Chris Petersen
Chris Petersen
Christopher Scott "Chris" Petersenis an American football coach, currently the head coach at the University of Washington...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 October 1964
CityYuba City, CA
break difficult hard learned lesson plays road
One or two plays can make or break you at that position. ... He's learned some hard lessons. (Wednesday's) lesson may be as difficult as anything we've learned yet. If he's learned from it, he will be much better down the road for it.
guys
You don't want to have that many guys on scholarship.
guys
There were some guys that got better out there.
access care costs health problems
Health care costs and access are problems (for farmers).
apparent football guy
It was very apparent that this guy is a first-class football coach.
defense job nice
Our defense did a nice job on some fourth-down occasions.
competition everybody
Everybody got better. The competition just heats up.
situation studied utah
Because of that (relationship), we've studied the Utah situation a lot.
across bring checkers guys jump looking rope stop whether
You can come across as a jerk. ... But that's the No. 1 characteristic we're looking for from guys on our field. Whether it's checkers or jump rope or football, to stop me you've got to bring everything you've got.
blend call chameleon
We call it a chameleon offense. We just kind of blend in and look one way one week, a different way the next.
competition good health terms
We have to have two good quarterbacks, if not more, just in terms of health and if things don't go the way they should. Competition is good.
growing pains summer tried
Those guys, they're having growing pains and that's to be expected. As much as we tried to get them in there in the summer and get them prepared, there's just nothing like being in a game. You just can't simulate that situation.
issue kicking needed solved
We just needed to get our kicking issue solved for the long term.
chemistry coming earn few gets guys matter talent
We're going to have to go out there and earn it, though. We had a lot of guys coming back this year. It doesn't matter how few guys you lose, the chemistry always changes. Talent only gets you so far. Chemistry ... has to come with it.