Former Washington coach Chris Petersen opens up in hour of power

FTG. Dude is getting paid millions but he wants to enjoy life too. Just was no longer interested in competing, which reflected in his winning record
 
FTG. Dude is getting paid millions but he wants to enjoy life too. Just was no longer interested in competing, which reflected in his winning record
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Hats off to him. He was rich and miserable and decided to be rich and happy instead. We should all be so lucky to get there some day.
 
This stung a bit:

Petersen even admitted that going to Seattle to take the Washington job was — in hindsight — not an enlightened move. He doesn’t necessarily regret going to Washington, but he does say that he was living in a different mindset when he was an active coach, and he is glad he no longer inhabits that thought world now.[/i]

I get that hindsight is 20/20, but honestly, keep these comments to yourself Chris. It’s disrespectful to the players, fans, etc. who were excited to have you here.
 
This stung a bit:

Petersen even admitted that going to Seattle to take the Washington job was — in hindsight — not an enlightened move. He doesn’t necessarily regret going to Washington, but he does say that he was living in a different mindset when he was an active coach, and he is glad he no longer inhabits that thought world now.[/i]

I get that hindsight is 20/20, but honestly, keep these comments to yourself Chris. It’s disrespectful to the players, fans, etc. who were excited to have you here.
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I'm really close to agreeing with you here, but I continue to value his openness about why he left the job. I genuinely appreciate that he recognized he's no longer enough of a sociopath to be the successful head football coach I want and need and got the fuck out rather than milking his contract for another decade, which is what literally every other burnt out coach has done.

I really hope he charges his batteries and ends up at UC Davis or Weber State or some shit. He seems to be a genuinely good and decent person who likes to teach and coach and help kids rise up.

I bet almost none of his players feel disrespected by him expressing this sentiment, except maybe the last few that committed to him.
 
It seems like it mildly upsets him that he’s just a football coach. He’s never going to be an inspirational intellect.
 
This stung a bit:

Petersen even admitted that going to Seattle to take the Washington job was — in hindsight — not an enlightened move. He doesn’t necessarily regret going to Washington, but he does say that he was living in a different mindset when he was an active coach, and he is glad he no longer inhabits that thought world now.[/i]

I get that hindsight is 20/20, but honestly, keep these comments to yourself Chris. It’s disrespectful to the players, fans, etc. who were excited to have you here.
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Multiple articles and people around Boise said Pete was burnt out at the end over there and imo did what many people do in that situation, believe a change of scenery will fix the problem with new challenges, which it did until b4 the Rose Bowl.

At that point, I think he felt he had climbed to the top of his mountain and didn't have it in him to do it anymore.

I give him credit for not going thru the motions and just cashing checks which he could have done here for multiple years.

 
We all know what happened.
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This stung a bit:

Petersen even admitted that going to Seattle to take the Washington job was — in hindsight — not an enlightened move. He doesn’t necessarily regret going to Washington, but he does say that he was living in a different mindset when he was an active coach, and he is glad he no longer inhabits that thought world now.[/i]

I get that hindsight is 20/20, but honestly, keep these comments to yourself Chris. It’s disrespectful to the players, fans, etc. who were excited to have you here.
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Multiple articles and people around Boise said Pete was burnt out at the end over there and imo did what many people do in that situation, believe a change of scenery will fix the problem with new challenges, which it did until b4 the Rose Bowl.

At that point, I think he felt he had climbed to the top of his mountain and didn't have it in him to do it anymore.

I give him credit for not going thru the motions and just cashing checks which he could have done here for multiple years.
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I give him credit for that. Nobody realizes they don't have the zeal for something until they realize it.

He managed to put together a big, fast team by successfully recruiting players who good programs actually wanted, which is something nobody has managed at UW since RNs first couple of classes. Sark, Ty, Gilby, and yes, RN turned UW into a midget program. Ty and Gilby told us that's as good as we could expect. RN and Sark said it could be done but mostly failed.

Petersen wasn't great, which is a disappointment, but he was good and nobody else has been good at program building UW since James, a couple of close teases by Lambo, and one good year surrounded by shit with Neuheisel.

I can give him credit and still recognize the failings. It's not hard.
 
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