re: Louisville and Arkansas after Petrino - interesting parallels

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He seemed to be pretty good about recruiting to our needs. When we needed DL depth, he signed what looked like a pretty good class at DL. Unfortunately, a handful of them got kicked off the team for off-the-field improprieties.

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Interesting...the same thing happened quite a bit at UL. In fact, of the players in his last recruiting class there, only a handful ever ended up playing for the Cards. Some had injuries, and a couple didn't ever make the grades, but quite a few were dismissed for various infractions. One of the starting DBs on the Orange Bowl team was arrested shortly thereafter for armed robbery. (He tried to hold up a convenience store with an assault rifle, if I'm remembering correctly!) In other words, character didn't count too much with him if you could play. (Of course, I guess you have to BE a high-character person in order to value it in others.)