SEATTLE -- It was a tomahawk that, you have to think, pierced through the center of Kalen DeBoer's heart. An offseason comment that would tug at the insecurities of any man in his position.

In June, ahead of his team's season opener against Alabama, Florida State quarterback Tommy Castellanos said in an interview that the Crimson Tide don't have Nick Saban to save them. And though this shot may have been fired toward anyone who replaced the seven-time national-championship winning coach, it suggested DeBoer was in a vulnerable position.

Then Saturday came along and confirmed it.

It's hard to blame DeBoer for leaving Washington after a two-year stretch that included a 21-game winning streak and a trip to the national championship game. His stock was never going to be higher, so he left t

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