Bobby P to the Hogs

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Not that Petrino does not look like a weasel but DeAngelo Hall saying that they laid it all on the line for him and feel so betrayed is ironic to say the least. Hall is a first class dog, the ultimate "me first" athlete.

i know that many atlanta players didn't like petrino, they're probably glad he's gone.
will the atlanta gm be next?

and petrino absolutely is a weasel. but then, he always has been. two, three years at the most at fayetteville. of course arkansas had a coach a few months ago that backed out the next day. petrino always looking around for another spot, whether it be weeks or months from now.

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petrinos career:

his four years with louisville is his longest time in any one spot. and he was looking for something better from day one while he was there.



Year Place Role
1983 Carroll Grad. asst.
1984 Weber St. Grad. asst.
1985-86 Carroll Off. coord./QB/WR
1987-88 Weber St. WR/TE coach
1989 Idaho QB coach
1990-91 Idaho Off. coord./QB
1992-93 Arizona St. QB coach
1994 Nevada Off. coord./QB
1995-97 Utah St. Off. coord./QB
1998 Louisville Off. coord./QB
1999-2000 Jacksonville (NFL) QB coach
2001 Jacksonville (NFL) Off. coord.
2002 Auburn Off. coord./QB
2003-2006 Louisville Head coach
2007 Atlanta (NFL) Head coach
2007 Arkansas Head coach

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petrino signed a ten year contract with louisville. six months later he signed a five year deal with atlanta. now he has a five year deal with ark. 20 years worth of signing, on paper not worth anything more than something you could use to wipe your bum.

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and apparently he's been working this deal with arkansas for weeks, since nutt left. so not giving his full attention to the team he was supposed to be leading for weeks. would they be three and nine right now had they had their coaches full attention??

bobby petrino has brought weaselling to a new level.

[MaTH716]

Agreed that Petrino is a huge weasel, should have waited at until the season was over before he resigned. But, do you think he would have taken the job knowing that he would not have either Vick or Schaub and that Joey Harrington would be your starting QB?

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i just think the timing was odd, that they had already acknowledged they needed to go after a qb in the draft, and the owner said in the midst of the game monday that if the coach said give the new guy a year to work in, he was all for it. that he understood what was required, that next year would be a building year, and he was happy to have such a good coach running this team, and with him for the long haul. oops


it's just petrinos nature. if the team did really bad (which is what happened) he'd go elsewhere. if the team did really well, he'd be looking to make it work for him for the better--that worked so well for him at louisville. it's not blanks fault, or the gm, or the team, or what they could accomplish. it's petrinos character.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i just think the timing was odd, that they had already acknowledged they needed to go after a qb in the draft, and the owner said in the midst of the game monday that if the coach said give the new guy a year to work in, he was all for it. that he understood what was required, that next year would be a building year, and he was happy to have such a good coach running this team, and with him for the long haul. oops


it's just petrinos nature. if the team did really bad (which is what happened) he'd go elsewhere. if the team did really well, he'd be looking to make it work for him for the better--that worked so well for him at louisville. it's not blanks fault, or the gm, or the team, or what they could accomplish. it's petrinos character.

I'm sure Arkansas told him either come now or we are going in a different direction. And I'm pretty confident that Atlanta would suck regardless of the coaches attention being diverted. And I still find the most amusing part is DeAngelo Hall's comments since he is a grade 1 coach killer.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i know that many atlanta players didn't like petrino, they're probably glad he's gone.
will the atlanta gm be next?

and petrino absolutely is a weasel. but then, he always has been. two, three years at the most at fayetteville. of course arkansas had a coach a few months ago that backed out the next day. petrino always looking around for another spot, whether it be weeks or months from now.

that was basketball, and the guy in question (Dana Altman) is an A+ class act and I think he realized quickly that Creighton was the right place for him and made the correct decision to return. SEC basketball isn't right for a guy like him, he's very much a Mo Valley guy.