Wilcox) coaches prefer to work for Sarkisian instead of Petersen. It’s not really about loyalty to a school and we see it over and over where assistants follow coaches and opportunities over alma maters. Otherwise Wilcox would still be in the trenches trying to work for his alma mater (Oregon) in some capacity of another.

From what I’ve read Coach Pete is a bit of a control-freak (probably in a good way). He wants every detail to be approved and that may even mean he believes he can operate a coaching staff with a smaller budget than $arkisian. I know I was surprised the UW was giving some of Sarkisian’s assistants the kind of money the UW ended up paying. Remember the Nick Holt debacle that really could only be blamed on Sark for going to Woodward with an overpaid demand that obviously was proven to be disastrous for the team.

I was never impressed with the Eric Kiesau hiring from Cal and apparently neither was Sark because no offer was made to bring him to U$C.

It’s a weird position to see a big school like UW to be in… Hiring Sark away from SC 5 years ago, paying him huge money (like top 10% nationwide) for a first-time coach and then being forced into paying some huge salaries for assistants. Maybe Coach Pete’s belief is that a program needs to be managed with some parameters? Salary-control can go a long way to establish a healthy environment among a staff. Too many rock stars can mess up the focus on the goal of a tight ship.

I mean, maybe Lupoi had too much pocket change to control him self when he was pouring coffee for local coaches??

It doesn’t look like Lupoi will end up a Trojan assistant and that really looks like Sark cut him adrift to deal with the allegations on his own. I bet Tosh will have a different path in this business than he was imagining just a few weeks ago. I’d like to ask Sark, if Lupoi was not good enough to bring to SC or were the allegations the only reason to drop him? If he was that good (i.e., worth all the money UW was forced to pay for him) then why not bring him to USC? And if he was that good then how did he misunderstand all of your intense efforts to promote a culture of compliance??? Not sure you can have it both ways and keep a straight face.

Tight-ends coaches don’t make enough difference to a team to worry about one or another. I’m sure Tui and whoever Coach Pete has around will both do fine jobs. Each of them would consider the job to be a stepping stone anyway. I can’t see any reason to think keeping Tui would help recruiting or anything else. I look forward to hearing about the positive things that come out of the new staff going forward. It can’t be nearly as bad it has been since the 3-game losing streak followed by lies, accusations and talk of loyalty.

Hate to see Tui heading to USC but, like oldfan, I don’t blame him. What was he supposed to do? Wait for Petersen to come to him with a job offer? What if that offer never came?

Loyalty is great, but loyalty by itself has never put food on the table, gas in the tank or a roof over one’s head. This is Marques’ chosen profession, he’s doing what’s best for HIM and it’s not like coaching at USC is the worst thing he could be doing (although Dad might think otherwise, being a UCLA alum).

It’s surprising at the surprise (and irrational anger) shown towards Tui for his decision. “He;s a TRAITOR!!” From the moment Petersen publicly announced J. Smith would be his quarterbacks coach, Tui knew his former job was gone. And, just as important, so did Steve Sarkisian. Even if Tui were offered another position, the awkwardness, even the possibility of stifling tension on the coaching staff that jfabian touched on, could be off the charts. None of the principal players or anyone else at Montlake, would want that.

Unless otherwise firmed up before the bowl game, some Husky assistants were keeping mum on their futures until afterward, despite privately knowing what their futures were, in the form of jobs offered — or not offered — already done behind the scenes. Of course, that scenario would especially apply to Tui, the interim coach. It’s not one bit hard to believe that Sark/Tui had plenty of contact after J. Smith was named UW QB coach. Further, it’s eminently reasonable that even working as a tight ends coach at USC would be more palatable for Tui than staying on the UW staff, having to see Smith in his former position day after day. My guess is the new-guy-in-town, Petersen, made the ostensible job offer to the much-loved Husky legend as nothing more than a courtesy to publicly and clearly curry favor with Husky Nation; both he and Tui already knew the latter would never accept. Seemed like a PR move to me. Coaches also have to be astute politicians.

Many Husky fans of the hot/cold variety are already ripping on Petersen, but I’m going to trust in the guy until he shows us a reason — during the actual football season — not to. Winning next fall will magically cure any bruised feelings of those who are already looking so hard to criticize and feel aggrieved.

what the? Sarl leaving was one thing but Tui leaving to join him is a slap in the face to dawg fans why didn’t he just leave last month if he was going to abandon his alma mater team anyway?