Sean Salisbury On Arkansas (1 Viewer)

[css2373]

He was saying that if he had a kid playing high school football that he would tell them not to go to Arkansas or if he was coming out of high school that he would stay away from the school. Everyone knows that what Petrino did was competely wrong, but to go on a station that weilds so much power and tell kids and families to stay away from a university is highly irresponsible and unprofessional.

Of course this is coming from one of the biggest headcases when he was playing QB. He had alot of talent, he just couldn't keep it together mentally.

Watch him waterdown the NFL by saying that every current player and coach is "Great." He uses that word more than Britney Spears says Dang Yall! He lacks any imagination or creativity and just says things fast and loud. I seriously doubt that he thinks about what he is going to say and how it will affect others.

Just my 2 pennies.

 

[gregjcross]

He was saying that if he had a kid playing high school football that he would tell them not to go to Arkansas or if he was coming out of high school that he would stay away from the school. Everyone knows that what Petrino did was competely wrong, but to go on a station that weilds so much power and tell kids and families to stay away from a university is highly irresponsible and unprofessional. Of course this is coming from one of the biggest headcases when he was playing QB. He had alot of talent, he just couldn't keep it together mentally.Watch him waterdown the NF by saying that every current player and coach is "Great." He uses that word more than Britney Spears says Dang Yall! He lacks any imagination or creativity and just says things fast and loud. I seriously doubt that he thinks about what he is going to say and how it will affect others.Just my 2 pennies.

Salisbury gets paid to have opinions not be balanced. Petrino is a moron, whether that should affect Arkansas or not is open to debate. They did hire him.Edited to say......... Petrino slapped the entire league in the face by walking out like that. Almost any NFL job is an honor to have and he had the support of the owner, a strong one, and a free pass to build the way he needed to. He wasnt missing any draft picks heading into next year and he flat out quit, like an overgrown baby. Nothing makes me more sick.

 

[ninerfanatic492000]

i feel bad for the arkansas players, but however #$^& Petrino

 

[Rodeojones]

Salisbury knows what he is talking about.

 

[eom]

sounds like a barefoot arkansas homer.

it would actually be the responsible thing to do if he was steering kids away from a bad situation, but like that other guy said, he's paid to voice his opinion on air.

psshh...if you think that's bad, you should listen to them rip petrino on sirius.

they effectively invited the guy to their studio to beat him up.

 

[Blueb]

He was saying that if he had a kid playing high school football that he would tell them not to go to Arkansas or if he was coming out of high school that he would stay away from the school. Everyone knows that what Petrino did was competely wrong, but to go on a station that weilds so much power and tell kids and families to stay away from a university is highly irresponsible and unprofessional.

Of course this is coming from one of the biggest headcases when he was playing QB. He had alot of talent, he just couldn't keep it together mentally.

Watch him waterdown the NFL by saying that every current player and coach is "Great." He uses that word more than Britney Spears says Dang Yall! He lacks any imagination or creativity and just says things fast and loud. I seriously doubt that he thinks about what he is going to say and how it will affect others.

Just my 2 pennies.

What is irresponsible and unprofessional is to lie to a bunch of men that you coach; to preach to them about ethics, morals, excellence, determination, introspection, loyalty, teamwork and devotion, and then to desert them the next day for more dollars. And then, to do this again to the next group of men you coach. And then to do it a third time.College coaches have a lot of influence over athletes that are still teen agers. Their influence isn't limited to the football field. They do help shape the moral framework of kids coming out of the program. Every single adult that cares about college coaches has every right to shout from the rooftops about what an unloyal scumbag Petrino is. And if I were a parent with 17 year-old athlete you bet I'd want someone to warn me about Petrino so I could send him to a chool with a coach that was worthy of that role.

The second part of your rant against Salsbury may be warranted. But it has nothing to do with what you wrote about his comments against Petrino.

 

[css2373]

Yeah, I heard Tim Ryan and Pat Kirwan offer that in studio interview. No debate on Petrino, if someone wants to bash him than go for it. I just feel that he should have used some discression when talking about high school kids.

BTW, I am a Florida alum and really enjoyed watching us beat Arkansas last year.

 

[css2373]

This is not a debate about what Petrino did. Bash the guy all day long. I just thought, and so did Mike Tirico and Scott Van Pelt when they offered an on air apology on the radio today for what Sean said, that Salisbury could have chosen his words more wisely.

 

[gregjcross]

This is not a debate about what Petrino did. Bash the guy all day long. I just thought, and so did Mike Tirico and Scott Van Pelt when they offered an on air apology on the radio today for what Sean said, that Salisbury could have chosen his words more wisely.

Petrino now is Arkansas. >>live with it as that is his legacy. He won't erase it with a Poulan Weed Eater bowl win in 2010.

 

[Colin Dowling]

Believe it or not, some kids choose colleges for the education they'll receive. Top-tier recruits can make choices and they (and their families) will factor in Petrino accodringly when considering Arkansas. But let's not talk down on the kids choosing between Arkansas and a lesser program. It's still a solid school in the best conference, even if someone of quesionable character is the coach.

 

[thayman]

Believe it or not, some kids choose colleges for the education they'll receive. Top-tier recruits can make choices and they (and their families) will factor in Petrino accodringly when considering Arkansas. But let's not talk down on the kids choosing between Arkansas and a lesser program. It's still a solid school in the best conference, even if someone of quesionable character is the coach.

Yes but if my kid had a choice I would prefer not to go to the school where the coach's history is one of walking out the second a better offer comes his way. If I'm looking for my son to have a good college career and hopefully make it to the NFL, I'm going to want a coach that will be around and look after my son. Not leave after a year or two.

 

[cholo]

Everyone knows that what Petrino did was competely wrong, but to go on a station that weilds so much power and tell kids and families to stay away from a university is highly irresponsible and unprofessional.

Why?

 

[css2373]

B/C there are way too many people involved in a university that just the football coach. He's out there just making these statements about a college, not just the coach.

This would be like when TO jumped ship and forced a trade to Philly. Everyone was killing TO, but no one sat there and said that no free agents should go to Philly b/c TO went there.

 

[eom]

think it's a little different, dude.

there is such a thing as business ethics and some parents might want their kids to learn that.

also, the guy seems like a monster jagweed.

 

[cholo]

B/C there are way too many people involved in a university that just the football coach. He's out there just making these statements about a college, not just the coach.

Do you really think that Salisbury's comments will affect the enrollment numbers at Arkansas? He didn't tell kids not to go there. In fact he didn't even tell football players not to go there. He just said that he wouldn't send his own kid there. Do you get your panties in a bunch when Charlie Weis says that he wouldn't let his kid go to USC?

 

[css2373]

I agree 100% with you. Say that you question the coach's ethics, courage, honesty, anything. Just don't go on TV and say not to go to a school.

 

[css2373]

The only time that my panties get in a bunch is when I draft Reggie Bush in the 2nd round for 2 straight years.

 

[coolnerd]

B/C there are way too many people involved in a university that just the football coach. He's out there just making these statements about a college, not just the coach. This would be like when TO jumped ship and forced a trade to Philly. Everyone was killing TO, but no one sat there and said that no free agents should go to Philly b/c TO went there.

Salisbury is speaking from a pure athletic standpoint. The best advice for any kid is to go to the school (academics, atmosphere, athletic department, location, etc) he wants versus making a decision based on any head coach. It only takes a coach one really bad or good season to leave a kid. If my kid (I don't have any, but do have a nephew in D-1 football) was stuck between Arkansas and some of university, I would be sure to arm him with the facts and quite honestly do what I could to discourage him from heading to a university where I know the shaky ethics of the head coach.

 

[css2373]

I have a bunch of friends who went to FSU and do not follow football at all, pro or college. All of them feel that pain of this latest athletic problem.

 

[cholo]

I agree 100% with you. Say that you question the coach's ethics, courage, honesty, anything. Just don't go on TV and say not to go to a school.

Link to where Salisbury actually said this. Please provide quote. TIA.

 

[css2373]

Here is a youtube link, if it does not work let me know.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OeHa-eSt8FI

 

[Limp Ditka]

Here is a youtube link, if it does not work let me know.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OeHa-eSt8FI

Sounds logical to me.

 

[Johnny Ice]

Salisbury didn't say anything wrong in my opinion. It really doesn't even need to be said because I'm sure any parent serious about their kid's athletic future already knows to steer clear from someone like Petrino. I'm sure he's shoveling a lot of B.S. in living rooms across the country as I speak. I wonder how many times he's been hung up on or had the door slammed in his face.

 

[Clayton Gray]

The commentary on Petrino's departure from Atlanta has been one of the biggest overreactions in sports history.

 

[Limp Ditka]

The commentary on Petrino's departure from Atlanta has been one of the biggest overreactions in sports history.

 

[coolnerd]

I have a bunch of friends who went to FSU and do not follow football at all, pro or college. All of them feel that pain of this latest athletic problem.

Is this what your friends told you? Normally, kids with no interest in sports have to be told what happened and why its important, because quite honestly in their world that's 25 guys who they don't think or care about.

 

[css2373]

But when it is all over CNN, FOX and local news, peolpe outside of the sports world hear about it.

 

[cholo]

The only time that my panties get in a bunch is when I draft Reggie Bush in the 2nd round for 2 straight years.

9 posts in 90 minutes = panties in a bunch

 

[coolnerd]

But when it is all over CNN, FOX and local news, peolpe outside of the sports world hear about it.

Most of the world, just sees a "scandal" as an athletic department issue, not a reflection on the education someone is or not getting at a particular school. Parents with kids wanting to go to Arkansas, Duke, or FSU who are not athletes place little importance on what some sports hack has to say or not say about going to a school.

 

[redman]

This is not a debate about what Petrino did. Bash the guy all day long. I just thought, and so did Mike Tirico and Scott Van Pelt when they offered an on air apology on the radio today for what Sean said, that Salisbury could have chosen his words more wisely.

Pretty wimpy, but then that's typical of Tirico.

 

[thayman]

I agree 100% with you. Say that you question the coach's ethics, courage, honesty, anything. Just don't go on TV and say not to go to a school.

Sean Salisbury is paid to have an opinion on sports related matters. His opinion seems to be if you are an aspiring college football player you shouldn't go to Arkansas. That although the current systems that are in place would benefit your skills, there is a very high chance that by your sophmore year you will be asked to fit into a completely different system. Doesn't sound too outlandish to me, but then again I'm not a rabid Arkansas homer either.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

I usually think Salisbury is a tool, but in this case, I agree 100% with what he said.

 

[Snotbubbles]

Believe it or not, some kids choose colleges for the education they'll receive. Top-tier recruits can make choices and they (and their families) will factor in Petrino accodringly when considering Arkansas. But let's not talk down on the kids choosing between Arkansas and a lesser program. It's still a solid school in the best conference, even if someone of quesionable character is the coach.

Still waiting for the Harvard v. Yale BCS National Championship game.

 

[Wilbur Wood]

I usually think Salisbury is a tool, but in this case, I agree 100% with what he said.

Petrino and the University of Arkansas share the blame in lowering the bar and establishing the new benchmark for the most classless, gutless football coaching bailout in the history of the planet.- Petrino is a man without morals, but the University of Arkansas is equally to blame for mis-managing this situation.- Arkansas could have very easily waited until the end of the NFL season to make this move and per Mel Kiper "lost out" on maybe 4 to 5 days of recruiting time (which shuts down for the Holidays).- Arkansas fully knew that the way this move was executed would cause a "public stink", yet they did not care about any perceived ethical taint. They then compounded their error with a ridicoulouse midnight live press conference with chearleaders.- Btw, Petrino was purportedly on the phone while on the airplane to the press conference with his prized QB recruit (who he had been recruiting to WV) to try to swith him from WV to Arkansas.The University of Arkansas and Bobby Petrino - a marraige made in heaven.

 

[RUSF18]

I usually think Salisbury is a tool, but in this case, I agree 100% with what he said.

Petrino and the University of Arkansas share the blame in lowering the bar and establishing the new benchmark for the most classless, gutless football coaching bailout in the history of the planet.- Petrino is a man without morals, but the University of Arkansas is equally to blame for mis-managing this situation.

- Arkansas could have very easily waited until the end of the NFL season to make this move and per Mel Kiper "lost out" on maybe 4 to 5 days of recruiting time (which shuts down for the Holidays).

- Arkansas fully knew that the way this move was executed would cause a "public stink", yet they did not care about any perceived ethical taint. They then compounded their error with a ridicoulouse midnight live press conference with chearleaders.

- Btw, Petrino was purportedly on the phone while on the airplane to the press conference with his prized QB recruit (who he had been recruiting to WV) to try to swith him from WV to Arkansas.

The University of Arkansas and Bobby Petrino - a marraige made in heaven.

I believe you got your ##### coaches mixed up. That was Rich Rodriguez and Terrell Pryor.

 

[sho nuff]

The commentary on Petrino's departure from Atlanta has been one of the biggest overreactions in sports history.

Maybe not biggest ever...but way too much crap over this.Look...Blank has fired coaches before with games left in the season (is that not how Reeves got it...with about 3 games left?)Coaches leave all the time.Im not defending Petrino because how he went about it was chicken shiot.But everyone is just burying the guy like its something new.Oh...and Salisbury is a moron.

 

[Master of Past and Present]

Why is this all on Salisbury? Didn't Mike Golic say the same thing and he has a kid being recruited by colleges and one going to ND.

 

[redman]

Believe it or not, some kids choose colleges for the education they'll receive. Top-tier recruits can make choices and they (and their families) will factor in Petrino accodringly when considering Arkansas. But let's not talk down on the kids choosing between Arkansas and a lesser program. It's still a solid school in the best conference, even if someone of quesionable character is the coach.

Moonshine is one hell of a drug.

 

[Colin Dowling]

Believe it or not, some kids choose colleges for the education they'll receive. Top-tier recruits can make choices and they (and their families) will factor in Petrino accodringly when considering Arkansas. But let's not talk down on the kids choosing between Arkansas and a lesser program. It's still a solid school in the best conference, even if someone of quesionable character is the coach.

Still waiting for the Harvard v. Yale BCS National Championship game.

Still waiting for someone from U of A to be POTUS....

 

[Crusaderfan]

I think Salisbury just pointed out the obvious for those that need the obvious pointed out to them. I've got no problem with him lumping Arkansas and Petrino together - They are together - Arkansas chose to do that not Salisbury. Our family has been through the recruiting process. As parents you talk to the coach and he gives you his word on concerns you have -

Will my son be taken care of if he has a career-ending injury? How involved are you in the academic part of him being here ?, etc. etc. The coach is going to make commitments to you, as a family, your sons scholarship will be intact unless he voluntarily quits the program, we get weekly reports on your sons academic progress, we hold two coach supervised study halls per week, etc... Many of the top high school athletes don't have the support system our son had - they need someone to point out the obvious to them. WHATEVER this man (Petrino) says to you means very little. He knows nothing about commitment, loyalty, trust or honor. When you have a choice - how can you pick Arkansas now?

 

[redman]

Believe it or not, some kids choose colleges for the education they'll receive. Top-tier recruits can make choices and they (and their families) will factor in Petrino accodringly when considering Arkansas. But let's not talk down on the kids choosing between Arkansas and a lesser program. It's still a solid school in the best conference, even if someone of quesionable character is the coach.

Still waiting for the Harvard v. Yale BCS National Championship game.

Still waiting for someone from U of A to be POTUS....

Nixon went to Whittier College. Your point?

 

[css2373]

The only time that my panties get in a bunch is when I draft Reggie Bush in the 2nd round for 2 straight years.

9 posts in 90 minutes = panties in a bunch

busted.

 

[Joe Bryant]

This doesn't bother me.

The Petrino weasel factor is off the charts. There's not much disputing that.

J

 

[phthalatemagic]

Petrino = Saban and people aren't denouncing Saban, are they?

To tell the truth, if I had a kid that was being recruited by Arkansas he asked me what I thought of Salisbury's comments - I'd say that's a greater incentive to go to Arkansas, since Salisbury is a buffoon.

 

[redman]

This doesn't bother me. The Petrino weasel factor is off the charts. There's not much disputing that.J

It's just amusing how much Colin, as a former relatively objective observer of all things football, has come to view Petrino as Betty Crocker.

 

[pollardsvision]

salisbury is cautioning kids about attending an average SEC program, that's never ever been as relevant as they thought they were that will have a new coach by the time the kids become sophmores (when the coach realizes he spurned the nfl for a below average SEC job).

what salisbury did was community service.

 

[pollardsvision]

Petrino = Saban and people aren't denouncing Saban, are they?To tell the truth, if I had a kid that was being recruited by Arkansas he asked me what I thought of Salisbury's comments - I'd say that's a greater incentive to go to Arkansas, since Salisbury is a buffoon.

there's a pretty big difference.saban left LSU after giving them their 1st national championship in a long time.petrino left louisville a week after signing a 10-year extension.saban left the dolphins after the season.petrino left during the season.that's a huge difference. saban may have emphatically denied that he'd leave, but i'll never fault a coach for doing that. it's not smart to do it so emphatically, but if there is any chance that you might stay, you either must say nothing or deny, without question, that you're leaving.

 

[redman]

Petrino = Saban and people aren't denouncing Saban, are they?To tell the truth, if I had a kid that was being recruited by Arkansas he asked me what I thought of Salisbury's comments - I'd say that's a greater incentive to go to Arkansas, since Salisbury is a buffoon.

there's a pretty big difference.saban left LSU after giving them their 1st national championship in a long time.petrino left louisville a week after signing a 10-year extension.saban left the dolphins after the season.petrino left during the season.that's a huge difference. saban may have emphatically denied that he'd leave, but i'll never fault a coach for doing that. it's not smart to do it so emphatically, but if there is any chance that you might stay, you either must say nothing or deny, without question, that you're leaving.

I'm no particular Saban fan, but I agree with this.

 

[Phurfur]

He was saying that if he had a kid playing high school football that he would tell them not to go to Arkansas or if he was coming out of high school that he would stay away from the school. Everyone knows that what Petrino did was competely wrong, but to go on a station that weilds so much power and tell kids and families to stay away from a university is highly irresponsible and unprofessional. Of course this is coming from one of the biggest headcases when he was playing QB. He had alot of talent, he just couldn't keep it together mentally.Watch him waterdown the NFL by saying that every current player and coach is "Great." He uses that word more than Britney Spears says Dang Yall! He lacks any imagination or creativity and just says things fast and loud. I seriously doubt that he thinks about what he is going to say and how it will affect others.Just my 2 pennies.

And this is the problem with college sports. Salisbury is an idiot because people should be picking schools for their children based on the level of education not the football coach. A very small small percentage of players have a chance at playing pro football so unless you're one of the few, education is more important.

 

[phthalatemagic]

Petrino = Saban and people aren't denouncing Saban, are they?To tell the truth, if I had a kid that was being recruited by Arkansas he asked me what I thought of Salisbury's comments - I'd say that's a greater incentive to go to Arkansas, since Salisbury is a buffoon.

there's a pretty big difference.saban left LSU after giving them their 1st national championship in a long time.petrino left louisville a week after signing a 10-year extension.saban left the dolphins after the season.petrino left during the season.that's a huge difference. saban may have emphatically denied that he'd leave, but i'll never fault a coach for doing that. it's not smart to do it so emphatically, but if there is any chance that you might stay, you either must say nothing or deny, without question, that you're leaving.

Winning a NC is inconsequential.Signing an contract xtension in the NCAA is meaningless.So you are quibbling about three games?