Tagged: Bobby Petrino

Jeff Long's Speech: Crafting the Words That Persuaded Razorback Fans

Jeff Long's Speech: Crafting the Words That Persuaded Razorback Fans

This week's first anniversary of the motorcycle wreck that changed Arkansas sports history provides a case study in crisis communication. John Diamond, the University of Arkansas' associate vice chancellor for university relations, recently spoke to Arkansas Business about the process of crafting the 673-word speech that Athletic Director Jeff Long delivered when he announced that he’d fired the Razorbacks' popular and successful head football coach, Bobby Petrino. read more >

Arkansas Business: The Best & Worst News of 2012

Arkansas Business: The Best & Worst News of 2012

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There was good news and there was bad news in Arkansas in 2012. And in case you’ve forgotten the details, the Arkansas Business staff is here to remind you. read more >

Reports: Former Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino Lands At Western Kentucky

Reports: Former Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino Lands At Western Kentucky

Bobby Petrino is no longer unemployed. Petrino, who was fired at Arkansas on April 10, will be announced as Western Kentucky's coach today at 4 p.m., according to multiple reports. Arkansas fired Petrino with cause following a review of the coach's relationship with staff employee Jessica Dorrell and his efforts to mislead the university about hiring her over 150-plus other applicants and paying her a $20,000 cash. read more >

Bahn: ADs Say Search Facing Razorbacks' Long Will Take Research, Planning And Instinct

Bahn: ADs Say Search Facing Razorbacks' Long Will Take Research, Planning And Instinct

ArkansasSports360.com recently visited with four BCS conference athletic directors who were in charge of football coaching searches last season. Each had his own approach, but all of the administrators — Arizona’s Greg Byrne, Illinois’ Mike Thomas, North Carolina’s Bubba Cunningham and Washington State’s Bill Moos — agreed that a football coaching search is as consuming as it gets. There is no overstating the importance of the decision currently facing Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long. read more >

Bahn: Hogs' Tyler Wilson Has A Read On Paul Petrino After They Team For Big Spring

Bahn: Hogs' Tyler Wilson Has A Read On Paul Petrino After They Team For Big Spring

Perhaps Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson can’t do his relationship with offensive coordinator Paul Petrino justice with words. His spring practice performance provides as good an explanation as any of how well he and Petrino fit. It’s well documented the sort of spring Wilson had. He threw no interceptions in scrimmages and capped April by completing 31 of 41 passes for 467 yards with two touchdowns in the Red-White game. read more >

Phone Records Show Frequent Contact Between Bobby Petrino, Jessica Dorrell

Phone Records Show Frequent Contact Between Bobby Petrino, Jessica Dorrell

Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino and Jessica Dorrell exchanged thousands of phone calls, text and multimedia messages between September and April 5, including on game days during the 2011 football season. Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request provided more detail of the inappropriate relationship between the two that ultimately led to Petrino’s firing. Athletic Director Jeff Long said Petrino and Dorrell, hired into the football office on March 28, were together a “significant” amount of time, something the records confirm. read more >

Bahn: Feeling Pain At Arkansas, But Not Necessarily Petrino's Pain

Regardless of how much pain he was in following the wreck — State Police Captain Lance King says Petrino did nothing but groan on the way to the hospital (well, groan and provide detailed directions on how to get to the little known Physician’s Specialty Hospital)— it’s really hard to muster much sympathy anymore for Petrino. But there are folks that deserve your empathy. None of them are wearing neck braces. All of them have been hurt in ways that aren’t as visible as the road rash on Petrino's face. read more >

Bahn: Razorbacks' Petrino Knows How To Pace An Offense (And How To Get A Laugh)

Bahn: Razorbacks' Petrino Knows How To Pace An Offense (And How To Get A Laugh)

Teams don't show all they've got in tune-up games. Most folks who pay attention to college football would agree that’s the case. Doesn’t mean Coach Bobby Petrino wants to talk about it. In fact, Petrino did his best to shoot that idea down — with humor! — Thursday when a local TV personality asked about further opening up the playbook in the coming weeks. read more >