I've seen a lot of conflicting reports the past couple days, so let's try to make sense of all of it here and update you on the latest involving Rick Neuheisel at UCLA and Walker becoming the next defensive coordinator here at UW.

This morning, Bob Condotta's article for the Seattle Times lists DeWayne Walker as "possibly a leading candidate for the job if he isn't retained with the Bruins as head coach or as a coordinator." So, it would appear from Condotta's sources that there is definitely interest from UW for Walker.

An interesting note here to bring up though is salary:

So that could involved a bump in salary for offensive coordinator Tim Lappano and overall the program would be pumping out more money for their coaching staff. There is no indication that UW won't be willing to do that for the right guy, but it is a potential obstacle to consider down the line.

But, Walker may not even get an interview with UW according to this at Bruins Nation. There are some contradictions from what is reported there compared to the article above. For example, Jay Locey, an assistant at Oregon State, is listed as a possible candidate, but has since told Condotta he was not interested in the position.

Ultimately, this gets to a fundamental problem with whoever is courted for the defensive coordinator position. Willingham, by all accounts, is on the hot seat and another losing season pretty much guarantees his termination. If you're a guy coming in from the outside and looks to advance your own career, does that seem like a very enticing situation? What I am getting at is that we might have interest for guy like DeWayne Walker and others, but in the end they might avoid UW because of the lack of stability in the program. For now, I'd say we definitely are interested in Walker. But we don't know much about whether that interest will be mutual and all this about "an intense push" that we will make for him.