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My theory on Chris Peterman

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,920 Founders Club
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I said this a couple years ago but I'll repeat it. For the record, this is just me reading the tea leaves, it may not be accurate.

My theory: Petersen burned out in Boise and lost his love of the game. He hates the media, hates being second guessed and hates dealing with bullshit fans. When the UW job opened up he had a long talk with his wife about how it might reinvigorate him.

He gets to UW and finds the pressure all the more greater. The love still isn't there. But he does enough things well to maintain a Mike Bellotti level of success on the field.

When Jimmy Lake began receiving accolades, Pete didn't want to lose him. So Pete, Lake and Cohen had a private meeting and worked out a deal where Pete coaches X number of years before handing the reins over to Jimmy.
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  • animate
    animate Member Posts: 4,245
    Where did you steal this one from Derek!?

    Yah, I've always thought that lake was "coach in waiting" without the official title.

    That's also why Harris is being groomed to take over db's when lake is head coach.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,920 Founders Club
    animate said:

    Where did you steal this one from Derek!?

    Yah, I've always thought that lake was "coach in waiting" without the official title.

    That's also why Harris is being groomed to take over db's when lake is head coach.

    I didn't steal it from anywhere.
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  • BeerThirty
    BeerThirty Member Posts: 2,465
    BroadcastingDawg said:

    I really hope Eason sticks around, because I believe next year's UW squad will be great.

    Not. Gonna. Happen.
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  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,168
    BroadcastingDawg said:

    I just think UW is young in areas we can't make up for and where we're not young, we're weak in areas we can't make up for. I think it's just unique to particular this squad... and it was inevitable because there's nothing really special about the upperclassmen on this current team.

    Manu, Wellington, Fuller, Opera, Bronson, Potoa'e can't leave the program soon enough. Typically you expect seniors to be the stars and leaders of a ball club... none of these guys have stepped up in the way we needed the Dawgs to be successful.

    Down years happen for teams that can't recruit like Alabama, LSU, Ohio St, Oklahoma, Clemson. It's a bummer that guys like Wellington and Manu have to start, but we're not the programs listed above.

    I really hope Eason sticks around, because I believe next year's UW squad will be great.

    I don't think this year is a sign of things to come... it's just a down year after a great run of football for the program.

    Your constant trashing off Potoae and Bronson is way off the mark, but otherwise yeah, you're pretty spot on here.
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  • BeerThirty
    BeerThirty Member Posts: 2,465
    I don't get that either. Those two have been solid players for us.
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,042 Standard Supporter
    Yeah, I don’t think Pete has lost his love of the game. Look at the photos of him after winning the PAC 12 title game and handing out roses to the band. That’s a look of pure joy if I’ve ever seen one.

    If I was playing armchair psychologist, I just think he’s a perfectionist that’s maybe having a difficult time adjusting to situations that aren’t going his way.
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