@RaceBannon, I find it interesting you have a minimum win count for 2015, but said 2014 didn't matter whenever UW lost.
Why is this interesting? Year 1 was about purging the Sark blight and installing his system/culture. Time to show something. Year 2 is almost always a telltale sign if coaches are the guy or not. Laying an egg week 1 in a huge OOC game would be a disaster.
So because it's year two, we should automatically be better despite the previously stated reasons why that might be difficult?
I'm not conceding defeat to Boise because I don't know that much about them, but stating "it's year two and if we can't beat them than Petersen isn't the guy" without looking at any context is pretty shortsighted.
"Year 2 is almost a telltale sign if coaches are the guy or not." I remember your post (it was a good one) talking about this, but the situations are not the same. Yes, Urban Meyer, Saban, Pete Carroll, Jim Tressell, and Stoops took off in year two. Each and every one of those coaches had more experience and talent on their rosters. All of those coaches had better QB's. None of them were the coach of a team picked 8th in the conference like UW was in the early Pac 12 preview.
There are other coaches that took off a little later such as Harbaugh, Dantonio, and Jimbo Fisher. Fuck, I will even throw in a hated Don James comparison. DJ went 5-6 in year two. He lost 2 of 3 non conference games and they were all at home.
As it relates to BSU, I'm not saying a loss is out of the question or even unacceptable. Some people are dismissing it as a foregone conclusion that we will get beat. I'm saying give the 100–18 coach another offseason + a world of motivation against his former team and I think we have more than a fighter's chance.
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