I agree with the Quad for once(so I'm probably wrong). I think offering Peterson 5 mill is a good start and he'd come here.
I think at worst case scenario his era here would resemble Rick Neuheisel's which if I could re-live I would.
The only thing is with 5 million you can go after the names I listed before and shouldn't settle for less than that if 5 million is our number.
This isn't a money thing with Petersen anyways it seems. USC would have probably made him a top 3/5 paid coach if he went there. This should be him trying to solidify himself in college as a great coach and not just some guy who can win in a shitty conference all the time. He deserves a bump up from 2 million which he makes at BSU but 3-3.5 million should easily be enough of a pay raise to get him here.
RN? We were frustratingly inept on defense at times. Many times.
It didn't hurt that Stanford sucked, Oregon wasn't yet rolling, Paul Hackett was sub .500 at USC (USC!), Bob Toledo was at UCLA going .500 or so, UW still had enough pride not to play the FCS, and the league hadn't yet expanded to include easy wins in Colorado and Utah.
Sark could've won that conference.
That's what frustrates me. UW exists and competes in the 2013 reality, but they're hiring for 2000. A lot of these guys being mentioned would've been fine back then. The league was more forgiving. Now you hire a shit head and you're falling further behind. Washington must bring in a winner.
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If we are going to be throwing that number out then you better bring in a Briles/Dantonio/Gundy/ a coach who kills it in a LEGIT conference.
Getting up for one or two games/yr. and playing a conference schedule - in a real conference - are two different things.
His track record is an indication, but it's far from a slam dunk.
I think at worst case scenario his era here would resemble Rick Neuheisel's which if I could re-live I would.
This isn't a money thing with Petersen anyways it seems. USC would have probably made him a top 3/5 paid coach if he went there. This should be him trying to solidify himself in college as a great coach and not just some guy who can win in a shitty conference all the time. He deserves a bump up from 2 million which he makes at BSU but 3-3.5 million should easily be enough of a pay raise to get him here.
It didn't hurt that Stanford sucked, Oregon wasn't yet rolling, Paul Hackett was sub .500 at USC (USC!), Bob Toledo was at UCLA going .500 or so, UW still had enough pride not to play the FCS, and the league hadn't yet expanded to include easy wins in Colorado and Utah.
Sark could've won that conference.
That's what frustrates me. UW exists and competes in the 2013 reality, but they're hiring for 2000. A lot of these guys being mentioned would've been fine back then. The league was more forgiving. Now you hire a shit head and you're falling further behind. Washington must bring in a winner.
HTH