Thomas, when you say in year 3 Romar hit the jackpot, that's not exactly true. He hit the jackpot when he took the job. There were 3 NBA players on the roster, one being ROTY and all-star before he even signed on the dotted line. 4/5 starters in his "magical" year 3 were here because of Bender. As has been pointed out, it takes a whole lot more effort to turn around a team of 85 than a team of 12. Petersen inherited no pac12 level QBs, 1 returning starter on the OL and only 1 player in the secondary with significant game experience. And Romar did not "win the conference" in year 3. Arizona did. Washington won the gimmick pac10 tournament after the regular season. So even when Petermen doesn't win the Pac12 this year, he won't have the opportunity to claim a 2nd chance championship.
Thomas, when you say in year 3 Romar hit the jackpot, that's not exactly true. He hit the jackpot when he took the job. There were 3 NBA players on the roster, one being ROTY and all-star before he even signed on the dotted line. 4/5 starters in his "magical" year 3 were here because of Bender. As has been pointed out, it takes a whole lot more effort to turn around a team of 85 than a team of 12. Petersen inherited no pac12 level QBs, 1 returning starter on the OL and only 1 player in the secondary with significant game experience. And Romar did not "win the conference" in year 3. Arizona did. Washington won the gimmick pac10 tournament after the regular season. So even when Petermen doesn't win the Pac12 this year, he won't have the opportunity to claim a 2nd chance championship. FALSE: B-Roy wasn't enrolled yet due to clearinghouse issues. Nate Rob was playing football still. And Conroy and Jones barely sniffed the NBA.They split the regular season series with Arizona, and then UW won the third game in the conference tourney final.Petersen can't even claim the Northwest Championship.Fuck off.
Thomas, when you say in year 3 Romar hit the jackpot, that's not exactly true. He hit the jackpot when he took the job. There were 3 NBA players on the roster, one being ROTY and all-star before he even signed on the dotted line. 4/5 starters in his "magical" year 3 were here because of Bender. As has been pointed out, it takes a whole lot more effort to turn around a team of 85 than a team of 12. Petersen inherited no pac12 level QBs, 1 returning starter on the OL and only 1 player in the secondary with significant game experience. And Romar did not "win the conference" in year 3. Arizona did. Washington won the gimmick pac10 tournament after the regular season. So even when Petermen doesn't win the Pac12 this year, he won't have the opportunity to claim a 2nd chance championship. FALSE: B-Roy wasn't enrolled yet due to clearinghouse issues. Nate Rob was playing football still. And Conroy and Jones barely sniffed the NBA.They split the regular season series with Arizona, and then UW won the third game in the conference tourney final.Petersen can't even claim the Northwest Championship.Fuck off. Bob Bender was the UW coach until March 2002. Not sure when Romar was hired. Regardless, Nate was done with football prior to that. Oh, and he scored 13 points/game that year. B-Roy did have admittance issues, and I can't find specifics of commitment date, but he certainly made it into school for the season, as he scored 6 points/game that year.
