NKR1978
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That is a good article but my take is that Jurich has laid down the law and Petrino will toe he line or be gone. Jurich has proven himself a very good AD and unwritten is what amount of personal clout Jurich levied with Louisville to bring back Petrino.
From the field side I point out that Petrino built a team to beat the Big East when Syracuse and Pitt were down, WVU was the only real competition with USF and UConn pretending to be substantive and Rutgers having their best season. He had speed while everyone else was slow, except WVU. He will not get that break with the ACC where everyone has speed and plays defense. He was good against mediocre teams it remans to be seen what he will do against good to elite teams.
I tend to agree, but he quickly built a pretty good team at Arkansas that finished 11-2 and #5 in his 4th year. We'll see what happens though. The Atlantic is shaping up to be a really competitive division with the Big 2, Louisville and hopefully our resurgence.