Bye Bye Bobby

So Petrino is gone. I'm honestly surprised that it happened; I figured that SEC Football would rule the day and value 21 wins over the last two years and a top ten finish in 2011-12 over honesty and integrity. But I was mistaken. The athletic director decided to come down on the side of integrity and do the upstanding, moral thing....yeah, right. He decided to save his own skin is what he did. If Petrino stayed on they were looking at potential lawsuits, maybe over 100, from all the job applicants who were passed over so that Petrino could hire his mistress. There is also the possibility of a state investigation into the $20,000 in cash that Petrino gave her. That's way too much heat for a guy who already had a reputation and who has only been on campus for a few years. There's also this: you let Petrino stay and he keeps winning, in a year or two he's untouchable. He's King of the Campus and will one day be crying crocodile tears as you pack your bags when he gets you forced out as athletic director. This was all about self preservation for the AD here.

As for Bobby? Well, he was both wrong and stupid. Everything he did wold have been just as bad if he were single. Hooking up with a an engaged woman, giving her a job and cash. Using his work phone to communicate with her after hours and during work hours. None of that is OK under any circumstances. This is not a Rick Pitino situation; Pitino cheated on his wife but had the sense to not do his dirt in a way that made his employer liable for anything. That's why he's still at Louisville. This is closer to Dave Bliss, who involved his school and members of his staff in trying to slander a player of his who'd been murdered by a teammate. For the time being Petrino is unemployable; he'll probably catch on as an assistant somewhere but I don't think anyone will trust him as a head coach for a while. He didn't break NCAA rules in an effort to win, which I think most people would be willing to let go if they thought he could win for them. He acted in a way that put his employer in jeopardy. That's a whole different thing.

Bobby fell victim to the need every man has to be considered a stud, whether it be on the playing field, the job, in public, or in the bedroom. He was already getting that feeling in three of those things, but he had to go for number four. And it did him in. I bet having Ms. Dorrell riding on his bike and doing who knows what else made him feel awesome. Now it probably just feels stupid, and not worth it. He lost his job and he may lose his family. A wise man told me once that you don't risk your head for a piece of tail. Petrino apparently never got the memo.