If you were against hiring Petrino, how do you feel now?

[RonEJones]

Petrino is the guy who has mocked the UK fan base and called us a bunch of bluenecks. And yet some of you are mad he's not here anyway. Some people have no standards obviously. I couldn't care less if we hire a winning coach who isn't a "nice guy" but Petrino's actions go far beyond not just being a nice guy.

We were their biggest rival and he's competitive as hell. Of course he's going to hate us and talk crap. Kind of like Spurrier mocking UT all of the time in public (I can only imagine what he said in private).

BP has no real loyalty. He would have turned on UL in a NY minute had Barney had the sack to interview him. And we would have been able to make him sign whatever we wanted to keep him here for 5+ years.

What people fail to realize is where we are on the food chain. A guy like Petrino has to have issues for us to have a shot at landing him. But we'll pass for the sake of hiring a nice guy who hopefully can win a few games.

 

[buckkiller]

There is no risk for UK. The football program is already a joke. There is only rewards with hiring Petrino.

Bingo!!!

 

[Myotis]

Last I checked all his former Universities are doing just fine.

Just answer the question then. Why did Arkansas fire him?

 

[louisvillesux]

There is no risk for UK. The football program is already a joke. There is only rewards with hiring Petrino.

history and facts dispel that myth. has he ever coached anywhere that he didnt leave a mess behind? this program needed somebody to build it, he was not the man for the job.

 

[skcatfan]

Last I checked all his former Universities are doing just fine.

Now they are but they sure weren't right after he was gone.

 

[dreadpirate_rivals241225]

... or they do not know to much about college football.

You may know football inside and out, but apparently you know nothing about lawsuits filed because your employee is sleeping with a subordinate, said subordinate got the job over more qualified applicants solely because she was sleeping with the guy making the hiring decision, and then having that guy lie to you about it, putting himself, you and your entire university in the line of legal fire. But screw all that, he's good at coaching football!! Let's hire him!! [eyeroll]

 

[John Henry]

I started feeling bad the minute UL signed him. As long as he was at WKU I was OK with it but when he went back to Louisville I knew we may never beat him again. Very sad to have to say that

 

[Icecoldbrewdoggy]

Lots of you were on your moral high horse and are the same ones railing on Stoops now. Fact is, he's an a$$hole. So is Saban. Louisville had the nutsack to commit to winning. We ended up with a good guy... That's a hollow victory to me.

I like Stoops. I like a ton of what he has done. But I'm sick of not being able to enjoy college football.

Comparing Saban to Petrino only shows that you are willing to stick your head in the sand when it comes to morals. I hope you don't have kids.

 

[Icecoldbrewdoggy]

im fine with it, and your premise is wrong. i was against hiring him because he leaves every place worse off than when he arrived. he is not the man to build this program. no idea how so many can be so short sighted.

So many just want to dance around and act cute in the Commonweath parking lot while drunk and mostly overweight.....they've thrown morals and values out the window in the name of Miller/Bud Light. They get fatter every year, lol.

 

[Shavers48]

im fine with it, and your premise is wrong. i was against hiring him because he leaves every place worse off than when he arrived. he is not the man to build this program. no idea how so many can be so short sighted.

he didn't leave WKU worse off.

 

[skcatfan]

he didn't leave WKU worse off.

I would hope not!! He was there for only one year.

 

[Edgehollow]

Fairly certain that all these people lamenting what a bad person Petrino is fail to realize that UK finished this off-season tied for THIRD in the Fulmer cup; an award for teams with most run ins with the law.

Personally, I've made some STUPID decisions in my life that almost cost me everything, so I can be a little more sympathetic to Petrino's plight. Fact of the matter is, since the mess in ARK he's been a model employee at TWO in-state schools. Also, most of the players that have transferred in that were "problems" I'm pretty sure have had no issues. I hope some of you that bemoan them for giving second chances never need one yourself.

I don't need my football coach to be my moral compass. I also don't need him to be Jesus. I want someone that won't embarrass us in the press...but more important, don't embarrass us in the field.

7 years ago, UK was hosting college Gameday and UL was lamenting Steve Kragthorpe. Now, 9 short years later the tide has turned. Let that sink in before you decide if letting a top 5 coach go to your arch-rival was such a genius move.

 

[Kingebeneezer]

history and facts dispel that myth. has he ever coached anywhere that he didnt leave a mess behind? this program needed somebody to build it, he was not the man for the job.

The football program is already mess. If he comes to UK wins and leaves it a mess at least fans get to enjoy some wins.

 

[Myotis]

And if he comes to UK and pulls some stunt like the kind of crap he did at Arkansas and the University gets successfully sued for $50,000,000, the administration and BOT won't be mollified that he won some football games.

 

[CHAMPCAT11]

Did petrino commit a crime? We would all love petrino if he was our coach and winning games, like he has done throughout his successful career.

No we 'ALL' wouldn't because I wouldn't and there are a lot more that feel that way. I wish CMS was never allowed on UK property and losing makes me sick but Petrino truly is a rotten, worthless, total scum bag of a man. He fits right in with that school. This has been beaten to death so I'll stop there.

 

[LeonThe Camel]

This is a new topic I hadn't heard before so I thought I'd better chime in before it went away never to come up again. Petrino is an offensive mind but please stop with this notion that he came in and made chicken salad out of chicken $%%T. The guy has Lamar Jackson and a ton of other talent brought in from very tainted pipeline built up before he even thought about coming back to UL. They cultivated the pipeline with a dirty Hurt and continue it to this day and trailed that. Take Lamar out and you get what you saw last year and the year before from Mr. Genius and that is an under achieving struggling offense with him going back and forth with Bolin and Bonnafin . . . remember!

Lamar Jackson would make anybody look like a hero including is WR and RB who benefit from his dangerous abilities. So ease up people and please stop the obsession

Do you mean to tell us that with a good quarterback a coach looks like he can coach better than when he has an average QB. Tell us something new.
Stoops recruited Barker and Towles. One has left. One remains. The bigger issue is not Petrino and his wunderkind. It is why can't Stoops get Barker to the same or better level.
Barker was a 4 star recruit, considered the 119 best player, ranked 6th as pro-style qb, enrolled early, redshirted and is still day and night behind Jackson.
Jackson was considered 408th best player, 13th best dual-threat qb, and a 3 star.
It has a lot to do with a coach being able to use the player's abilities and fititng in the team scheme.

 

[FickusDuckus]

Lets he honest here, what is 50 mill? A year of SEC money or so. Id give up a decade of SEC money for a winner, out of my own pocket if I had it. If I told you tomorrow that we would win 10 games in 3 years and be a playoff threat if you hired coach A then went on to explain tht coach A had a checkered past but was a brilliant coach. Coach A got a little bit of a big man complex while living hundreds of miles away from his family and had an affair. Coach A also hired his mistress breaking state laws. Coach A was fired but not charged. But Coach A would take us to the promised land guaranteed. Coach A NEVER worked for Louisville.

We'd hire Coach A in a NY minute. Just not Petrino. Its the UK football fallacy...cant get out of our own way. Get used to it kids. You have a lifetime of it. Thankfully Ive only got 20 more years or so to watch this she I it show.

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

I feel against hiring him

 

[LeonThe Camel]

Lets he honest here, what is 50 mill? A year of SEC money or so. Id give up a decade of SEC money for a winner, out of my own pocket if I had it. If I told you tomorrow that we would win 10 games in 3 years and be a playoff threat if you hired coach A then went on to explain tht coach A had a checkered past but was a brilliant coach. Coach A got a little bit of a big man complex while living hundreds of miles away from his family and had an affair. Coach A also hired his mistress breaking state laws. Coach A was fired but not charged. But Coach A would take us to the promised land guaranteed. Coach A NEVER worked for Louisville.

We'd hire Coach A in a NY minute. Just not Petrino. Its the UK football fallacy...cant get out of our own way. Get used to it kids. You have a lifetime of it. Thankfully Ive only got 20 more years or so to watch this she I it show.

The real situation is we would have hired Coach A. But if he was a former Louisville coach, we would not. After all, we hired BCG and EVERYONE knew of his penchant to bend his arm and chase co-eds.

 

[FieldstoneWarrior]

I feel great.

I still don't get the obsession some folks have with Petrino and UofL. The guy has a long history of being a turd and came pretty close to getting Arkansas in major trouble. Yeah, he wins but there's more to it than that. A couple of winning seasons arent worth bankrupting your athletic department.

If we are talking hindsight, the new facilities should've came after the 2007 season and Brooks should've been given a blank check to build this program.

 

[Kats23]

Last I checked all his former Universities are doing just fine.

After a couple hires and some rebuilds sure. UL brought in a lame duck to replace Petrino but in case you forgot, even the AD said it was a mess when all the criminals that couldn't be controlled had to be kicked off. Then the Arkansas coach talked in length about the mess Petrino left him behind. Charlie Strong had to rebuild UL not just bc of Kragthorpe but Bobby too. And so did Bielma with Arkansas.

 

[Icecoldbrewdoggy]

I feel great.

I still don't get the obsession some folks have with Petrino and UofL. The guy has a long history of being a turd and came pretty close to getting Arkansas in major trouble. Yeah, he wins but there's more to it than that. A couple of winning seasons arent worth bankrupting your athletic department.

If we are talking hindsight, the new facilities should've came after the 2007 season and Brooks should've been given a blank check to build this program.

A portion of our fanbase doesn't care about anything but their beer tasting better on Saturday.....at any cost. Bunch of deadbeats, lol.

 

[Beatle Bum]

I still love college football and will enjoy this season. I am not enjoying UK football and suspect I will not this season. But this is the best time of the year!!

And BP is the coach of UL. I wish we could get beyond this redundant debates. SMH

 

[FieldstoneWarrior]

After a couple hires and some rebuilds sure. UL brought in a lame duck to replace Petrino but in case you forgot, even the AD said it was a mess when all the criminals that couldn't be controlled had to be kicked off. Then the Arkansas coach talked in length about the mess Petrino left him behind. Charlie Strong had to rebuild UL not just bc of Kragthorpe but Bobby too. And so did Bielma with Arkansas.

I recall the Louisville folks completely bussing Petrino during the Kragthorpe days. My, how things have changed.

It was reported in local media that WKU didn't even make an effort to keep Petrino. No attempt at a counter offer or anything.

 

[BluffaloSlim]

Too much conflating going on around here when it comes to these "a$$holes". They aren't all the same. Jaywalking and bank robbery are both crimes, but they aren't the same. Saban is short with the media. So, he's a jerk. Not the same as what Petrino has done. And for what all he has done, it's not the same as what Briles is accused of.

I don't need a deacon. I don't want the slimiest guy on earth, even if he is a good coach. Isn't there a middle ground?

For me it's black and white.

I want a winner.

If this winner falls in the slime ball category, so be it.

I want ANYONE who can win.

 

[JPFisher]

No it's not a sport. It's a multi million dollar bussiness.

Sport, business, whatever you want to call it. Are you willing to make a buck or have bragging rights even if it means the players you bring onto campus threaten student safety?

 

[meteordealer]

He quit the NFL by leaving a note on game day....he's a f****** coward.

So did Saban.

 

[buckkiller]

Fairly certain that all these people lamenting what a bad person Petrino is fail to realize that UK finished this off-season tied for THIRD in the Fulmer cup; an award for teams with most run ins with the law.

Personally, I've made some STUPID decisions in my life that almost cost me everything, so I can be a little more sympathetic to Petrino's plight. Fact of the matter is, since the mess in ARK he's been a model employee at TWO in-state schools. Also, most of the players that have transferred in that were "problems" I'm pretty sure have had no issues. I hope some of you that bemoan them for giving second chances never need one yourself.

I don't need my football coach to be my moral compass. I also don't need him to be Jesus. I want someone that won't embarrass us in the press...but more important, don't embarrass us in the field.

7 years ago, UK was hosting college Gameday and UL was lamenting Steve Kragthorpe. Now, 9 short years later the tide has turned. Let that sink in before you decide if letting a top 5 coach go to your arch-rival was such a genius move.

Right on absoF-inglutely!!!

 

[Kingebeneezer]

Sport, business, whatever you want to call it. Are you willing to make a buck or have bragging rights even if it means the players you bring onto campus threaten student safety?

Yes. I don't care about the students.

 

[BARRYBLUE1]

Haven't changed my opinion of him one iota. Once a scumbag, always a scumbag. Those who want him here are also, scumbags.

 

[shutzhund]

Morals much mentioned but only important in connection to the misbehavior of others.

 

[Kingebeneezer]

Haven't changed my opinion of him one iota. Once a scumbag, always a scumbag. Those who want him here are also, scumbags.

Scumbags make the best football coaches.

 

[Soupbean]

Do you mean to tell us that with a good quarterback a coach looks like he can coach better than when he has an average QB. Tell us something new.
Stoops recruited Barker and Towles. One has left. One remains. The bigger issue is not Petrino and his wunderkind. It is why can't Stoops get Barker to the same or better level.
Barker was a 4 star recruit, considered the 119 best player, ranked 6th as pro-style qb, enrolled early, redshirted and is still day and night behind Jackson.
Jackson was considered 408th best player, 13th best dual-threat qb, and a 3 star.
It has a lot to do with a coach being able to use the player's abilities and fititng in the team scheme.

Use your eyes Leon put down the star book. Lamar Jackson is a unique talent with a unique skill set that has become obvious. Kyle Bolin was a pretty high rated passer too and hasn't blossomed under Mr. P's watch has he? The whole point was Lamar Jackson was a game changer for UL no matter who is coaching there and would have done the same thing if he were here and made these coaches look a lot better than they were too - YES, that is what I'm saying.

I'm reacting to the 400 threads that claim NOW that we must have hired the wrong coach because look at what he's doing without considering the Lamar factor at all.

 

[Kingebeneezer]

Use your eyes Leon put down the star book. Lamar Jackson is a unique talent with a unique skill set that has become obvious. Kyle Bolin was a pretty high rated passer too and hasn't blossomed under Mr. P's watch has he? The whole point was Lamar Jackson was a game changer for UL no matter who is coaching there and would have done the same thing if he were here and made these coaches look a lot better than they were too - YES, that is what I'm saying.

I'm reacting to the 400 threads that claim NOW that we must have hired the wrong coach because look at what he's doing without considering the Lamar factor at all.

Who recruited Lamar? Oh yeah...Bobby did.

Edit: and he is clearly a better passer after just one season under Bobby.

 

[Crootin]

Just answer the question then. Why did Arkansas fire him?

Political Correctness. PC, I believe it's called.

Sport, business, whatever you want to call it. Are you willing to make a buck or have bragging rights even if it means the players you bring onto campus threaten student safety?

You mean with BB guns(Barker) or drugs(Hatcher)?

 

[Xception]

So did Saban.

Hitler and JFK were both time magazine person of the year , they just alike

 

[BlueRunner11]

I still love college football and will enjoy this season. I am not enjoying UK football and suspect I will not this season. But this is the best time of the year!!

And BP is the coach of UL. I wish we could get beyond this redundant debates. SMH

For the first time I'll agree with you. Need to let the BP thing go. I wanted him here and NO doubt we would be winning more with him here but it's just not all about winning with the UK fball program and some of our fans.

Status quo, unrealistic moral standards, and loyalty to coaches despite not producing simply plays too much of a role. Therefore what you see is pretty much what we're gonna get until winning takes its same place on the ladder as it does at most schools.

 

[Xception]

All of this ridiculous logic being used makes me so grateful we passed on him

 

[TrollCat_rivals128405]

We'll see how you feel after FSU waxes that azz on Sat, and after Clemson and Houston beat them, and some other random team on their schedule, the linebeards will be questioning if he's the same coach he was during his first tenure. Just like they were last year after the 0-3 start.

[laughing]

 

[FickusDuckus]

Not only did we hire BCG but RAMPANT stories abounded of him needing a personal driver etc. We hired Caland now our fans are "educated" about his past, he is just misunderstood and mislabeled etc. When Rick was here it was well known he was a skirt chaser, rumors of knocking up a cheerleader and multiple affairs were out there (all lies Im sure you pumpers tell me about it please). Sutton was a known drunkard. All these ARE moral issues UNLESS you just want to pick and choose your morals like most holier than thou invisible man worshippers. So what I see from our fanbase is we TALK about morals but in reality if we can hide it...were good. JUST NOT PETRINO! Now if he's a basketball coach, even if hes a serial killer. We will get his record expunged...HIRE HIM YESTERDAY. So goes the life of a UK football fan. The battered child. Yet we keep coming back for more. 61 years of more for this old fool. You got me UK, you got me.