I know assistants were going to be offered cuts. Dickert could reasonably expect the same. On top of that, there’s really no reason to believe that improvements in anything - facilities, funding, support, etc. - are on the horizon. As it stands, WSU is a no-win situation. A dream season will be 9 wins and a middling bowl, followed by a gutting of the roster. Every year, our best players will be taken. Coaches will use us as nothing but a stepping stone, none will sign if there’s a significant buyout, because there are plenty of stepping stones out there.
If there’s not a significant revamp of the system, to include the possibility of a separate athletic organization outside of the NCAA, with multi-year contracts and some reasonable controls on NIL, then WSU and a lot of other schools may as well give up football. It’ll be a massive money drain with little return or promise.
