Washington coach Chris Petersen is known for his low-key, steady nature, never saying anything especially interesting in interviews.
He broke away from that persona during the Pac-12 Media Days last month, when he described some quarterbacking attributes as “completely overrated” and wouldn’t play along with any theory that the Pac-12′s defending champions would “reload” their roster in 2017 for another title run.
“I don’t think you reload,” said Peterson, who‘s team is ranked No. 8 in the preseason AP poll. “That’s not our mentality at all. … We rebuild. That’s just the mind-set. We’re not even kind of the same team we were last year.