Washington to hire Chris Peterson

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I would have called Charlie Strong. I would have paid Charlie Strong to come in and continue his rise, in a major conference. Something Peterson refused to do before he started losing games at Boise State.
 
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005 said:
YOU are attempting to discredit a coach based on where they were previously.

Lol are you high or somethin man?

Sumlin is a good coach. He'll be good wherever he goes next, too.
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I just want 4 out of the 6 years we just signed him up for. Just gimme 4.
 
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I don't think Strong takes that job. If Strong takes it, he's jetting southeast first chance he gets, probably. Petersen could be longer-term. And I think Petersen may still be a better hire given the area.
 
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I think youre right on Strong to the SEC eventually, but I would have made the call.

In other news, just heard Kubiak got canned at Houston. I know its off topic but speaking of coaching speculation, here we go again.
 
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govols120 said:
LOL USC.

Good move by Petersen. Guy hates being in the spotlight so USC/Texas wouldn't work for him. This allows him to go to a school that's under the radar but has a solid foundation and is historically successful. What a hire by UW.
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I thought that they've only been moderately successful and that's been as of late, and not on a regular basis. Not being a smarta$$, I was unaware.
 
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Cartervol said:
Who cares. Enjoy that rainy weather Chris..
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It doesn't rain nearly as much as you'd think. Knoxville gets about 10 inches more rain per year. It's just often gray and drizzly in the wintertime. Summers are great.
 
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Burhead said:
I don't see how Petersen is a gimmick;

92-12 with two BCS bowl victories and 7 10+ win seasons. Plus he has beaten teams such as Oklahoma, Oregon (x2), TCU, VT, and Georgia. If he is a gimmick by god I'd take that sort of production in Knoxville any day.
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Heck yes. And at Boise St, no less.

David Shaw might be the only coach in the Pac12 on level with Peterson.

Case in point, Sanford. Jim Harbough was successful at San Diego, an FCS school before he was hired by Stanford. Very easy to bash that hire at the time. And he was certainly stepping into a conference with a lot of teams better than the one he was coaching.

The bottom line is Peterson is a great coach with proven performance. He will succeed at UW.
 
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golfballs said:
Heck yes. And at Boise St, no less.

David Shaw might be the only coach in the Pac12 on level with Peterson.

Case in point, Sanford. Jim Harbough was successful at San Diego, an FCS school before he was hired by Stanford. Very easy to bash that hire at the time. And he was certainly stepping into a conference with a lot of teams better than the one he was coaching.

The bottom line is Peterson is a great coach with proven performance. He will succeed at UW.
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He absolutely will.
 
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TXA&M07 said:
You'd take my coach in a heart beat and promptly "bUTchslap" your current guy out the door without even packing his bags or painting a rock.
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Not sure what Butch Jones has to do with this topic, but okay. I never questioned Sumlin's coaching abilities, as I think he's a good coach.

That being said, he coached in a smaller conference and enjoyed some success, and now is doing well at A&M. I just don't see how you can say that Petersen's step up in competition will "expose" him, when Sumlin, (who I'd argue, didn't have the resume of Petersen) was able to do it and so far, be successful.
 
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SOUTHGAVOL said:
To University of Washington.............. good for SEC or was he scared of the SEC? He could've had any job he wanted a few years ago. Thoughts?
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His kids are at a point that one is going to college, the other is ready to change schools. Timing wise, I just think UW lucked out. However, USC had the same timing, and Peterson is from Cali. So, why they deferred to hire Kiffin part deux is beyond me.
 
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TXA&M07 said:
Peterson steps in to a conference where Stanford, Oregon, ASU, UCLA, and SC are all better. He's never faced a conference in which he's had more than one legit contender for the conference championship.

Then take a look at his own division leaders, Stanford and Oregon. When you think of the PAC12 currently, which two schools could you blindly name the potential conference favorite?

Now consider the demand for OOC scheduling. What program "on par" with Washington currently can they agree to a home and home with that they dont risk utter humiliation?
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To be clear, you're asking who UW can schedule OOC? I would imagine that they'll continue to do the same as they've been doing. They've played Nebraska, LSU, Notre Dame, Syracuse, and Oklahoma home and home, all in recent years. Illinois is coming to Seattle next year. They've got Wisconsin on a future schedule. It's not as hard as you might think to convince a team to fly to Seattle in September.
 
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Excellent hire. I was actually hoping we could get him here to UT during our last few coaching searches (happy with Butch for sure though). Hope he lays the smack down on USC next time they play.
 
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golfballs said:
Unbiased opinion, right?
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Totally.

Well maybe not but I do think its true. I was rooting for petersen to ut when we were riding the coaching carousel. But if butch keeps up this level of recruiting and it translates to success on the field,

Butch > sumlin

Suck it a&m :p
 
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UTHorsey said:
It doesn't rain nearly as much as you'd think. Knoxville gets about 10 inches more rain per year. It's just often gray and drizzly in the wintertime. Summers are great.
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Outsiders unfamiliar with weather patterns in Washington do not realize how pronounced rain shadows are in various portions of the state. The Olympic Peninsula receives the heaviest rainfall in the continental United States but even that is not uniformly distributed. "Sequim sits in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, and receives an average of about seventeen inches of precipitation a year, giving it an arid climate perfect for agriculture and golf. . . . Forty air miles to the west, in the rain forest valleys of Forks and Quinault, precipitation can average 120 inches per year. Seventy-six percent of the yearly precipitation falls during the six months between October 1 and March 31" (Olympic Peninsula Weather | Olympic Peninsula). Olympic National Park's website (Temperate Rain Forests - Olympic National Park (U.S. National Park Service)) records even higher rainfall totals in the park's temperate rain forests, anywhere from 140 to 167 inches. Snowfall in the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, particularly on Mount Rainier, is extremely heavy. The Paradise Ranger Station, at 5400 feet in the latter park, averages 630 inches. It also holds the "record for the most accumulated snowfall in a single year, 1122 inches (93.5 feet) of snowfall in 1971 - 1972" (Mount Rainier National Park Weather Page). Rain shadows on the eastern side of the Cascades contribute to the eastern third of the state having nearly Great Basin-like vegetation.
 
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