I just have a good feeling about him. He is young, seems energetic and I feel like he gets respect from his players. He has only lost like 3 games since being head coach at Boise. Yeah, they don't play the toughest schedule but people said that about Utah and Urban Meyer too. We all know what kind of coach he is.
Also, Dan Hawkins did build a great program in Idaho, but Peterson has kept it up.
Look at the program Rodriguez built at West Virginia. He is only about 4 games removed from the program and West Viriginia has already lost two games.
I think Peterson is the real deal.