Yeah the "We all KNOW he's not gonna be here much longer!!lol!!" stuff just sounds really, really uninformed the more you read about what he's been doing.
And what fucking connection did Petersen have to UW when he came here?
I think this is from Wikipedia and oddly don't remember hearing it from the media at all every but I think wiki says his dad grew up a Husky fan and think people have said it was kind of for his dad.
What's weird is I never heard that once when I lived in Portland during all the 2016 butthurt, "How come Pete didn't want to cum to MIGHTY Oregon instead he was GA here!!!"
My point still stands, what real connection did him and DeBoer have over Fisch?
I vaguely remember hearing UW was one of the only if not the only jobs Peterman would take if he left Boise. I wouldn't be surprised if Stanford in the right situation would have been one too. I think it was more of a connection than Judd and DeBoer, but but not much.
Any coach right now whose path isn't to ideally be an NFL coach is a fucking weirdo and/or liar unless they have an actual roots connection to a program like an alum, from the region, etc. You really want to be send Instagram DMs to 16 year olds and sucking up to donors instead of just coaching football with professionals.
It would be great if there was a guy like Harbaugh to Michigan or Kirby to Georgia but that guy isn't out there and I don't expect any coach in 2025 to really commit to a program without a connection like that beyond wanting to win as much as possible in the moment and advance their career.