Bobby Petrino leaves Falcons for Arkansas - Page 14

**DaKCMan AP** · 12-11-2007, 05:01 PM

per ESPN

Brock · 12-12-2007, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

Do you not understand that they were playing a Monday Night Football game the same day he was sentenced? They were just showing some love for their friend. At least some of them are loyal unlike Petrino.

Loyal to a dog-torturer and killer. Yay for those players.

Mecca · 12-12-2007, 11:38 PM

That whole Falcons situation is ****ed up...those players have 0 reason to be loyal to Vick and they shouldn't be. He ****ed them and the team royally by being an idiot and going to prison....he is no longer their teammate.

**Bwana** · 12-12-2007, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by blaise

I think the top candidate would be Jason Garrett. However, Arthur Blank was one of the main proponents of the NFL rule requiring NFL teams to interview minority candidates. When the Falcons hired Jim Mora Jr. I don't recall any minority candidates getting interviewed. Before Petrino was hired the Falcons interviewed Ron Rivera, but I think everyone knew Petrino was getting that job. Blank is going to have to make it known that he's giving serious consideration to a minority head coach. I'm not suggesting that he's obligated to hire someone because they are a minority, or that if a minority candidate gets the job they did so because they are a minority. I just think, given the racial climate in Atlanta right now due to the Mike Vick trial, Blank is going to need to do some PR- especially in light of the fact that he helped bring about the Rooney Rule. It's an interesting dynamic, to me.(I don't think the "fried chicken" remark will factor too much. From what I've heard most of the African American population in Atlanta did not perceive that as racist, and it's widely known there that Arthur Blank has a strong commitment to diversity in the workplace)
That being said- if it was me, the guy I'd want would be Jason Garrett.

Garret may be in the mix but after this mess, I think he will be looking for a coach that has been through some tough times, hung in there and didn't quit. That being said, I also wouldn't be surprised to see Mike Singletery get an interview.

**dirk digler** · 12-12-2007, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Brock

Loyal to a dog-torturer and killer. Yay for those players.

Let me ask both you and Mecca this if one of your friends get in trouble, or gets arrested and goes to jail do you stop being their friend?

Brock · 12-13-2007, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

Let me ask both you and Mecca this if one of your friends get in trouble, or gets arrested and goes to jail do you stop being their friend?

Well, let's just say I'd be more likely to remain friends with someone who perhaps dishonestly decided to change jobs rather than someone who gets off on brutally torturing animals.

Pitt Gorilla · 12-13-2007, 12:27 AM

I can't imagine someone sending their child to play under this guy.

Mecca · 12-13-2007, 12:28 AM

Man reading this thread you'd think Bobby Petrino raped and pillaged like no other.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 12-13-2007, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

That whole Falcons situation is ****ed up...those players have 0 reason to be loyal to Vick and they shouldn't be. He ****ed them and the team royally by being an idiot and going to prison....he is no longer their teammate.

The players can still be idiots (true) and still get fucked over by someone else.

It's not an issue of what he really did to the players, in my opinion, but rather the fact that he

A) Only really had 3 more weeks of work
B) Promised his boss he was staying
C) Has done this multiple times before
D) Lied to his subordinates

Vick deserves to die, and I hope he burns in hell/L. Jackson

At the same time, Petrino is a sniveling cocksucking coward whose word is worth about as much as three pints of elk piss.

The two don't have to be connected just because they share a common element (the Atlanta Falcons players).

**BigRedChief** · 12-13-2007, 06:04 AM

The dude lied to his boss. His boss said no way am I letting you leave until the season is over. He went behind his back. I can deal with that. A person has a legal right to be free to work wherever they want but to go about it this way was not morally right.

But to treat his players like this? To send a form letter full of cliches? To not tell them in person. Cowardly. You went to training camp, mini-camp, through the Vick circus, you sold a team and family mentality and then you don't even tell them face to face?

You quit before the season was done. You quit on your team and the players.That's the unforgiveable sin.

Now, if I'm a 5 star recruit why would I trust him sitting in my living room telling me that he will be there for all 4 years of my college career?

**The Bad Guy** · 12-13-2007, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Man reading this thread you'd think Bobby Petrino raped and pillaged like no other.

I'm sorry that you don't believe in integrity.

I really think you have a hard time removing yourself from anything that isn't fantasy related.

**Bwana** · 12-13-2007, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Man reading this thread you'd think Bobby Petrino raped and pillaged like no other.

Reading your posts, you would think all he did was forgot to put the toilet set down.

Herzig · 12-16-2007, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Man reading this thread you'd think Bobby Petrino raped and pillaged like no other.

I'm little impartial here in Arkansas...but I don't blame him for leaving. Head Coaches don't get hardly any loyalty from the press, owners, or fans. They are under constant scrutiny even if they are winning. Why should they have any loyalty under those circumstances?

I don't agree with the way that he resigned, but regardless...in that Atlanta situation...I don't blame him.

Eleazar · 12-16-2007, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

I'm sorry that you don't believe in integrity.

I really think you have a hard time removing yourself from anything that isn't fantasy related.

Maybe you and Mecca haven't met.

The guy will defend anyone in the world who does anything.

I wish the board would have been around in the mid 90s. "Just all of you act like you wouldn't have done what OJ did... you all would have slashed their throats too... you can't send a guy to prison for doing what lots of people get away with..."

Coach · 12-16-2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by the Talking Bong

wow, these players say it perfectly....Petrino is a coward. He ran away. I don't care what his college coaching record is. He isn't a man.

[MikeGundy]I'M A MAN! I'M 40 YEARS OLD![/MikeGundy]

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BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $2959627 VARSITY	The dude lied to his boss. His boss said no way am I letting you leave until the season is over. He went behind his back. I can deal with that. A person has a legal right to be free to work wherever they want but to go about it this way was not morally right. But to treat his players like this? To send a form letter full of cliches? To not tell them in person. Cowardly. You went to training camp, mini-camp, through the Vick circus, you sold a team and family mentality and then you don't even tell them face to face? You quit before the season was done. You quit on your team and the players.That's the unforgiveable sin. Now, if I'm a 5 star recruit why would I trust him sitting in my living room telling me that he will be there for all 4 years of my college career? __________________ Time is worth more than money.
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