Palmetto Proving Grounds

They won't get rid of him...do I wish they would? YES, he is a snake and has had our number as of late...the wins + the $ is too much to let go

Am I the only one that wants him to stay so we can start getting some revenge on him? I want to beat arky in the worst way.

if the ad has any balls he will fire him. how can you have someone who lies to your face, covers up sexual affair with employee who got her job by having affair, to run your muti-millon dollar program with developing young people. he had the uni. put out info falsely to say he was only person in accident. look at his past, why was he hired by jeff long to begin with. one reason and one alone, WIN-WIN - AND WIN SOME MORE. if this is all they care about they will find a way to keep him. but because of how this has become a national issue and is not going away soon, many people(president,trustees,attorneys,doners, faculty,fans and ect.) will be involved. with all this involved, it must be decided soon, like a few days imp. i dont think they have a choice but to fire him in light of all the recent scandals in college athletics, but will winning trump the right thing? stay tuned!

Now that I'm kind of getting to be an old fart, I try to get "both" sides of a story; I took the time and found a couple of differing opinions. Low's post that JW posted is kinda a combination of Pat Forde's post on Yahoo sport NCAAF page and the post on Arkansas 247 site's front page for a post by one of their regular contributors. Am trying to be objective here and considering this instance on its own, the affair(s?) are the family's business, the lack of being entirely/totally truthful and the potential for lawsuits (and possible NCAA infractions?) probably has the school's administration and lawyers puckered up so tight you couldn't push a pin in their bum w/ a jackhammer. If what Forde reports/writes is true, this is a self fulfilling prophecy and no one, anywhere, should be surprised - this was a when situation, not an if situation.

If I had to bet a 12 pack, I'd say he will be let go due to politics and legalities of being a state employee - not trying to ride the fence here, BUT we all know everyone loves a winner, the Upstate folks still revere their coach of 30 years ago, SO - if there are some boosters($ and politics) who want him to stay I would not be surprised in the least if he was kept one after some financial penalty and/or suspension. It would not hurt my feelings at all if he left, his personal ethics/morals may be questionable, but if you are honest w/ yourself the guy is an excellent offensive coach who just seems to wear us out.

JMO, but I think the AD is pissed royally and embarrassed by the whole thing, and all things being equal would terminate the pos Petrino. BUT, there are the sticky legal issues, contracts, and complications because of her employment situation. I think the leave was a way to address getting him away from the program, which is what Long wanted, and give the lawyers time to sort through the potential repercussions of termination. I agree that there are lawyers hammering out things, and that will go a long way into the final outcome.

i have heard or seen anything that has said that he was banging this girl, do we even know if her boyfriend was there and knew she was going for a ride, I don't know maybe I just missed it.

Petrino acknowledged "a previous inappropriate relationship".

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-arkansas-bobby-petrino-put-on-leave-for-inappropriate-relationship-20120406,0,4008640.story

So yeah, he was banging the chick and had the University paying her to be his squeeze. That's his problem. Mike Price could have gone to a strip joint, but when he put it on his University of Alabama credit card he got fired.

As a falcon fan and a Gamecock fan all I gotta say is "eff you bobby and karma is a real beotch". He is a POS in every sense of the word.

ESPN showed the clause in Petrino's contract that allows UA to fire him for misconduct "as determined solely by the university." So they're holding all the cards.

Kelso, to your "holding all the cards", the school has a royal flush, question is do they bet the house and keep him or do they fold and let him go. There is a recent former President from Arkansas who doesn't classify fellatio as sex, if the school is of a similar mindset then their football coach will be back next year. I would imagine the AD and chancellor are men who are full of pride - with egos that go with it. Ignoring all the potential legal ramifications, the school went to bat for him initially, now after the rest of the story, like C&L noted, his boss looks "bad" in the national media, I'm guessing the skids are greased for his being let go.

PS - check out the 247 website for Arkansas, now they have a post about recruits' reaction to the story, can't believe they would think it was a good idea, let alone post it, safe to say it's easy to figure out where the author/website stands.

Sorry C&L, but I call foul. There can be no mention of a turnip truck without crediting Funky for his use of the term on this board.

Just messing with you, but I do miss Funky's posts.