Hiring John L. Smith Terrible Decision

So there once was this college in Arkansas that hired a man to coach that had signed 19 years of contracts in a year. That man ended up cheating on his wife, hiring his mistress and disgracing the Arkansas school. So what does that school do for an encore? They hire John L. Smith to replace that coach.

The same John L.Smith that has not coached a single game at Weber State. He HAS NOT coached one game. Instead Smith who was just hired left his program for Arkansas. Did you not just do this with Petrino? What are you thinking? Once again Arkansas will deserve what comes to them.

Before the apologists come, because I know they will, I realize that Arkansas is a better coaching job than Weber State. However, Weber State is John L. Smith's alma-mater. His alma mater hired him and he wouldn't even coach one game and you trust this guy after what the last guy did to you. Smith just was hired in December and when he was hired he said "I've always had a special place in my heart for Weber State." Well I guess that special place wasn't that special, huh Johnnie?

Who cares though right? The guy left a non football school for an SEC job. In my view he left his alma mater for a new job. Before you think this was a one time thing, why don't you ask Louisville how they feel about Smith and how they found out he accepted another job while he was coaching on the sideline. Way to go Arkansas, you hired a guy with no class to replace a guy with no class, he should fit right in.

-Noland

SEC Coaches

As you could tell from my Petrino post I am not the biggest fan of SEC Coaches. I believe that the worst one is now gone, but Calipari, and Saban are not that far behind. This morning I looked up one of my old favorite videos that demonstrated why I was upset with Saban and Petrino. The video is one of a group of songs by Ryan Parker making fun of different issues in sports. I think they are all entertaining even the ones I don't particularly agree with. You may want to check him out here.

-Noland

Bobby Petrino Out @ Arkansas

Another "classy" SEC guy bites the dust. How he left his pro team in Atlanta was disgusting. The questionable recruiting practices at SEC institutions of course says nothing about the character of the men though (Sarcasm). If you cheat on your employer it is one thing, but hiring someone for the sole purpose of cheating on your wife is downright dirty. Man I cannot stand the SEC or its lack of character among coaches. The only one that seems to have a lot of class is Mark Richt. Sometimes there are more important things than winning and winning does not excuse all. It is one thing to have an NFL coach doing these types of things, but young people need better role models than this in college during a crucial point in their lives. I hope Petrino works everything out and is able to take care of his family while learning from his mistakes, but this is truly an unfortunate situation.

-Noland