Softy questioned Pete 6 yrs ago

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.

GrundleStiltzkin

this Hawaii game will be VERY important for the DBs. They need to really turn it around. We'll see

Hawaii is going to score, probably a lot.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.

Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.

maybe it is time for Pete to go back to the Mountain West. He seems to be stuck in that mindset. Give Lake a shot at HC. At least he has shown that he'll play the young guys. Mistakes happen but the talent is there.
Why the fuck is Lake getting a pass here? His secondary was shit on Saturday and the defense was an abomination considering how bad Cal's offense is. Cam Williams has so far been the worst starter we've seen in the secondary since 2015.
not giving him a pass, but he is doing what Pete isn't. He is putting the talent on the field. They made mistakes but they are young and they'll get it. If they don't, he has shown that he will put others out there. Pete doesn't do that

Exactly why Petersen should get his mitts off the offense. I have been a huge Petersen honk all the way up to now but he has reached "show me" status. In addition his teams are generally horrible to watch. This is year six. For the first time I'm wondering if he hasn't hit his ceiling. I'm just not seeing him make the hard choices that champion level coaches do.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.

At Boise he could play gunslinger in big games because he was out-talented and had nothing to lose. At UW his talent in big games is much more comparable to the opposition so it comes down to coaching. Pete played to win at Boise.
Here he's playing not to lose.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/four-years-ago-oregon-passed-on-chance-to-woo-chris-petersen-from-boise/

Even your own paper disagrees.

Oregon was so drunk on the "Chip Kelly magic", they thought anything he did or said was right. They blindly took his advice when he said that Helfrich was the man for the job, even though Chip took away play calling duties from him after only one game.

GOAT

We don’t create turnovers anymore. Idk why but it’s bullshit. You can’t be an elite defense without creating turnovers.

BleachedAnusDawg

We don’t create turnovers anymore. Idk why but it’s bullshit. You can’t be an elite defense without creating turnovers.

I think this is the biggest problem that UW faces as a team, overall. The offense and defense are bound to have stupid games once in a while. You can mitigate that damage by forcing a couple turnovers and giving the offense a short field.

Look at how the Seahawks won yesterday for a perfect example of that.

DoogCourics

Lake gets a pass because of recruiting

The defense has suffered since he took over play calling

Sorry Race but disagree.

In his first season as a playcaller, Lake had a better total defense and scoring defense than Kwat's previous 3 years. Can't say the defense has suffered when it's actually improved. The only knock was the lack of pressure and sacks, which now he's dialed up but to the detriment of big plays.

Kwat has a major hand in the defense and game planning. They'll sit down and figure it out. The blitzing and pressure has led to more sacks but also blown assignments and big plays for the other team. They'll adjust and find a balance. LIPO.

The offense on the other hand.... FYFMFE

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.

Not necessarily.

Butch Davis wanted the Miami job and didn't get the Miami job.

ADs gonna AD when they wanna AD.

I had heard, too, that Oregon was on the short list of jobs he'd leave Boise for.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/four-years-ago-oregon-passed-on-chance-to-woo-chris-petersen-from-boise/

Even your own paper disagrees.

Oregon was so drunk on the "Chip Kelly magic", they thought anything he did or said was right. They blindly took his advice when he said that Helfrich was the man for the job, even though Chip took away play calling duties from him after only one game.

Ha ha. That entire article is based on conjecture written by 0reg0n alum, Adam Jude.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/four-years-ago-oregon-passed-on-chance-to-woo-chris-petersen-from-boise/

Even your own paper disagrees.

Oregon was so drunk on the "Chip Kelly magic", they thought anything he did or said was right. They blindly took his advice when he said that Helfrich was the man for the job, even though Chip took away play calling duties from him after only one game.
Ha ha. That entire article is based on conjecture written by 0reg0n alum, Adam Jude.

That doesn't make it false

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Shaw, Harbaugh, Petersen, Riley, etc. all Tier 2 coaches. Good but not great. Why should we think we deserve anything better? We are a Tier 2 fanbase. Hard to swallow but the truth often is.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Shaw, Harbaugh, Petersen, Riley, etc. all Tier 2 coaches. Good but not great. Why should we think we deserve anything better? We are a Tier 2 fanbase. Hard to swallow but the truth often is.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Shaw, Harbaugh, Petersen, Riley, etc. all Tier 2 coaches. Good but not great. Why should we think we deserve anything better? We are a Tier 2 fanbase. Hard to swallow but the truth often is.

And we're still the best fanbase on the Left Coast which shows you how lame people out here about college football.

The fan base has been dwindling into the abyss. It's sad how far it's fallen.

At least I can look back to the rockin stadium of the 90's. The passion was real. I also remember the Marquise Cooper (RIP) pick in the Apple Cup . The stadium exploded. Pure pandemonium.

If Pete looks at Don James every morning when he enters the office maybe he should go back and look at the tape when Don decided he had to make a change. A change that translated into unparalleled glory.

BeerThirty

you don't change the process. The process changes you.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Are you telling me Pete hasn't been allowed to recruit a 5 star big armed QB?

The first time he blew it with Skinny. The second time he's proving why Skinny was right to leave.

Harb's record at Michigan has shown that Shaw's success isn't simply an inheritance. He's part of the formula.

The fan base has been dwindling into the abyss. It's sad how far it's fallen.

At least I can look back to the rockin stadium of the 90's. The passion was real. I also remember the Marquise Cooper (RIP) pick in the Apple Cup . The stadium exploded. Pure pandemonium.

If Pete looks at Don James every morning when he enters the office maybe he should go back and look at the tape when Don decided he had to make a change. A change that translated into unparalleled glory.

The fanbase in the 90's was also in part a product of winning and UW being WARSHINGTON DAMN IT. There was real pride to be taken in our TUFF lunch pail teams.

There's some chinevitable decline because of the broader culture but not much deterministically more than the rest of college football.

Jen's at least trying, I'll give her that, but there's still more that needs fixed for the fan base to return to an approximation of its zenith.

oregonblitzkrieg

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Promoting Helfrich was the right move at the time. He plungered the defending champs in spectacular fashion and earned the ducks a second natty appearance in 4 years. Any coach that can get you to the championship game to gain a shot at the title is worth hiring. He just didn't have what it took to go the extra mile. For that, and for various other reasons that were obvious by that time, he should have been fired on the tarmac after the title game.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Are you telling me Pete hasn't been allowed to recruit a 5 star big armed QB?

The first time he blew it with Skinny. The second time he's proving why Skinny was right to leave.

Harb's record at Michigan has shown that Shaw's success isn't simply an inheritance. He's part of the formula.

Shaw's a good coach. Top 10 in the county IMO. But...

He didn't land Luck; he came to Stanford when Harbaugh was the coach.

His biggest achievement was beating Oregon in 2012 and 13. And they beat Wisco in the Rose. There's no wins over the like of Alabama, Auburn, Penn St, etc.

Let's hypothetically say Pete takes over the Alabama program tomorrow. Does he match Saban's success over the next six years?

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Promoting Helfrich was the right move at the time. He plungered the defending champs in spectacular fashion and earned the ducks a second natty appearance in 4 years. Any coach that can get you to the championship game to gain a shot at the title is worth hiring. He just didn't have what it took to go the extra mile. For that, and for various other reasons that were obvious by that time, he should have been fired on the tarmac after the title game.

A ham sandwich and a bag of cheetos could have coached that Mariota lead team to the Championship game. Florida State was an extremely flawed team, and the only quality team top to bottom Oregon played that year was Ohio State in the title game, and they got smoked with a +4 turnover margin. +4 turnover margin, and lost that game by 22.

Let's hypothetically say Pete takes over the Alabama program tomorrow. Does he match Saban's success over the next six years?

I don't think so. My guess is he hates bag men and wouldn't be willing to do whatever it takes.

this Hawaii game will be VERY important for the DBs. They need to really turn it around. We'll see

WR Cedric Byrd II is good, I expect he's gonna create some problems for us.

Houhusky

The fan base has been dwindling into the abyss. It's sad how far it's fallen.

At least I can look back to the rockin stadium of the 90's. The passion was real. I also remember the Marquise Cooper (RIP) pick in the Apple Cup . The stadium exploded. Pure pandemonium.

If Pete looks at Don James every morning when he enters the office maybe he should go back and look at the tape when Don decided he had to make a change. A change that translated into unparalleled glory.
The fanbase in the 90's was also in part a product of winning and UW being WARSHINGTON DAMN IT. There was real pride to be taken in our TUFF lunch pail teams.

There's some chinevitable decline because of the broader culture but not much deterministically more than the rest of college football.

Jen's at least trying, I'll give her that, but there's still more that needs fixed for the fan base to return to an approximation of its zenith.

TUFF Seattle/Washington is dead. California refugees turned it into Wetter/Colder San Francisco. The transformation into Cal of the NW is nearly complete.

Let's hypothetically say Pete takes over the Alabama program tomorrow. Does he match Saban's success over the next six years?

No fucking way.

RaceBannon

Just a reminder that Saban said he didn't think he could win big at USC

Because of who we? are out here

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GrundleStiltzkin

this Hawaii game will be VERY important for the DBs. They need to really turn it around. We'll see

Hawaii is going to score, probably a lot.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.

maybe it is time for Pete to go back to the Mountain West. He seems to be stuck in that mindset. Give Lake a shot at HC. At least he has shown that he'll play the young guys. Mistakes happen but the talent is there.
Why the fuck is Lake getting a pass here? His secondary was shit on Saturday and the defense was an abomination considering how bad Cal's offense is. Cam Williams has so far been the worst starter we've seen in the secondary since 2015.
not giving him a pass, but he is doing what Pete isn't. He is putting the talent on the field. They made mistakes but they are young and they'll get it. If they don't, he has shown that he will put others out there. Pete doesn't do that

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.

GOAT

We don’t create turnovers anymore. Idk why but it’s bullshit. You can’t be an elite defense without creating turnovers.

BleachedAnusDawg

We don’t create turnovers anymore. Idk why but it’s bullshit. You can’t be an elite defense without creating turnovers.

DoogCourics

Lake gets a pass because of recruiting

The defense has suffered since he took over play calling

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.

Not necessarily.

Butch Davis wanted the Miami job and didn't get the Miami job.

ADs gonna AD when they wanna AD.

I had heard, too, that Oregon was on the short list of jobs he'd leave Boise for.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/four-years-ago-oregon-passed-on-chance-to-woo-chris-petersen-from-boise/

Even your own paper disagrees.

Oregon was so drunk on the "Chip Kelly magic", they thought anything he did or said was right. They blindly took his advice when he said that Helfrich was the man for the job, even though Chip took away play calling duties from him after only one game.

Ha ha. That entire article is based on conjecture written by 0reg0n alum, Adam Jude.

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Pete can coach. Let's not forget the Boise St fiesta bowl against Oklahoma, arguably one of the greatest college football games of all time.
Bullshit. If Petersen wanted that job, he would've gotten the job. End of story.

Also, he's not the same coach now as he was in that Fiesta Bowl. Not sure what happened to him, but he's gone dumbshit in close games, as well as bowl games.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/four-years-ago-oregon-passed-on-chance-to-woo-chris-petersen-from-boise/

Even your own paper disagrees.

Oregon was so drunk on the "Chip Kelly magic", they thought anything he did or said was right. They blindly took his advice when he said that Helfrich was the man for the job, even though Chip took away play calling duties from him after only one game.
Ha ha. That entire article is based on conjecture written by 0reg0n alum, Adam Jude.

That doesn't make it false

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Shaw, Harbaugh, Petersen, Riley, etc. all Tier 2 coaches. Good but not great. Why should we think we deserve anything better? We are a Tier 2 fanbase. Hard to swallow but the truth often is.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Shaw, Harbaugh, Petersen, Riley, etc. all Tier 2 coaches. Good but not great. Why should we think we deserve anything better? We are a Tier 2 fanbase. Hard to swallow but the truth often is.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Shaw, Harbaugh, Petersen, Riley, etc. all Tier 2 coaches. Good but not great. Why should we think we deserve anything better? We are a Tier 2 fanbase. Hard to swallow but the truth often is.

And we're still the best fanbase on the Left Coast which shows you how lame people out here about college football.

BeerThirty

you don't change the process. The process changes you.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

The fan base has been dwindling into the abyss. It's sad how far it's fallen.

At least I can look back to the rockin stadium of the 90's. The passion was real. I also remember the Marquise Cooper (RIP) pick in the Apple Cup . The stadium exploded. Pure pandemonium.

If Pete looks at Don James every morning when he enters the office maybe he should go back and look at the tape when Don decided he had to make a change. A change that translated into unparalleled glory.

oregonblitzkrieg

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

At this point David Shaw has a more successful big game record than Pete. Let that settle in.

Are you telling me Pete hasn't been allowed to recruit a 5 star big armed QB?

The first time he blew it with Skinny. The second time he's proving why Skinny was right to leave.

Harb's record at Michigan has shown that Shaw's success isn't simply an inheritance. He's part of the formula.

Let's hypothetically say Pete takes over the Alabama program tomorrow. Does he match Saban's success over the next six years?

I still think promoting Mark Helfrich in 2013 instead of hiring Pete (he wanted the job) was one of the biggest blunders in Oregon history. I'd be happy to take Pete off your hands.

Promoting Helfrich was the right move at the time. He plungered the defending champs in spectacular fashion and earned the ducks a second natty appearance in 4 years. Any coach that can get you to the championship game to gain a shot at the title is worth hiring. He just didn't have what it took to go the extra mile. For that, and for various other reasons that were obvious by that time, he should have been fired on the tarmac after the title game.

Let's hypothetically say Pete takes over the Alabama program tomorrow. Does he match Saban's success over the next six years?

I don't think so. My guess is he hates bag men and wouldn't be willing to do whatever it takes.

this Hawaii game will be VERY important for the DBs. They need to really turn it around. We'll see

WR Cedric Byrd II is good, I expect he's gonna create some problems for us.

Houhusky

The fan base has been dwindling into the abyss. It's sad how far it's fallen.

At least I can look back to the rockin stadium of the 90's. The passion was real. I also remember the Marquise Cooper (RIP) pick in the Apple Cup . The stadium exploded. Pure pandemonium.

If Pete looks at Don James every morning when he enters the office maybe he should go back and look at the tape when Don decided he had to make a change. A change that translated into unparalleled glory.
The fanbase in the 90's was also in part a product of winning and UW being WARSHINGTON DAMN IT. There was real pride to be taken in our TUFF lunch pail teams.

There's some chinevitable decline because of the broader culture but not much deterministically more than the rest of college football.

Jen's at least trying, I'll give her that, but there's still more that needs fixed for the fan base to return to an approximation of its zenith.

TUFF Seattle/Washington is dead. California refugees turned it into Wetter/Colder San Francisco. The transformation into Cal of the NW is nearly complete.