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Washington Poised For Downturn Under Petersen

AZDuck
AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/the-myth-of-chris-petersen
Petersen's biggest accomplishment was finding Kellen Moore, the floppy-haired lefty most responsible for shifting a formerly ground-and-pound offense into an aerial assault. The pair were immensely successful. Boise State went 50-3 in Moore's four years as starter, including a Fiesta Bowl win in 2009. But the further Petersen is removed from Moore, the more pertinent it is to ask whether the quarterback made him instead of Moore simply being a product of Petersen's genius, as most assumed at the time. To wit, Boise lost seven games in Petersen's final two seasons, or more than twice as many as he did in his inaugural season and all the Moore years combined. A bad run, perhaps, but Petersen also posted three losses in 2007 — as many as that entire five-year glory stretch — before Moore arrived to vault the program back up.
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419

    The guy who wrote this really hates Petersen.

    Let's see...


    USC Alum

    He may be right.
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457

    You can't downturn a down program

    We are two years removed from a spectacular 9 win season.

    Fuck my life.
  • JCDawg
    JCDawg Member Posts: 12
  • CokeGreaterThanPepsi
    CokeGreaterThanPepsi Member Posts: 7,646
    AZDuck said:

    If I'm being fair, Petersen deserves time to install his players and system before he is judged.

    But then again, 15 games.

    And nobody ever said I have to be fair.

    Actual Ducks are never fair.
  • PurpleBaze
    PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,309 Founders Club
    JCDawg said:

    TF is Kiaha?

    LEAVE!!!!
  • Dennis_DeYoung
    Dennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754
    brchco12 said:

    I like to say that a coach was only good because of his QB during a historic run of success that many other programs couldn't match.

    I like to ignore that the coach still does a lot of other shit like: recruit the QB, Hire the coaches, Instill the culture, develop a nasty defense, recruit other players besides QB, etc.

    If the QB was the only thing that mattered in football, Cal would be the favorite in the conference this year.

    Petersen may suck here, but anyone can suck anywhere, it doesn't discredit what he did at Boise.

    Not to mention that savior QB, wasn't highly drafted and hasn't done anything in the league, if he's still there.

    But still
    Kellen Moore was good, but he's not fucking John Elway.
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    edited August 2015

    " To wit, Boise lost seven games in Petersen's final two seasons, or more than twice as many as he did in his inaugural season and all the Moore years combined. A bad run, perhaps, but Petersen also posted three losses in 2007 — as many as that entire five-year glory stretch — before Moore arrived to vault the program back up."

    Where do we sign up for a bad run like that?

    Remember, that's losing seven games over two seasons in the WAC.

    Two losses to SDSU
    A loss each to Fresno State and BYU
    A loss to Oregon State
    A loss to Warshington
    A loss to a 7-6 Michigan State
    But a win over Warshington in the Lawnmower Bowl

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  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,681 Standard Supporter
    Ducks are dirty filthy things that shit in the pool!
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Sledog said:

    Ducks are dirty filthy things that shit in the pool!

    LEAVE!
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,427 Founders Club
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    pawz said:

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    Careful. I've got some measles vaccine and I'm not afraid to use it.
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,427 Founders Club
    AZDuck said:

    pawz said:

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    Careful. I've got some measles vaccine and I'm not afraid to use it.
    I ain't sc'red ... had that shit since long before I had a choice.
  • LoneStarDawg
    LoneStarDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,679 Founders Club
    edited August 2015

    brchco12 said:

    I like to say that a coach was only good because of his QB during a historic run of success that many other programs couldn't match.

    I like to ignore that the coach still does a lot of other shit like: recruit the QB, Hire the coaches, Instill the culture, develop a nasty defense, recruit other players besides QB, etc.

    If the QB was the only thing that mattered in football, Cal would be the favorite in the conference this year.

    Petersen may suck here, but anyone can suck anywhere, it doesn't discredit what he did at Boise.

    Not to mention that savior QB, wasn't highly drafted and hasn't done anything in the league, if he's still there.

    But still
    Kellen Moore was good, but he's not fucking John Elway.
    what those teams had was awesome DL and DB play, as well as play action. which isn't anything unless you have a formidable running game.

    kellen was definitely a game manager, and was very accurate, but he wasn't a one man show.