Holy shit, I listened to about an hour of sports radio on the way home from work and I've never heard a coach get skewered this badly.

A few thoughts:

1. Hats off to Falcons owner, Arthur Blank, for outing Petrino for the fraud that he is. If you haven't heard Blank's comments in today's presser, you must. He asked Petrino before the Monday night game what his level of interest was in the Arkansas job and Petrino told him, "You have my handshake, so you have a coach". 24 hours later, he's the HC at Arkansas. (What is it about Arthur Blank that makes everyone want to lie to him? i.e. Vick)

2. Thank God that Michigan didn't hire Petrino like Arkansas did. Not only is this story wiping the Michigan debacle off the front page and off the airwaves, but this guy is just getting killed by every "football expert" out there.

3. How easy is it going to be to recruit against Petrino? "Are you going to go play for a guy that is a liar and a quitter"?

4. I think this kills ANY chance of Miles to UM. There is no way that Miles can come now after his repeated insistence that he was staying put at LSU and in the aftermath of this Petrino media firestorm. There is no way that he'll risk being clumped in with Petrino.

Petrino's career is toast, IMO.

I'll be shocked if he lasts 2 years in Arkansas, and they may have just destroyed their program.

What a story!

Joey blasted Petrino:


"When we saw him doing his press conference at Arkansas, that's what I think brought up the anger to have him talk about family, about team and about commitment, and then to come in here and have a form letter at your locker," said quarterback Joey Harrington (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5889/;_ylt=AscqtkdlxbeWCz7vtgrVeYIdsLYF). "That's not how a man acts. That's how a coward acts."

While I think Petrino is a douche, there's no reason to take seriously a guy nicknamed "Princess" in college being mad at you and calling you a coward.

Not to come to the defense of these fucking coaches, but what the hell are they supposed to do. Not Patrino, but LM, for example.

Coaches get fired at the end of hte season, thereby creating vacancies at the end of the season and boys and girls, creates interviews for said vacancies.

Oh fuck this shit, I don't feel like carrying out my thought anymore.

Fuck all these coaches, they're all a bunch of snakes.

Poor Arthur Blanke though. He doesn't seem like he's that bad of a guy to have these things happen to him.

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It's one thing to break a contract for an upward move at the end of the season and another to leave during the season when you are preaching to your players about how important it is to not give up.

If you guys can track down Bob Greise's comments on this topic, it's awesome.

Man, Petrino's going to hear it if Arkansas plays @ Georgia next year...

I wouldn't be surprised if Blank hired Mike Singletary the day after the 49ers season is over. He almost hired him instead of Petrino the first time.

Cowher makes a lot of sense in Atl too, since he lives in NC now.

I wouldn't be surprised if Blank hired Mike Singletary the day after the 49ers season is over. He almost hired him instead of Petrino the first time.

Cowher makes a lot of sense in Atl too, since he lives in NC now.


ATL is a mess though, they have nobody to really build around, Warrick Dunn, John Abraham & Keith Brooking's better days are far behind them, they have one good receiver, a lousy O-Line, and DeAngelo hall will probably be dealt in the offseason...

I doubt Cowher would want to walk into that situation...

could be wrong though

Brady Hoax to the Falcons?

maybe les miles will coach atlanta for some reason.

maybe les miles will coach atlanta for some reason.



I'd like to see Skip Bertman tell us how much better LSU is than an NFL team...

In Before Someone Calls Bobby Petrino The Loser Bitch

Blank composed, but upset by Petrino's departure

ESPN.com news services
Updated: December 13, 2007, 4:13 AM ET

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons Owner Arthur Blank said on Wednesday he felt betrayed by Bobby Petrino's shocking decision to resign midseason to take a job coaching the University of Arkansas.

Petrino's resignation on Tuesday came one day after the Falcons lost to the New Orleans Saints 34-14 and quarterback Michael Vick was sentenced in federal court to 23 months in prison for taking part in an illegal dogfighting ring.

"I do feel a sense of betrayal, a sense of trust lost that just was not right given the circumstances," Blank told a news conference at the team's headquarters.

"This year was a perfect storm for us in a negative way but we will get through that and we will move forward," said Blank, who named veteran assistant coach Emmitt Thomas to serve as interim coach for the season's remaining games.

Petrino was in his first season as coach and Blank said he did not blame him for a string of poor results that had left the Falcons with a 3-10 record and bottom of the NFC South division.

But Blank said he had expected Petrino to commit to the team for a longer period of time. Petrino told him on Monday he would remain the Falcons' head coach, Blank said.

General manager Rich McKay said he would get to work Wednesday night going over the list of potential candidates for the permanent job, a task he never expected to be doing just 11 months after hiring the last coach.

Petrino had little to say about his short tenure in Atlanta during his news conference in Fayetteville, alluding to it briefly when asked how tough it was to deal with the loss of Vick, who pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges and was sentenced Monday to 23 months in prison.

"It was a difficult thing, there's no question about that, and everybody has difficulties," Petrino said. "What I want to focus on is the future and move on."

Blank said he has no reason to believe that Dallas owner Jerry Jones, an Arkansas alumnus, was involved in Petrino's sudden resignation, and McKay said NFL tampering rules don't apply to college jobs anyway. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league didn't have enough information to comment.

During his final days with the Falcons, Petrino expressed to both Blank and McKay his concerns about dealing with pro athletes. There were plenty of warning signs he wasn't coping well with players who weren't afraid to speak their minds or question the coaching staff.

"This league is not for everybody," safety Lawyer Milloy said. "This league is for real men. I think he realized he didn't belong here."

The first sign of trouble was Pro Bowler DeAngelo Hall's sideline confrontation with Petrino in Week 3, which led to the cornerback being fined $100,000 and held out for the first half of the next game.

A couple of weeks later, Alge Crumpler complained about Petrino's offense and said the veterans felt they were being phased out. Those concerns came to a head when 35-year-old Grady Jackson, one of the team's most effective interior linemen, was surprisingly cut during the bye week.

"It just shows his true color, like a coward with a yellow stripe down his back," said Jackson, who now plays with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Falcons were particularly upset about Petrino's jovial demeanor at his first news conference in Arkansas, where he even participated in the school's "calling the hogs" cheer. It was the first time any of the players could remember him smiling.

"The slap in the face was ultimately when he showed up at a 11 o'clock, or whatever time it was in Arkansas, doing the 'pig sooey' hog call," Milloy said. "It seemed like was right in rhythm with the beat. He had been practicing."

All Petrino left on his way out the door was that letter.

Milloy had a copy of it taped above his locker, with a red "X"

through Petrino's words and the player's own assessment written in: "Coward." Center Todd McClure didn't even bother keeping his copy.

"I think it's already in the trash," he said bitterly.

Defensive end Jamaal Anderson, the Falcons' first-round pick from Arkansas, was asked what he would tell his alma mater about its new coach.

"One word: Disloyal," Anderson replied.

nice, Jamaal Anderson getting in a solid cheap shot...I like...

I don't blame him. You know he won't be one of their recruiting assets with the new Arkansas regime.

Since when has Arkansas been considered a top notch coaching job??? I must've never gotten that memo...

He's going to have hell next year anyway, McFadden and Felix will both go to the NFL, and he doesn't have the prized #1 recruit Mitch Cumstain to fall back on...

good luck Bobby, your going to need it

at least he'll still have Reggie Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKbcaMuYS28

lol @ Mitch Cumstain. :cogent:

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