My theory on Chris Peterman

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I said this a couple years ago but I'll repeat it. For the record, this is just me reading the tea leaves, it may not be accurate.

My theory: Petersen burned out in Boise and lost his love of the game. He hates the media, hates being second guessed and hates dealing with bullshit fans. When the UW job opened up he had a long talk with his wife about how it might reinvigorate him.

He gets to UW and finds the pressure all the more greater. The love still isn't there. But he does enough things well to maintain a Mike Bellotti level of success on the field.

When Jimmy Lake began receiving accolades, Pete didn't want to lose him. So Pete, Lake and Cohen had a private meeting and worked out a deal where Pete coaches X number of years before handing the reins over to Jimmy.
 
I just think UW is young in areas we can't make up for and where we're not young, we're weak in areas we can't make up for. I think it's just unique to particular this squad... and it was inevitable because there's nothing really special about the upperclassmen on this current team.

Manu, Wellington, Fuller, Opera, Bronson, Potoa'e can't leave the program soon enough. Typically you expect seniors to be the stars and leaders of a ball club... none of these guys have stepped up in the way we needed the Dawgs to be successful.

Down years happen for teams that can't recruit like Alabama, LSU, Ohio St, Oklahoma, Clemson. It's a bummer that guys like Wellington and Manu have to start, but we're not the programs listed above.

I really hope Eason sticks around, because I believe next year's UW squad will be great.

I don't think this year is a sign of things to come... it's just a down year after a great run of football for the program.

 
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Where did you steal this one from Derek!?

Yah, I've always thought that lake was "coach in waiting" without the official title.

That's also why Harris is being groomed to take over db's when lake is head coach.
 
Where did you steal this one from Derek!?

Yah, I've always thought that lake was "coach in waiting" without the official title.

That's also why Harris is being groomed to take over db's when lake is head coach.
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I didn't steal it from anywhere.
 
These theories are getting dumber and dumber. Now even Stalin is joining the loonies. This is as goofy as the lip-reading experts CNN trots out to try to decipher private conversations on debate stages.

There doesn't have to be some fascinating narrative behind why we suck this year. Sometimes you just suck. Go ahead and drop the half baked conspiracies.
 
I just think UW is young in areas we can't make up for and where we're not young, we're weak in areas we can't make up for. I think it's just unique to particular this squad... and it was inevitable because there's nothing really special about the upperclassmen on this current team.

Manu, Wellington, Fuller, Opera, Bronson, Potoa'e can't leave the program soon enough. Typically you expect seniors to be the stars and leaders of a ball club... none of these guys have stepped up in the way we needed the Dawgs to be successful.

Down years happen for teams that can't recruit like Alabama, LSU, Ohio St, Oklahoma, Clemson. It's a bummer that guys like Wellington and Manu have to start, but we're not the programs listed above.

I really hope Eason sticks around, because I believe next year's UW squad will be great.

I don't think this year is a sign of things to come... it's just a down year after a great run of football for the program.
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Your constant trashing off Potoae and Bronson is way off the mark, but otherwise yeah, you're pretty spot on here.
 
Yeah, I don’t think Pete has lost his love of the game. Look at the photos of him after winning the PAC 12 title game and handing out roses to the band. That’s a look of pure joy if I’ve ever seen one.

If I was playing armchair psychologist, I just think he’s a perfectionist that’s maybe having a difficult time adjusting to situations that aren’t going his way.
 
You guys are reading way too much into this. his offense isn't as creative anymore because most teams use elements of it and D's have seen it.

He just needs to get an oc the he lets off the leash a bit

Of course, easier said than done because most coaches are stubborn bitches.
 
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I just think UW is young in areas we can't make up for and where we're not young, we're weak in areas we can't make up for. I think it's just unique to particular this squad... and it was inevitable because there's nothing really special about the upperclassmen on this current team.

Manu, Wellington, Fuller, Opera, Bronson, Potoa'e can't leave the program soon enough. Typically you expect seniors to be the stars and leaders of a ball club... none of these guys have stepped up in the way we needed the Dawgs to be successful.

Down years happen for teams that can't recruit like Alabama, LSU, Ohio St, Oklahoma, Clemson. It's a bummer that guys like Wellington and Manu have to start, but we're not the programs listed above.

I really hope Eason sticks around, because I believe next year's UW squad will be great.

I don't think this year is a sign of things to come... it's just a down year after a great run of football for the program.
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I said this a couple years ago but I'll repeat it. For the record, this is just me reading the tea leaves, it may not be accurate.

My theory: Petersen burned out in Boise and lost his love of the game. He hates the media, hates being second guessed and hates dealing with bullshit fans. When the UW job opened up he had a long talk with his wife about how it might reinvigorate him.

He gets to UW and finds the pressure all the more greater. The love still isn't there. But he does enough things well to maintain a Mike Bellotti level of success on the field.

When Jimmy Lake began receiving accolades, Pete didn't want to lose him. So Pete, Lake and Cohen had a private meeting and worked out a deal where Pete coaches X number of years before handing the reins over to Jimmy.
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You? need to get you one of these Stalin:

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We already had our tuff o line coach tied to a legend head coach. Worked out great too

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I think people are overthinking this. Pete is having a shit year, that’s all it really is. He has done some good things at UW so far but his results in big games has been underwhelming. The bar has been raised as of recent times and with that comes a higher demand of success, which right now it seems he is being complacent with.
 
We already had our tuff o line coach tied to a legend head coach. Worked out great too

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Mario may have moobs, but Gilby was a fat disgusting fuck. I'd see that guy at picture and think of that line from Niedermeyer in Animal House: "You're a God Damned Disgrace!" I thought, how the fuck is the team going to have any discipline when they see you eating 18 meals a day?"

Anyway, I never saw Gilbertson make that kind of tuff guy face. Just wasn't as tuff I guess.
 
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