Just saw this

[o_dawgnabit]

I decided to go through Louisville message boards to entertain myself this morning. There is one thread that mentioned that Sirmons contract at Louisville is $950,000. That is a $350,000 raise from what he had at State. With all these AD’s around the country making terrible management decisions, that has to be up towards the top of the list

 

[Philly Dawg]

I’d like to do a terrible job, get fired, and get hired somewhere else for 350k more. Anyone hiring?

 

[The Usual Suspect]

I’d like to do a terrible job, get fired, and get hired somewhere else for 350k more. Anyone hiring?

Try politics!

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

It was all about optics for Louisville. They needed to convince their fans that they were Superior to MSU and were able to hire our DC away while we got stuck with their old one.

 

[Go Budaw]

It was all about optics for Louisville. They needed to convince their fans that they were Superior to MSU and were able to hire our DC away while we got stuck with their old one.

100% this. It’s so damn backwards, but its the only reason that makes sense. The funny thing is that Petrino would be petty enough to do something like this. His fragile ego is why he will never be an elite coach. Also don’t forget about him initially blocking only MSU from that grad transfer that wound up at Tennessee. His ******** is strong, and when you look at incidents like that its not hard to read between the lines as to what really happened with the “trade”.

 

[jakldawg]

Considering this is the Louisville AD* we're talking about, this decision barely makes the top 10 list of "bad decisions" there.
*correction: former AD (and we all know Papa John is the de-facto AD)

 

[thatsbaseball]

If you really want a head scratcher...look up Lovie Smith at Ill.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Sirmon Viper Defense

 

[KentuckyDawg13]

Petrino saw a young/upcoming DC and took a gamble knowing his judgement would not be questioned by Sirmon unlike Grantham, whom did not see eye-to-eye on anything. Grantham's presence bothered the mistress-having HC so much that he wanted to have someone else there that would not question anything. Enter young/clueless Sirmon.
MSU definitely got the best deal of the DC trade, it's been fun razzing UofL peeps here in daVille.

 

[coach66]

It's pretty clear at this point that Sirmon doesn't know what he is doing. He

will be looking again in a month.

 

[tatedog]

Petrino saw a young/upcoming DC and took a gamble knowing his judgement would not be questioned by Sirmon unlike Grantham, whom did not see eye-to-eye on anything. Grantham's presence bothered the mistress-having HC so much that he wanted to have someone else there that would not question anything. Enter young/clueless Sirmon.
MSU definitely got the best deal of the DC trade, it's been fun razzing UofL peeps here in daVille.

Honestly I just think Petrino wanted a guy who could get his offense back on the field quickly. Boy did he find him.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Good one.

 

[thf24]

will be looking again in a month.

He'll be looking for a position coach job. It couldn't be more clear now that his two awful defenses in his DC career are completely on him after our defense went from one of the worst in the country to statistically one of the best with mostly the same players in the span of a year; he won't be getting another shot at a DC job any time soon. Honestly I feel a little bad for the guy. It's not his fault people keep throwing nice jobs at him. He'd be best served at this point by finding a position coach job under a good DC he can learn from and working his way up the right way.

 

[HumpDawgy]

He should have time soon to join his family in Nashville.