YardRat
12-14-2007, 08:08 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-12-13-4190722396_x.htm
Bobby Petrino's departure from Atlanta to Arkansas isn't exactly unexpected. Petrino wouldn't have gone to the Falcons if he'd known his quarterback would be suspended and then go to jail for his dogfighting activities.
But Michael Vick's problems notwithstanding, Petrino's quick exit is another example that coaching in the colleges and coaching in the NFL are very different things.
Make Jimmy Johnson the exception and then look at the rest of the high-profile coaches who have failed to come close to their college success in the NFL: Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban, Dennis Erickson, Butch Davis, Rich Brooks and Mike Riley to name six. All are back in college again, although Saban, Davis and Spurrier haven't won as much as they did in the past.
Another example of a college coach unsuited for the NFL: Barry Switzer, who won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys after the 1995 season, but did it with talent acquired by Johnson, and earned the nickname "Bozo the Coach" for some questionable strategic decisions. Switzer is now teaming with Johnson in a TV studio.
Bobby Petrino's departure from Atlanta to Arkansas isn't exactly unexpected. Petrino wouldn't have gone to the Falcons if he'd known his quarterback would be suspended and then go to jail for his dogfighting activities.
But Michael Vick's problems notwithstanding, Petrino's quick exit is another example that coaching in the colleges and coaching in the NFL are very different things.
Make Jimmy Johnson the exception and then look at the rest of the high-profile coaches who have failed to come close to their college success in the NFL: Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban, Dennis Erickson, Butch Davis, Rich Brooks and Mike Riley to name six. All are back in college again, although Saban, Davis and Spurrier haven't won as much as they did in the past.
Another example of a college coach unsuited for the NFL: Barry Switzer, who won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys after the 1995 season, but did it with talent acquired by Johnson, and earned the nickname "Bozo the Coach" for some questionable strategic decisions. Switzer is now teaming with Johnson in a TV studio.