Twilight Flyer |
12-13-2007 06:31 PM |
You know, it's almost rather comical to read the stories popping up now about Petrino going to Arkansas. Blanks is beyond ticked, players are calling Petrino a yellow coward and worse, and the whole organization is up in arms against him. Sure, leaving with 3 games left in the season probably isn't the best way to do things, but seriously, can anyone blame him?
Let's break this down.
Blanks hires Petrino, handing him a team that is primed to make a serious run at a Super Bowl within the next couple years, because of what Michael Vick can do on the field. Say what you want about his QBing abilities, he was getting better and when you compound that with is athleticsm and mobility, he added an offensive threat second to none in the NFL.
Petrino comes in and Vick goes down. Now what does Petrino have? A team without a field leader and bench-riding hacks for QB's. Harrington? Leftwich? And who the hell is Redman? Did I miss anyone? Oh yeah, there's Matt Schaub. But wait, Blanks, in his infinite wisdom, decides to trade Schaub to another team. That one will rank right up there with one of the dumbest moves in NFL ownership history.
So Petrino is handed a guaranteed failure of a team with no hope of being anywhere near playoff caliber for several years or more. On top of that, you have players that don't like his style of coaching and players that continue, to this day, to defend a dirtbag like Michael Vick. There isn't a coach in the world that would stay put under those circumstances, especially when an opportunity like Arkansas comes up.
This could have been avoided, too. As devastating as the Vick thing was to the team, there is no shortage of good, capable young back-up QB's out there that the Falcons could have immediately gone after in hopes of salvaging a mediocre season and having something to build on. A draft pick here or there and they would have been laying the groundwork, something to keep their coach in place. Instead, they get Harrington. Then they get Leftwich. Then Redman?
Sheesh. :roll: :roll: :roll:
Bottom line, if Blank and the Falcons want to be mad at someone, they need to get off the Michael Vick bandwagon and label him the dirtbag loser that he is, instead of defending him every chance they get. The fact that the Falcons are in the position they are and that they lost their coach, rests SOLELY on the shoulders of Michael Vick. This is his baby, not Petrino's. As it stands, rather than stand up and accept the reality of the situation, the Falcons are coming across like a bunch of whining asses looking to blame their woes on someone that had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Screw the Falcons. They've shown themselves to be a classless organization from the top down thru the players. I hope they lose for a long time.
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