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Is Petersman Boise or Dwag?
WoolleyDoog
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With Peterlips up for the College Football Hall of Fame, Say Who Pod, had an underrated discussion about Petersmann. Is he more remembered as a Boise State or Washington coach. For us at this point I almost completely forget about Boise, but I see the argument it's Boise because of that Fiesta Bowl and their run under him where they opened every season it seemed taking on a ranked power conference team and beating them. It was still the WAC/Mountain Weist though and I think what he did at UW was much more relevant nationally in the bigger picture.
That pod also briefly mentioned Woolley because of Came Cleveland.
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Def Boise but he cemented himself as legit by being the only Bronco HC to find success post-Boise.
He got his shot at being all time at Washington. Nobody gives a shit about his limp dick wins at boise.
Good point that winning in two very different places and in a tough situation at Washington differentiates him. If he just stays at Boise he's a very poor man's Mark Few at best and would have had to retire around when he went to UW to avoid winning 8-9 games there the rest of his career. Getting UW back to national relevancy was a tall task in the mid-2010s and he gets credit for being a huge part of the 2022-23 run.
If Petersen doesn't leave Boise
He did two more years at Boise than UW.
Boise became a national story under him and all the underdog/small school being locked out narrative got them attention.
Back then BSU had a ton of games on national TV.
But no accomplishments like making the 4 team playoff and winning a real conference.
Yes we Washington fans don’t give a rats ass about Boise wins but his legend was cemented there, zero argument. His time at UW basically proved he could build a program and compete at the highest level with a step up in competition.
I still don’t fully get many fans that shit on Peterman. He left Boise because he was burnt out and was hoping to rejuvenate his love of coaching. UW initially did what he had hoped but the burnout returned and he saw the landscape of the college sports changing at rapid speed. He resigned like many Americans do everyday. It truly sucks we weren’t totally competitive in the Fiesta and Rose Bowl but he laid the foundation and recruited and evaluated a solid portion of the upperclassmen natty run dawgs. Those guys soldiered through the Fraud Lake era and we were fortunate to hire Alex DeBoer’s dad.
UW was in the wilderness for a couple decades and Petersen was the catalyst to reviving our dawgs so stop bitching and appreciate the man. This isn’t directed at you individually Haie but the Coach Pete disrespect by a few is beyond old. He hasn’t returned to coaching so he was absolutely being genuine. He no longer felt capable of giving 100% and chose himself and his family like most everyone here. He also chose not to collect a multimillion paycheck while mailing in the final years of his contract. Sincerely Mrs Peterman;)
Peterman begat Jimmy Lake.
Boise can have him.
Any half ass coach can come in and win 8 games at Washington, especially in the old Pac 12
You don’t think any of those Kellen Moore teams could’ve won a natty if given a chance?🤔🤔
Tell that to Jim Lake.
or Sark and Gilby
Like we say, no.gif
Much respect for Petersman, he was a giant killer at Boise and a solid coach at UW, didn’t win many of the big games but got the team back to respectable level nationally. A win over OSU or Bama and he would have been talked about in different light
The Boise State fans might give a shit
In the past I visited their fan site after Petersen was at UW. Many of their fans were jilted lovers even after years. Most seemed to fall in two camps of loved him or disliked him because he had the audacity to leave Boise. I enjoyed referring to them as Boys State!
Did Darrell Royal go in as a Husky or a Longhorn?
Will Sark go in as a Trojan, Husky, or Longhorn?
Would it be weird to have two former Husky coaches in the HOF as Longhorns?
I'm not sure if this was a serious question but the fields were far too strong in the Moore years - plenty of teams 09-11 who they probably can't beat 10/10 times. They maybe have a better shot in 2006 with the Fiesta Bowl team but still probably get rolled 10/10 times by Urban's Florida team and Pete's USC if they have their head on straight.
Who?
Hardy har har
To me, Petersen's legacy will always be shitty timing. He stayed at Boise for way too long. The dude needed to get to UW or UO by 2009.
I think Pete at UW in 2009 has a decent shot (call it 30 to 40%) at a Natty.