[CTcard]

Petersen inherited some terrific talent that blossomed last year, notably that elite defensive backfield.  I'd like to see how he does with the talent he and his staff attract and develop.

This is an interesting point that I had considered raising.
At the moment, I think UW has 11 starters that would be considered either wholly or partially Sark recruits (that's using the typical rule of splitting responsibility for a coaches' first class upon taking a job during an off season). And of course last year there were many more.

At least according to the recruiting services, Petersen has only been an okay recruiter. From 247sports:
Season    Class Rank        Coach
2010          19th              Sark
2011          24th              Sark
2012          24th              Sark
2013          18th              Sark
2014          38th              Sark/Petersen
2015          26th              Petersen
2016          29th              Petersen
2017          22nd              Petersen


I had actually thought the service rankings had fallen off more than that, but perhaps it depends which service one looks at. By this measure, Petersen's recruiting has been at least slightly worse than Sark's. Of course this is a limited measure and it certainly appears Petersen can get more out of the guys he does bring in, but the talent level in Seattle will be something to keep an eye on.

[CTcard]

Petersen inherited some terrific talent that blossomed last year, notably that elite defensive backfield.  I'd like to see how he does with the talent he and his staff attract and develop.

This is an interesting point that I had considered raising.
At the moment, I think UW has 11 starters that would be considered either wholly or partially Sark recruits (that's using the typical rule of splitting responsibility for a coaches' first class upon taking a job during an off season). And of course last year there were many more.

At least according to the recruiting services, Petersen has only been an okay recruiter. From 247sports:
Season    Class Rank        Coach
2010          19th              Sark
2011          24th              Sark
2012          24th              Sark
2013          18th              Sark
2014          38th              Sark/Petersen
2015          26th              Petersen
2016          29th              Petersen
2017          22nd              Petersen


I had actually thought the service rankings had fallen off more than that, but perhaps it depends which service one looks at. By this measure, Petersen's recruiting has been at least slightly worse than Sark's. Of course this is a limited measure and it certainly appears Petersen can get more out of the guys he does bring in, but the talent level in Seattle will be something to keep an eye on.

[washingtonismoney]

Interestingly -- maybe only my faulty recall -- but UW and Stanford have clashed more of late on the recruiting trail. Ben Burr-Kirven, current brawler in the middle for the UW defense, was a fringe Stanford recruit. Salvon Ahmed and Elijah Molden were highly-ranked recruits who chose UW over Stanford. On the other side, Stanford got Foster Sarrell and Conor Wedington from Washington, so it's not been an unfair fight at all. But this seems to be much more recruiting conflict than under the Sark regime.

[washingtonismoney]

Interestingly -- maybe only my faulty recall -- but UW and Stanford have clashed more of late on the recruiting trail. Ben Burr-Kirven, current brawler in the middle for the UW defense, was a fringe Stanford recruit. Salvon Ahmed and Elijah Molden were highly-ranked recruits who chose UW over Stanford. On the other side, Stanford got Foster Sarrell and Conor Wedington from Washington, so it's not been an unfair fight at all. But this seems to be much more recruiting conflict than under the Sark regime.