Jake Haener deserved better.
OK, before we summon a sea of exasperated eye rolls, I’m not saying the now-former UW quarterback deserved to win the starting job. If Husky head coach Chris Petersen believes Jacob Eason gives his team the best chance to win this fall, then that’s obviously who he should have chosen. In the practices the media viewed in early August, Eason looked like the starter. Now he is. Good for him. He deserved it. It’s not that complicated.
But what did Haener deserve? This is a kid whose mother and grandfather both attended UW, who saw it as a privilege to play there, who worked as hard as anyone and was generally liked and respected inside the locker room.