Will you be rooting for Bobby Petrino on Saturday?
by Mike Rutherford on Sep 23, 2010 4:42 PM EDT
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PrintIt seems to be today's pressing question: Will you be rooting for Bobby Petrino and Arkansas when they face No. 1 Alabama on Saturday?
Are you still not over the way Petrino left? Did you not like him to begin with? Has enough time passed to make you respect the fact that he took the program to heights unknown? Does the futility of the Kragthorpe era play a role in your choice?
I think I was as upset as anyone when Petrino left, but there is no part of me that won't be pulling for the Hogs on Saturday. Yes, he was disingenuous, yes, he was a complete dick to the media, but he won football games, his players stayed out of trouble (they really did), and all the people he was in charge of respected him. In my case, the wound has been healed, and I do think a large part of that has to do with how unsuccessful we've been since he left.
That's my opinion, what say you?
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look i have great respect for him as a coach and he turned louisville around but 1 i root for alabama in football only because most of my family is from alabama and love bama i love bama too in football not as much as the cards but still root for them 2 he left us high and dry with thugs who were bad guys that have halted r program so no i wont root for him
I didn't hold it against him.
When he left Louisville I was upset that he was leaving my school, and worried about the program, but I couldn’t hold that against him. I knew he was looking around, and apparently I was the only person in the city that didn’t believe him when he said that Louisville was where he wanted to be. The truth is that coaches MUST say those things to be accepted in the community and to be strong recruiters. After that, he left the right way. He finished the season, won the Orange Bowl, talked to his team first, and then announced he was leaving. Was he shopping around the whole time he was here? Yes. Was he lying about his commitment to the program? Absolutely, but that is the way the system functions right now.
Atlanta Falcon fans, however, have a very good reason to hate him.
ATL should definitely hate him for incompetence as a coach and setting them back in that regard
But he actually did Falcons’ fans a favor by resigning mid-season, deservingly earning a huge PR hit and retreating back to the SEC. Yes, it was disingenuous but it was the best case scenario for ATL instead of sticking around, making a lameduck paycheck and saying he earned every penny afterwards like other former Louisville coaches.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Sep 23, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Nobody believed him
…until he signed that 10-year contract. At that point it was reasonable to assume he’d be around for at least 6 months. You know, at least long enough for the ink to dry.
The only person worse than Bobby Petrino and Lane Kiffin
Might be Saban. And I still like John L and Petrino.
Why root FOR him?
I don’t necessarily hate him, or wish ill of him, but I don’t like him. Because he is a dick.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Sep 23, 2010 5:31 PM EDT reply actions
I'm thankful that Bobby Petrino was here.
He was an excellent coach for us, and he elevated our program. Sure I was mad at him when he left, but I too am over that. I’m all in for the Hogs on Saturday.
I won't root for nor against him. He doesn't matter to me anymore.
I will root for (the greater good) of Arkansas because I love a good underdog upsetting a top team. Ever read the book Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer? I really think fan bases like that are not cool or fascinating, just kind of odd and one dimensional when compared to most human beings. So I’m not naturally a Tide fan.
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I'll be calling the Hogs...
…because I am from Arkansas and I hate Alabama.
But I won’t root for Petrino because he is an as—well, you know.
Like Bobby
Can’t blame him for wanting to hit up the NFL. I imagine it being an experience you’d want to at least try as a football coach. Love watching his teams play. They’re a lot of fun.
by REALISTICCARDSFAN on Sep 23, 2010 6:34 PM EDT reply actions
ill be rooting for him.
If anything it makes his louisville coached teams look more legit and not a fluke. I didn’t want him to leave but business is business. He won us an orange bowl, without that recent success we may not have gotten a guy of strongs caliber.
by Jason G on Sep 23, 2010 6:55 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
yeah ditto
if he flops in the SEC, you know what Cayut fans and others will say about his time in the ville. If he thrives, they can’t minimize his success here.
this is the dividing line.
i really believe this to be our sole difference to ky fans.
the ability to be happy for a coach that took us to new heights, regardless of how he left or how he dissed us.
the man took us to a never-before, and never since, fervor and pride level for our football team. no doubt, the guy has character flaws, but i’m not casting stones from my glass house.
put aside your pettiness, and say thanks to the coach that took us to #4, and rejoice in the fact that Strong is angling to get us back.
there’s a reason that your windshield is 10x larger than your rear-view mirror.
look ahead, cards fans. don’t wallow in past transgressions.
go arkanasas.
dude if petrino came back to uk you would
have zero respect for the man.. uk fans dont hate pitino because he left.. we hate him because he could have coached any wherr but he went to our most hated rival.. knowing full well the hate we have.. its unforgivable
"UK ....enough said"
by kentuckywild on Sep 24, 2010 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions
so if you hate us, why do you hang around our blog?
and you’re welcome to Petrino if he comes. Odds are he won’t stay long anyway.
Nope
I respect him for the job he did at Louisville. But, the way he left was just deplorable. I have no bitter feelings for him, but that said, won’t be shedding any tears if Alabama smashes him into ground.
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I'm more than a little embarrassed by these results.
One thing I’ve learned dealing with Kentucky fans is that the world o’ sports is the appropriate venue for healthy hate. If there was ever anyone associated with this program that deserves our hate its not the incompetent dope Steve Kragthorpe, its the manipulative snake Bobby Petrino. Respect that guy? No way. I don’t care what he did for our program, he’s not respectable as a human being. Show some spine CCers. We would never have been in the Kragthorpe debacle if this guy had been capable of honoring a contract or, at the very least, being honest about his ambitions. Turn the other cheek if you please, but don’t pretend that he deserves your gracious magnanimity. He doesn’t.
You haters need to wake up
This man is in a cut-throat business where ANY employer will cut your ass in the blink of an eye, contract or no contract. You’re no more than a commodity to make them money. So someone please explain to me why Petrino is such a snake for flipping the script on them? You ever watch hard knocks when guys that worked their ass off get cut, but hey “its just business.” Theres no giving them a few weeks to find another job. Well he lost Vick so he cut the Falcons. Just business.
Most fans are too emotionally attached to look at it from a business perspective
Especially with college sports.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Sep 24, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
its a business driven by the emotional attachment of fans
I don’t like arguing from this perspective because it seems entirely beside the point, but I’m going to anyways. If fans weren’t emotionally attached to college teams, how would they compete against pro leagues? The entire basis of the business of college sports is the fans and their emotions. Betraying that is just bad business.
All sports fans are intrinsically emotional about their team.
It’s only bad business if you’re below average at what you do and/or if you ever plan to return to a particular program. Petrino is the Don Draper of offensive playcalling and will always have a lucrative job in college football, loyalty be damned.
Perhaps by UofL showing an increased faith in Petrino, he earned an even bigger paycheck at his next job(s). Jurich, as well as everyone who follows football, knew BP was flirting w/ the SEC and Petrino’s NFL aspirations were no secret either. We’re talking about millions of dollars and yes, raised mostly by emotionally-invested fans and alumni.
Is betraying a fanbase disingenuous? Yes. Do coaches gain financial benefit from emotional attachments? Of course. But he did nothing illegal and fans/investors should know better than to trust someone who had one foot out the door from the get-go.
I can’t blame those of you who hate him—I get that. I’m sure Jurich has multiple reasons to dislike him as well, i.e. for his own CYA purposes: “Bobby left the cupboard bare, it’s not Kragthorpe’s fault”.
No coach is bigger than the University of Louisville but Petrino came closest to fulfilling Schnelly’s collision course prophecy and for that, I’m grateful for all that he did during the time he was our coach and wish him well wherever he decides is the best fit.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Sep 27, 2010 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Why shouldn't we?
Yea he left here on bad terms and was a dick but I’ll take that with an Orange Bowl victory and putting Cardinal Football back in the conversation any day. I wouldn’t have any of those great memories of storming the field after beating top #15 teams, being mentioned for National Title contenders, and having two Heisman candidates. The man did great things for us, to say the least. Go hogs
maybe not Heisman Candidates per say, but you know what I mean
by Card-in-nati on Sep 24, 2010 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Turned Down Alabama for Us, But Ended Up Taking the Money
Alabama was in search for a coach that same season and their brass was at the Orange Bowl trying to meet with Bobby. We all know how much Bobby wanted to coach in the SEC and he turned down that meeting for the Cards. Whether he knew he would be be getting the Atlanta job at that point, who knows. But in this country its not unbelievable for a guy to jump to a different job that doubles his per year salary as Atlanta did. I have loved watching his teams play since he came back to college. Hogs are going to upset this weekend.
Say what you will.
Bobby was first class dick…Check
He was not Loyal to the team that made him a head coach…. Check
He was obnoxious and gruff…….Check
He took Louisville to new heights, made us all into football snobs (a little anyway be honest)
kicked opponents backsides and made no apologies, made us proud to be Louisville fans with well disciplined teams on and off the field.
Hell yeah I will root for the man wherever he goes.
To not do that makes you a UK fan!
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