What happened to Bobby Petrino wasn't humorous at all. The University of Arkansas football trainer was entangled in an collision with his motorcycle on Sunday, an collision that could have simply taken his life.
Petrino lived to see other day, but life for him hasn't been the same in the arise of the wreck. Seems that he didn't discuss it his bosses at Arkansas that he had someone with him on that ride. Jessica Dorrell, who functions beneath Petrino as the student-athlete coordinator is to football team, was not harmed in the wreck.
It wasn't until the Arkansas State Police was ready to let go its inform on the collision that Petrino fessed up to his bosses that he had Dorrell with him.
Now, this could have been an trusting float between co-workers. If so, because not fess up to Dorrell's participation from the start? By self-denial the fact he had Dorrell with him, Petrino looks similar to he's carrying out something illegal with a lady half his age. After fssing up to having an "inappropriate relationship" and being put on organizational leave by the school, it looks similar to Petrino has unequivocally dug himself a hole -- at home and and the office.
What's humorous is that Petrino is nonetheless other in a flourishing list of big-time football coaches who do not regard the law relates to them. He'll may breeze up only similar to two others in new months -- Jim Tressel and Joe Paterno -- who will find himself out of a job, a that Petrino gets paid $4 million a year to do.
we can't say there is a trainer at a Bowl Championship Series college where we could say, "You know what? we similar to that guy."
They're all the same man to me. They all believe that they're more critical than the college -- and taxpayers -- they represent. They regard that they order over their own small countries and that their word is the law. Don't you brave cranky them either.
So, when they drop similar to Petrino, i! t's fun to watch them squirm. This is may kismet getting back at Petrino, who left the Atlanta Falcons with 3 games left in his only period with the group in 2007 to take over at Arkansas. He left a note on any players' locker revelation them he was quitting. It doesn't look similar to he'll have to fret about revelation his players this time that he's no longer their coach.
Much apply oneself to Moyer
Now that I'm north of 40, we lend towards to base is to aged guys. Not to the indicate that we wish Fred Couples winning the Masters or anything -- I'm Team Tiger all the way -- but we similar to to see veterans do well.
The many maestro of all Major League Baseball players done his entrance is to Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. Former Cubs and Cardinals pitcher Jamie Moyer, who is 49 years old, done his initial apperance in the bigs given July 2010.
Moyer done his MLB entrance on June 16, 1986 -- before we had a drivers licence. The Olsen twins, Mary-Kat and Ashley, were all of 3 days aged when he pitched is to Cubs in that initial MLB game. My colleague, Blake Toppmeyer, wasn't alive, a year divided from entering our world.
Gas was all of 93 cents a gallon and a stamp cost you 22 cents back then.
Here's to anticipating that Moyer, who turns 50 in November, has a successful season.
DOBservations
There's been a few player transformation inside of the Quincy University men's basketball program, that isn't ample of a surprise. The Hawks had 19 players on the register final season. You'd have to regard there would be a discontented player or two inside of that bunch.
Anyone who keenly followed the Hawks shouldn't be held off ensure by Marshawn Norris' ! departur e. Norris was a gifted ball-handler and a great 3-point shooter, but had difficulty bettering to QU's type of play. His decision-making was controversial at times.
The bigger loss is that of deliver Ricardo Carbajal, who proposed burly after stuffing in is to harmed Tyler Thompson to beginning the season. An stomach damage paltry Carbajal to only 6 games -- and he could obtain this period back around NCAA redshirt rules. He looked great during those early games.
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