Petersen puts a lot of faith in his assistants, and for the most part, that formula worked at BSU. Except every year, two or three BCS schools would raid his staff and take their assistants. It happened every year and finally, Petersen started to run out of these good assistants.
Petersen still puts a lot of faith in his assistants, but it's not working with these coaches or it's not working at this level. Petersen really needs to take control of this team as a head coach and make the decisions a head coach should.
The honeymoon is over.