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Yes we Washington fans don’t give a rats ass about Boise wins but his legend was cemented there, zero argument. His time at UW basically proved he could build a program and compete at the highest level with a step up in competition.

I still don’t fully get many fans that shit on Peterman. He left Boise because he was burnt out and was hoping to rejuvenate his love of coaching. UW initially did what he had hoped but the burnout returned and he saw the landscape of the college sports changing at rapid speed. He resigned like many Americans do everyday. It truly sucks we weren’t totally competitive in the Fiesta and Rose Bowl but he laid the foundation and recruited and evaluated a solid portion of the upperclassmen natty run dawgs. Those guys soldiered through the Fraud Lake era and we were fortunate to hire Alex DeBoer’s dad.

UW was in the wilderness for a couple decades and Petersen was the catalyst to reviving our dawgs so stop bitching and appreciate the man. This isn’t directed at you individually Haie but the Coach Pete disrespect by a few is beyond old. He hasn’t returned to coaching so he was absolutely being genuine. He no longer felt capable of giving 100% and chose himself and his family like most everyone here. He also chose not to collect a multimillion paycheck while mailing in the final years of his contract. Sincerely Mrs Peterman;)

Good point that winning in two very different places and in a tough situation at Washington differentiates him. If he just stays at Boise he's a very poor man's Mark Few at best and would have had to retire around when he went to UW to avoid winning 8-9 games there the rest of his career. Getting UW back to national relevancy was a tall task in the mid-2010s and he gets credit for being a huge part of the 2022-23 run.