#FirePetersen

ThomasFremont

You guys only point out the one time I was wrong.

CokeGreaterThanPepsi

ThomasFremont said:

You guys only point out the one time I was wrong.

I love you, man! I just had to do it. We are all wrong about a LOT of things.

GrundleStiltzkin

ThomasFremont said:

BUMP

Looks like I was right, as usual.

#FirePetersen

GrundleStiltzkin

RoadDawg55 said:

Tequilla said:

haie said:

Tequilla said:

ThomasFremont said:

Tequilla said:

What I don't get is all the hate at this point ... it's just not constructive. As many have said, if Petersen isn't the guy, it's not going to result in a change after this year ... even if he loses every game from here on out.

Have there been areas of the program where there are frustrations and disappointments? Absolutely. The Smith hire was panned almost universally early on as being a head scratcher and it has been proven out on the field. Same with Pease. Not surprisingly that the two guys on the staff that had the most questionable resumes are the areas where this team is struggling the most.

That being said, there are also an abundance of positives in the program. So unlike some regimes where we could look at and say that everything is broken, that's not the case here. There are some areas where progress and changes need to be made. This is true in almost every single program at some point in time.

Now, if Petersen goes 5-4 next year in conference, then it's a good indication that he isn't the long term answer. The defense should be loaded next year. The lumps that the offense is taking now should be better for it next year. Add an uptick in coaching/scheme to the offense and that can accelerate that. Outside of Stanford, everybody else is in some phase of bad to regressing. There's plenty of reason to expect results next year and results mean being in position to win the North.

Constructive? The thing is fucked, and so are we as fans. The most constructive thing to do is fire him and get the next guy in to see if he can cut it. Or we can wait and see, again, and pray he becomes something he has proven not to be on the field.

Let's fire Nick Holt J. Smith and save the program, right buddy?

Deja vu all over again.

Depth of recruiting
Deteriorating in-state recruiting and relationships with local area coaches
Recruiting turnover (verbals going elsewhere)
Player development
Consistent long-term losing streaks each season with plungerings
Sloppy play/execution
"Penalties don't matter"
Mentally soft program (big time front runners)

Even depth of recruiting hasn't been proven at this point with Petersen. In-state recruiting WILL deteriorate after more mediocre seasons. Player development has been unproven, you have shit to show otherwise. We've been plungered in Peteresen's tenure. Play has been extremely sloppy at times, even on the defense the tackling has been shitty when it's mattered. Penalties do matter to the staff but they've taken stupid ones at times, especially in the Oregon game.

Mentally soft program. See Oregon game last week.

Player Development: Status of DBs from start of last season through last season and into this season. Replacing DL and not seeing drop off. You're blind IMO if you can't see the player development by and large in this program.

Generally I am associating sloppy play with being young.

I don't see a mentally soft program at all. Generally speaking, with the exception of Oregon last year and a bad matchup with UCLA with Kikaha getting injured early, this program has not only consistently been in games, but has been resilient in generally winning the 2nd halves. You would be better served pointing towards slow starts than mentally soft.

I do.

GrundleStiltzkin

doogsinparadise said:

Burn him!

@Swaye, might be tim to add dip to the rolls of the dead.

Swaye

GrundleStiltzkin said:

doogsinparadise said:

Burn him!

@Swaye, might be tim to add dip to the rolls of the dead.

I would accept there are a couple threads last year where I "went on record" that Peterman should be fired and there was no way he is the answer, etc. I am such a dumb fuck.

LoneStarDawg

ThomasFremont said:

You guys only point out the one time I was wrong.

Judas was only wrong once

whuggy

Wow. A whole lot of stupid in this thread.
The internet is a great thing.

bananasnblondes

This thread belongs with the classics

ThomasFremont

LoneStarDawg said:

ThomasFremont said:

You guys only point out the one time I was wrong.

Judas was only wrong once

Other than that, he was a good guy.