Has the whole wait till he gets his guys in there mantra ever been true in the modern era. I was even thinking Petersen, but the truth was once Petersen lost his Sark guys the teams lost their edge and became too much like him.
Not a lot of Sark guys were big contributors in 2016.
Petersen took UW about as far as it was going to go under the old rules. Petersen put together great teams but ran into 11-1 Bama, 10-2 Penn State with losses by 4 points, and 11-1 Ohio State.
Should he have gone at least 1-2 and not 0-3? Yes. Were those some of the hardest matchups he could have drawn? Yes. That Penn State game was winnable.
There was no 8-4 Purdue to smoke in the Rose Bowl.
I've said it before but I'll continue to beat the dead horse. The portal is a game changer for UW.