Monday, September 24, 2012

How bad is it? The Arkansas edition

Since some of you are asking, I'll give you my take on one of the biggest dumpster fires in college football. And fair warning, you ask me for my opinion. While I find some personal enjoyment in the events that are taking place down in Fayetteville I can certainly understand in some ways what Arkansas fans are feeling right now to some degree. I'm a Tennessee fan still hanging on to past glory that now seems so long ago. Even though the Razorbacks don't have the same storied football tradition as the Vols, its a program that was enjoying recent success and was well on its way to seeing that success continue until Bobby Petrino lost control of the motor cycle he was riding and soon after lost his job. There's a little more to this story but I must warn you, I'm a win at all cost kinda guy.

Arkansas's Moral dilemma
After the Petrino crash that ultimately uncovered the affair with a smoking hot 25 year old University of Arkansas employee, it put it's president and AD in the middle of a moral decision. They took the high road and ousted Petrino and decided that wasn't the image they wanted for the program. Fine. Look at the image you portray now. You went from competing for BCS bowls to getting beat by teams that are not even in a automatic qualifying BCS conference. Well done. That's tough to do and you managed to do it in the span of about 7 months. That's impressive by any standards. Throw in your new head coach and his baggage and you successfully set your program back at least 5 years. And don't fool yourself into thinking you will ever be as good as were under Petrino. You wont. And those of you who say it's not all about winning football games, it is, or you wouldn't be so pissed that your team is a disaster right now. Do you think national media would be saying  "Arkansas is 4-0 but that Petrino is a sleazy unfaithful s.o.b.') No. I don't think so. Most of you wanted him gone and you got what you wished for. And most of the same ones who wanted him gone cant believe where your program is at right now. Bottom line is once the season started and the Razorbacks played liked the preseason top ten team that they would have been under Petrino most would have forgotten his misuse of power and bad judgement. And if you really had great morals, you wouldn't have hired him in the first place. It's not like Petrino had the image of a guy with high moral values. He lied to Louisville all the way up until the day he left for Atlanta, had numerous run-ins with player's and ownership there, and then left a note in the locker room letting them know he was walking out on them. Not exactly a poster boy for class and integrity. Then for his replacement, you hire a guy who walked out on his program before coaching a game, had to file bankruptcy because of some alleged bad investments and, is an absolute terrible head coach to boot.

Whats Next?
So now you ask, where can we go from here?There's not alot to say really. Nowhere but up I guess.
Because it cant get much worse

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