Tony Petersen stats at previous jobs

[boonetown1]

Watched the majority of games during Tony’s time at ECU. It’s a weird year so I’m taking everything with a grain of salt, but his issues at ECU certainly showed here in his first year. Redzone was a big problem this year, something like 109th in the country last time i checked. I think we were at least top 50 last year, and i think I’m being pretty generous with that number. ECU was awful in the redzone during his stint there. His offense at ECU often looked pretty good during the first drive of each game, when he had a week to prep, but things got derailed after when he had to adjust on the fly, which I think we saw here. It was also believed to be a pretty solid rumor that Montgomery stripped TP of play calling in that third year. Skip Holtz also stripped him of play calling at La Tech.

Clark said time and time again the offense was staying the same. To have what we had come back and s drop off like we did is concerning. Even before the injuries i never thought the offense looked right. Should have put up 50+ on Charlotte but sputter over and over. I’m not up in arms calling for his job, but it would make me feel better about Clark as the HMIC if he could recognize that TPs time has past.

My question for Clark here is if the offense stayed the same, why is Thomas constantly looking at a play call card this year? Maybe they changed the terminology of the calls; and if so, that’s crazy. Especially during a year where you will likely struggle with communication.

[JMappfan5]

Please for the love of God, get a better OC, Coach Clark. If this Peterson guy keeps tanking in his play calling and unable to make necessary adjustments. I don’t know what impacts could potentially happen, but you have to account for brand building, that is associated with winning, and I’d venture a guess that donors enjoy donating more when the team is successful.

I’m sure Clark is too busy than to read these posts, but I would be willing to bet Clark has to be feeling the pressure about the OC already, even in this difficult year.

If our Coaches listen to posters on this Board, we would definitely be in trouble!

Couldn't agree with TheAppalachianState more

Let's do this: take Marabel & White (RBs) and Likely, Heiligh and Brown (WRs/TE) out of Chickens line-up and don't you think we would have a better chance to win. That's the situation we've been in for several games. Hope Petersen is back for two reasons: #1- chance to prove what he can do with a healthy roster and #2- to cause some of you to have a year long bitch fest!!! LMAO!!!

[PhillyApp1]

So.....

From a play calling perspective, it feels that we are running a more vanilla offense (lack of screens, jet sweeps, motion, etc.

I agree with most of you in that from an eye test, it appears that our offense has fallen off, that we are committing more penalties, that ZT is not as sharp, and that we are not rushing the ball like previous seasons.

However, that's not what the stats show:

2018 (SATTERFIELD)
Points per Game: 37.3 ppg--#16 in the nation--
Total Offense: 431.0 Yards Per Game--(#37)

Rushing Yards: 240.4 Yards Per Game (#14)
Yards per Attempt: 5.8 Yards per carry (#9)

Passing Yards: 190.6 Yards per Game (#100)
Completion %: 61.4% (#47)

Total First Downs: 20.4 per game (#80)

Offensive Penalties: 6.3 per game (55th worst in the nation)
Offensive Penalty Yards per game: 57.5 yards per game. (52nd worst in the nation

Turnovers: 1.3 per game (46th best in the nation)

2019 (DRINKWITZ)
Points per Game: 38.8 ppg--#9 in the nation--
Total Offense: 433.7 Yards Per Game--(#41)

Rushing Yards: 232.0 Yards Per Game (#16)
Yards per Attempt: 5.4 Yards per carry (#9)

Passing Yards: 201.7 Yards per Game (#93)
Completion %: 62.4% (#41)

Total First Downs: 21.1 per game (#69)

Offensive Penalties: 6.8 per game (30th worst in the nation)
Offensive Penalty Yards per game: 63.9 yards per game. (20th worst in the nation)

Turnovers: 0.6 per game (Tied for 2nd best in the nation)

2020 (PETERSEN/CLARK)
Points per Game: 31.6 ppg--#42 in the nation--
Total Offense: 440.7 Yards Per Game--(#30)

Rushing Yards: 250.7 Yards Per Game (#8)
Yards per Attempt: 5.4 Yards per carry (#17)

Passing Yards: 190.0 Yards per Game (#102)
Completion %: 64.2% (#32)

Total First Downs: 24.2 per game (#21)

Offensive Penalties: 7.0 per game (26th worst in the nation)
Offensive Penalty Yards per game: 63.0 yards per game. (31st worst in the nation)

Turnovers: 1.5 per game (Tied for 67th worst in the nation)

So, the bottom line is we are not scoring as many points per game, but the offensive production is similar, if not a tick better this year.
Also, in ZT's tenure, we have never averaged more than 201.7 yards passing or been rated higher than #93 in the nation (We averaged 216.2, which was #75 in the nation in 2017--Taylor Lamb's Senior Season. We were also 2nd in the nation in Sacks Allowed that year, allowing .62 per game). ZT has his highest completion percentage this year, despite the WR/TE injuries.

How are we on 3rd Down Conversions?
2018-Satt. 71 conversions in 169 attempts 42% success (#44 in the nation)
2019-Drink 89 conversions in 200 attempts 44.5% success (#26 in the nation)
2020--Clark/Petersen 73 conversions in 136 attempts 53.7% success (#4 in the nation)

Digging into Turnovers deeper:
Turnover Margin
2018-Satt. +0.46 per game (#50 in the nation)
2019-Drink +1.07 per game (#7 in the nation)
2020--Clark -0.2 per game (#74)

Beyond Turnovers, where's the real offensive Drop Off???
Red Zone Efficiency
2018-Satt. 4.15 Red Zone opportunities per game:
54 total opportunities (46 scores 38 TD's/8 FG's)
.852 Success (Tied for #54 in nation)

2019-Drink 4.29 Red Zone opportunities per game:
60 total opportunities (55 scores 47 TD's/8 FG's)
.917 Success (#14 in nation)

2020--Clark/Petersen 4.3 Red Zone opportunities per game:
43 total opportunities (31 scores 24 TD's/7 FG's)
.721 Success (#111 in the nation)

So, not counting extra points:
Satt averaged 4.66 points per Red Zone Opportunity
Drink averaged 5.1 points per Red Zone Opportunity
Clark/Petersen are averaging 3.83 points per Red Zone Opportunity

Looking at Sacks Allowed:
2018-Satt 1.38 per game (tied for 21st)
2019-Drink 1.29 per game (13th nationally)
2020-Clark/Petersen 1.8 per game (38th)

Turnovers and Red Zone performance are the real differences in 2020, with a decline in Pass Blocking

Numbers are tricky.
TP has failed in the 3 games we lost to good teams
Our wins were mostly against losing teams.
Its how we play against the better teams.... holy cow we didn't play Wake or Wisconsin this year.... I think we would have been crushed .... something has to change for the better.... its obvious

[NavyApp]

Please for the love of God, get a better OC, Coach Clark. If this Peterson guy keeps tanking in his play calling and unable to make necessary adjustments. I don’t know what impacts could potentially happen, but you have to account for brand building, that is associated with winning, and I’d venture a guess that donors enjoy donating more when the team is successful.

I’m sure Clark is too busy than to read these posts, but I would be willing to bet Clark has to be feeling the pressure about the OC already, even in this difficult year.

If our Coaches listen to posters on this Board, we would definitely be in trouble!

Couldn't agree with TheAppalachianState more

Let's do this: take Marabel & White (RBs) and Likely, Heiligh and Brown (WRs/TE) out of Chickens line-up and don't you think we would have a better chance to win. That's the situation we've been in for several games. Hope Petersen is back for two reasons: #1- chance to prove what he can do with a healthy roster and #2- to cause some of you to have a year long bitch fest!!! LMAO!!!

That's a pretty weak argument. I'll say this though, if Petersen comes back and preforms better than he has this year. If he produces the results our roster has the potential for I will be first in line to congratulate him on adapting and overcoming his short comings.

[Yosef10]

Please for the love of God, get a better OC, Coach Clark. If this Peterson guy keeps tanking in his play calling and unable to make necessary adjustments. I don’t know what impacts could potentially happen, but you have to account for brand building, that is associated with winning, and I’d venture a guess that donors enjoy donating more when the team is successful.

I’m sure Clark is too busy than to read these posts, but I would be willing to bet Clark has to be feeling the pressure about the OC already, even in this difficult year.

If our Coaches listen to posters on this Board, we would definitely be in trouble!

Couldn't agree with TheAppalachianState more

Let's do this: take Marabel & White (RBs) and Likely, Heiligh and Brown (WRs/TE) out of Chickens line-up and don't you think we would have a better chance to win. That's the situation we've been in for several games. Hope Petersen is back for two reasons: #1- chance to prove what he can do with a healthy roster and #2- to cause some of you to have a year long bitch fest!!! LMAO!!!

That excuse would be worth considering if we didn’t look off on offense starting with game 1. Also, you don’t think the coaching staff should have the “next man up” ready to compete? When you have the CPOY of the year and 3rd year QB returning along with 4 starters on the offensive line, you shouldn’t see as much drop off as we have. The criticism of the offense has been completely fair.

[WASU 93]

So.....

From a play calling perspective, it feels that we are running a more vanilla offense (lack of screens, jet sweeps, motion, etc.

I agree with most of you in that from an eye test, it appears that our offense has fallen off, that we are committing more penalties, that ZT is not as sharp, and that we are not rushing the ball like previous seasons.

However, that's not what the stats show:

2018 (SATTERFIELD)
Points per Game: 37.3 ppg--#16 in the nation--
Total Offense: 431.0 Yards Per Game--(#37)

Rushing Yards: 240.4 Yards Per Game (#14)
Yards per Attempt: 5.8 Yards per carry (#9)

Passing Yards: 190.6 Yards per Game (#100)
Completion %: 61.4% (#47)

Total First Downs: 20.4 per game (#80)

Offensive Penalties: 6.3 per game (55th worst in the nation)
Offensive Penalty Yards per game: 57.5 yards per game. (52nd worst in the nation

Turnovers: 1.3 per game (46th best in the nation)

2019 (DRINKWITZ)
Points per Game: 38.8 ppg--#9 in the nation--
Total Offense: 433.7 Yards Per Game--(#41)

Rushing Yards: 232.0 Yards Per Game (#16)
Yards per Attempt: 5.4 Yards per carry (#9)

Passing Yards: 201.7 Yards per Game (#93)
Completion %: 62.4% (#41)

Total First Downs: 21.1 per game (#69)

Offensive Penalties: 6.8 per game (30th worst in the nation)
Offensive Penalty Yards per game: 63.9 yards per game. (20th worst in the nation)

Turnovers: 0.6 per game (Tied for 2nd best in the nation)

2020 (PETERSEN/CLARK)
Points per Game: 31.6 ppg--#42 in the nation--
Total Offense: 440.7 Yards Per Game--(#30)

Rushing Yards: 250.7 Yards Per Game (#8)
Yards per Attempt: 5.4 Yards per carry (#17)

Passing Yards: 190.0 Yards per Game (#102)
Completion %: 64.2% (#32)

Total First Downs: 24.2 per game (#21)

Offensive Penalties: 7.0 per game (26th worst in the nation)
Offensive Penalty Yards per game: 63.0 yards per game. (31st worst in the nation)

Turnovers: 1.5 per game (Tied for 67th worst in the nation)

So, the bottom line is we are not scoring as many points per game, but the offensive production is similar, if not a tick better this year.
Also, in ZT's tenure, we have never averaged more than 201.7 yards passing or been rated higher than #93 in the nation (We averaged 216.2, which was #75 in the nation in 2017--Taylor Lamb's Senior Season. We were also 2nd in the nation in Sacks Allowed that year, allowing .62 per game). ZT has his highest completion percentage this year, despite the WR/TE injuries.

How are we on 3rd Down Conversions?
2018-Satt. 71 conversions in 169 attempts 42% success (#44 in the nation)
2019-Drink 89 conversions in 200 attempts 44.5% success (#26 in the nation)
2020--Clark/Petersen 73 conversions in 136 attempts 53.7% success (#4 in the nation)

Digging into Turnovers deeper:
Turnover Margin
2018-Satt. +0.46 per game (#50 in the nation)
2019-Drink +1.07 per game (#7 in the nation)
2020--Clark -0.2 per game (#74)

Beyond Turnovers, where's the real offensive Drop Off???
Red Zone Efficiency
2018-Satt. 4.15 Red Zone opportunities per game:
54 total opportunities (46 scores 38 TD's/8 FG's)
.852 Success (Tied for #54 in nation)

2019-Drink 4.29 Red Zone opportunities per game:
60 total opportunities (55 scores 47 TD's/8 FG's)
.917 Success (#14 in nation)

2020--Clark/Petersen 4.3 Red Zone opportunities per game:
43 total opportunities (31 scores 24 TD's/7 FG's)
.721 Success (#111 in the nation)

So, not counting extra points:
Satt averaged 4.66 points per Red Zone Opportunity
Drink averaged 5.1 points per Red Zone Opportunity
Clark/Petersen are averaging 3.83 points per Red Zone Opportunity

Looking at Sacks Allowed:
2018-Satt 1.38 per game (tied for 21st)
2019-Drink 1.29 per game (13th nationally)
2020-Clark/Petersen 1.8 per game (38th)

Turnovers and Red Zone performance are the real differences in 2020, with a decline in Pass Blocking

Numbers are tricky.
TP has failed in the 3 games we lost to good teams
Our wins were mostly against losing teams.
Its how we play against the better teams.... holy cow we didn't play Wake or Wisconsin this year.... I think we would have been crushed .... something has to change for the better.... its obvious

What is obvious is that if we protect the ball and the QB better and take advantage of our drives that advance into the Red Zone, we are not having this conversation. Play calling and execution both need to be improved, especially against the better teams.
Charlotte-Red Zone Fumble, Blocked FG in Red Zone, Interception in the Red Zone
Marshall- Red Zone Interception, Fumble at 5 Yard Line, Missed FG in Red Zone
ULM-Turnover on Downs in the Red Zone, Missed FG after Unsportsmanlike Conduct at the 9 Yard Line
LaLa--Missed FG in Red Zone, Sack/Turnover on Downs at Edge of Red Zone, Missed FG in Red Zone

[Tatedc]

Please for the love of God, get a better OC, Coach Clark. If this Peterson guy keeps tanking in his play calling and unable to make necessary adjustments. I don’t know what impacts could potentially happen, but you have to account for brand building, that is associated with winning, and I’d venture a guess that donors enjoy donating more when the team is successful.

I’m sure Clark is too busy than to read these posts, but I would be willing to bet Clark has to be feeling the pressure about the OC already, even in this difficult year.

If our Coaches listen to posters on this Board, we would definitely be in trouble!

I get the sentiment...obviously you don't make decisions based on board posters. But...equally....the sentiment is wrong. We are in trouble...we havnt beaten a team with a winning record. We have 25 seniors. 20 in the 2 deep. This was supposed to be our year. We have a few injuries but nothing like some other teams are dealing with. Covid has effected us much less than most teams in the country. Our fan base is so devastated that their is 0 hype or positivity about this game. The 2 major app state message boards aren't talking about the game...and coastal carolina in our own backyard is close to doing what we should be doing...going to a NY6.

So do understand that things are bad. The fans aren't crazy for critiquing the coaches. We have underachieved immensely. We have to win this game and a bowl game just to see if this season can be considered a C+.

[AppStFan1]

Zac's graduation IG post today makes it seem like he's not coming back next season.

From all indications of people I know close and what some media are reporting Zac Thomas is going to coach and won't be back. It sounds like a transfer, Shuler, or Tabscott will be our QB in 2021.

Wish nothing but the best for Zac if that's what he ends up doing.

Same here. I hate he has had tough moments this year and that people have taken personal shots at him and his girlfriend. I don't know what exactly has gone on but it does appears sometimes that Zac is seeing things and Petersen won't allow him to make adjustments. By this point in Zac's career he should have the ability to audible at the line of scrimmage. I know injuries have limited us at times but I still question some of the calls and wonder if Zac has wanted to audible but just can't.

[goapps93]

Please for the love of God, get a better OC, Coach Clark. If this Peterson guy keeps tanking in his play calling and unable to make necessary adjustments. I don’t know what impacts could potentially happen, but you have to account for brand building, that is associated with winning, and I’d venture a guess that donors enjoy donating more when the team is successful.

I’m sure Clark is too busy than to read these posts, but I would be willing to bet Clark has to be feeling the pressure about the OC already, even in this difficult year.

If our Coaches listen to posters on this Board, we would definitely be in trouble!

I get the sentiment...obviously you don't make decisions based on board posters. But...equally....the sentiment is wrong. We are in trouble...we havnt beaten a team with a winning record. We have 25 seniors. 20 in the 2 deep. This was supposed to be our year. We have a few injuries but nothing like some other teams are dealing with. Covid has effected us much less than most teams in the country. Our fan base is so devastated that their is 0 hype or positivity about this game. The 2 major app state message boards aren't talking about the game...and coastal carolina in our own backyard is close to doing what we should be doing...going to a NY6.

So do understand that things are bad. The fans aren't crazy for critiquing the coaches. We have underachieved immensely. We have to win this game and a bowl game just to see if this season can be considered a C+.

You make good points but almost a month of no football axtivity in the heart of the season had a MAJOR effect on our program. Not many other teams had Covid affect them that way.

[CVAPP]

This guy is a turd!

[Appstate88]

Time to flush the TP down the drain.

[NoLongerLurking]

OC is not good for Appalachian State. Remove OC. Good luck to OC in future. Remove.

[AppStateNews]

Watch before our only TD. Zac is wanting to call something else because of what he sees. It's not called. If Virgil doesn't make an amazing catch (off a good throw), we are down by three scores at half time. The players have been suggesting stuff all year -- Petersen won't do it. It's not hard to see.

[Appstate88]

Bump.... this needs to stay on the first page.

[Yosef10]

Listen, I’ll allow that we’ve seen offense performances like this once a twice a year in the past. But regardless of a win, this was 5 games of offense that just shouldn’t be the case with what we had returning. I’ll concede the stats don’t tell a story of some drastic drop off, but if you’ve been watching this year i just don’t see how you could disagree.

[TheAppalachianState]

Petersen just looks like a complete dud hire... I’m glad we beat GS by the grace of God and against their 3rd string qb. But this OC has 100% been a dud all year long. Poor halftime adjustments, poor play calling all around.

I’m not a coach, but I know what App State expects, and this dude does not meet those expectations. There, I said it.

[App91]

Please for the love of God, get a better OC, Coach Clark. If this Peterson guy keeps tanking in his play calling and unable to make necessary adjustments. I don’t know what impacts could potentially happen, but you have to account for brand building, that is associated with winning, and I’d venture a guess that donors enjoy donating more when the team is successful.

I’m sure Clark is too busy than to read these posts, but I would be willing to bet Clark has to be feeling the pressure about the OC already, even in this difficult year.

If our Coaches listen to posters on this Board, we would definitely be in trouble!

Couldn't agree with TheAppalachianState more

Let's do this: take Marabel & White (RBs) and Likely, Heiligh and Brown (WRs/TE) out of Chickens line-up and don't you think we would have a better chance to win. That's the situation we've been in for several games. Hope Petersen is back for two reasons: #1- chance to prove what he can do with a healthy roster and #2- to cause some of you to have a year long bitch fest!!! LMAO!!!

Scanned the interwebs and i am pretty sure we are the only team in cfb with injuries, opt outs and covid stoppages. Good teams have players ready to step up and good coaches prepare and put kids in situations to be successful. LMFAO!

[goapps93]

Please for the love of God, get a better OC, Coach Clark. If this Peterson guy keeps tanking in his play calling and unable to make necessary adjustments. I don’t know what impacts could potentially happen, but you have to account for brand building, that is associated with winning, and I’d venture a guess that donors enjoy donating more when the team is successful.

I’m sure Clark is too busy than to read these posts, but I would be willing to bet Clark has to be feeling the pressure about the OC already, even in this difficult year.

If our Coaches listen to posters on this Board, we would definitely be in trouble!

Couldn't agree with TheAppalachianState more

Let's do this: take Marabel & White (RBs) and Likely, Heiligh and Brown (WRs/TE) out of Chickens line-up and don't you think we would have a better chance to win. That's the situation we've been in for several games. Hope Petersen is back for two reasons: #1- chance to prove what he can do with a healthy roster and #2- to cause some of you to have a year long bitch fest!!! LMAO!!!

Scanned the interwebs and i am pretty sure we are the only team in cfb with injuries, opt outs and covid stoppages. Good teams have players ready to step up and good coaches prepare and put kids in situations to be successful. LMFAO!

You're right but CCU is a completely different team without those guys. So are we without ours.

[AppStFan1]

If our Coaches listen to posters on this Board, we would definitely be in trouble!

Couldn't agree with TheAppalachianState more

Let's do this: take Marabel & White (RBs) and Likely, Heiligh and Brown (WRs/TE) out of Chickens line-up and don't you think we would have a better chance to win. That's the situation we've been in for several games. Hope Petersen is back for two reasons: #1- chance to prove what he can do with a healthy roster and #2- to cause some of you to have a year long bitch fest!!! LMAO!!!

Scanned the interwebs and i am pretty sure we are the only team in cfb with injuries, opt outs and covid stoppages. Good teams have players ready to step up and good coaches prepare and put kids in situations to be successful. LMFAO!

You're right but CCU is a completely different team without those guys. So are we without ours.

Some of our calls don't make sense at times but I would like to know what they saw or thought process because perhaps they did see something we did not. It would still be good to hear the explanation. The goal on first down should be to make second down manageable so you can do anything you want and we put ourselves in 2nd and long way too much.

As for the CCU talent, I don't think they are so elite that losing 2 of them would destroy CCU. That happens with elite players. Adams at Ark State is an elite player who would be devastating to lose but those guys at CCU are good college players who are coached very well. Marable is their best skill guy but the other 2 RBs are capable of putting up numbers so he would not destroy them with just his loss alone.

Something to think about with personnel. People thought losing Sutton last year was a game changer. We missed him but were still able to play well. It takes a special player to be a game changer for a team with his loss alone.

[yosef69]

How about the inside run called on 3rd and 8 before half after burning all our timeouts to get the ball back!