Bobby Petrino now interim Arkansas coach

[beachvol23]

I've tin foil hat thought he's been trying to snipe Pittman's job from under him since he was hired. I thought the writing was on the wall for Pittman since then.

I thought same also, it was just a matter of time. Idk why people are ignoring the fact that Bobby has been running the offense anyway.

IMO, Arky made a huge mistake firing Sam now to put Bobby in. They should’ve named a different interim then found a coach. But that’s their problem not ours! We will hang 60 on them, we have a bye and Josh will have us ready to go!

 

[HeavenUniversity]

If things don’t work out with Petrino, this guy and his assistant should be available in about two months ( or less).

 

[IndianaVol]

1st reaction was Petrino will ball at Arky.
Then I realized two things:
1 - His offense isn't that novel anymore and lots of people know how to gameplan against it now.
2 - It's still the same players and while they may be a little more motivated, im not seeing a 180 type turnaround here.

I know there were circumstances there, but Bobby should have never left Louisville.

 

[Bigorangefaninga]

None of you can tell me that Petrino being the piece of crap he is, didn’t mail it in the last few games hoping to be named interim coach and become a head coach again! He's such a POS I wouldn’t doubt for a second he wouldn’t have done that to get Pittman out of the way. We shall see in 2 weeks if that team from yesterday shows up to Knoxville or the one that gave Ole Miss a heck of a game. 500 plus yards of offense against OM at OM. They have a good offense and our defense will have a hard time against Green. It’s their defense that I’m not sure can stop our offense. Games prob going to be another shootout and no way we beat them by 14+.

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

Arkansas will be a very difficult game with Petrino at the helm. I’m glad we have them at home in front of a hungry for revenge Neyland.

 

[Gannon Goodson]

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[Illinoisvolfan2]

Didn’t they absolutely kick the snot out of us during the Doolittle era??

 

[VolBallGuy]

The greatest example ever of how to hire a guy without having to explain why you hired him.

 

[Vol737]

Didn’t they absolutely kick the snot out of us during the Doolittle era??

Yes. It was embarrassing.

 

[Big Orange Captain]

Didn’t they absolutely kick the snot out of us during the Doolittle era??

Yep 49-7

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Awww Memories

The 1st thing that came to my mind when I heard Bobby was the interim.....

 

[LakeMaryFLVol]

they finally fired Pittman

Arkansas makes decision on Sam Pittman's future

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www.on3.com

 

[CAVPUT]

1st reaction was Petrino will ball at Arky.
Then I realized two things:
1 - His offense isn't that novel anymore and lots of people know how to gameplan against it now.
2 - It's still the same players and while they may be a little more motivated, im not seeing a 180 type turnaround here.

I know there were circumstances there, but Bobby should have never left Louisville.

My first reaction was actually a bit of nausea. Had a flashback to a time I thought I'd purged from my memory where Kevin Steele was our interim head coach. Kinda feel sorry for Arky....well....not really.

 

[OrangeBeerGoggles]

Petrino backdooring his way back into his old gig.

His signing bonus was a new Harley with a custom neck brace.

 

[VolBallGuy]

My first reaction was actually a bit of nausea. Had a flashback to a time I thought I'd purged from my memory where Kevin Steele was our interim head coach. Kinda feel sorry for Arky....well....not really.

I’m still convinced that was a good ole boys gig set up by Fulmer knowing what was going to happen.

 

[GetEmVols]

Petrino has been trying to get Pittman fired I bet.

His offense will all of a sudden be improved now.

 

[84Volfan]

Well

https://247sports.com/college/arkansas/article/travis-williams-fired-at-arkansas-sam-pittman-bobby-petrino-254803647/

 

[kobeevans15]

He's already fired like 3 assistants this morning -- seems like he might be staying more than interim

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

He's already fired like 3 assistants this morning -- seems like he might be staying more than interim

This is his official try out to get his old job back. Their defense has been incredibly bad and needed a change, but it is a tall order to reorganize that side of the ball two weeks before coming to face one of the top offenses in the country.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

He's already fired like 3 assistants this morning -- seems like he might be staying more than interim

Wow, sounds like this was a coup.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Ok, don't think this will happen but can you imagine if they come to Knoxville and win? How damaging to Heupel would that be?

 

[RockyTop140]

If the players had lost hope in Pittman, this could give them a bit of a boost in morale. It shouldn’t matter. If we get off to a good start, unlike at MSU, we will roll

 

[RockyTop140]

Petrino shaking up the staff already

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

This is his official try out to get his old job back. Their defense has been incredibly bad and needed a change, but it is a tall order to reorganize that side of the ball two weeks before coming to face one of the top offenses in the country.

Less than two weeks, really. More like a week and a half

 

[VolCalls]

I thought same also, it was just a matter of time. Idk why people are ignoring the fact that Bobby has been running the offense anyway.

IMO, Arky made a huge mistake firing Sam now to put Bobby in. They should’ve named a different interim then found a coach. But that’s their problem not ours! We will hang 60 on them, we have a bye and Josh will have us ready to go!

Here we go with the "we're going to hang 60 on them" posts, and it's only day two. As with Miss State, this will be a tougher game than anticipated, now that Bobby is calling the shots. He's a master tactician and is now in control of the entire game plan.