My prediction for our next head coach

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I have a gut feeling that Boise State head coach Chris Petersen will be our next coach. My uncle is close with a few boosters and they say he is becoming disillusioned with the fact that he cannot make the BCS title game with the school he is at and wants very badly to prove that he can do it. This is just my 2 cents. If he isn't I won't be crushed, but I would not be shocked if Chris Petersen is our next head coach.
 

ilovethebarn said:
I have a gut feeling that Boise State head coach Chris Petersen will be our next coach. My uncle is close with a few boosters and they say he is becoming disillusioned with the fact that he cannot make the BCS title game with the school he is at and wants very badly to prove that he can do it. This is just my 2 cents. If he isn't I won't be crushed, but I would not be shocked if Chris Petersen is our next head coach.
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Well Maturi did say there was a coach he was surprised was interested. Maybe Peterson was the coach.

I have no doubt that he is getting really frustrated in Boise and wants to see what he can do in a auto bid conference.

But if he is looking to win a national championship I doubt he is going to come here. I would assume he may sit patiently and hope that Michigan job opens up soon.
 

That would certainly be an exciting hire for Maturi, but Peterson could have his pick of big time head coaching positions based on his recent success. I don't think he will be interested in the MN job. I would love to be wrong.
 

You would not be shocked? I'd be stunned. The day that happens, I'd expect to see a flock of pigs flying south for the winter. He's in a perfect place -- the number one sports attraction in the state, easy recruiting, history of winning, no pressure.
 

FanSinceTheFifties said:
You would not be shocked? I'd be stunned. The day that happens, I'd expect to see a flock of pigs flying south for the winter. He's in a perfect place -- the number one sports attraction in the state, easy recruiting, history of winning, no pressure.
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Everything you described is a recipe for becoming complacent. Especially the no pressure. Assuming the BCS will be around for the next 20 years (and all implications says it will) Peterson will have to climb a mountain each year for just a chance to play in the championship.

That mountain includes trying to schedule top teams (which no one will play them), going undefeated, and acting like he doesn't care when reporters ask him if he is frustrated.

Peterson will leave Boise State one day. It just depends on what jobs come up in the next few years. Minnesota is a legit option, but a shoot-the-moon kind of deal.
 


Minnesota offers a chance to be legendary. If Peterson wins big at Minnesota, after Boise, he would go down as an all time great. A successful football coach could "own" Minneapolis which woud be a lot nicer than owning Columbus or Eugene.

Not everyone wants "to be born at third base and think they hit a triple" as Mason used to say.
 

Would you trust your uncle with your wallet?
 

How much lower pressure job is there than Minnesota? Mason squeezed 10 years out of a .400 Big Ten record. He never finished better than 4th in the conference and some people still want him back. A third place finish every six or seven years, a couple end-of-season top 25 rankings, and you can collect $2million+ for as long as you wish.
 

I don't doubt that Petersen may be ready to move on from Boise. I do doubt that he'd rather come to MN then Michigan, Georgia, or West Virginia. Or even Maryland or Arizona State.
 



I'd be very surprised if he came here. If he leaves Boise some day it will likely be for a California/Oregon/Washington job. I'd be pleased, though!
 

Does Chris Petersen = Dan Monson?

Different sports, but there are some real similarities:

1) Young coach on top of his game
2) Big-fish in small pond
3) Extremely nice guy that is riding a wave of success

I know I'm in the minority on this, but hiring Chris Petersen is a crap shoot at best. Yes there would be a lot of excitement and a 2 year honeymoon period, but what happens when things don't go quite as well as expected? How does he handle that?

Being we are a Big Ten school, there are traditions (both good & bad) that may not be concusive to a coach of Petersen's calibre to be successful. One tradition we have is a bloated administration that is sold out on Political Correctness and strict Title IX compliance. An administration like this ate up Dan Monson. I'm afraid it will eat up our next football coach if he isn't an extremely strong personality or if the U of M's culture doesn't completely change.

How can someone like Chris Petersen be successful? Clean house at the top and bring in administrators that understand the importance of Revenue Sports. If you don't do that, you better hire a coach with an extremely strong personality that has been around the block.

There is a list of coaches with very strong personalities, unfortunately, Maturi is afraid of them. That being the case, they better start cleaning house in the administration or be content with hiring Brewster2.
 

The thing is, the Minny job is attractive for a lot of reasons

1.Big Ten
2.Tradition- anyone who wakes the "sleeping giant "will get many offers
3. Will get paid by Minny if he turns it around
4. Exposure due to Big ten network
5. New stadium is a huge tool for recruiting
 

If Petersen wanted to put himself in a better situation with the BCS wouldn't he most likely go for a Big Ten program that is already winning on a regular basis and doesn't need as much work to turn around.
 



Chris Peterson?

FanSinceTheFifties said:
You would not be shocked? I'd be stunned. The day that happens, I'd expect to see a flock of pigs flying south for the winter. He's in a perfect place -- the number one sports attraction in the state, easy recruiting, history of winning, no pressure.
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Stranger things have happened!

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wdgold said:
If Petersen wanted to put himself in a better situation with the BCS wouldn't he most likely go for a Big Ten program that is already winning on a regular basis and doesn't need as much work to turn around.
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Maybe he wants to prove that he can coach and just didn't take over a good program
 

It's plausible, but I don't think it's very likely. I think Michigan will be hesitant to go after a big fish in a small pond again. It didn't work out too well with Richrod. That said, there are plenty of schools in the big 4 conferences (Big Ten, Pac 10, SEC, Big XII) that would love to get their hands on Peterson and would give him an opportunity to get to the top much faster than a job at Minnesota would. I would be very surprised if Peterson, Patterson or Harbaugh end up at the U.
 

I don't know what Peterson is thinking. I don't know him that well.
 

FanSinceTheFifties said:
...easy recruiting....
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In principle I agree with what you're saying, but blue chip athletes aren't breaking down their doors. If he leaves Boise it will be somewhere he has a straight path to a championship. I would guess he'd go to the PAC-12. Would Colorado hire another Boise St coach?
 

All of these arguments could also be made about Gary Patterson couldn't they?
 

Rescooter said:
Different sports, but there are some real similarities:

1) Young coach on top of his game
2) Big-fish in small pond
3) Extremely nice guy that is riding a wave of success

I know I'm in the minority on this, but hiring Chris Petersen is a crap shoot at best. Yes there would be a lot of excitement and a 2 year honeymoon period, but what happens when things don't go quite as well as expected? How does he handle that?
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IMO Chris Peterson is NOTHING like Dan Monson record wise. Monson was a head coach for 2 seasons before coming to MN, one great year and one okay year. Peterson has been a head coach for 5 seasons now and had great years every single time out. It's not like he has had one solid year and is riding that wave. 5 years with a 57-4 record, multiple bowl appearances, BCS ones at that, and winning them (he's 2-0 in BCS bowl games)? That is more impressive than anything Monson ever did.

IMO, if Maturi brings in Peterson that is the best hire he could realistically make. Minnesota is no question a step up job from Boise State. Brand new stadium, big city, BCS conference, rich tradition, rivalry games, etc.

Count me as someone who would be absolutely thrilled at this hire. He is essentially what even the most picky gopher fans are looking for.

Young and up-and-coming
proven coaching record with head coach experience
winning games with less
been national coach of the year twice
likely wouldn't bolt for a "better" job anytime soon (at least not until he turned the program around)

I see no negatives to this guy, if Maturi lands him after landing Tubby Smith. I will be incredibly impressed.
 

mkAz said:
All of these arguments could also be made about Gary Patterson couldn't they?
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Except that the general consensus is that Patterson is not interested and wasn't the first time we offered him in 2007.

Peterson has said nothing to make us believe he is or isn't interested.
 

scher215 said:
Except that the general consensus is that Patterson is not interested and wasn't the first time we offered him in 2007.

Peterson has said nothing to make us believe he is or isn't interested.
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Actually, I've heard that Patterson did have some interest in 2007, but when he hedged they went with Brewster.
 

We know that Patterson did not take the job. No way anyone can say that he was not interested - or was. Besides, what Patterson thought of the job a few years back may not have the slightest bearing on his thoughts today. For all we know, he could feel that he made a mistake by not taking the job last time. Since we apparently offered him last time, I would think that indicates that he had some interest, and it would also likely mean that he'd be on the short list again - unless or until he takes it off.
 



Doesn't Boise let any semi-literate human enroll in that school? That might be an issue here.

The current BCS agreement goes through (I think) 2013. There could be some shifts at that time as to which conferences get AQ's, meaning that the MWC could move up to that level (and realistically, they should - they're a better conference than the Big East), in which case BSU and TCU would have a shot at an AQ. Of course there's been recent rumblings that TCU might move to the Big East.

A lot of people have been saying that Harbaugh is an impossibility. I'm thinking maybe not. I watched most of the Stanford-Arizona game this weekend, and the attendance at Stanford made TCF Bank look like the big house. Huge numbers of empty seats for a game between two ranked teams on a beautiful evening in a major metropolitan area. He may want to make a move.
 

I would be absolutely floored if a Harbaugh, Peterson or Patterson type took the Gopher job. These guys can wait it out for a big time job and money to open and not have to go through the agony of trying to build the Gophers from ground level. That is unless they really relish the challenge.
 

Mick Turition said:
How much lower pressure job is there than Minnesota? Mason squeezed 10 years out of a .400 Big Ten record. He never finished better than 4th in the conference and some people still want him back. A third place finish every six or seven years, a couple end-of-season top 25 rankings, and you can collect $2million+ for as long as you wish.
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Once TCF Bank Stadium was approved, the stakes and pressure went up at Minnesota. Just ask Mason and Brewster.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Once TCF Bank Stadium was approved, the stakes and pressure went up at Minnesota. Just ask Mason and Brewster.
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That is for sure. The biggest excuse for why the team can't recruit just went out the door. I wasn't sorry to see Mason go, but you have to wonder if he could have recruited better with the stadium on the way. He did have Greg Jones in the fold.
 


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