CowboysSaintsFan Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 To take job at U. Arkansas. ESPN's John Clayton is reporting it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Just in on ESPN, link to follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfWashington Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Really? Dang, as if the Falcons season couldn't take any more hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Wow. First Saban ditches the Dolphins, now Petrino ditches the Falcons...will another college coach get hired ever again?? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowland Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I remember hearing recently that the Falcons were very proactive against a situation like this, because they put very strong language in his contract to prevent them from getting "Saban-ed". I'm interested to see how this whole situation unfolds, and what/how much Petrino will have to give back to the Atlanta organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Much of his team had grown to hate him. Having such a bad year, I'm sure he didn't anticipate nor did he think he would get such resistance to his college ways nor lose Vick forever. What's funny to me is that I think if Spurrier just had 30 percent higher work ethic and had the offensive talent we have NOW, he might have been able to sneak into a playoff run. err, sorry, if he didn't have Kim Helton as off line coach and actually tried to adjust his scheme a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praise_gibbs Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Petrino would have succeeded if Vick were his QB. Vick fit his style. However, Vick can't QB from prison so.. what else can Petrino do? You'd hope he would man up and finish the job though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ComebackKing Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Whoa that's shocking. He's seemed lost making lots of weird decisions over the course of this year. Pretty unfair test of him as an NFL HC though, that locker room must have been seriously screwed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Lloyd Christmas Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 i really wanted him to turn that team around. damn shame. oh well, falcons get a new coach and a fresh start with a huge draft and some solid playmakers to work around. 2 good drafts and theyll be contenders again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Pressure Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Wow. This just in, Bill Cowher is the leading candidate for the Atlanta job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Damn first Saban, now Petrino, this is funny. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UVASKINSFAN Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 What a ****ing loser. There owner A. Blank was running his lips about the future in the box during the game on MNF and how they were gonna build. Kornheiser also asked him how he felt drafting a QB and sitting him for the first year b/c thats what Petrino said he wanted. Petrino is a *****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTechnik Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Wow.This just in, Bill Cowher is the leading candidate for the Atlanta job So is Marty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romo the Great Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Well, I guess he's one of the guys who can't cut it in the NFL. I give him credit for not waiting around to figure that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisxcore Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Smartest move of his career. That ship is sinking, and sinking fast in Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 One day after the Vick sentencing. Nice timing for the Falcon fans. Petrino reminded me of Spurrior last night. He had that same lost little boy meets dumb and dumber look.:doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins59 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Something tells me Falcons will be going after Russ Grimm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Pressure Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Smartest move of his career. That ship is sinking, and sinking fast in Atlanta. Now if only we can carve off some of the more talented pieces of the ship before it goes down for a small sum of money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Hello Jason Garrett! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisxcore Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Now if only we can carve off some of the more talented pieces of the ship before it goes down for a small sum of money... :applause: I like where your heads at. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Well I think you gotta do whats best for you in most cases so I don't fault Petrino but the NFL has a long record of college coaches not doing well in the NFL. If you exclude Jimmy Johnson(Switzer doesn't count) what other coach from college has done squat??Memo to all NFL teams, college coaches just don't seem to work out, stop hiring them and save yourself the embarassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praise_gibbs Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Now if only we can carve off some of the more talented pieces of the ship before it goes down for a small sum of money... I'll take Algae Crumpler and the overrated DeAngelo Hall for cheap. We all know that **** ain't happening though. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Full Monty Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Maybe our old running backs coach Hue Jackson will get a shot as an interim head coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 As promised: Petrino reportedly phones in resignation to Falcons Bobby Petrino abruptly resigned his position as coach of the Atlanta Falcons on Tuesday and is negotiating an agreement to become the new coach at the University of Arkansas, multiple sources told ESPN. Petrino and his agent had been talking with the Falcons about his preference to return to the college ranks. The former Louisville coach was looking for an opportunity to break into the Southeastern Conference ranks, and Arkansas was a natural fit. Citing the team as its source, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on its Web site that Petrino phoned the Falcons about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday and resigned. Petrino and the team agreed he would not coach the Falcons' remaining three games, a source told ESPN.com. Negotiations between Petrino and Arkansas are ongoing, the sources told ESPN. Once a deal is in place, Petrino is expected to be paid around $3 million a year, the sources said. Petrino signed a five-year, $24 million contract to be the Falcons head coach, so he will be taking a pay cut to re-enter the college ranks. The Falcons are 3-10 and have had their season torn apart by Michael Vick's involvement in a dogfighting ring and subsequent 23-month jail sentence, which was levied Monday. NFL sources told ESPN.com there was no buyout in Petrino's contract with the Falcons. Petrino will succeed Houston Nutt, who was hired by Mississippi immediately after resigning at Arkansas. Tommy Tuberville and Tommy Bowden were both linked to the Arkansas opening, but they remained as coaches at Auburn and Clemson, respectively. Arkansas flirted with hiring Jim Grobe -- a private fundraising arm for the Razorbacks approved a salary supplement for the Wake Forest coach -- but Grobe stayed with the Demon Deacons. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3150783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinklein Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Wow. Couldn't even finish out the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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