Chris Petersen is losing his patience with the Pac 12

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Petersen would still be my first call, and I'd make him say no at least ten times.
 
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99gator said:
I didn't mean it that way. Plenty of people would jump at the chance to get a job at Tennessee.

What I meant was, he has a good job at Washington and has built something that looks pretty good.

If we were to (for sake of discussion) say he had no problems leaving the West Coast, why would he leave his current job?

I assume Washington will pay him what any other school would offer. Maybe, they wouldn't. But, I think they would.

He's got a really good thing going. His family has probably settled in and is making or has made friends.

There is no motivation to leave.....for anywhere....not just Tennessee.

We all have these dreams of poaching "can't miss" coaches, but most all schools end up failing.

Part of the reason LSU is in the mess they are in is they thought they could poach Jimbo Fisher and it didn't happen.
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Fisher was their Chip Kelly swing but Herman was their plan A...didn’t really have any more alphabet.
 
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99gator said:
In connection with my last post, the narrative that "Tennessee hires on the cheap" is a false narrative, IMO.

Most highly paid coaches that are "can't miss" are happy where they are at. They aren't leaving.

So, you have to go and take a chance on a hot shot coordinator or a head coach at a smaller school.

And the market value for those guys is cheaper.

The exception to this is the hot shot head coach at a small school that EVERYBODY wants. Tom Herman when he was at Houston. James Franklin at Vandy. Urban Meyer at Utah.

Then, those guys cost a lot of dough. But, again, those hot shot perceived "can't miss" small school guys are rare. The timing has to be good (firing your coach when they are available) and outbidding everyone else.

Another reason LSU screwed up. They lost Herman to Texas. Everyone wanted Herman. Only one school is going to get him.

So, the likelihood is that Tennessee ends up with a 1st time head coach or the head coach from Western Kentucky and it's a roll of the dice
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Agree with all of this. Love Chris Peterson, though. Love Gary Patterson too, but those programs are on the same level as Tennessee currently if not historically, and both coaches are about at the age where they can retire at those schools as legends. Absolutely no reason to come jump in the Shark Tank of an SEC school.
 
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#1ManningFan said:
Just an FYI - the main reason he even took the Washington gig is because his son was in the hospital 2-3 times a week. The only dr that could help was in...Washington.
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I’m sure they could create an opening at UT Hospital for this particular doctor.
 
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99gator said:
Has nothing to do with Tennessee.

Not leaving West Coast (family reasons).

But, let me ask this. Why leave Washington?
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EXACTLY!

Washington is the dominant team in the PAC-12 thanks to Petersen....and will be as long as he remains there...
 
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#1ManningFan said:
Just an FYI - the main reason he even took the Washington gig is because his son was in the hospital 2-3 times a week. The only dr that could help was in...Washington.
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Just an FYI- none of this is true. Petersen's youngest son had a brain tumor removed when he was 13 months old in 1999. He is fine now.
 
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spudvol said:
Just an FYI- none of this is true. Petersen's youngest son had a brain tumor removed when he was 13 months old in 1999. He is fine now.
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Thank you for stating that. That's very good non fake news.
It's actually ironic that another Scientologists son, that of John Travolta and Kirsten Alley, who were in those movies together about the babies that were taken from the car dealer in Arizona, Wait, lost my train 🚂 of thinking.
 
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Who stopped Alabama? Brent Venables at Clemdon. Defense wins championships. Throw the bank at this guy!
 
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He would leave that program because he doesn't like game times?

Even if he did leave under such a bizarre pretext, the chance of him coming here is practically 0. Although I would love to have him.
 
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Vfl2407 said:
Thank you for stating that. That's very good non fake news.
It's actually ironic that another Scientologists son, that of John Travolta and Kirsten Alley, who were in those movies together about the babies that were taken from the car dealer in Arizona, Wait, lost my train 🚂 of thinking.
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actually you have hit on the reason that Peterson is not about to leave the West Coast. He is really big into Scientology and the Bible Belt is just not the place where he could fit in.
 
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wtorange said:
actually you have hit on the reason that Peterson is not about to leave the West Coast. He is really big into Scientology and the Bible Belt is just not the place where he could fit in.
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Leah remini says hi to him and his cult. Great coach would love to have him...no chance
 
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