For $3 million a year. ATL is fucked three ways to the weekend

12/11/2007 8:27:14 PM

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

12/11/2007 8:31:52 PM

^to the falcons? no way.

12/11/2007 8:46:36 PM

seriously

you must be out of your god damn mind to think that cowher would go to fucking atlanta

12/11/2007 8:52:40 PM

Callahan to the Falcons.

12/11/2007 8:52:49 PM

Amato to Atlanta!



[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 8:54 PM. Reason : asdf]

12/11/2007 8:53:50 PM

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"you must be out of your god damn mind to think that cowher would go to fucking atlanta"

Of course I'm out of my mind. I pull for Atlanta. I know full well they'll just hire their third assclown in a row.

12/11/2007 8:55:10 PM

AJC has the following as possible replacements in ATL:



Jason Garrett
Chudzinki
Sly Croom (???)
Mike Singletary
Ron Rivera
Cowher
Tedford
Ferentz
Mariucci (makes the most sense to me, unless he goes to UCLA)
Chan
Martz

12/11/2007 8:58:14 PM

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"Jason Garrett"

Yeah, right.

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"Chudzinki"

*shrug*

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"Sly Croom (???)"

wat

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"Mike Singletary"

I'd give him pretty good odds at getting the job.

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"Ron Rivera"

*shrug*

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"Cowher"

Ain't happening.

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"Tedford Ferentz"

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"Mariucci (makes the most sense to me, unless he goes to UCLA)"

Makes a ton of sense on paper, but something about it makes me squeamish.

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"Chan"

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"Martz"

No thanks.

12/11/2007 9:08:49 PM

Panthers should be trying to get Cowher

12/11/2007 9:11:27 PM

If Blank wants Cowher, he will spend whatever it takes to get him.

12/11/2007 9:18:27 PM

[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 9:20 PM. Reason : ]

12/11/2007 9:20:43 PM

please no Singletary

12/11/2007 9:20:51 PM

Cowher wold make a great athletic director for us.. and seeing as how we could use the swap...

12/11/2007 9:21:25 PM

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"If Blank wants Cowher, he will spend whatever it takes to get him."

Blank can put up all the money he wants, he'd still be asking Cowher to coach the Falcons. I'm sure he'll try, though, if only to try to stop the Panthers from getting him.

[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 9:22 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2007 9:21:30 PM

hahahaha, is this shit really live on ESPN??? damned late press conference

they're callin the hogs, hahahahahah, thats the gayest looking shit ever

12/11/2007 11:44:15 PM

Like I posted in another thread. I can't believe the Arkansas job is such big news. Maybe its because its just an SEC school, but really, its fucking Arkansas.

12/11/2007 11:49:06 PM

Hahaha! DeAngelo Hall just ripped the hell outta Arkansas just now on Sportscenter! "They ain't a great team in the SEC anyways. With teams like LSU and Alabama, they'll always be behind them."

12/11/2007 11:55:54 PM

Shows how little he knows about the SEC. He mentioned Alabama as a great team.

12/11/2007 11:59:33 PM

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"Panthers should be trying to get Cowher"

12/12/2007 12:07:28 AM

why the fuck would we fire john fox anyway? Half the teams in the NFL would be lined up outside our complex to sign the guy as soon as he hit the door.


think about what you are saying.


oh yeah arkansas just bought themselves mediocrity for the next few years

12/12/2007 1:22:53 AM

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"Cowher wold make a great athletic director for us.. and seeing as how we could use the swap..."

not to go out on a limb or anything.

12/12/2007 1:27:42 AM

^^How so? Petrino is an upgrade over Nutt.

12/12/2007 1:29:53 AM

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"why the fuck would we fire john fox anyway? Half the teams in the NFL would be lined up outside our complex to sign the guy as soon as he hit the door."

You cannot be serious here.

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"oh yeah arkansas just bought themselves mediocrity for the next few years"

Petrino does not equal mediocrity. Look at UL this year without him. Preseason top what 10 and went 6-6

12/12/2007 1:38:44 AM

another failed college coach in the NFL, whats up with this, dont they learn

12/12/2007 2:45:16 AM

Thank you Les Miles also... I am a huge UM fan.. but Les staying in Baton Rouge assures at least 1 or 2 NC's. UM needs Rich Rod. Won't happen, but I shall dream.

12/12/2007 2:53:58 AM

^^^To be fair, on FOX Sunday, they mentioned the same thing about Fox, if he were fired, teams would be lined up to get him.

^^well its not his fault the team fell apart because of the Vick fiasco. I dont really see it as a failure, he was doomed before the season even started.

[Edited on December 12, 2007 at 2:56 AM. Reason : .]

12/12/2007 2:55:09 AM

he was doomed because he was an asshole, and while that might work on naive college kids, grown men aren't gonna respond to that

12/12/2007 8:37:09 AM

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"Petrino does not equal mediocrity. Look at UL this year without him. Preseason top what 10 and went 6-6"

Who in the hell uses a preseason ranking to determine ANYTHING about a college football team?

12/12/2007 8:46:11 AM

since no one wanted to post a link to any of the stories
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3150783

Petrino resigns Falcons post after 13 games, goes to Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Barely 24 hours after another blowout loss with the Atlanta Falcons, Bobby Petrino was back in college football.

Petrino was hired Tuesday by Arkansas, capping a whirlwind day in which he stunningly resigned from the Falcons after just 13 games. Petrino succeeds Houston Nutt, who stepped down at Arkansas two weeks ago and became the head coach at Mississippi.

"Today was a day of decision," Petrino said at a late-night news conference in Fayetteville. "It was difficult on one side, very easy on the other. It was difficult to leave Atlanta, the staff, players, fans. The timing of it probably is the thing that made it most difficult. Coming to Arkansas was the easy part

12/12/2007 9:02:53 AM

You should change your name to linkzz, cuz your the master of them


But look how fickle this guy really is

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"In the coming days and weeks, the disingenuous drifter will say what Arkansas fans want to hear. He'll look at them with blank shark eyes and tell them, in a monotone voice, how excited he is to be the coach of the Razorbacks. He will tell them how impressed he is by the tradition and the fan base. He will tell them that the Southeastern Conference is the place he always wanted to coach (and that might be the one true thing he'll say, given how many times he's tried to land a job in the league). It will be a trumped-up stump speech, as sincere as a politician's pledge to cut taxes. It will simply be the latest pack of lies in a career full of them. But it will be what Arkansas fans want to hear, and the poor saps will be desperate to believe him. During their arduous search to replace Houston Nutt, they've been used and abused by one-fourth of the coaches in the ACC -- first Butch Davis, then Tommy Bowden, then Jim Grobe. Auburn's Tommy Tuberville flirted for a minute as well. So hiring a guy with a 41-9 college record will get the blood pumping. But those Arkansas fans ready to embrace their new hotshot coach and his pretty ball plays need to understand one thing: The disingenuous drifter doesn't love you or any other fan base. He doesn't love any school or any NFL franchise. He loves himself, his playbook and his bank account. That's it. Don't expect it to change. Bobby Petrino will return your embrace, Hog fans. But while he's hugging you he'll be looking over your shoulder, scanning the terrain for his next hook-up. Even in a profession rife with dishonest posturing, Petrino is singularly mercenary. Loyalty, allegiance, commitment and honesty are foreign concepts to him. It must be a sad existence. I apologize to Alabama's Nick Saban -- last year I named him president of the Liar's Club. He's been impeached and replaced by the disingenuous drifter. Petrino's old boss at Louisville, Tom Jurich, took the high road when asked Tuesday night about the drifter's latest change of address. "He's a great football coach," Jurich said, adding that he spoke to Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long about Petrino last week and "said nothing to discourage him" from hiring his old coach. But Jurich did allow that he's "not totally surprised" Petrino would move on less than a year after leaving Louisville for a $24 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons. "He's five for five," Jurich explained. Petrino On Move Bobby Petrino has been on the move for 15 years, with his four-year stint in Louisville the longest. 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 What he meant: this is the fifth straight year Bobby Petrino has tried to get another job. Every single season he's been a head coach, he's ended it by pursuing something else. Follow the grease stain that is the disingenuous drifter's career path: • In 2003, his first year as a head coach at the University of Louisville, Petrino went behind the back of his employer and his onetime boss, Tuberville, to negotiate a deal replacing him at Auburn. He held a clandestine meeting across the Ohio River from Louisville in southern Indiana with Auburn officials, two days before both the Tigers and Cardinals played their final regular-season games. It was, by any rendering, a spectacular bit of philandering by both interested parties. Petrino lied about having any contact with Auburn officials -- until two reporters for The (Louisville) Courier-Journal confronted him with documentation of the private plane that brought the university president and athletic director into Petrino's backyard. I was one of the two reporters. And even when faced with the evidence, Petrino resisted telling the truth until Auburn issued a statement owning up to the whole affair. Boxed into a corner, Petrino asked forgiveness and chalked it up to the inexperience of a "young coach." Louisville forgave him because he was 9-3 and his offense blew up scoreboards. It wouldn't be the last time Petrino toyed with the school's loyalties, or the last time he was forgiven for doing so. • In 2004, Petrino interviewed for the Notre Dame job and had discussions with Florida and Mississippi about their jobs. Then, on Dec. 7, he pledged his loyalty to Louisville. "I want to make it clear that I'm not interested in any other coaching jobs, and am happy at the University of Louisville," Petrino said. "… I'm very excited about our move into the Big East, the opportunity to play in a BCS bowl game and the chance to compete for a national championship. [School president] Dr. James Ramsey and Tom Jurich, through their hard work and dedication, have made this the best job in the country. As I've stated before, Louisville is the perfect place to raise a family and I plan for all four of my children to graduate from high school in Louisville." On Dec. 21, Petrino signed an enhanced contract to stay with the Cardinals. On Dec. 26 -- well before the Petrino children had graduated from high school -- he interviewed with LSU to replace Saban. On Jan. 1, 2005, when it became obvious that he'd lost out to Les Miles, Petrino pulled out of consideration. On the inside, several Louisville administrators were disappointed they had to keep him. They were sick of the game -- but there was no firing a guy who just went 12-1. • In 2005, Petrino interviewed with the Oakland Raiders. That's after telling people for years that he had no interest in coaching the pros -- college was where he wanted to be. He ultimately turned down the job and professed his commitment to the Cardinals again. • On July 13, 2006, Petrino signed a 10-year contract worth up to $25 million -- a staggering deal for a school of Louisville's modest football heritage and fan base. The day he signed it, Petrino vowed again that Louisville was home. He made a point of insisting that a $1 million buyout provision be put into the contract, putting his money where his dissembling mouth is. "We did want to make a statement," the disingenuous drifter said that day about the buyout. "… I wanted to make sure everyone understood -- I know I've said it -- that this is where I want to be, where my family wants to be. But I want everyone to really believe it." Sure, he wanted everyone to believe it. Not because it was true, of course. Just because he was tired of answering questions about his wandering eye. Five months later, he was gone to Atlanta. Even this time around, there have been recent pronouncements of commitment to the task at hand and the people who write his checks. On Nov. 26, Petrino told the Associated Press that he was staying in Atlanta. "I haven't given it [college coaching vacancies] one bit of thought," he said. Shockingly, that didn't hold up, either. Early in his career, Rick Pitino was famously called Larry Brown on training wheels. Petrino isn't Larry Brown on training wheels; he's Larry Brown in a Maserati. The good news for Arkansas is that it might be the last school willing to give this guy anything more than what he deserves: a one-year contract and a monitoring device on his ankle. The NFL certainly will never give him another chance as a head coach, not after fleeing with three games left in the season and undercutting an owner like Arthur Blank. And every college in the country should know by now how fickle Petrino can be. Even in what appears to be a major rebuilding year for the Hogs in 2008, I predict Petrino will do better than expected. He's that good as a coach -- for my money, the best offensive game-planner and tactician since Steve Spurrier's heyday at Florida. That will be a welcome dynamic at a school that struggled to diversify its offense beyond Darren McFadden and Felix Jones the past two years. But a little success can be a dangerous thing. It might tempt some deluded and desperate school to offer Bobby Petrino a job -- and that's a temptation the disingenuous drifter is powerless to resist. "

[Edited on December 12, 2007 at 9:21 AM. Reason : x]

12/12/2007 9:18:53 AM

i'd be some shit if the panthers fire fox and the falcons pick him up....they'd snatch him up in a heartbeat.

12/12/2007 9:24:42 AM

you would be some shit

12/12/2007 9:48:04 AM

lol

12/12/2007 10:50:14 AM

I'm starting to think they should just bring back Jerry Glanville for the comedic value. They won't be able to get an actual good coach.

[Edited on December 12, 2007 at 11:25 AM. Reason : .]

12/12/2007 10:59:07 AM

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"Quote : "why the fuck would we fire john fox anyway? Half the teams in the NFL would be lined up outside our complex to sign the guy as soon as he hit the door." You cannot be serious here. Quote : "oh yeah arkansas just bought themselves mediocrity for the next few years" Petrino does not equal mediocrity. Look at UL this year without him. Preseason top what 10 and went 6-6"

I'm not going to hijack this thread on the john fox topic but if you think he wouldnt be one if not the hottest coach to sign you are mistaken


and what exactly has bobby petrino EVER done besides recruit brian brohm who would have attended louisville no matter who the coach was

12/12/2007 11:01:59 AM

^ after this season, it's clear that brian brohm alone doesn't win you a lot of games.

12/12/2007 11:09:15 AM

great article from Pat Forde on this - he has very strong feelings about the subject to say the least

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3151061&sportCat=ncf

12/12/2007 11:19:17 AM

yeah, that was posted about 5 posts above yours... except he didn't properly attribute it

12/12/2007 11:30:10 AM

which is why i posted the link

12/12/2007 11:36:41 AM

Bobby Petrino displays the legal loophole that allowed him to quit a five-year contract after only 13 games.

12/12/2007 12:00:42 PM

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"after this season, it's clear that brian brohm alone doesn't win you a lot of games."

He did all he could do on offense. Put up sick numbers. Its not his fault the UL defense was about as bad as they come and was responsible for almost all their losses.

12/12/2007 2:37:16 PM

He signed 20 years worth of contracts (10 years Louisville, 5 years Falcons, 5 years Arkansas) in 18 months

wow

12/12/2007 2:40:05 PM

press conference is going on right now

Blank is fucking pissed

12/12/2007 2:41:04 PM

What channel?

12/12/2007 2:43:20 PM

http://www.11alive.com/video/default_live.aspx?storyid=107908

12/12/2007 2:43:38 PM

Arthur Blank is such a bitch

12/12/2007 2:44:20 PM

No he isn't. He is a great owner who has been royally fucked twice in the past 6 months. Would you not be pissed the fuck off if you dropped $500mil on a franchise, have it poised as one of the better run franchises in the league, and then your QB who you threw the biggest NFL contract at and then your coach who you also devoted a lot of time and money to leaves you in the middle of a season of his first year on the job?

He has every right to be pissed the fuck off.

[Edited on December 12, 2007 at 2:47 PM. Reason : .]

12/12/2007 2:46:26 PM

i wish blank had bought the braves

12/12/2007 2:49:06 PM

No shit man. He would have done wonders for that team. He had a group of investers put together to buy them, but fucking Time Warner turned them down and sold to Liberty Media instead because of some bullshit tax breaks. Corporations should not be allowed to own MLB teams. All they do is run them into the ground.

12/12/2007 2:50:32 PM