Agreed but coaching ball IS these guys life. Most athletes and coaches have lived for their game since they were 11 and dont know anything else. Pete didn't like the stress and what the job was becoming so he fired himself and needed to do something that can scratch the itch in between whatever seminars he does at UW or whatever
Pete read the tea leaves and made his exit at the perfect time. He was smart enough to recognize he wasn’t truly happy with his job anymore after 30 plus years. Taking that home every night became more a burden each and ever day. He sucked up to cashing the bag at UW hopeful it would rejuvenate him but it didn’t and he held on as long as he could. I have the upmost respect for the young man!
I remember when this place was optimistically dooging about Jimmy Lake.
Covid weirdness allowed the dooging to continue until Montana
Petersen making Lake the heir instead of Kwat was a big mistake. I think Kwat might still be coaching here if he made a good OC hire. It doesn't seem like he wants to be a HC though.
The Lake dooging left pretty quick I think. First drop was hiring Donovan. Then Kwit leaving and being replaced with fucking Bob Gregory and recruiting was as bad as it has maybe ever been in program history by the time we got to Montana.
The AD should have known to not let Petersen pick his successor and recognize the program wasn't in a place where you could hand it over to a caretaker type. It wasn't where Stanford was when it went from Harbaugh to Shaw or Oregon when Chipper to Helfrich happened. They had just went 8-5 and lost to Colorado and other crap teams.
The irony is it's likely 2022-23 aren't as good as they were if we don't promote Lake and keep the entire 2020 class.
UW’s mistake was letting Peterman set the table in the first place. But big boobs Cohen and her leopard jacket would probably have ended up hiring Justin Wilcox and we never would have had DeBoer or a national title run.
It's a rare situation that's hard to get a realistic best case scenario hyperthetical. Would have helped if Lake or DeBoer hadn't been terrible recruiters.
Doog internet history is basically just a chain reaction of ifs.
"If the Pac9 didn't buy into the LA Tims witch hunt"
"If Babs (and Gerberdink) didn't sacrifice the program for TV money"
"If Jayson Bass would have played football"
"If Jason Shelley wouldn't have been a creep"
"If Diedrick gave the ball to NipNap"
"If Lambo started Dillon all season"
"If Dillon came back for another year"
"If Dillon would have attended a class"
"If Lambo didn't have to deal with scholarship restrictions"
"If Lambo would have offered Trufant and Rien Long"
"If we could have kept Lake Dawson and Demitrius DuBose home"
"If they didn't call that phantom hold against Arizona"
"If UW hadnt been skipped for the NC game despite beating Miami who beat Florida State"
"If Paul Arnold didn't throw out his back and could have stayed at RB"
"If we could have just gotten Lorenzo Booker"
"If Reggie were one year older and Tui could have had a receiver"
"If James Sims wasn't the 12th man on the field"
"If RN didn't fill out that bracket"
"If we could have just gotten Reggie Bush"
"If the Snitch didnt snitch"
"If Babs didn't fire him in June"
"If Gilby was never made permanent corch"
"If Matt Tui would have played football"
"If Grady Sizemore would have played football"
"If Nate Robinson would have played football"
"If Jonathan Stewart would have stayed home"
"If someone had been harder on Ty than Kim"
"If we could have kept Taylor Mays and Steve Schiling home"
"If Emmert were actually a football president"
"If you negadawgs weren't a bunch of racists and gave Ty a chance"
"If cake were greater than pie"
"If we didn't have to rip Vanderdoes out of the recruiting guide"
"If you only knew the damage Ty did"
"If Jake could hit the broadside of a barn"
"If Sark didn't call 15 straight QB sneaks at Notre Dame'
"If Kearse could catch"
"If Keith Price would have stayed healthy"
"If Miles Jack would have stayed home"
"If only we didn't lose to Arizona"
"If only we didn't lose to Arizona State"
"If only we didn't lose to Cal"
"If only we didn't lose to Stanford"
"If Mathis never got hurt"
"If Browning never threw that pick six"
"If Jake wouldn't have sacked himself"
"If only we made that field goal"
"If we would have played the young receivers"
"If we wouldn't have pulled the offer to Jordan Banks"
"If Pete would have just offered Gee Scott Jr"
"If Lake would have just tried to recruit"
"If we never hired Jon Donovan"
"If the whole team didn't get COVID"
"If we just didn't lose at Arizona State"
"If DeBoer didn't interview before the natty"
"If we just would have paid him"
"If we didnt run that speed option"
"If we didn't have a 12th man run on the field after the blocked FG"
Yadda yadda yadda.
If there's one thing we(?) are great at, it's dealing in hypotheticals.
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I agree; he is boring. But I grew up watching the Don James show. Peterman is like a stripper by comparison.
I get it.
After 5 million in the bank, why the fuck would anyone want to work 18 hours days?
Give me 5 million and I'll never work again. Hell, maybe even 3.
Humans are built with a need for purpose in life.
Sorry I'll take it to the Christian board
A W2 or K1 rarely gives someone real purpose.
I'd be out in the woods with the WTA repairing trails when I felt the need for purpose. Smoking weed, talking shit.
Agreed but coaching ball IS these guys life. Most athletes and coaches have lived for their game since they were 11 and dont know anything else. Pete didn't like the stress and what the job was becoming so he fired himself and needed to do something that can scratch the itch in between whatever seminars he does at UW or whatever
I get that. If you love your job and it is actually your passion, great for you.
Peterlips thought the juice wasn't worth the squeeze and I can relate to that to some extent. If he didn't like it, then retire if you have the money.
And his retirement gig is getting paid millions by Fox.
Fy, fm, fe
*lives
Pete read the tea leaves and made his exit at the perfect time. He was smart enough to recognize he wasn’t truly happy with his job anymore after 30 plus years. Taking that home every night became more a burden each and ever day. He sucked up to cashing the bag at UW hopeful it would rejuvenate him but it didn’t and he held on as long as he could. I have the upmost respect for the young man!
*Every
I remember when this place was optimistically dooging about Jimmy Lake.
Covid weirdness allowed the dooging to continue until Montana
Petersen making Lake the heir instead of Kwat was a big mistake. I think Kwat might still be coaching here if he made a good OC hire. It doesn't seem like he wants to be a HC though.
The Lake dooging left pretty quick I think. First drop was hiring Donovan. Then Kwit leaving and being replaced with fucking Bob Gregory and recruiting was as bad as it has maybe ever been in program history by the time we got to Montana.
The AD should have known to not let Petersen pick his successor and recognize the program wasn't in a place where you could hand it over to a caretaker type. It wasn't where Stanford was when it went from Harbaugh to Shaw or Oregon when Chipper to Helfrich happened. They had just went 8-5 and lost to Colorado and other crap teams.
The irony is it's likely 2022-23 aren't as good as they were if we don't promote Lake and keep the entire 2020 class.
UW’s mistake was letting Peterman set the table in the first place. But big boobs Cohen and her leopard jacket would probably have ended up hiring Justin Wilcox and we never would have had DeBoer or a national title run.
So maybe it wasn’t a mistake after all.
It's a rare situation that's hard to get a realistic best case scenario hyperthetical. Would have helped if Lake or DeBoer hadn't been terrible recruiters.
Puka too
sniff sniff
Don't forget Latu. And Haener.
guysms’
plural possessive bitches!
Haven't forgotten them but haven't seen either of them ball out in the NFL yet.
Always a speshul season when we are dealing in hypocriticals and history in November.
We? Don't deal in hypotheticals.
Sark might not have, we(?) definitely do.
Doog internet history is basically just a chain reaction of ifs.
"If the Pac9 didn't buy into the LA Tims witch hunt"
"If Babs (and Gerberdink) didn't sacrifice the program for TV money"
"If Jayson Bass would have played football"
"If Jason Shelley wouldn't have been a creep"
"If Diedrick gave the ball to NipNap"
"If Lambo started Dillon all season"
"If Dillon came back for another year"
"If Dillon would have attended a class"
"If Lambo didn't have to deal with scholarship restrictions"
"If Lambo would have offered Trufant and Rien Long"
"If we could have kept Lake Dawson and Demitrius DuBose home"
"If they didn't call that phantom hold against Arizona"
"If UW hadnt been skipped for the NC game despite beating Miami who beat Florida State"
"If Paul Arnold didn't throw out his back and could have stayed at RB"
"If we could have just gotten Lorenzo Booker"
"If Reggie were one year older and Tui could have had a receiver"
"If James Sims wasn't the 12th man on the field"
"If RN didn't fill out that bracket"
"If we could have just gotten Reggie Bush"
"If the Snitch didnt snitch"
"If Babs didn't fire him in June"
"If Gilby was never made permanent corch"
"If Matt Tui would have played football"
"If Grady Sizemore would have played football"
"If Nate Robinson would have played football"
"If Jonathan Stewart would have stayed home"
"If someone had been harder on Ty than Kim"
"If we could have kept Taylor Mays and Steve Schiling home"
"If Emmert were actually a football president"
"If you negadawgs weren't a bunch of racists and gave Ty a chance"
"If cake were greater than pie"
"If we didn't have to rip Vanderdoes out of the recruiting guide"
"If you only knew the damage Ty did"
"If Jake could hit the broadside of a barn"
"If Sark didn't call 15 straight QB sneaks at Notre Dame'
"If Kearse could catch"
"If Keith Price would have stayed healthy"
"If Miles Jack would have stayed home"
"If only we didn't lose to Arizona"
"If only we didn't lose to Arizona State"
"If only we didn't lose to Cal"
"If only we didn't lose to Stanford"
"If Mathis never got hurt"
"If Browning never threw that pick six"
"If Jake wouldn't have sacked himself"
"If only we made that field goal"
"If we would have played the young receivers"
"If we wouldn't have pulled the offer to Jordan Banks"
"If Pete would have just offered Gee Scott Jr"
"If Lake would have just tried to recruit"
"If we never hired Jon Donovan"
"If the whole team didn't get COVID"
"If we just didn't lose at Arizona State"
"If DeBoer didn't interview before the natty"
"If we just would have paid him"
"If we didnt run that speed option"
"If we didn't have a 12th man run on the field after the blocked FG"
Yadda yadda yadda.
If there's one thing we(?) are great at, it's dealing in hypotheticals.
That's a lot of ifs
Like RN once said "If if ands or buts were candy and nuts we'd all have a Merry Christmas."