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He ain't leaving Washington. Think Patterson at TCU. I'll be absolutely shocked if Peterson ever coaches anywhere else.

Well, I'm not so sure Peterson will be a Washington lifer... But I'd be SHOCKED if he ever went somewhere like Florida.
I looked him up on Wikipedia. He was born in CA north of Sacramento. He went to college in Sacramento and then UC Davis. Every coaching stop he's been at, with the exception of a single year at Pittsburgh, has been in the Pacific NW. 
I could see him as the kind of coach that might succeed Shaw at Stanford if/when that job comes open, or maybe Cal. I don't think based on everything that I've heard about Peterson that he's into the glitz and glamour of LA, so USC/UCLA might not interest him. 
But I'd be surprised to see him ever go east of maybe Colorado or Utah. 

Petersen has already turned down USC. Twice. Not sure if UCLA ever offered him, but I know they kicked the tires.

Everyone has kicked his tires though, including King Barry when Boss Hawg (for now) left (that's the rumor anyway).

No. Belotti at Oregon and then Dan Hawkins at Boise.

Your math works for me.

doesn't work for most coaches, cause they care more about the challenge, the crystal football, and impressing their peers

big Egos

but, then y'all know that

Well, Washington is one of those schools that isn't COMPLETELY on the outside when it comes to the opportunity to hoist the crystal football, especially as Oregon and Oregon State have faltered. That puts them in the lead regionally for recruiting, and all it takes is for Stanford to have any sort of a slide and their road to the PAC-12 North and the CCG might be cleared. 

Of course, the Pirates of Pullman seem to be more of a threat than anyone legitimately thought they would. We'll see if they can maintain it. But recruiting-wise I think recruits would still rather be in Seattle than in Pullman. 

Well, Washington is one of those schools that isn't COMPLETELY on the outside when it comes to the opportunity to hoist the crystal football, especially as Oregon and Oregon State have faltered. That puts them in the lead regionally for recruiting, and all it takes is for Stanford to have any sort of a slide and their road to the PAC-12 North and the CCG might be cleared.

Of course, the Pirates of Pullman seem to be more of a threat than anyone legitimately thought they would. We'll see if they can maintain it. But recruiting-wise I think recruits would still rather be in Seattle than in Pullman.

USC is the lead of recruiting, even up north there.  

You can list the probable coaching vacancies and throw Washington in there, too, and you'll have a hierarchy.  A&M, Tennessee, UCLA, Arkansas, Nebraska, and whoever else.....Florida is the #1 job available.

Either the best coach available wants it, or not.  If he shirks from it, then he's probably not the best coach available.