Comments on: Football: Chris Petersen’s college mentor says timing could be right for Cal to lure Boise coach

By: Easy Ed

Easy Ed — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:45:30 +0000

Jeff Ted..who?

By: The Wisdom Cow

The Wisdom Cow — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:33:46 +0000

OK Dan, easy boy. Every fan that has an opinion has critiques of every coach. The way you acted like you are the only one to think there is a chance at Petersen (not that many “no chance” posts) made me think you were trying to separate yourself. Just questioning moves is normal.

By: rollonubears

rollonubears — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:23:22 +0000

I’ve been calling for Tedford’s firing since 2003, and 2007 on this site. I also think we’ll get Petersen, or at least an interview, and have been shot down multiple times on this site for mentioning it, but no matter. All I care about it the end result. We just spent half a billion dollars on a stadium. We can pony up 4mm to take our team to the promised land.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:48:49 +0000

Wisdom- did you read what I wrote? I never said I called for Tedford’s firing back that far. What is said is I had criticisms of him that far back. BIG DIFFERENCE. I was sitting in Qualcomm Stadium at the 2004 Holiday Bowl vs. Texas Tech when he stopped ramming the ball down their throats, which was working and keeping the TT offense off the field, instead to try to pass the ball to a non- existent group of depleted receivers. Had to try to be too cute and prove he was a passing guru. How about the Longshore quick out int return, not once but twice in back to back seasons at Arizona and UCLA, both costing Cal big wins, including the Arizona game that cost Cal a trip to the Rose Bowl. How about the “let’s keep punting it to Maurice Drew” UCLA game, Cal was getting a minimum 12-18+ yards on every 2-3 carries against a weak and depleted UCLA D-Line, but instead Tedford kept killing drives with pathetic pass play calls and also called one of the most poorly designed and ill-timed trick plays I’ve ever seen. I was present for each and every one of those times Tedford snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. And I could go on and on and on.

So I have had criticisms of him for many years, but kept hoping against hope he would figure it out but he never really did, did he? I knew that it was going to take a Ben Braun-like epic failure like what has happened the past few seasons for him to be gone. And I knew it was going to happen. But, again, I never called for Tedford to be fired until this season.

Anything else you want to mis-quote me on?

By: Steve W

Steve W — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:41:35 +0000

Petersen is pulling down $2 million a season, which is a king’s ransom in Boise. My guess is that a guy like Petersen could demand $4 million on the open market. Does Cal have that kind of money to pay a head coach? And didn’t Boise have some player academic elgibility problems of its own recently? Anybody know the player graduation rate at Boise?

By: daredevilfan

daredevilfan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:27:08 +0000

Dan’s got as many ITYS moments as CAL has backup QBs!

By: bigdruid

bigdruid — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:43:26 +0000

Shhhh. Stop ruining Dan’s “I-Told-You-So” moment.

By: The Wisdom Cow

The Wisdom Cow — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:25:39 +0000

Dan, you were calling for Tedford to be fired when he had the team finish the season at #25 seven years ago? at #14 six years ago?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:40:17 +0000

In much the same way I was attacked forbearing to criticize Tedford as far back as 6-7 years ago, I have been told repeatedly on here by many know-it-alls that there is no way Petersen would come to Cal. While that may eventually be true, I had 2 points that are true, IMO-

1). Petersen is hands down the best and most definitive choice to be HC at Cal at this point in time for many, many reasons.

2). You HAVE TO do EVERYTHING you can to see if he’ll come.

Some may disagree with either or both of my points above, which I can respect. But to justvsay he won’t come, that there is no chance, is ridiculous. Many on here that have said that have NO INFORMATION that says he won’t, but they say it repeatedly.

Hey, it doesn’t hurt to ask. I’d say ask hard, be persuasive. The guy is class, he’s a winner, his teams are tough as nails, his teams play to win, they play with no fear. He recruits properly, he’ll have a chance to have significantly better talent here, I personally couldn’t wait to see how he does.

Final thought re: CP – the timing might be perfect to attract him for one big reason. Boise State stands to get royally shafted with all this conference realignment. As an SDSU alum, the Aztecs are currently joined at the hip, planning to enter the soon-to-be non-AQ Big East, with Boise State. The BE is literally falling apart before our eyes. The TV dollar potential for the BE are evaporating daily as top programs leave the conference. Boise State and SDSU both stand to be standing, without a chair to sit in, when the music stops. This stands to put the fiscal picture of the entirecathletic programs for BSU and SDSU at
great risk. For this HUGE reason, the timing might be great for Cal to take a strong swing orvtwo at attracting Petersen.

Hopefully SB doesn’t screw this up. She will go a long way to improving her status, at least in my eyes, if she pulls this off.

By: ConcordBear

ConcordBear — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:46:41 +0000

Cal has a tiny crack of an opening to reach out to the Petersen family and recruit them to California.
Chris is a great coach and Cal would be proud to have him lead our program.
Getting Cal back on track and eventually to the Rose Bowl has to be an intriguing prospect for any coach with competitive fire.
The man who leads us there will go down in history and be celebrated across the UC world.
Go Bears!