Bobby Petrino leaves Falcons for Arkansas
 

per ESPN

i remember when people honered contracts

the SEC gets yet another premier HC

**** yes. I thought it would be Muschamp but this will do!

Wow. That didn't last long.

Jeez, the season isn't even over yet

No it didn't

A lot of the college HC's are figuring out that NFL jobs aren't all they're cracked up to be.

It is for the Falcons. ROFL

Too bad Mustain and Williams are gone.

LOL, they got Nick Saban'ed.

Maybe we can send Herm to ATL

The Falcons just got Sabanized!!!


Somehow, i doubt they care much....

That Falcons job is a horrible job.....and people wonder why Pete doesn't leave SC...

There went the Brohm is a lock to the Falcons deal though.

And the Chiefs!

He hasn't even finished his first full season yet

wow ..... he just said a few days ago that he wasn't interested in a college job.

Yep. I still think he's by far the best QB prospect of this class.

What happened to my word is stronger than oak?

I'm not sure that owner will allow his team to draft another franchise QB at least right now in all of this shit...

I've yet to figure out why everyone thinks Matt Ryan is the top guy at QB, make no sense to me.

We're going to have quite a bit of talent at WR next year. Maybe now Tyler Wilson will reconsider his commitment to Tulsa, especially with Malzahn possibly leaving there.

Pretty sure they threw a ton of money at him to get a "big name" coach.

Jinx!

Wow. I feel bad for Falcons fans.

From this morning's AJC:

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sp...lnot_1211.html


Blank, who referred to Petrino as a CEO — Blank actually is the team's CEO — said he spoke to Petrino as late as Monday afternoon and Petrino assured him that he would be back.

Why? At least they don't have Herm and Carl. They can sign who they want to. We are shackled to misery and destitution.

I dont.

At least they have tasted a Super Bowl in the last generation or so.

why would Arkansas want a guy that would lie and abandon ship like that ...... it can't bode well for his integrity while working at Arkansas.

Not too many left.

Because he took Louisville from shit to a contender?

Maybe he didn't enjoy being associated with an owner that came off sort of racist on national tv..sometimes people need to think before they speak...

So he'll fit right in with the admins up there.

I believe he really wanted to work with Vick as well, and well i would bail if leftwich and harrington were my qb's hehe

i hope he screws arkansas over in the worse way ...... they deserve it.

Herm Edwards leaves Chiefs for UCLA.

GET OVER IT. IT HAPPENS. IT'S CALLED LIFE.

Why?

Maybe we could give the falcons Herm and a couple of picks just to take him?

ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE!

Geez.. assuming LSU wins the title this year the SEC will have 5 NC coaches (Meyer, Spurrier, Miles, Saban, Fulmer), a guy who got screwed out of a NC during an undefeated season (Tuberville) and now Petrino.

God forbid Arkansas just upgraded their head coach by leaps and bounds....what a reason to hope they get screwed.

Yes, Michael Vicks strongest supporter (before he admitted guilt) is clearly a racist.

I didn't say he was racist, but those comments weren't the smart thing to say.....

Please don't associate a black guy with fried chicken when making comments, you just have to be smarter than that.

sleep with dogs get fleas

hire a coach that lies and abandons ship ...... i hope arkansas drowns like the rest.

Thank you very much :p

Everyone in sports lies........where you been?

"We have to find something to rally around," Falcons coach Bobby Petrino said after Monday night's loss. "I thought that is what we would do after our second half in St. Louis. I thought our toughness and competitiveness that showed would carry over, but it didn't."

WOW.

Petrino said, this team sucks, I'll get fired in another year, I liked the college gig better, I'm leavin.

What did he say? i heard about it briefly on the radio today, but didnt hear the whole thing.

Link??

Something about Mike Vick sitting around getting fat eating fried chicken.

"If Michael makes a mistake and eats fried chicken and French fries in prison every day and comes out at 250 pounds, he's not going to be able to play football," Blank said. "How he's able to keep himself in shape, stay athletically tuned and mentally tuned, I don't know."

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/footb...28646608_x.htm

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Everyone likes fried chicken.

I don't think he's racist or meant for it to be racist but it's a really stupid thing to say that some people will take that way.....

You really should think before you speak and realize how some things will come off to certain people.

"Now, if he sticks to a watermelon diet and exercises, he should be OK."

I could understand if he said something like Popeye's fried chicken.

After watching it, i seriously doubt he meant anything racist or racial by it, but your right, its in poor taste to some.


I would have loved to seen Tiroco's reaction. LOL

Not at Arkansas. Not in the SEC West. This job has more pressure than the Falcons gig. You have to remember, Houston Nutt had a good run there and the boosters/alumni pretty much forced him out.

At Fayetteville, they are expecting 9-10 win seasons every year. They want to be an elite program and that's not going to be easy with LSU, Alabama, Auburn in the same division plus Houston Nutt at Ole Miss and Croom coming off a seven win season at MSU.

Good news to me. I was seriously worried we were going to get jobbed in this HC deal and have to hire a nobody.

PC police suck. Furthermore, most black folk like fried chicken. It's not a mean spirited comment, it's simply the truth.

I think chicken fingers are also one of the staples of prison food.

Not a surprise really. The Falcons players hated him.

I cant blame petrino on this move, because when he took this job, he didnt know mike vick was a dog killer

It is for the Falcons.

Hey now, some of us crackas like Popeye's, their gravy rocks and on Mondays you buy 8 pcs and you get 8 free.

Their sides are way better than KFC's. Plus they have shrimp.

Uhh....most of the white people I know like fried chicken too. I don't understand why that stereotype even exists.

Meh, they're too chincy with their shrimp. You can get a better deal on that over at LJS.

I dunno but why are their so many chicken joints down by Rockhurst college and that area of Kansas City?

Admittedly, I've never had Popeye's. Sorry to my fellow white peoples.

I should get some, it's located right near WSU.

My favorite NFC team is Atlanta (lived there for 10 years) and the problems go deeper than Petrino. It seems like everything has just gone to hell since Dan Reeves left. I actually liked Mora at first but his inability to change when other teams caught on to his system (sound familiar?) and his big mouth about the Washington job got him booted. Deangelo Hall is a big mouth who hasn't totally backed up all of his talk. I'm a Chiefs fan first and would love to see Rich McKay jump ship and replace Carl in KC. He actually knows talent.

I'm not familiar with the area to which you're referring, but I've never noticed a disproportionate number of chicken places in the predominantly black areas of Omaha. They're pretty much everywhere. Maybe that craze is yet to catch on here.

Good - I think I really like this move, but ... I'm going to hold my breath until there is a press conference and a few days have passed.

I think the offense he has run before can be successul with AR in the SEC. I would imagine one of his first efforts will be to *try* and keep Felix Jones from going pro. I doubt that can happen, but it's worth a shot.

I hope the recruits that we're still chasing are favorable of this move... I think it could be a great hire.

Maybe its just a KC thing I dunno. But Springfield, a metro area of 300k or so and is 95% white, only has two KFC's which I thought was pretty odd bc I enjoy eating there. Kind of weird if you ask me.

That seems to be the way things go these days, no? It used to be a shocking anomaly when a coach changed his mind (Bobby Cremins?). Now it seems no one's surprised anymore when it happens.

how come we never get this lucky?

HOW COME OUR SHITTY COACHES NEVER UP AND LEAVE?????

The plane carrying Petrino to Arkansas has arrived. Yes that is what we do in our spare time when we are looking for a coach, watch planes on flightaware and speculate where they're going and who's on them.

Yeah, a friend of mine who is an AP photographer has the shoot for his introduction tonight.

Fire CP, and send Herm to the Falcons

Nice:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7553354?MSNHPHMA

Petrino called a staff meeting late Tuesday afternoon, a meeting which last about 10 seconds, sources said.

"He just said to us, 'Guys I've resigned, I'm going to Arkansas. I'm sorry. I'll be talking with you guys in the future.' And with that he turned and walked out the door. We haven't been told anything else," said one assistant coach.