Falcons Coach Petrino Quits; Signs with Arkansas

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Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

You know what this says? Maybe DeAngelo Hall isn't as crazy as we thought he was. He was saying the whole time that basically Petrino was not a NFL coach. Turns out he was right all along...

Hall really laid into Petrino yesterday, Brookings as well. If I'm the parent of a child being recruited by Arkansas first question I'd ask though is "How do we know you won't bail on the Razorbacks in a few months?"

He's entitled to do what he wants I suppose, but-and it's been reiterated across this thread-there's a right way to do things. Petrino lied to his owner, players, and fellow coaches; especially Blank who asked him just before the Saints game if the Arkansas rumor was true. And Petrino lied and said no.
Totally classless.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Hall really laid into Petrino yesterday, Brookings as well. If I'm the parent of a child being recruited by Arkansas first question I'd ask though is "How do we know you won't bail on the Razorbacks in a few months?"

He's entitled to do what he wants I suppose, but-and it's been reiterated across this thread-there's a right way to do things. Petrino lied to his owner, players, and fellow coaches; especially Blank who asked him just before the Saints game if the Arkansas rumor was true. And Petrino lied and said no.
Totally classless.

We really don't know the whole story of what has gone on over the time that he has been the head coach for Atlanta. Maybe he wanted to keep the other QB (forgot his name) and the owner went around him and traded him off getting things started on the wrong foot. I agree that it may not have been handled in the best way but the point I was making that other thing may have been involved.

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PFT says Adam Schefter is reporting that Emmitt Thomas will be the interim head coach.

Emmitt Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Originally Posted by 70Chip

PFT says Adam Schefter is reporting that Emmitt Thomas will be the interim head coach.

Nice. I thought it might be former Redskins coaches Bill Musgrave or Hue Jackson, but instead it's our old DB coach from back in the day.

We are talking about the same Emmitt Thomas right?

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Nice. I thought it might be former Redskins coaches Bill Musgrave or Hue Jackson, but instead it's our old DB coach from back in the day.

We are talking about the same Emmitt Thomas right?

The very same. D-Backs coach for Super Bowls 22 and 26. He's coached for a bunch of different teams. He's what you would call an old hand.

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Originally Posted by firstdown

We really don't know the whole story of what has gone on over the time that he has been the head coach for Atlanta. Maybe he wanted to keep the other QB (forgot his name) and the owner went around him and traded him off getting things started on the wrong foot. I agree that it may not have been handled in the best way but the point I was making that other thing may have been involved.

You talking about Matt Schaub?