If you believe Petersen said no to USC, you're a dumb fucking Doog.
Pat Haden Fucking Stupid deliberately chose Sark over Petersen.
I believe Haden was in Boise and interviewed Peterson on Sunday a day or so before it was announced that Sark had accepted the USC job. I also believe the report here in the Boise media that Petersen had withdrawn himself from consideration for the USC job before the Sark announcement. There are reports out of both Boise and L.A. that Petersen's interview with USC didn't go well, but two different stories are rumored as to why. From USC's perspective, they were surprised by how unreceptive Petersen was to accepting their terms and the story here in Boise is that Petersen could never accept Haden's conditions regarding media relations and public openness as contrary to his methods of coaching and managing a football program. Anybody who has interviewed from either side for a professional position knows that there are ways of saying no without even receiving an offer.
Petersen "withdrew" because Haden called him and told him no. That's how the coaching search game works. Letting a coach "withdraw his name" is a face-saving move.
You've got the L.A. story about right........ not that there's anything wrong with that. I just hope we never ever see another Trojan, scumbag of otherwise, employed on the east side of Montlake blvd.
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