Quitter.
J. Panetta
December 13 2007

By now you have all heard about Bobby Petrino leaving the Atlanta Falcons and jumping to the University of Arkansas.
Now supposedly this major decision was done in just a few hours on Tuesday after speaking with Arkansas on the phone.

Petrino has shown once again that he is classless and should never be trusted. Remember he tried to sneak in and stab Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville's back a couple of season ago by trying to take his job. Last season he signed a contract extension while he was the head coach at Louisville, telling everyone that Louisville was where he wanted to be and six months later he jumped ship for the Falcons job in the NFL.

Now after going 3-10, alienating his veteran players and not even completing a complete season he jumps ship. All of this after Falcons owner Arthur Blank gave him an incredible vote of confidence the night before on ESPN's Monday Night Football.

The other funny thing is to listen to Petrino being introduced at Arkansas as a person of character. Yeah real character here, he told Arthur Blank by phone, called a quick coaches meeting, told them and left. Real character there. He has no people skills what so ever, so he runs back to college where he can just walk over young players instead.

Ask yourself would you really want your kid going to play for Petrino at Arkansas? Imagine the character that he would learn from him. You can only imagine how Falcons owner Blank must feel at this point. First he sinks a ton of money in Michael Vick to see that deteriorate and forks up tons of cash to get Petrino to coach only to see that vanish.

Petrino is overrated as a coach and this will show in Arkansas. Razorback fans will miss Houston Nutt more than they can imagine in the next couple of years.

The Falcons on the other hand are in sorry shape and who ever takes on the task of turning them around needs to be someone who will stick around to complete the job, not bail out because it is a little tough.

A little more on the Falcons owner Arthur Blank. When he appeared on Monday Night Football to comment on the Michael Vick situation he mentioned the Michael would have to not eat a lot of fried chicken and French fries while in prison. Of now you have the PC police crying racist comments and ESPN has already ran with it, blowing way out of proportion.

The Falcons released a statement in defense of Blank Tuesday afternoon. Keep this in mind, Blank gave Vick millions, was seen pushing him around in a wheel chair at games and was definitely distraught over the entire situation.

The Mitchell Report is due out today. Do you really think that it will matter?


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