Bobby Petrino failed the Atlanta Falcons in every way | The Worst NFL Coaching Hire

[@SecretBaseSBN]

As some of you have rightly pointed out, KTO did a great video on how Bobby Petrino has always been this way - go check it out if you haven't seen it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4W9fqWuicehjqM

[@greghmn]

You guys deserve props for being the exact opposite of channels/sites like BuzzFeed in terms of both quality and journalistic integrity.

[@adampalmer7387]

Fired on new years day

[@Eightballer405]

Doing the Lord's work.

[@deezihogan8675]

@sbnation that nod to dj screw was extremely classy...i like it.

[@heatherbtransgirl2507]

Who is the worst coaching hire for each franchise?

[@tylersoto976]

So, are we getting “The worst head coaching hiring 2.0” on Urban Meyer?

[@papacinoooo]

ah yes!

[@SNARC15]

You beat me to it.

[@stevensather5911]

Hope so.

[@nicholasharshbarger4454]

I was about to say that we’re due for an update. Urban Meyer was an absolute joke. 🤡

[@sagamer3594]

Totally. Meyer was also a gutlass b****** and made a lot more missteps. Petrino leaving his team like that is pretty low though.

[@TheRetallicka]

Lol you referenced Jason Garrett with 120 games and 1 playoff win, but you didn’t mention Marvin Lewis and his 240 games coached with no playoff wins.

[@SecretBaseSBN]

Haha well I'm a Cowboys fan, and a Falcons fan edited this, so I had to show him that I suffer too. But yeah, I feel lucky when I think of Cincinnati

[@SinaSoh]

SB Nation that’s cool, I love your videos and I’m a Cowboys fan regardless of 3 SBs in 4 yrs in the mid 90s or 2 playoff wins in the last quarter century, I’m going to represent for life!!! I have always wondered if we fired Garrett and kept Maranelli & Richard but added the coaches we had in the Parcells days like Sean Payton, Zimmer, Todd Bowles, Anthony Lynn and Todd Haley with the talent we have with now with our offensive line & Zeke how good we really can be!!!

[@MrBigShot110]

Never knew his playoff record was that dismal. 240 games with no playoff wins is grounds for termination if you ask me.

[@TheRetallicka]

ParadiseParksInc which is why many Bengals fans, including myself, are just passively watching games this season or jumping ship entirely. How do you extend this man for two more seasons. Combine that with the cheapskate owner and his fleecing of county tax dollars for the stadium deal. Yea screw Mike Brown, Marvin Lewis, and the entire Bengals organization.

[@MrBigShot110]

Kyle R - I think a lot of it has to do with a lot of the guys on that team looking up to him. Some of them have credited him for keeping them on the right path. There are quite a few guys on the team with conduct issues and Marvin Lewis is a motivator type of coach. I imagine Pacman Jones for example would have gotten in more off the field trouble had he not met him. But I'm not a Bengals fan so I'm on the outside looking in and could be way off

[@jackinblack19]

You gotta love mike Zimmer

[@SinaSoh]

Jack in Black I wish the Cowboys would have held onto him after Parcells left and made him the HC in 2007 instead of Wade Phillips (great human being, amazing coordinator but average HC). There something to say about Zimmer where he was the only coordinator from the Jimmy Johnson era retained by Bill Parcells. Zimmer also had a nice run with the Bengals and is doing his thing with Minny!!!

[@kaden8880]

Skol

[@ylb2731]

SinaSoh. Skol

[@p4t21ck]

It's just too bad he killed his wife.

[@jackinblack19]

Alec Baldlose lol

[@brianbiekman8805]

Bill Belichick quit the Jets after one day on the job and I still agree with you. Bobby Petrino was that bad.

[@unc54]

Tbf Belichick had a legitimate reason to quit. He was promised both the GM and HC job but when he got there he found out that he would be working under Parcells again.

[@vt248]

He never wanted that job and never asked for it

[@sheepdavis]

Belichick quit because he realized he had no chance of success given the supposed talent around him.

[@mikepuppetz9]

Even BB had the decency to hold a press conference and tell his owners he was leaving.

[@kevaninthe4135]

@@mikepuppetz9 Well there sort of wasn't an owner yet. Leon Hess was dead and nobody knew who was gonna buy the team. That's too much uncertainty to deal with.

[@thatnflweeb7023]

I am disturbed you didn’t say “The year of our lord 2007”

[@bccarl88]

Basechad The Real One “the year of our Lord: Twenty Hundred and Seven”

[@movieman2293]

Brandon Carl The year of our Lord Two Thousand and a Touchdown

[@AarHan3]

@@movieman2293 "The Year of Our Lord, 20-07."

[@johnabney9558]

@@bccarl88 👏👏👏

[@stevencooke6451]

I was wondering why they turned their backs on God in this video too.

[@KyleJWest-vn9kn]

Don't ask Mike Zimmer questions unless you want a super honest answer. Dude has balls of steel.

[@CJEstradaMartinez]

I applaud his honesty when asked this question.

[@delta8kitty491]

We miss him in Cincinnati

[@conorschmidt6122]

Patrino also cheated on his wife

[@KTF0]

Yeah, he got in a motorcycle accident with his side chick

[@jajosefyouowesme4900]

Bobby Jr ran to Indonesia

[@wafflesthewookiee4716]

But Louisville is fine taking back this shining beacon of humanity because it likes coming in 2nd in its division to Clemson every year.

[@Cheeki_breeki6]

College sports is disgusting, culty, gross and represents everything that is wrong with our country.

[@kingadalou]

Waffles The Wookie That hurts because the first 3 years Louisville had them! And just would randomly crumble and come up short. At least we have gotten fsu twice.

[@buster60341]

14 years ago I thought that Bobby Petrino is the worst NFL head coach that belongs in the college ranks but 14 years later I was wrong it is Urban Meyer and he is worse than him, Urban Meyer is number 1 and Bobby Petrino is number 2

[@AEMoreira81]

Quitrino is far worse as he quit on his team.

[@cybercrasherstv]

And now the ranking goes like Nathaniel Hackett Urban Meyer Hue Jackson Bobby Petrino

[@PENS68]

Urban Meyer was bad, but Bobby Petrino quit on his team. That forever puts him at number one. Urban Meyer, for as terrible as he was with the Jaguars, was at least man enough to accept his fate and stay to get fired. They are almost 1 and 1a, but I still give the edge to Petrino, because he quit, which is a cardinal sin for any player or coach in sports.

[@subtlebluntduality5997]

Bobby Petrino just got fired today! Good riddance and hopefully he never gets another coaching job again!

[@gunnerysergeanthartman4963]

Subtleblunt Duality yeah! What he said

[@jUAN.T]

stfu

[@mitchelllake9684]

He’s on the Ravens staff now.

[@idek84502]

Subtleblunt Duality he’s signed to Louisiana tech

[@joemckim1183]

@@idek84502 I think it's Missouri State actually.

[@darkchocolate3390]

0:28, no more "Year of our lord?!?!?" 4:44 The score of the monday night game already revealed lmao.

[@davidross1209]

DarkChocolate33 no ur right no more year of our lord

[@AlbertQian]

I was waiting for "year of our loud". Needless to say, it wasn't Pretty Good to not hear it.

[@roguishpaladin]

I thought it was good to get rid of the "year of our lord" bit. Modern historian use the parlance "Common Era" instead. The majority of the world is not Christian.

[@J_Caban]

roguishpaladin it was a joke you nerd

[@SideStrafed]

roguishpaladin yeah dumbass

[@patrickcorcoran4377]

Urban Meyer may have just given Petrino a run for his money for worst head coaching tenure.

[@Mark-sj3xb]

If there’s any doubt that Meyer took over the honor, think about this: Urban went 2-11 with Trevor Lawrence Petrino went 3-10 with Joey Harrington and Byron Leftwich

[@cybercrasherstv]

@@Mark-sj3xb and then Nathaniel Hackett went 4-11 with Russel Willson, and a #1 best defense he dragged through the coals

[@chaosghost08]

I love Mike Zimmer. such an underrated career

[@ianwinfield929]

Mr. Chaos Ghost hope he gets a ring

[@mauriciosabas1311]

@@ianwinfield929 very underrated took him forever to get a job

[@0367-x3f]

Dubya Dee Fordy he did in dallas as a coordinator

[@jUAN.T]

the next marvin lewis L

[@zeefly226]

This needs to be updated, and right now.

[@luckyjosh7]

Urban Meyer in 2021: "Hold my lapdance!!"

[@cybercrasherstv]

Oh my sweet dear Josh, you didn't even have to wait a year for this comment to age

[@shaneboardwell1060]

Mike Zimmer is a badass!

[@timmyshea2650]

Eagles fan here and I agree!

[@deezyweezy214]

“Screwston” automatic like

[@wyattangle]

I feel like Joe had a hand in that...

[@deleting1118]

Danny 28-3

[@spacecampproductions]

Has Urban Meyer now taken this title? He certainly acted like he wanted it

[@jorban11]

I think HOW Patrino exited still gives him the slight edge.

[@spacecampproductions]

@@jorban11 fair, but also Urban Meyer was fired at or near midnight, because apparently they felt that strongly about getting it done ASAP

[@Mark-sj3xb]

Arthur Blank later said that Petrino was gonna be fired anyway

[@cybercrasherstv]

And now Nathaniel Hackett arguably is even worse

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Byron Leftwich was a very solid QB. He helped my Steelers get a ring. He’s also smart & knows the game so picking at Leftwich as a backup is uncalled for. 😃

[@alabamaal225]

Lefty stunk-up the field while in Atlanta. Though in fairness he was a last-minute hire that didn't have much time to settle in with the team before getting injured. Happy to hear Leftwich has found success on the NFL sidelines since retiring as a player.

[@justinroark88]

5:08 this press conference happened at like 12am on a Friday. It was very sudden, and shocking. Arkansas fans loved him and still do.

[@Septicor]

Remind me, wasn't the motorcycle accident he was in with a woman he was cheating on his wife with?

[@zachlee5588]

Septicor yep

[@SmoothCriminal12]

There are some rumors that it wasn't a motorcycle accident, instead it was his mistresses's fiancee who beat the crap out of him. Obviously it's only a rumor but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.

[@serisothikos]

I appreciate Defector linking back here after his rehire at Arkansas.

[@SWHalo2]

Urban Meyer: "Hold my beer."

[@pirate772009]

I remember when Petrino was hired by Arkansas because I was living about 20 miles west of the OK-AR state line at the time. Most Arkansas fans didn't like him off the bat because of what he did to the Falcons and most of the ones I knew legitimately hated him after they did a little homework on him and found out that he did the same thing to Louisville.

[@CalicoTexas335]

Urban Meyer says hold my beer

[@djspacewhale]

Urban Meyer just outdated this title lol

[@DrippyDreads93]

I’m here for urban Meyer comments

[@RudieObias]

What about Hue Jackson? The Cleveland Browns went 1-31 over two seasons and he's still back for his third season. That's crazy!

[@Morei-san]

Rudie Obias as a fan of a division rival, hue Jackson is a good coach, and he's a guy you can respect. It's a bit of a jump from QB coach to offensive coordinator and then to head coach but I have faith he'll turn it around

[@RudieObias]

@ɑӀɑժժíղ I agree! I like Hue Jackson, but better coaches were fired for much less in the NFL. I hope you're right. Going 4-12 for the season would be like a playoff berth in Cleveland!

[@ianwinfield929]

Jack Del Rio got let go for a 6-10 season. In my opinion, it was just to clear the way for that Jon Gruden hype

[@musyarofah1]

this is the worst coaching hire, not the worst coach

[@MrBigShot110]

Rudie Obias - Too much turnover at the QB position to develop a system for anyone.

[@ethanlampe5820]

I recommend KTOs vid on Bobby, also more Jon Bois pls

[@zachkellow81]

KTO hell yeah

[@mikedrop4421]

KTO is definitely talented. I actually re-watched a bunch of his stuff yesterday. His videos help me relax.

[@ericbricard5898]

Football is my favorite sport. I like the way they throw the ball up and down the field

[@SuperLordPedro]

Sometimes they kick it and that's exciting too...

[@iskandertime747]

Nice. Kurtis Blow?

[@Dissociation_Association]

*court

[@smokesletsgo8180]

There ya go, heres a double whammy for you 🖕🖕

[@sevensrefrain]

If the basketball one is Pretty Good, then this one is anything that's not Jon Bois. Where's the basketball court comments?

[@BJHedgehog45]

Y’all are bouta have to update this for urban Meyer ngl

[@hadan9517]

As a Saints Fan, I actually enjoyed this a lot

[@SecretBaseSBN]

Well in the case, you'll really like the video I linked to in the end card..or like, most of it, maybe not the Greg Williams part, but the whole Saints beating Vikings part.

[@joshuakline1435]

How Super Bowls Does Choke-lanta have 🤣🤣🤣

[@atl5557]

Lucien Hicks you can do that acronym with any team

[@DeosPraetorian]

@@joshuakline1435 and

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

So when do we get to see the new version with Urban Meyer?

[@StsFiveOneLima]

I bet his children are absolutely proud to have been sired by such a noble man............. :-)

[@aeneashines3970]

You're gonna need a part 2 for urban meyer

[@jeremybilly2376]

Then Matt Ryan came and saved the franchise

[@kevinscott59]

colejeremy Along with Roddy White and Micheal Turner.

[@KingSnake4158]

And then he sent back to the dumpster fire after SB 51 lol

[@jeremybilly2376]

KingSnake4158 I don't call having the highest qb rating ever in a SB sending the team to the dump made one mistake like Brady this past SB

[@kevinscott59]

KingSnake4158 Nah. Ryan is still one of the top 5 or 6 qbs in the league.

[@SinaSoh]

Kevin Scott the crap fest of the 2007 season of the Petrino falcons is the reason why Atlanta was in a position to take Matt Ryan with the 3rd pick in the 2008 draft. If Atlanta was mediocre in 2007, no way they would be able to draft Matt Ryan!!!

[@ETYPEJaguar38]

Bobby, huh. Any Red Sox fans remember the name "Valentine"...?

[@kzgc8y3n]

These videos are well done.

[@THERSC216]

Then he failed himself by cheating on his wife and paying her a lot in divorce.

[@birdmaniceberg1752]

Here after Urban Meyer got fired after 12 games

[@kaminsod4077]

Imagine having to pay your side chick 20 grand just to get laid.

[@SecretBaseSBN]

I'm just stuck thinking about having 20 grand and one chick.

[@gray-like-the-color]

Sick Burn Nation

[@ademirsegura6307]

Tylersaurand n that side chick was ENGAGED after seeing the KTO vid

[@steveholbrom8424]

Great video, enjoyed it.

[@brianl7321]

Gonna need to update this to compare him to Urban Meyer haha.

[@nickleization]

Urban Meyer is just Bobby Petrino 2.0

[@YankeesFan0620]

This video needs an update after the 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars

[@roadwaywiz]

"Urban Meyer" has entered the chat...

[@Elthenar]

When the Bucs had an opening back when Raheem Morris got fired, I wanted ZImmer. Now that I've heard his takes on Petrino, I am even more mad we didn't pursue him.

[@ZhangtheGreat]

I don't blame Arthur Blank for hiring Petrino at all. Petrino had a reputation for being a QB whisperer, and Blank saw him specifically as the best chance to get Michael Vick's career back on track. Of course, no one at the time could've foreseen what we now know Vick was doing then.

[@pseudonymsarehard7189]

There might have to be a video like this for Urban Meyer....

[@toptenguy1]

As only a casual fan of American sports, I always found the coaching trio of Paterno /Petrino/Pitino so damn confusing lol

[@sto1238]

Urban Meyer: challenge accepted

[@matthewforbes2969]

We’re gonna need a new one…..

[@austinjames8083]

Zimmer is the man lol

[@randomconnection]

@secretbase we need an urban Meyer one of these now 💀💀💀

[@KofieWhy]

WE LIKE SPORTS AND WE DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS

[@finestin92]

FROM SHOOTING HOOPS TO THE SUPERBOWL

[@jakecave9570]

E to the S to the P to the N is all I watch cause I'm the man

[@naturalbornthriller9025]

I’m team captain and I choose you. I’m the other team captain and I choose you too.

[@zachpriddy8432]

Don't invite Steve. I hear he's a loudmouth and something else

[@KeithJouganatosTV]

Now give ME THE ROCK

[@mazurbeem]

you should make more of these

[@raif1029]

Dear Joe, sorry you had to edit this video. Also, I'm sorry about Superbowl 51. At least you still have Kyle Shanahan.. oh. Um. Go Falcons?

[@SecretBaseSBN]

And he got the chance to see Carmelo Anthony be a Hawk. So, he's doing alright.

[@dcthekid1503]

SB Nation Uhhh... I got some bad news for Joe

[@19DannyBoy65]

F

[@ianwinfield929]

UpRise

[@wyattangle]

@@SecretBaseSBN Every video I see Joe edit or host in, it's his Falcons getting humiliated. I'm guessing you guys don't care for him much?! lolol

[@WeAreTwoFace]

I'm just here waiting for the Urban Meyer update video

[@kylefunderburk4194]

I'm sure the Falcons fan didn't mind since we can thank Petrino for the success the Falcons have now. The ordeal was a wake-up call for Arthur Blank and the rest of the upper management. The terrible season meant having the opportunity to draft Matt Ryan. The change of focus led to the aggressive trade for Julio Jones. 2008-2017 was the best decade in franchise history by far. If Petrino isn't such a screw up and a coward, I'm not sure the Falcons are as strong of a franchise as they are today. So thanks Petrino.

[@seandillon1359]

Gotta make a video about him vs urban meyers

[@scaredelmo2173]

"Bobby Petrino is the worst HC hire" 2021: *Urban Meyer has entered the chat*

[@SomeGuyNamedPhil]

Bobby Petrino: I'm the Worst Coaching Hire Urban Meyer: No I'm the worst Coaching Hire Nathaniel Hackett: Bronco's Country Let's Die

[@ebsmith29]

I feel sorry for the assistant coaches and their families, especially those who had to move after the season. In the long run it was best that he left. If someone really does not want to be there and is not upfront about it, they need be gone, GOOD BYE, ADIOS and AU REVOIR. I say these as a Falcon fan.

[@robbyatwood7734]

Byron Leftwich that name takes me back

[@ericdunn9001]

Yea back with the Jaguars when they were such a forgettable team lol. Similar to Aaron Brooks with the saints, Matt Hasselbeck with the seahawks, Jake Plummer with Denver etc

[@Zoni26]

Whose here after the Urban Meyer debacle?

[@georgebernard5783]

I still can’t believe Patrino is still coaching at all. He just jumped ship as HC at Missouri State to be Texas A&M’s Offensive Coordinator in what is likely Jimbo Fischer’s last chance to prove himself

[@wafflesthewookiee4716]

But Louisville is willing take back this shining beacon of humanity because it is satisfied with playing second fiddle to Clemson every year.

[@ericrakestraw664]

Rewatching this after seeing Part 5 of Secret Base's Atlanta Falcons series, which covers the same period.

[@johnstjohn1987]

Who's here after Urban Meyer just got fired from the Jaguars

[@WolfestoneManor]

For not being Jon Bois this is... Pretty good.

[@thomasvella494]

Whose here after the Urban Meyer firing?

[@apr8189]

I've been a Falcons fan since 1997, and aside from the 28-3 collapse against the Patriots, 2007 was the worst. And Mike Zimmer nailed it with his quote. Thankfully, Matt Ryan and Mike Smith came along in 2008 and the Falcons bounced back that season. Now, if Ryan and ATL can just win a damn ring before i depart this life....

[@briansizelove4059]

As a Chiefs fan since 73 hang in there. Never thought they'd win in my lifetime. I'm now living on borrowed time.

[@tamarcusfair5372]

Well Urban Meyer has something to say now.

[@raycole32]

I'm a life long Falcon fan.I forgot how this unfolded..Good report on this..I still haven't forgotten what was done to our city...Him AND VICK... (aka) Capt.Herpes...(aka) Ron Mexico..

[@rogerszmodis]

A water bottle that “smelled like weed” AKA any excuse they can pull out of their ass to search a black guy.

[@markd1199]

You guys are right. This guy is a great get! Let’s go coach!

[@mydogsnameislucy768]

Extra style points for "Screwston"

[@bmposton98]

Urban Meyer saw this video and took it personally.

[@drew666an]

You cant flim flam the zim zam. Love Mike Zimmer.

[@db_41000]

(In Vince McMahon voice.....) YOU’RE FIRED!!

[@mrcrowley956]

So urban Meyer makes petrino look like belechick

[@thomasguccione5450]

Gotta feeling this might need to be retconned after the fiasco in Jacksonville this year.

[@makaibrown8297]

As a falcons fan 2007 was more embarrassing of a mess then 28-3

[@clipobserver]

At least it wasn't Arkansas football in 2012.

[@wppw123]

i would like to see you guys do one on the Josh McDaniels hiring in Denver

[@jacobgreenway8614]

I love Zimmer so much

[@Ruinah]

Thanks for giving me a video to point to if someone ever asks me who the most hated man in Atlanta is.

[@ECG3485]

Add an Urban Meyer vid to this series please @secretbase

[@Sassafras-]

Now you need another video showing what happened in Fayetteville.

[@jaymule7342]

ATL has had a rough time with coaching. John Mora Jr was atrocious. He just said Vick do you. It’s a shame because if a coach like Andy Reid for example, would’ve gotten to Vick early in his career the guy would be a HOFamer. Everybody is acting like Lamar Jackson is the next Vick or better some say and that’s just stupid. Lamar will never EVER get to Vick’s level.

[@evelyngntz8413]

They had that guy. Dan Reeves. They fired him for not having a backup. He was the coach Vick needed. Should have given him another year to prove it.

[@dylanwilliams8982]

DaaBoys2138 Vick wasn’t even a good passer. Cannon of an arm but his accuracy was terrible

[@allabouthewaves4354]

I live in Atlanta, not a Falcons fan but I remember that stretch where the Falcons got dropped off by the Bucs, Colts, Rams, and Saints four straight weeks.

[@conk_kos]

Damn i love zimmer even more now

[@calebkopitsky7611]

As an Atlanta sports fan, I’ve gotten use to suffering to the point that I get excited when an Atlanta sports team is featured in any video, even when it’s slandering them.

[@MrLatrunks14]

What makes matters worse? Despite what he did to Louisville, they still hired him back after he abandoned them the way he did. Pretending like nothing happened. Hahahahahahaha!

[@MrLatrunks14]

Brandon Franklin Steve Spurrier left Florida where they treated him like royalty for The Washington Redskins. He realized it was a big mistake. Biggest regret he's ever had

[@roguishpaladin]

Brandon Franklin It's about how you do these things. Petrino clearly does these things with subterfuge, a lack of loyalty, and an eye toward playing both sides.

[@fromthehaven94]

And one coach who had a really good thing at another school (Wisconsin) decided he'd be a good fit at Arkansas. Now they're going to have their 32nd(?) coach.

[@halfevilkid333]

I subscribed solely cause he called it screwston Tx, I stan

[@toggafamai4224]

Urban Meyer: 3-10? Those are rookie numbers

[@veasley1215]

That Jason Garrett shot at the beginning hit me right in the Texan😢

[@EqualsPeach]

6:36 this is why I love Mike Zimmer. SKOL!

[@pullt]

I could totally tell it was Arthur Blank in that interview on the bus. Didn't even modulate his voice and the shadow wasn't dark enough.

[@TBSandNFL]

This isn't Marvin Lewis....

[@zenith2930]

I feel your anguish as a fellow cowboys fan