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Bobby Petrino flies away from Falcons
Posted by Fired Fred on December 11, 2007 4:42 PM
The coach ditched Louisville for the chance to work with Michael Vick and make him into the quarterback everyone hoped he could become.
Mongrel Marauding Mike turned into the Falcons' nightmare. His dogfighting activities, and a big helping of lying to the feds, cost him around $143 million and possibly 23 months of his freedom.
That dream job of coaching one of the most exciting talents ever to put on cleats and face maniacal linebackers ended up a 3-10 embarrassment, as Bobby P bailed fast out of Atlanta...
Team owner Arthur Blank and the Falcons brass were caught so off guard that they are still trying to figure out who will coach the 3-10 team over the final three games.Bobby P has some truthiness issues. He's heading to Arkansas to take Houston Nutt's old job that became open when the fans ran the coach out of town, all the way to Ole Miss. Sounds like Bobby P and the Hog faithful will get along like pigs in a mud puddle.
Petrino, who was signed from the University of Louisville to a five-year, $24.5 million contract Jan. 8, told him Monday afternoon that he definitely would be back to coach the Falcons in 2008.
It was the second time Blank had asked Petrino about his commitment to the team and the second time Petrino told him he would be back next season.