Falcons Coach Petrino Quits; Signs with Arkansas

Thanks... This is kinda nuts. One of the shortest tenures in league history...

Not as short as...this tenure (http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2000/0104/268868.html)

He also told his coaches in a 10 second meeting. That's SECONDS, as in a division of a minute. He basically said I am resigning to take the job at Arkansas and walked out of the room. WTF is that?

It's not the realizing that the job wasn't for him. It is the way he went about it. At least the Ole' Ballcoach gave it more than one season.

LOL what a joke

Not as short as...this tenure (http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2000/0104/268868.html)

A tip of the hat to you SS. Nice pull. That 2000 template from ESPN.com is a riot. Total throwback.

Not as short as...this tenure (http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2000/0104/268868.html)

So what was it about the Jets that was so bad? Was it really the ownership deal?

Did New England offer him significantly more money?

Of course he has the right to quit and if he goes on to be successful at Arkansas I'm sure he'll be happy that he did.

Just don't expect us to be impressed with a man who takes on a five year challenge and quits when things aren't going well. I've had people quit without notice at my companies before when the stress was piling up, leaving us in the lurch, and I didn't feel warm and fuzzy about them either.

Not so much as a Dear John letter to the guys who he asked to follow him week in and week out? Wow, and I thought the H.S. trend of breaking up with people via text and instant messages was cold and immature. Classless doesn't even begin to describe how lame and cowardly that is.

yes he is part puss-e. plain and simple. Some of you ask why is it so bad?? what a stupid question. if you need to ask, make sure I never have any business dealings with you. If things dont go so well at work do you walk out and quit? If your wife is not as good as you thought after 13 weeks, do you get a divorce? I mean cmon, its all about commitment and integrity and honoring your word. Quit after the season, no problem. And if why he left now is for recruiting purposes, how is that going to help him recruit? who wants to play for a quitter?

I will say this--watching even the five minutes or so of that saints game last night showed just how bad a team looks when everyone has quit. Hell, Petrino was already in the Little Rock of his mind last night, from what I saw.

As bad as things have been over here, and they have been as bad as I've ever experienced, that Atl. situation is maybe more depressing!!! Just no hope there at all right now. My guess is people can't even get angry enough about that team to watch or care or even write on message boards. Petrino didn't see any reason to stick around one more minute, I guess. Back to college to lick his wounds...

Jeff Schultz: Petrino was never up to the job | Sports Columnists | ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2007/12/11/petrino_was_nev.html)

We don't know all the details but I would imagine his ass would have been shit-canned by the end of the year. Can't blame the guy for jumping to safety from a sinking ship. I will say this though, he's a punk if he quit just because there was an opening elsewhere. It's 16 games for god sake and you have 3 to go...I wonder how he'll be able to tell the kids not to quit.

Honestly though, NFL teams really piss me off when they hire from the college ranks. When will they ever fucking lean? Don't hire an amateur to do a professionals job! Especially when there are plenty of qualified and capable coaches in the rank and file. I hope we never ever see the Skins hire from the college ranks again.