December 04, 2004

Ole Miss offers Petrino

Tony Barnhart (from the field at the Georgia Dome) just said on CBS during Army-Navy halftime that Ole Miss has offered Louisville Head Coach Bobby Petrino $1.2-1.7 million to replace the fired David Cutcliffe. He also said Louisville is expected to make a counter-offer.

Posted by Jeff Quinton

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1. Josh McClain says:

   posted on December 4, 2004 05:18 PM — link

   If I was Petrino, I would avoid that job like the Plague.

   Not that Ole Miss doesn't deserve a good coach. It's just another school, just like Notre Dame, who's powerful boosters have a self-inflated sense of how big they should be, that doesn't match reality.

   Ole Miss won the SEC West last year. And he had winning seasons for, what, five straight years? That should have given him quite a bit of leverage and patience from the Higher ups at Mississippi. Instead he got a pink slip.

   Stay at Louisville Bobby. You could win it next year and get yourself that elusive BCS bid.

2. Pete Holiday says:

   posted on December 4, 2004 05:36 PM — link

   I'm with Josh on this one... but let's suppose he takes the bait... wanting to play in the SEC worse than anything.

   Now over the past two years, look at the coaching aquisitions:

   Alabama: Shula (proving a lot of doubters wrong)
   MS State: Croom (doing well with what he's got)
   South Car: Spurrier
   Florida: Urban Meyer
   Ole Miss: Petrino

   Add that group to Saban, Richt, and Fulmer... goodness. If you thought there was parity in the SEC before... just wait.

   I'm not sure if this is great or awful for the SEC. It's certainly not good for the member teams.

3. Phillip Williams says:

   posted on December 6, 2004 11:24 AM — link

   I disagree with both of you. It is the greatest conference in the US. I guess if he is scared to get in with the big boys he should stay though.

4. From SEC College Football - Fanblogs.com

   pinged on Dec 7, 2004 10:02 AM

   Scratch Ron Zook and Bobby Petrino from the coaching candidate list at Ole Miss. Zook is poised to accept the Illinois head coaching position today, and Ole Miss officials were notified that Petrino was no longer interested in the Rebels' job. Both coa...