I remember something from when baker was on his recruiting visit. He said he had a blast playing ping pong with peterson for hours. Someone who can't relate to players doesn't spend a long time hanging out. I think what peterson lacks is a bullshit meter. Whether that equals success at a place like UW could get interesting. He doesn't have the used car salesman attitude to sell some top 5* guys or tell a kid he'll play a position when they know he won't. We will lose recruits for this, but I also think we gain far more that are willing to bleed purple. Dissly is going to be that guy, baker is already that guy.
He will have more and more and more like this, but we will never win the February national championship with Pete.
From what I know of Chip Kelly he was the same way - didn't suffer fools gladly and no bullshit meter whatsoever. He caught some flack from some, and even some of his own idiot fans, for not schmoozing and bullshitting with the donors but he had more important things to do. I'm guessing Kelly and Petersen would get along pretty well.
There's that. My sense is that Petersen does better with people off the field than Kelly does. For instance, I cant recall Chipper talking his role as an educator. Maybe @AZDuck knows better.
Chipper actually did really well with the "edgy" kids. Think about LaGarette Blount, DeAnthony Thomas, Colt Lyerla and Cliff Harris. All of those guys had substantial issues that the Chipster was able to work with them and keep them eligible. Thomas, and Lyerla got kicked off the team or basically demoted by Helfrich, who is apparently quite the disciplinarian. Harris was in a category all his own.
He's a lazy recruiter he wont fight for the higher ranked kid, he said he wasnt going to waist his time on recruiting kids who have other schools ranked above Huskies, he's going to see very shortly that he wont win in Pac 12 with that nonsense.
Would you like Peterman better if he did waste his time recruiting kids with no interest in Washington?
He's a lazy recruiter he wont fight for the higher ranked kid, he said he wasnt going to waist his time on recruiting kids who have other schools ranked above Huskies, he's going to see very shortly that he wont win in Pac 12 with that nonsense.
Would you like Peterman better if he did waste his time recruiting kids with no interest in Washington?
Finishing 4th in recruiting for Ruben Foster was special.
He's a lazy recruiter he wont fight for the higher ranked kid, he said he wasnt going to waist his time on recruiting kids who have other schools ranked above Huskies, he's going to see very shortly that he wont win in Pac 12 with that nonsense.
Would you like Peterman better if he did waste his time recruiting kids with no interest in Washington?
Finishing 4th in recruiting for Ruben Foster was special.
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