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LouisvilleCat
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posted 12-11-2007 05:14 PM
ESPN is reporting that Bobby Petrino will be resigning as Atlanta's head coach and will be taking the Arkansas job.
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posted 12-11-2007 05:42 PM
That's sort of a shocker although Petrino didn't look all that focused during last night's TV game. He's another "casualty" of the Vick saga but I have the feeling he's one of those cats that will always end on its feet. Talent-wise probably a good hire for Hogs; character-wise? We'll see.
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posted 12-11-2007 05:46 PM
Yeah, I am surprised by this too. I figured he would give it a few years to see what he could do.
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posted 12-11-2007 08:03 PM
Speaking Of Vick, I hope the Tampa Bay Bucs pick him up, this is how I figure it, Gruden likes punks, Vick is a punk, I like high energy exciting players Vick is exciting, in Prison Vick should get in better shape then he is already in, Gruden likes older QB's, by the time Vick can play Garcia will be retired and Vick will have a life span of two to three years....
Sounds good to me, I would pay to watch him play.. I had a student say to me the other day so and so stoled my Michael Vick card, I said does he have a orange jump suit on? The kid looked at me funny and I ended with, "You really need to find a better role model than Vick, he is not a good guy!" The student agreed, doesn't mean I would be against him being a Buc!
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posted 12-11-2007 09:52 PM
I guess Atlanta got what they deserved by hiring someone who tried to get the Auburn job while a coach was still there and who signed a ten year deal with UL immediately before signing up with the NFL. He had problems with the players from day 1 and eventually quit on the team today. Ala Nick Saban, he told the team owner yesterday that he was not taking the Arkansas job. He then literally phoned in his resigation.
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The Blue Blazer
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posted 12-12-2007 01:00 AM
I question Petrino's character as do most... Does anybody else think Arkansas might just be a stepping stone back in the NCAA for him? I personally think hes a liability. Look at his past, was it all to end up coaching at Arkansas, doubt it!
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posted 12-12-2007 07:55 AM
I would rather see him go to the Big 10, Big 12, SWC, pac 10...Anywhere but the SEC. He will be a winner again in college ball and Ark is probably just a short stopover to somewhere bigger.
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posted 12-12-2007 08:25 AM
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Originally posted by bayer:
He will be a winner again in college ball and Ark is probably just a short stopover to somewhere bigger.
But will he win fast enough for Arkansas? What has he done? Won an Orange Bowl with a Big East schedule. Will that impress Tuberville, Saban, Miles (if he is still around), Spurrier or Myers?
Will he be able to handle the character argument on the recruiting trail?
The Razorbacks have a winning program, but they want a championship one.
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posted 12-12-2007 09:22 AM
IMO, he will get the job done, IF, he stays at Ark long enough.
I just think he has a knack for getting the right players for his system and then getting them to do the job.
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posted 12-12-2007 10:48 AM
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Originally posted by The Blue Blazer:
Does anybody else think Arkansas might just be a stepping stone back in the NCAA for him? I personally think hes a liability. Look at his past, was it all to end up coaching at Arkansas, doubt it!
I put the over/under for his tenure at Arkansas at 2 years.
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posted 12-12-2007 11:26 AM
The Arkansas job is similar to the Louisville job in that you won't have fans that care much about character in coach as long as he wins.
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posted 12-12-2007 12:12 PM
Sort of like Kentucky basketball.
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posted 12-12-2007 12:49 PM
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Sort of like Kentucky basketball.
Besides lacking a shred of substantiating evidence that statement is without a single redeeming feature.
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posted 12-12-2007 01:16 PM
I disagree too. Tubby was here for an entire decade. If it was true of UK fans, then he would have been fired (not resigned), and it would have happened after his first stretch of 10-loss seasons.
Also, if Tubby is the model of good character, I would have to disagree with that as well.
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posted 12-12-2007 05:44 PM
I was watching ESPN today and some sports analyst on "College Football Tonight" (don't know who I was listening from the other room) was talking about the "market value" for football coaches in the SEC is higher than any other conference because (and I quote) "thats all they have down there!"
This statement really pissed me off. Didn't an SEC win it all in Basketball the last 2 years in a row? I mean I realize the SEC totally dominates football but, to say "thats all we have down there" makes me want to puke.
Even with respects to baseball, and soccer the SEC IS A SOLID conference what is this guy talking about?
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posted 12-12-2007 05:53 PM
And there are track, cross country, golf and tennis. Plus UT and other women's BB. Oh well, we once actually fought a war over such slights.
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posted 12-12-2007 11:50 PM
The War Prophet refers too was from 1861-1865.
And sadly, that is the reason statements to this day, more than 140-years are still heard.
The SEC can hold its own with any other conference in Div 1. The SEC has placed several teams into the Final Four during the last few years. The southern states are loaded with talented basketball players and the SEC may be a little down this season but it will not last you can take that to the bank.
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