Hardly a firable offense, no matter how the moralists try to spin it. Look at Louisville’s Rick Pitino for parallels, don’t think the world ended there because he was “morally” wrong, whatever that means these days.

Like someone up top said, the hypocritical administrators in college football hardly have room to be criticizing anyone. They were lucky that Petrino even took the job in the first place before they were able to lure their apparent first choice, the great Lane Kiffin from the Raiders, so I don’t think the brain trust in Arkansas is all that sharp to begin with. Petrino is not just a good coach, he’s a great coach, certainly the best the Razorbacks could have ever done.

And for anyone criticizing him for bailing on the Falcons early that year, do you remember the disaster that season became when Michael Vick WENT To JAIL? If he didn’t get fired at the end of the season, he was going to get it shortly afterward the next year because the franchise was in shambles and would have brought in Dimitroff anyway who would have eventually replaced him with his own guy.

He was simply looking out for himself and his family instead of waiting around like most of these dummies to be fired, although the circumstances changed dramatically right after he took the Falcon job, which more than justified his actions to me.

So give me a break with the, “karma” angle. Only thing he did wrong was not tell his assistants before he left. You Falcon fans ought to be loving him and his brother for saving your first round receiver, Roddy White, from being a bust because they were the ones who taught him how to play wide receiver in the NFL, something he readily admits.

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Yes, it WAS most likely the cover up that did him in, but what was Jessica Dorrel’s job, exactly? She had a position created for her that required her to do, as a practical matter, nothing. So does she have a masters degree in nothing? So do I.

“Today’s announcement is the culmination of a comprehensive search process which was intended to identify a leader for our football program that would serve our student-athletes and fans with class and dignity.”
– Jeff Long, Dec. 11, 2007

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This is probably the first (and last) time the words “class” and “dignity” are used in a sentence about Petrino. (Unless they are preceded by the words “lack of”.)

From my angle, a man can’t lose his job because you morally object to his lifestyle away from work. That’s a very slippery slope. After all, it’s his life, and away from the job he should have the freedom to live it as he sees fit.

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Maybe not tool, but tell me how it worked out for Tiger when he went out of bounds on his wife, and I’m quite certain Woods has made a truckload more money than Pudtrino. You’re a backwoods goat roping razorback fan ain’t ya boy? Well if you love “Bobby sooooooo much, maybe you should be on the back of his bike, riding into the sunset, and then maybe the two of you can go scissor on that pile of money you both allegedly have.

Why rule out the Saints? A short term coaching gig matches perfectly with his experience
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Plus, with the Saints’ whole “cheating” culture, he’d definitely fit right in.

From what I’ve heard he had an open marriage and she had broken off her engagement 2 days before he hired her.
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Oh, he had an open marriage? Gee, how many times have I heard that one? Did anyone tell his wife?

So it’s ok to fire a guy over cheating on his wife and leave his players and recruits hanging, but heaven forbid he up and quit leaving them hanging. Cause who you sleep with makes u a better coach right.
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No, but when you ignore 160 other applicants and hire your mistress to run a key aspect of your recruiting department, does that make you a better coach? Recruiting is everything in college football and it’s the area most likely to get your program sanctioned if something falls through the cracks. Don’t mess where you eat, dude.

Fail, Bobby.

Then, he was on the first thing smoking, signed with Arkansas and was “Pig-sooiiee-ing” with some cheerleaders at the podium by 11PM that same day. Tuesday. And Warrick Dunn, someone who gives away a house to single mothers every year and allowed for some strangers to live in his personal home during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina… called him a coward.

After all that, this news is sweet.