OrediggerPoke said:
That and I’m also wondering if Linder didn’t line something up at Texas Tech for DeWeese.
Linder’s timing can’t be overstated. He f***ed us so hard for next year. Retaining DeWeese probably would have allowed us to field a team next year but I don’t know how we get there now. I suspect we sign a couple players from Green Bay but that’s unlikely to move the needle enough. We could have one of the worst rosters in all of D1 next season so hopefully folks don’t have big expectations for year 1 given the timing.
Linder was basically a replacement for Dave Smart at Texas Tech. Smart left Texas Tech when he accepted the head coaching job at University of the Pacific on March 27, 2024. When McCasland first made contact with Linder as a potential replacement is not known. When Burman was brought into the loop, if ever, I have no idea. The fact that UW never released a statement regarding Linder's resignation and that Linder never released a statement of his own about him leaving tells me there was probably a contentious split between Linder and UW. We will probably never find out the true story.