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re: Why would Peterson go to Wash and not USC?
Posted on 12/18/13 at 5:03 pm to Sevendust912
Posted on 12/18/13 at 5:03 pm to Sevendust912
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Doesn't want a high profile gig.
This is about all there is to it. Would you prefer to work in a high-pressure work environment with pressure to win a BCS game every year, with talk about you being on "the hot seat"? Or a decent, rising football program and be a part of a great growth of a football program.
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Posted on 12/18/13 at 5:03 pm to TDawg1313
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His child with special needs is not something that is a factor anymore. He recovered and has already left for college. He just always wanted the Washington job and everything lined up right for him to take it.
It's the younger son that had brain/spinal cancer. He is about to start high school.
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Posted on 12/18/13 at 5:19 pm to Rattlehead
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It's the younger son that had brain/spinal cancer. He is about to start high school.
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Ah, my bad. He did fully recover though, so it wasn't seen as an issue anymore.
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His older son Jack is now in college. His younger son Sam, whose health issues as a small boy helped keep Petersen in Boise, not only fully recovered, but will start high school next year. It's a good time to make the transition.
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Posted on 12/18/13 at 5:31 pm to Goldrush25
UW most likely gave him more control which is why he choose them over all the others through the years
Posted on 12/18/13 at 6:09 pm to Vanilla Ice
Because southern California is not in the Pacific Northwest? 
Posted on 12/18/13 at 6:56 pm to Vanilla Ice
Correct me if I am wrong, but Haden interviewed Peterson and decided to go another direction.
According to an article I read, Peterson made it clear he was interested.
It wasn't Peterson's decision not to go to USC.
According to an article I read, Peterson made it clear he was interested.
It wasn't Peterson's decision not to go to USC.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 3:54 am to Tiger in NY
SMOG, Petey prefers clean air.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 4:12 am to Goldrush25
I would much rather live in Washington than LA.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 9:30 am to Vanilla Ice
1. Seattle >>>>>>>>>>>> Los Angeles
2. Closer to Boise, better for his family
3. Potential to build a perennial PAC12 power without the pressure and media focus at USC
2. Closer to Boise, better for his family
3. Potential to build a perennial PAC12 power without the pressure and media focus at USC
Posted on 12/19/13 at 9:40 am to 632627
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USC is no longer the job it once was. The location of the school sucks, the fans are a bunch of idiots who expect to be as good as they were under Carroll and it's not going to be fun having to recruit against Jim Mora Jr. Sark had his work cut out for him that's for sure
You do realize football existed at Usc before Pete Carroll, right?
You do realize that Pete Carroll was also far from the first choice for SC as well? They just hit the jackpot. SC was great back in the Robinson era but really from the 80's until Carroll was hired it was a shadow of its former self. Won some Pac 10 Titles and had a few decent seasons but for the most part was nothing great. When the Raiders moved to LA it really took the wind out of SC and after they moved back it took until Carroll for them to get their mojo back.
If another NFL team moves or starts up in LA SC will be screwed. BTW, I like SC. I was actually accepted there and it was my 2nd Choice after A&M but I didn't want to move to Cali.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:46 am to CGSC Lobotomy
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Lower cost of living
Outside of Seattle.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:25 am to northshorebamaman
Much less media pressure, closer geographically to where he's been and familiar recruiting haunts, and a very good chance to win with huge resources.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:31 am to Vanilla Ice
legalize it 
Posted on 12/19/13 at 8:28 pm to Vanilla Ice
All but one prior post is wrong.
Petersen interviewed for USC job and didn't get it.
Petersen interviewed for USC job and didn't get it.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 9:46 pm to aggressor
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You do realize that Pete Carroll was also far from the first choice for SC as well? They just hit the jackpot. SC was great back in the Robinson era but really from the 80's until Carroll was hired it was a shadow of its former self. Won some Pac 10 Titles and had a few decent seasons but for the most part was nothing great. When the Raiders moved to LA it really took the wind out of SC and after they moved back it took until Carroll for them to get their mojo back.
Yeah, Pete all but begged for the job and only got it after several others turned it down.
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If another NFL team moves or starts up in LA SC will be screwed. BTW, I like SC. I was actually accepted there and it was my 2nd Choice after A&M but I didn't want to move to Cali.
Agree 100%. They averaged 57,000 fans a game in 1999 and 2000. They will be back at that level when the NFL returns to LA. That is a pro sports town.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:13 pm to LSU Shreddin
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Correct me if I am wrong, but Haden interviewed Peterson and decided to go another direction.
According to an article I read, Peterson made it clear he was interested.
It wasn't Peterson's decision not to go to USC.
yes, all the coaches USC didn't get they didn't actually want anyway.
This post was edited on 12/19/13 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 12/20/13 at 2:26 am to Dr RC
I believe it was Bruce Feldman that said Haden did not feel Petersen's program vision was a fit for USC and he passed.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 8:59 am to Vanilla Ice
He knows he isn't as good of a coach as the media makes him out to be. He can probably win 7-8 games per year in Washington to keep his job, but he'd never return USC to the promised land.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 12:04 pm to BamaDude06
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I believe it was Bruce Feldman that said Haden did not feel Petersen's program vision was a fit for USC and he passed.
yea, that's called reporter getting a leak from an entity that is trying to spin its misses in a positive light.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 1:37 pm to LSU Shreddin
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Correct me if I am wrong, but Haden interviewed Peterson and decided to go another direction. According to an article I read, Peterson made it clear he was interested. It wasn't Peterson's decision not to go to USC.
He withdrew his name from the search like a week before he went to Washington
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