SEATTLE — As he closed his address Thursday to a sold-out room inside the W Bellevue Hotel, Washington athletic director Troy Dannen smiled and said: “I really appreciate the opportunity to come here. It is not the agenda I thought we’d be talking about when I agreed to do this in November.” (Cue the wave of sympathetic laughter.) “But it’s a great time,” he concluded, donning a black suit and a purple tie. “Regardless of what has happened in the last 10 days, this is a great time in the history of the University of Washington, and our best times are still ahead.” Indeed, when Dannen agreed to…