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Bobby Petrino (Lover of Harleys and Volleyball Players)

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fanaticbuckeye;2137660; said:
I disagree with you on the count of he is molding teenagers into men. Now, if we're talking NFL coaching there is not as much of a moral stance and I don't really care.
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100%. The fact that we're still talking about a place of higher learning is where it becomes the business of the employer. No matter what the image is (we northerners obviously don't think much of a lot of Southern schools from an educational standpoint), there's still a board of admissions that wants to be bringing in the highest caliber student - having a publicized cheater on staff is not good for your PR campaign.
 
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"You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has motorcycles. And those motorcycles have to be ridden with girls with blonde hair. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Paul Finebaum? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Arkansas Football and you curse my needs. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that this wreck, while tragic, probably saved our season. And my sexual desires, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves our season...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at tailgate parties, you want me on that blonde. You need me on that blonde.

We use words like pig & sooey...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain my erection to a bunch of psychos who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very football success I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you lose some teeth and become an Auburn fan. Either way, I don't give a d--n what you think you're entitled to!"
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Jessica Dorrell

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120405/SPORTS0203/204050488#ixzz1rIcCmeV7
 
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Andy Staples looks at the AD's choices: Fire a winner, or keep a liar.

SI.com

Arkansas AD Long facing difficult decision amid Petrino scandal

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Long is not the first athletic director to face this type of predicament. In May 1999, Alabama AD Bob Bockrath's coach, Mike DuBose, lied about a relationship with a secretary after she filed a harassment complaint. Ultimately, the truth came out and the school had to pay the woman $350,000. Did Alabama fire DuBose? Nope. It fired Bockrath. (DuBose went on to win the 1999 SEC title and got himself fired in 2000 for losing.)
Petrino, caught red-handed Thursday, threw himself on the mercy of his boss. "I will fully cooperate with the university throughout this process and my hope is to repair my relationships with my family, my athletic director, the Razorback Nation and remain the head coach of the Razorbacks," Petrino said in a statement.
Petrino doesn't sound so sure if Long will keep him. Long certainly sounded angry with his coach, but he didn't shut the door on him. "Certainly when someone isn't as forthcoming as they should have been, certainly it puts the relationship in a different place," Long said. "But, can we overcome that? That's something we've got to work through."
Will Long work through his issues with Petrino? Or will he answer Petrino's betrayal with a pink slip?
Petrino gave Long several reasons to fire him this week. But during the past two seasons, Petrino gave Long 21 reasons to keep him. Long will have to decide which criteria mean more.

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Fiutak acts like it's no big deal. Suspend him for a couple of games against cupcakes, and then move on.

CFN

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Beyond your own sense of right and wrong, if you want to argue that Petrino should be fired because these actions shouldn’t be acceptable at an institution of higher learning, you’re probably in the right.

Top football and basketball coaches are the main representatives of their schools, and for good and bad, they are who the outside world sees. No one knows who the top history professor at the University of Arkansas, but sports fans know Petrino. Over this weekend, your mom will, too, and it’s just that sort of negative publicity that’s the issue for Petrino’s job status.

With the facts as presented at the moment, and with the football season still five months away, the best guess is that Petrino gets suspended and loses a significant chunk of his salary for this season. He might be suspended for two games - you could coach this Hog team to wins over Jacksonville State and UL Monroe – but there’s no way, now how, no chance that he isn’t on the sidelines when Alabama comes to town on September 15th.

However, that’ll be it. There won’t be any second chances from here on, and for a coach with an interesting past, it’ll be a part of his legacy for a long, long time. If he leads Arkansas to another huge season, this will all be forgotten very, very quickly.

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My comments follow.

I'm amazed that so many people that compare other incidents to Tressel's mistakes see almost no difference in somebody cheating themselves and lying to cover their own ass, and not forwarding information received via email about some rules being broken by players.

Petrino hired this young woman to a job in the football department just last week. Even those not bothered much by the fact that he's married should be offended that the highest paid state employee in Arkansas is using his postition to hire a young woman that he wants to run around with.
 
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BB73;2137749; said:
Petrino hired this young woman to a job in the football department just last week. Even those not bothered much by the fact that he's married should be offended that the highest paid state employee in Arkansas is using his postition to hire a young woman that he wants to run around with.
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Yes, and the University had better hope there was not someone else better qualified who also wanted that job.
 
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MaxBuck;2137654; said:
Count me among those who believe extramarital fooling around should not be grounds for terminating a football coach. It may, of course, be grounds for divorce.
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What about lying about the entire thing to his boss's face, and using his influence to have his mistress hired to a department position...likely over more qualified individuals?
 
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