Thoughts on Petersen stepping down/Lake as new head coach

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First of all, big thanks to coach Pete for making our program matter again. In the Sark era fans accepted 7-5 while this year we were pissed. That was due to the standard he set. Winning two conference titles, three straight NY6 bowls and of course a playoff appearance in 2016.

This year in watching there was an obvious disconnect from Petersen and this current group. Good on his part to recognize that though. Also think he knows there is massive changes that need to be done. At age 55 I don’t blame him for not wanting to do that. Needs a new offense, likely has to fire people he’s close to with Bush Hamden and Bob Gregory. He goes back 20 years with these guys. Also it’s tough to re-invent your offense when you only know one way to do things.

What I’m hoping for from Lake? same built for life program(Pete is sticking around to still run that) but also recruit LA more. Hopefully Lake ditches that idiotic recruiting lowly rated 3 stars from Texas idea.

I hope Lake grows as a coach too. As a DC he didn’t really adjust as the game went on. I think Lake should help in recruiting and I do like that Lake isn’t afraid to play young talent. Hopefully that becomes a norm in our program going forward.

Thanks for everything coach Pete and I’m excited for the Lake era!

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You made an excellent point on Twitter that as a DC, he probably will be less involved on the offensive side, which is obviously a 180 from coach Pete. Now, just have to get the right guy.

Love what Pete has done for the program. Essentially it comes down to Peterson is an old-school type of guy. If he gives out an offer that offer a solid.

I think he got tired of the absolute bullshit that is power 5 football recruiting

Jimmy leak is young enough to understand how this game is played. Can he assemble a great staff of coaches and manage them effectively

Chest wrote:

You made an excellent point on Twitter that as a DC, he probably will be less involved on the offensive side, which is obviously a 180 from coach Pete. Now, just have to get the right guy.

As an OC this job is more attractive than yesterday. With Pete there was always a fear he’d meddle. With a defensive minded HC this is your offense now.

Now getting a DC under Lake would be difficult but thankfully Kwiatkowski is DC so we won’t have to worry about this.

Hopefully Lake can find the right guy to turn the keys to as OC. Whoever we hire for the first time since Lambo era(every HC we’ve had since then was offensive minded) will have total control of our offense.