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Posted on 8/30/26 at 12:11 am to captdalton
Petrino will be remembered as one of the best offensive coordinators when he retires.
But his career as a head coach is lacking. Probably because he focuses much of his time with offense and while fans became critical with his defenses, looking back those defenses were not as bad as the fans said they were. Much better than the trash from last year.
His coaching tree sucks. He would have his son be the QBs coach and have a nephew be the special teams coach. His brother was the WR coach and he was one of the best in the nation but he flamed out as a head coach. He was very much doing all the work.
Petrino had it made here but he screwed up. Rumors from that time period has revealed that Petrino was given certain guidelines to avoid a possible termination. Petrino scoffed and didn't believe he was going to be fired and didn't need to do anything. Arkansas gave him the pink slip and Petrino was in shock.
He got zero buyout money and stayed in an apartment in Rogers. He visited a place where my sister worked and she instantly recognized him, he was very nervous and barely said anything.
Would Petrino have flamed out?
Probably but he certainly would have done better than Bert and he wouldn't have any winless SEC seasons.
But his career as a head coach is lacking. Probably because he focuses much of his time with offense and while fans became critical with his defenses, looking back those defenses were not as bad as the fans said they were. Much better than the trash from last year.
His coaching tree sucks. He would have his son be the QBs coach and have a nephew be the special teams coach. His brother was the WR coach and he was one of the best in the nation but he flamed out as a head coach. He was very much doing all the work.
Petrino had it made here but he screwed up. Rumors from that time period has revealed that Petrino was given certain guidelines to avoid a possible termination. Petrino scoffed and didn't believe he was going to be fired and didn't need to do anything. Arkansas gave him the pink slip and Petrino was in shock.
He got zero buyout money and stayed in an apartment in Rogers. He visited a place where my sister worked and she instantly recognized him, he was very nervous and barely said anything.
Would Petrino have flamed out?
Probably but he certainly would have done better than Bert and he wouldn't have any winless SEC seasons.
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