re: Petrino throws Arkansas under the bus when addressing academic woes at WKU

It's been over 10 years since he's coached at a small school like WKU so yes I think it's reasonable to believe that.

Good lord.

That falls just as much on WKU as it does on the head coach. Why didn't WKU provide their expectations for him? How is this just now coming out? Shouldn't this have come out mid semester of whenever it was a problem?

You're scared of Petrino because you see what he can do to the UK program.

shocking

slimeball tries to blame someone else for what he's been doing wrong

that's a separate argument

the head coach is responsible for compliance including academic progress even if he delegates some of the responsibility

You're telling me a guy that played collegiate football, has a dad that is a legendary DIII football coach, has coached in the college game for nearly 20 years had no clue that sometimes you take attendance to make sure there aren't any players at risk for eligibility or grade issues??????


Of course Petrino never had plans to stay at any school longer than a couple of years so win now and who gives a shite what happens in 5 years it'll be someone else's mess to deal with.


You'll probably also tell me that Jessica Dorrell was more qualified than Ben Wilkerson to recruit football players.

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Petrino, two sources said, told compliance officials he hadn't been required to monitor players' class attendance at Arkansas and didn't realize he was supposed to be doing it at WKU.

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Technically, that's not necessarily a lie. HE might not have had to personally check his players attendance at Arkansas. I mean, it seems obvious that Petrino was quite busy with extra-curricular activities while he was at Arkansas.

It also sounds like a stupid half-lie that Petrino would say to avoid responsibility.

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Sour grapes and such is what I took from the context that was given.

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I would say you need to re-evaluate your perception of the post, but feel free to take it as you will. It came up on my feed since I follow Crawford as a local guy and found it Rant worthy so I shared.

At some point personal responsibility comes into play.

The coach can get his players a lot of academic assistance.

Why is it all on the head coach when a player fails math?
Did his programs not offer aid?

It's pretty simple, no pass no play.

How about student athletes cut a day of game week practice to study hall?

Do fans give a shite about winning or
education?

You want an academic wonk football coach? Graduates a lot of players but loses?

And guess what? His arse will get fired.

Yeah its not "right" but its the cold hard truth.
These young men are in college. Do the Freaking work.
If you don't like to study, join the Army.

Stop acting like these guys don't get every possible
advantage to pass classes.

So does that mean he didn't do it at Louisville, either?

Just an excuse for him being lazy. Bielema has the grades at a high priority.