I had big plans of writing something hopefully thought provoking and interesting tonight, but that was before this news hit the airwaves about my beloved Razorbacks. If it takes Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long longer than the weekend to send Bobby Petrino packing, it will only make a bad thing worse.The University of Arkansas must fire Bobby Petrino, and I say this as the biggest Arkansas Razorback football fan in New York State, because even in Arkansas the football coach can't have an inappropriate relationship with an employee on his staff, unless it's his cousin. This isn't about her qualifications, it is about his professional misconduct - and yes, both of them should be fired. I am well aware that Rick Pitino cheated on his wife and got a raise, but this isn't a private matter - she worked for him. If Petrino is looking for the Pitino treatment, he should have stayed in Louisville.
I had huge hopes for the upcoming season with home games against both LSU and Alabama - the football team is loaded with talent. Tyler Wilson is 2 home game wins away from being a Heisman Trophy frontrunner, and the success the football program has had is unquestionably a result of the work of Bobby Petrino. Professional misconduct as demonstrated by the coach does outweigh all the good though, and the University of Arkansas would be wise to follow the model of the US Navy and enforce a zero tolerance policy when it comes to inappropriate relationships with subordinates.
I'm off to drink a bottle or two... and ponder what could have been an upcoming season that represented the best opportunity for a National Championship in my lifetime to date. To what might have been...
P.S. Hire Garrick McGee!
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