re: Question on Petrino for Arky fans

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Most Hawg fans attribute the "dumpster fire" to Bert following the Jawnell debacle and Bobby's lack of recruiting, not that he was an awful coach. Petrino's a dick but so are many other really good coaches. He just couldn't keep is dick out of the strange, he laid down the Harley, lied to his boss and it cost him his job.

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This is pretty much it. The timing of his firing, left few options for hiring a coach and thus J L Smith was hired. Two years of no recruiting did leave the program in a bad spot.

I did not want Petrino to be fired, and wish they could have worked things out. Petrino was/is a jerk, but as someone else stated, this is often the truth with good coaches.

I do think Bielema will, long term, be better for Arkansas football than Petrino would have been.