Seattle Times to Attack WSU Football

I guess their UW series just wasn’t enough for the Seattle Times. Maybe deep down we had to know that with all the negative news this off-season and now the APR, we had to feel like something was coming.

Many of you have probably read this already, but this e-mail is now making the rounds:

Dear Cougar Family,
First, let me apologize if any of you receive this email in duplicate. We have tried to hit as many Cougar supporters as possible with this and some of you may appear on duplicate lists.

The purpose of this email is to alert you to a Seattle Times story that is scheduled to appear either later this week or early next week. From our understanding the story is an in-depth look at the WSU football program, perhaps focusing on negative issues that have occurred over the past few years. My belief is they may combine the off-field incidents of some of our players with the recent APR news as the focus of the story.

I, along with the entire coaching staff and athletic administration, evaluate each and every incident involving our football program in a very serious manner. Although the attitude and behavior of our football student-athletes is not in a crisis situation, there is room for improvement. I believe Paul Wulff has put in place a process to positively impact the culture surrounding Cougar football and that change is already noticeable. While there are no quick fixes, the program is heading in the right direction.

I appreciate your continued support of Cougar Athletics and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns regarding this issue.

Sincerely,

Jim Sterk
Director of Athletics

So there you have it. I applaud Jim Sterk for getting the word out now, before the story hits the press and having to issue reactionary statements after-the-fact. And just ignore your UW brothers and sisters if/when they jab you when it hits the media. It is what it is, and as Mr. Sterk says above, the program is headed in the right direction under Paul Wulff.