Petrino - not riding solo (and fired at Louisville)

Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L) · Dec 15, 2014

I'd buy one of these.

Boom_70 · Dec 15, 2014

Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L) said:

I'd buy one of these.
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Nah - I don't the font and layout. Font should be bolder and "Bobby Petrino"
should have arched around the Razorback. Also be better if the gave it
a weathered look.

YGBFKM · Apr 7, 2012

After listening to a fairly large sample of Hog fans the last two days, I hope Petrino doesn't get fired, leads to team to another 10 wins, then quits the day after the bowl game via Twitter, announcing he has accepted a position as the new coach-in-waiting at Texas.

Mizzougrad96 · Apr 7, 2012

YGBFKM said:

After listening to a fairly large sample of Hog fans the last two days, I hope Petrino doesn't get fired, leads to team to another 10 wins, then quits the day after the bowl game via Twitter, announcing he has accepted a position as the new coach-in-waiting at Texas.
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I'm completely convinced he's not getting fired.

YankeeFan · Apr 7, 2012

Mizzougrad96 said:

YGBFKM said:

After listening to a fairly large sample of Hog fans the last two days, I hope Petrino doesn't get fired, leads to team to another 10 wins, then quits the day after the bowl game via Twitter, announcing he has accepted a position as the new coach-in-waiting at Texas.
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I'm completely convinced he's not getting fired.
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This is a state university.

Getting a girl you're fucking has to be against all kinds of rules. And, I'm sure they broke all kinds of job posting rules just to get her a job.

They can't let him stay. Impossible. He's a state employee. He can't just break every rule.

If they don't fire him, it'll be a mess the next time some low level guy breaks ethics rules.

Plus, a lot more info is bound to come out. If they don't fire him now, they will wish they did.

YGBFKM · Apr 7, 2012

But he's won 21 games the last two seasons!

SockPuppet · Apr 7, 2012

Via John Walters on Twitter:

Petrino T-shirt I'd make (print on back): "If You Can Read This, My Student-Athlete Development Coordinator Just Fell Off."

zagoshe · Apr 7, 2012

freqposter said:

As one who has been in this guy's proverbial shoes (sigh), I can tell you exactly how it probably all went down. At least from his point of view.

A few months back, on a thread about "how to pick up a woman in a bar", I wrote the following:

Always tell a smart girl that she's pretty and a pretty girl that she's smart.

Jessica Dorrell is one of those women who, all her life, has probably had teenage boys and men stuttering and bumbling when striking up conversation with her and always commenting on her beauty.

Bobby Petrino is many things but he is not an idiot -- at least not when it comes to getting what he wants. When he is trying to lock down a recruit, he probably needs a different "sell" item than the other 100 schools.

When he met Dorrell, he probably told her that she's intelligent and bright and not just "dang, yew must be them thar purdiest girl in all o' Arkansaw..."

He probably charmed her through pleasantries about how smart she is. Then Dorrell goes home and thinks about this, especially when she looks at her fiance. He's a young guy and working his way up the chain but, here is, Bobby F'n Petrino saying that she's intelligent.

And she finds herself smitten.

After a few weeks, he probably says, "I think you're really smart and should have this newly-created position within the football department." THIS is ultimate hubris... even *I* recognize this.

Petrino is probably a guy who can make amazing eye contact when trying to sign a speedster. A woman can be no different. Just as men love beauty and a certain physique, women are attracted to confidence and power (NOT necessarily money -- but, given Petrino's average physical characteristics, the money probably helped in this case).

How it happens:
They're both feeling empty. Perhaps Petrino's home life is one where his wife doesn't acknowledge his daily victories (a major signee, an endorsement deal, etc). She probably got tired of him after his first big check at Louisville.

Perhaps Dorrell is stuck with the "do I marry this swimming coach or not" dilemma as wedding day approaches? I imagine both were adrift at the exact same time and it happened. Quickly.

I know. I've been there.

I was once at a Barnes & Noble, buying something in the kids department for a neighbor's birthday party and in walked this woman - same age as me - who was stunning. Every man in the bookstore was looking at her. I had no business even catching her radar. Eyes locked. I was confident, bold and funny. I commented on her intelligence. Lots. We both talked about our unhappy home lives.

Ten days later, it's a full-blown affair. That's how quickly it can happen. Probably would have been the next day if she wasn't in "women's ministry" at her church.

The next day, I get a note: "what made you so different is that you don't just see beauty. You see that I am a thoughtful and intelligent person". That's how it happens.

Back to the Petrino/Dorrell Mess:
- I am shocked if he did all of the communication via a state-issued/university-issued phone. That's unbelievably stupid (just as the actual actions were). Also an amateur move. Use "tossaway email accounts" to communicate. Use Google Voice for texting (untraceable).

- This meeting 20 miles from Fayetteville is the most plausible element of an affair. They meet in an out-of-the-way place where they can spend time and, they hoped, not run into anyone they know. For Petrino, this is a special challenge and may explain why he wasn't wearing a helmet. (He couldn't leave the house with TWO helmets missing -- the wife might notice this). It would probably still be going on if he hadn't wrecked the bike.

Yet the lie - not to his family - but to the school and media -- will do him in. What he needed to do, to save his hide, was apologize to Dorrell right then and there and remind her that she would have to catch her own way back to her car (or to town). Whatever money he had on him he should have given to her.

Petrino had many, MANY "outs" in this situation and screwed it up from the moment the bike was wrecked.
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I see Boots has officially resurfaced.......

Key · Apr 7, 2012

I'm with Mizzou. I'm completely convinced Petrino survives. I'm not even sure that I would agree that he HAS to be fired. Certainly this is all grounds for firing, but I'm not in the "automatic firing" camp.

Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L) · Dec 15, 2014

Will Petrino be fired? The bookmakers have it as a coin flip

I'd probably bet "NO"

YankeeFan · Apr 7, 2012

If he doesn't get fired, what happens when a middle manager at the Department of Motor Vehicles gets his unqualified girlfriend a job, and doesn't go through the proper hiring procedures to do so? And, lies to his superiors about their relationship?

If they fire that guy, he's got one hell of a law suit.

They have to fire this guy. Have to. He's not just a football coach, he's a state employee. They'd be setting a precedent if they keep him.

Beaker · Apr 7, 2012

YankeeFan said:

If he doesn't get fired, what happens when a middle manager at the Department of Motor Vehicles gets his unqualified girlfriend a job, and doesn't go through the proper hiring procedures to do so? And, lies to his superiors about their relationship?

If they fire that guy, he's got one hell of a law suit.

They have to fire this guy. Have to. He's not just a football coach, he's a state employee. They'd be setting a precedent if they keep him.
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And probably the highest-paid state employee...

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