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Bobby Petrino (Lover of Harleys and Volleyball Players)

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NFBuck;2139510; said:
Just think of the comedy that would come three years down the line if they were to hire Petrino. Crashes his hog into Neyland Stadium with a lady vol...
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Desperation is a stinky perfume.
Unless Lil D can get them a 10 win season in the next two years, he's almost certainly gone.

Currently, Vandy-Pants has more momentum that UT and that's outrageous.
 
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LSUFreak finally has time to weigh in on this one:


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Andy Staples points out some of Long's reasoning.

SI.com

Arkansas was ultimately left with no other option but to fire Petrino

In a review spurred by the revelation that Petrino had lied about whether he had a passenger when he crashed his motorcycle April 1, Long uncovered two numbers that had to end any debate about whether Arkansas could keep Petrino.

159: The number of applicants for the job Jessica Dorrell was hired for on March 28.

$20,000: The amount Petrino paid to Dorrell in cash before he hired her.

In statements Thursday and Tuesday, Petrino, who is married with four children, acknowledged an inappropriate relationship with mystery passenger Dorrell. Long's review discovered that the relationship began long before Petrino hired Dorrell. Long also discovered that the job search -- which included two other finalists -- was "shorter than our normal affirmative action hiring process." In other words, Petrino used a truncated search to hire his mistress to a job for which she may not have been the most qualified applicant.

Had Arkansas kept Petrino, it would have turned the other 158 applicants into plaintiffs. Attorneys would have descended on Fayetteville screaming Sue Pig Woooooie!

Those people would have made easy money, too. Some of the millions in donations Petrino brought in by winning might have turned into settlement funds. In the future, university employees would have faced difficulty firing anyone over an inappropriate office relationship. The fired party could simply hire an attorney, who would, in much more polished legalese, say something to the tune of, "But you kept Bobby Petrino."

"By itself, coach Petrino's consensual relationship with Ms. Dorrell prior to her joining the football staff was not against university policy," Long said. "By itself, it's a matter between individuals and their families. However, in this case, coach Petrino abused his authority when over the past few weeks, he made a staff decision and personal choices that benefitted himself and jeopardized the integrity of the football program.

"In short, coach Petrino engaged in a pattern of misleading and manipulative behavior designed to deceive me and members of the athletics staff both before and after the motorcycle accident."

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Petrino's statement after learning he'd been terminated "for cause". The "for cause" thing is rather significant when your contract buyout is in the $18 million range.

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``I was informed in writing today at 5:45 p.m. that I was being terminated as head football coach at the University of Arkansas.

The simplest response I have is: I'm sorry. These two words seem very inadequate. But that is my heart. All I have been able to think about is the number of people I've let down by making selfish decisions. I've taken a lot of criticism in the past. Some deserved, some not deserved. This time, I have no one to blame but myself.

I chose to engage in an improper relationship. I also made several poor decisions following the end of that relationship and in the aftermath of the accident. I accept full responsibility for what has happened.

I'm sure you heard (athletic director) Jeff Long's reasons for termination. There was a lot of information shared. Given the decision that has been made, this is not the place to debate Jeff's view of what happened. In the end, I put him in the position of having to sort through my mistakes and that is my fault.

I have hurt my wife Becky and our four children. I've let down the University of Arkansas, my team, coaching staff and everyone associated with the Razorback football program."

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"In short, coach Petrino engaged in a pattern of misleading and manipulative behavior designed to deceive me and members of the athletics staff both before and after the motorcycle accident."
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And his handling of leaving the Atlanta Falcons showed him to be different than a deceitful, misleading and manipulative person? Serves them right for hiring the guy in the first place.
 
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I chose to engage in an improper relationship. I also made several poor decisions following the end of that relationship and in the aftermath of the accident.
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I am confuse as to when the relationship ended.

Am I to understand that she was leaving her car in parking lots and riding on the back of his bike in the absence of a relationship?

Or is it simply that as she was slipping off the back of the bike he said to himself "Well, that's over."?
 
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Oh8ch;2139587; said:
I am confuse as to when the relationship ended.

Am I to understand that she was leaving her car in parking lots and riding on the back of his bike in the absence of a relationship?

Or is it simply that as she was slipping off the back of the bike he said to himself "Well, that's over."?
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What? If friends can listen to "Endless Love" in the dark together, surely they can ride a motorcycle together.
 
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To avoid conflicts of interest which may result from such employment, immediate family members should not participate in decisions to hire, retain, promote or determine the salary of the other.

For purposes of this policy, ?immediate family member? shall mean an employee?s spouse, children of the employee or his or her spouse, and brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, or parents, whether by blood or marriage of the employee or his or her spouse
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Given that it's Arkansas... is it even possible to hire anyone at all? Does the family tree around there fork at all?

(Insert "forking" joke here)

(Add "inserting" joke here)
 
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