The Flagship: Washington radio host Dave Mahler goes in depth on PK, Sarkisian and more

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4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On this week's interview episode of The Flagship Podcast, Dave “Softy” Mahler has been a sports talk radio voice on KJR in Seattle for 27 years, including the Washington Huskies’ coaches’ shows as well as pre- and post-game shows for UW football games. Mahler was the first to report Pete Kwiatkowski was leaving Washington as defensive coordinator to accept the same position on Steve Sarkisian’s staff at Texas. Mahler also covered Jeff Choate at UW in 2014 and 2015, when Choate was the defensive line coach on Kwiatkowski’s defense and special teams coordinator under then-coach Chris Petersen before becoming the head coach at Montana State in 2016. We talked to Mahler about Kwiatkowski’s seven successful years at Washington and his decision to let UW defensive backs coach Jimmy Lake become co-coordinator and call the UW defense in 2018 (to keep Lake from leaving). Petersen stepped down after the 2019 season, and Lake was named head coach of the Huskies. Mahler gives you his take on why Kwiatkowski left after helping put 17 players from UW into the NFL and after helping UW’s defense become one of the best in college football. Mahler talks about what Texas is getting in Choate as Texas’ co-coordinator and inside linebackers coach as well as Choate’s recruiting prowess. And, of course, Mahler gives you his thoughts on Steve Sarkisian’s time in Seattle and why this appears to be the right time for Sark to be a head coach again. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.3	Welcome everybody to the flagship podcast interview.
0:32.6	We are, well, I'm Chip Brown, of course, joined today by Dave Softie Mahler of KJR Radio in Seattle and has covered the Washington Husky program for years,
0:38.4	doing the coaches shows, the pregame shows,
0:40.4	post game shows, no one better to talk to
0:43.2	about new Texas defensive coordinator
0:45.5	and possibly a new co-coordinator,
0:49.0	Jeff Choate, the Montana State head coach,
0:53.0	then Softie Mahler.
0:54.4	So Softie, thanks for joining us, man.
0:56.8	No problem.
0:57.5	What's happening?
0:58.1	You guys fired up for the Sark-Quikowsky era to begin down there because I know I would
1:04.0	be if I were a Texas fan, man.
1:05.5	I think it's a great hire by the Longhorns.
1:08.7	I think Coach Kay is a great defensive coordinator, one of the best in the country.
1:12.0	So I hope Texas fans are ready to win again, baby, and get back to where you guys were under
1:17.1	Mac Brown because that's the standard.
1:20.0	That's the bar I know for you guys.
1:21.6	And if I were a Longhorn fan, I would think that we're a lot closer to that now than we've
1:26.1	been in the last maybe eight or nine years.
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