Head coach Chris Petersen held his weekly Monday press conference today on Montlake, to talk about how the Huskies fared against Oregon this past weekend. He also took the time to discuss this weekend’s matchup against the Colorado Buffaloes.
Here are things of note that he said…..
Coach Petersen and Dave “Softy” Mahler usually battle each other on a weekly basis and this time they decided to start off the presser’ in a different light:
Petersen starts out the presser wearing a “stay positive” shirt
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen congratulates the Ducks on the win
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Petersen said he is proud of the team and the players for how hard they played
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the team will practice hard and take lessons from the game
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the game was choppy because both teams have great defenses
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Petersen said he got his shirt from friend John Gordon
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said in hindsight he felt they were in great shape to kick the FG on 3rd and 1 instead of running more plays
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said at the time they felt good about where they were. He said they could have maybe called a timeout and ran a play to get Peyton Henry closer
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said they practice that scenario all the time in practice from that hash and distance
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said in hindsight they would try to get it closer for Henry knowing he missed it now
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Petersen said in that situation they are not going to take a shot in the end zone to risk a turnover
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said he had a great conversation with Peyton Henry after the game and told him to keep working hard
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the last play by Oregon was a nice job by them and they ran that exact play up to 20-25 times during the game
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said he thought they would run that Oregon would run that exact play to win the game
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said they would run the same coverage on 3rd and 11 in OT. Hindsight says Herbert could have set his feet too against a pass rush of 4 or 5
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said they are always trying to improve their pass rush
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the defense played well against Justin Herbert
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen mentions the 4th and 1 missed opportunity on offense as a critical play
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said not taking advantage of the ball on the 6 in OT was another crucial play
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said Ben Burr-Kirven needs a “Cape” for how he played in the game
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said there was no thought of not knocking Oregon back there because of percentages
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The Shirt….. pic.twitter.com/6VZlVPlgtC
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Petersen was concerned about the offense going up against crowd noise on crucial offensive plays
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said he doesn’t know if the offensive line as a group took another step or not
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the Jaylen Johnson targeting is an instance where you have to play the game as if you don’t have a helmet on and that is very difficult
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the targeting penalty was a critical call but he wants that called targeting every time for the sake of safety in football
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said they tackle in practice sometimes with no helmets
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said he wants the kids to be safe no matter what but the suspension part is tough
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the backup tailbacks played great and it’s normal at this point in the season for injuries to cause that to happen
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said getting all players practice reps is crucial for those moments so they are ready
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said if players just stick to the process good things will happen
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said Gaskin and Ahmed are week to week
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
BREAKING….. WR Quinten Pounds is our for the season with a knee injury sustained during the UCLA game
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said CB Jordan Miller was injured and is week to week too
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said Ty Jones has been great and you just knew his time was coming by how hard he practices
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said Oregon certainly tweaked some things and the bye week certainly helped them
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said it’s tough sometimes to get your team ready in a short amount of time
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the wildcat play to McGrew was executed properly
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said Colorado WR Lavista Shenault is a talented player and one of the best in the conference with a huge body frame
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said Kyler Gordon playing was a good time for him against Oregon
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said it’s a great thing for the Freshman to have the new four game redshirt rule
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
Petersen said the kick coverage against Oregon was assignment errors and Oregon being good
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) October 15, 2018
* The official Depth Chart for this week has NOT been released yet.
Below is the actual video of Chris Petersen’s press conference today…..
