Mike Zimmer: not a fan of Bobby Petrino.
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David (aka David)
Oct 20 '10, 14:51
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Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer is not one to mince words. So when it came time to ask him about his first return to Atlanta since the 2007 season from hell, when the Falcons went 4-12, and Petrino resigned with three games left to take the job at Arkansas, Zimmer pulled out the Ginsu knives.
Said Mike Zimmer of Bobby Petrino: �He is a coward. Put that in quotes. He ruined a bunch of people�s lives, a bunch of people�s families, kids, because he didn�t have enough nuts to stay there and finish the job. That�s the truth.�
On going back to Atlanta, Zimmer said about that season �I was never even there. As far as I am concerned. I never even was there. When a coach quits in the middle of the year and ruins a bunch of people�s families and doesn�t� have enough guts to at least finish out the year. I am not a part of that.�
Pretty good stuff, but it gets even better in his appraisal of Petrino: �He is a coward. Put that in quotes. He ruined a bunch of people�s lives, a bunch of people�s families, kids, because he didn�t have enough nuts to stay there and finish the job. That�s the truth.�
When asked if he had seen a two days like that before, where the Falcons lost on Monday Night Football, a coach resigns and then is doing �Woo Pig Sooey� 24 hours later in front of Arkansas boosters, Zimmer said: �No, most people in football have enough courage about them and enough fight to stick through something and not quit halfway through the year. It is cowardly.
�He came in and said he resigned, he would talk to us all at a later date, walked out of the office and no one has ever talked to him since. Not that anybody wanted to.
�He�s a gutless bastard. Quote that. I don�t give a shit.�
When told that we might might not be able to use the B word, Zimmer went one better: �How about this, gutless Mother Fucker. You can use that.�
For background, before Atlanta Zimmer and Petrino had coached before. Zimmer was an assistant at Weber State for eight years, including defensive coordinator. Petrino was the wide receivers coach there in 1987-88. When Bill Parcells resigned as Dallas� head coach and Zimmer�s contract as defensive coordinator lapsed, Petrino was able to hire him.
Two lessons out of this � you don�t mess with Mike Zimmer and Zimmer won�t be attending any Pro Days in Fayetteville anytime soon.
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