Paul Finebaum rips Bobby Petrino hire at Texas A&M: ‘He’s always been a snake in the grass’
By Rolando Rosa
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Paul Finebaum had some harsh analysis about Texas A&M hiring Bobby Petrino as the program’s offensive coordinator.
The ESPN analyst ripped the former Arkansas and Louisville head coach during a radio interview on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5.
“We forget about ‘JetGate’ Petrino,” Finebaum said, as transcribed by AL.com. “We fixate on the Harley motorcycle Bobby Petrino, but this guy has always been a snake in the grass.”
Petrino has a 137-71 record as a college coach, while posting a 3-10 record during his lone season in the NFL in 2007 with the Atlanta Falcons.
He took the Arkansas job in 2007, with 3 games left in the NFL season, after promising owner Arthur Blank that he’d remain with the Falcons. Petrino was fired by Arkansas in 2011 after lying about an extramarital affair with an athletic department staff member.
He eventually ended up at Lousiville for a 2nd stint, where he was fired after a 2-8 season in 2018, a year after Lamar Jackson left for the NFL Draft.
“We act like Bobby Petrino is a savant, that he’s never failed, but, quite frankly, he did fail at Louisville. He got fired there in his second go-round,” Finebaum said. “That’s on top of the other malfeasances that has occurred in his clock.”
Finebaum believes this is a last act of desperation for Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher.
“I don’t know how to interpret this,” Finebaum said. “Jimbo Fisher finally woke up and realized he may be down to his last swing. He’s going to go down in flames or roll the dice with someone who is, quite frankly, one of the most disliked people in modern football history.”
