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re: Petrino vs Bert
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:53 pm to Cornelius
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:53 pm to Cornelius
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Had he not crashed into the ditch, everybody would have seen what he was really made of in 2013.
The only problem is that Petrino has never stayed anywhere long enough to see if his way is sustainable. Bert has.
This x infinity.
Seeing Petrino coach our 2013 roster is one of the great "what ifs" I've ever had as it relates to college football. He would've almost certainly left for a different job after 2012, and 2013 would've been a terrible year regardless. Something like 25 of the recruits from our 2010 and 2011 classes either never made it to campus or had washed out by 2012, so our 2013 senior class was as shallow as it gets.
Petrino is a great offensive football coach, but he quite literally does not care about defense (there are interesting stories about our practices) and is a colossally terrible recruiter because of his terrible personality. Plus, he's never been in a position where he's had to sustain his own success. His job stops have been 4 years (L-ville), 4 years (Arkansas), 1 year (WKU) and 1 year (L-ville), so he's never had to build a sustainable roster.
I would bet anything that he bolts Louisville again for a different job within the next 3 years (I could see him in the Pac 12), but we won't be seeing him back in the SEC.
This post was edited on 7/22/15 at 4:56 pm
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