Maybe the best mid major coach ever. But now UW is a mess. There have been a load of excellent west coast QBs enter the last few years but Petersen could not land one. Do not under estimate recruiting and assume anyone can do it.
The case for Chris Petersen
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Look what he did at Boise State , very good coach took Washington to the promise land without the talent he could recruit at USC. Recruiting is about the staff and support staff , HC is the closer , he would be an excellent hire , west coach guy.
I think he is finished riding the merry-go-round it’s not fun for him anymore. I don’t think he has the fire 
he had when he was younger. You gotta love it.
he had when he was younger. You gotta love it.Great points but it ignores the fact that Chris is done with the coaching grind. Move on. Chris has.
He's a straight shooter I don't think he's the type to go back on his word. Just for the money.I think he is finished riding the merry-go-round it’s not fun for him anymore. I don’t think he has the fire
Watching him on those FS1 halftime shows, it looks like he has the personality of lumpy oatmeal.
No thanks. I think he's done coaching.
No thanks. I think he's done coaching.
I do not believe you could get Chris out of the NW. His son had some serious health issues and is pretty tied to the NW. Coaching football at WA took a lot out of him from what some of my Husky boosters told me. It was not what he expected coaching a big time program.
This ^^^^^ I don't think Peterson has any interest in SC.
true....and I want only guys who are enamored of the the idea. Enough of Larry Smithlike attitudes
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He would have been a very solid hire back in 2014. Not so much today. USC can do better and must do better.
The 1st Petersen dalliance ended with a mutual no thanks. What has changed? We want someone who wants to be here and that is not Petersen. My bRuin brother has a friend who was a paid analyst with the Utah program for a few and he mentioned one name both Utah and Cal L.A. are concerned about us getting - Eric Bieniemy.
Petersen did a great job of developing Sark’s 3-star recruits and a number of them were drafted into the NFL. Just think what he could do with 4 and 5-star guys at USC!? But Bruce Feldman says he’s not interested in coaching again right now. I say it’s USC and money talks.
Bohn needs to dig down deep with Petersen to understand what motivates him. What made him decide to go from Boise to Washington? Why was Washington ultimately unfulfilling?
Including I think Marcus Peters. That’s discipline … lacking at USC under Helton.
Chris Petersen, come on down! You’re a contestant on The Price is Right.
I think he can do 2 and 3, but can he do 1? He’ll need a motivated Williams to do 1.
I know he left coaching because of the stress but..
If Chris Petersen wants the job, we should straight-out give it to him! Period. Forget Urban Meyer...forget everyone else!
If Chris Petersen wants the job, we should straight-out give it to him! Period. Forget Urban Meyer...forget everyone else!
Peterson was always harping on "our kind of guys'. It seems that he was the only one who could win with "our kind of guys"
I was completely on the Urban train the last two years but I've gotten off at the station. His behavior seems more erratic as he's gotten older and he left Florida and OSU in a bit of a mess. And if he came to USC, that's what would happen to JAX...and eventually USC.
CP seems like a solid citizen who can flat out coach and develop talent.
I talked to him last week and told me he still wants to coach (we get coffee at the same place).
Seriously, every middle aged coach that has bowed out because of burn out does the same thing...they come back. Urban being the #1. It is really an excuse to take some time off and re-evaluate options. I'd bet a pretty penny Petersen is back somewhere in the next year or two.
But you want Urban Meyer, who was called "unhinged" in the JAX preseason..and left under a cloud from both Florida and OSU?Yeah….and after Kiffin, Sark, and Helton, we don’t need any more ‘weird’
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After going after Urban and getting turned down, I would then go to Petersen and offer him $7-8M per year and whoever he wants for assistants.
Thereafter...Stoops, Cristobal, Campbell, Fickell, Brian Kelly, and OBrien.
Great coach, but he is still smelling the bad taste of Haden in his mouth!
Fight On!
Fight On!