Head coach Chris Petersen held his weekly Monday press conference today on Montlake, to talk about their performance against Stanford this past weekend. He also took the time to discuss this weekend’s matchup against the Arizona Wildcats.
Here are things of note that he said…..
“I thought our special teams was a push” Petersen said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“They beat is in the field position game” Petersen said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“The pass game lacked explosives for sure” Petersen said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“We should have ran the ball more” Petersen said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said RB Richard Newton’s status is still unknown. He is set to see a specialist.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete said “we really have tried to do that” in regards to getting different wide receivers in the game.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said “you get leverage with matchups and all you need is a little space” in regards to empty sets on 3rd downs.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“Coverage dictates” Petersen said about WR Aaron Fuller getting most of the targets.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete said “be more detailed” and “they just are not where the other guys are” in regards to WR’s Marquis Spiker and Austin Osborne.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said “you guys don’t come to practice and see what’s going on” in regards to the WR’s in practice.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete said “I thought our guys played physical and our guys played hard” after watching the film.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said “our backers have got to get off blocks better.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said “there is a lot of ball left to be played” in regards to who redshirts.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete said “it’s situational” in regards to RB Salvon Ahmed not getting a lot of touches against Stanford.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“The environment has nothing to do with it!” Petersen said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete said “we were outplayed and outcoached”
Petersen said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“No I don’t” Petersen said in regards to late night starts affecting the team.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said “we left two touchdowns on the field” on offense.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete said “one of the things you are frustrated about on film is the missed tackles”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said “you just have to pick..it’s either the head coach, coordinator, quarterback, position group” with placing blame.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“I think Bush is doing a good job” Petersen said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete said we need to score more than 13 points to win a game on the collegiate level.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said “I think we are trying to get points and explosive plays can do that” in regards to why it’s hard to adjust to more run plays during the game.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete said “it was a cat and mouse game” with battling Stanford’s slow down scheme.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said “they did a good job of pushing the pile and we didn’t do a good job of getting off blocks”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“We will rotate guys” in regards to who starts in the secondary this week.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Petersen said it was a busted coverage with the safety not coming over to help on the wide open TD by Stanford.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
Coach Pete “we don’t ever like when the quarterback is reversing field like that” in regards to Eason running around.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“He is something else..I mean he really is! He can run like nobody I’ve seen in quite a while playing quarterback” Petersen said about Arizona QB Khalil Tate.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
“No! I’d like to be at home” Petersen said about whether or not they want to get right back on the road and bond together as a team.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 7, 2019
* Here is the official Husky Football Depth Chart for this week…..
Below is the actual video of Chris Petersen’s press conference today…..
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