Arkansas’s FAYETTEVILLE If Kolby Smith is named the next running backs coach, it will be a clear indication that Arkansas coach Sam Pittman is putting a lot of faith in Bobby Petrino. Apparently quite a bit. After being originally mentioned on Saturday by Brandon Marcello of 247Sports, our Kent Smith looked into it. The link with Petrino is evident, as evidenced by the fact that he coached under him after playing for Louisville. You can find all the specifics there. He is aware of the responsibilities of the position. All of this boils down to the learning curve that players must endure in order to become part of Petrino’s offense. To put it plainly and the reason behind nearly every offensive
obvious indication. Apparently quite a bit. After being originally mentioned on Saturday by Brandon Marcello of 247Sports, our Kent Smith looked into it. The link with Petrino is evident, as evidenced by the fact that he coached under him after playing for Louisville. You can find all the specifics there. He is aware of the responsibilities of the position. All of this boils down to the learning curve that players must endure in order to become part of Petrino’s offense. To put it simply, you can’t play for him as a dumb, and this is true for almost every offensive player he has coached. To do all of this prior to their important first game versus Oklahoma State in the second
Petrino Wants To Hire A Known Person To Coach Running Backs Jimbo Fisher made it abundantly evident from the start in his first coordinator role at Texas A&M that he remained in charge and that his offense and terminology would stay his. Fisher might have done better to pay attention to his assistants, given that he was fired prior to the final game of the season. Pittman had stated from the start that Petrino was going to be the one to commit this violation and he wasn’t going to make the same error. The head coach is now a graduate assistant on the offensive line, something he does for joy and intelligence. That’s the one thing that hasn’t altered throughout his many years of coaching. All he had planned to do as head coach changed
