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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/college-footballs-75-million-message-no-coach-safe-195605184.html
Here's the part about Petrino/Brohm:
Louisville
The other job to watch is Louisville. Bobby Petrino is 8-8 in his last 16 games, including losses to Wake Forest and Boston College. This is also the third different defensive coordinator the past three seasons, and new hire Brian VanGorder doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. (He was last seen giving up 33.5 points per game at Notre Dame before being fired four games into the 2016 season. Notre Dame’s defense got exponentially better – 8.5 points per game – after he left.)
There’s a bigger cultural issue on Petrino’s staff that dims Petrino’s long-term prospects at Louisville and has his peers around college football chuckling at his brazenness. Petrino has three family members among the nine on-field coaches on his staff – son Nick Petrino (QB coach), son-in-law L.D. Scott (defensive line) and recently promoted son-in-law Ryan Beard (linebackers). That’s $650,000 being paid to family ties. (The reported salaries are Nick Petrino at $200,000, Scott at $300,000 and Beard at $150,000.)
Nepotism is not a topic Bobby Petrino wanted to dive into at ACC media days when asked about the anomaly of having three family members on his staff. He twice said that he’d addressed the family hires publicly and refused to do so again. It’s clear from this article in the Louisville Courier Journal why he was so awkward about it.
Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino answers a question during a news conference at the NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference college football media day in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP)
In short, having three relatives with little significant experience elsewhere invites outside criticism and certainly should be something Petrino should be ready to defend. Nick Petrino has no coaching experience outside his dad’s staffs, Beard came after seasons at Northern Michigan (2015) and Western Kentucky (2016), and Scott has no experience outside Petrino staffs.
This is all magnified at Louisville, where there’s an emphasis of a culture change at a place where departed athletic director Tom Jurich and former basketball coach Rick Pitino both hired relatives in key roles. And it will become a big florescent issue if Louisville starts losing games and giving up crooked numbers on defense, never a traditional specialty of Petrino teams. Part of Petrino’s staffing issues, especially on defense, is that he has one of the worst reputations in the country as a coach to work for. But he’s also appeared lazy in his staff hiring, picking up Peter Sirmon in 2017 after he was fired at Mississippi State for finishing No. 110 in total defense and No. 93 in scoring defense. Couldn’t Louisville do better? Sirmon flopped, VanGorder is in and the questions loom.
If, say, Alabama hangs 60 on Louisville to start the season or the Cardinals struggle at quarterback post-Lamar Jackson, the family ties will invite questions. Louisville slipped from No. 31 in scoring defense (23.8) to No. 70 (27.4) last year. A continuation of that trend could lead to some holistic questions of Petrino’s staffing hires.
New blood is the theme at Louisville, with feel-good vibes from new athletic director Vince Tyra hiring former Xavier coach Chris Mack on the basketball side. If this Louisville football season slips sideways, the school is widely expected to target favorite son Jeff Brohm. It would be a unanimous hit with the fan base and another vibrant new face for an athletic department looking to turn the page. (Brohm would cost $3.3 million for his Purdue buyout after Dec. 5 and also $600,000 from his Western Kentucky buyout until Dec. 31.)
Could Louisville swing it? The school would have to pay nearly $6 million to fire Petrino, depending on the date of dismissal. That’s in the wake of a $7 million parting gift to Tom Jurich, with a looming $40 million legal tussle with Rick Pitino.
Worth noting that Tyra and Brohm have ties from Trinity High School, where both graduated. Could nepotism be replaced by parochialism and a favorite son brought home?
This move may be a year away, but it would be one of the least surprising in all college football. At Louisville, Petrino’s fate isn’t on the frontburner. But it could get there if the defense stalls out again.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/college-footballs-75-million-message-no-coach-safe-195605184.html
Here's the part about Petrino/Brohm:
Louisville
The other job to watch is Louisville. Bobby Petrino is 8-8 in his last 16 games, including losses to Wake Forest and Boston College. This is also the third different defensive coordinator the past three seasons, and new hire Brian VanGorder doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. (He was last seen giving up 33.5 points per game at Notre Dame before being fired four games into the 2016 season. Notre Dame’s defense got exponentially better – 8.5 points per game – after he left.)
There’s a bigger cultural issue on Petrino’s staff that dims Petrino’s long-term prospects at Louisville and has his peers around college football chuckling at his brazenness. Petrino has three family members among the nine on-field coaches on his staff – son Nick Petrino (QB coach), son-in-law L.D. Scott (defensive line) and recently promoted son-in-law Ryan Beard (linebackers). That’s $650,000 being paid to family ties. (The reported salaries are Nick Petrino at $200,000, Scott at $300,000 and Beard at $150,000.)
Nepotism is not a topic Bobby Petrino wanted to dive into at ACC media days when asked about the anomaly of having three family members on his staff. He twice said that he’d addressed the family hires publicly and refused to do so again. It’s clear from this article in the Louisville Courier Journal why he was so awkward about it.
Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino answers a question during a news conference at the NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference college football media day in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP)
In short, having three relatives with little significant experience elsewhere invites outside criticism and certainly should be something Petrino should be ready to defend. Nick Petrino has no coaching experience outside his dad’s staffs, Beard came after seasons at Northern Michigan (2015) and Western Kentucky (2016), and Scott has no experience outside Petrino staffs.
This is all magnified at Louisville, where there’s an emphasis of a culture change at a place where departed athletic director Tom Jurich and former basketball coach Rick Pitino both hired relatives in key roles. And it will become a big florescent issue if Louisville starts losing games and giving up crooked numbers on defense, never a traditional specialty of Petrino teams. Part of Petrino’s staffing issues, especially on defense, is that he has one of the worst reputations in the country as a coach to work for. But he’s also appeared lazy in his staff hiring, picking up Peter Sirmon in 2017 after he was fired at Mississippi State for finishing No. 110 in total defense and No. 93 in scoring defense. Couldn’t Louisville do better? Sirmon flopped, VanGorder is in and the questions loom.
If, say, Alabama hangs 60 on Louisville to start the season or the Cardinals struggle at quarterback post-Lamar Jackson, the family ties will invite questions. Louisville slipped from No. 31 in scoring defense (23.8) to No. 70 (27.4) last year. A continuation of that trend could lead to some holistic questions of Petrino’s staffing hires.
New blood is the theme at Louisville, with feel-good vibes from new athletic director Vince Tyra hiring former Xavier coach Chris Mack on the basketball side. If this Louisville football season slips sideways, the school is widely expected to target favorite son Jeff Brohm. It would be a unanimous hit with the fan base and another vibrant new face for an athletic department looking to turn the page. (Brohm would cost $3.3 million for his Purdue buyout after Dec. 5 and also $600,000 from his Western Kentucky buyout until Dec. 31.)
Could Louisville swing it? The school would have to pay nearly $6 million to fire Petrino, depending on the date of dismissal. That’s in the wake of a $7 million parting gift to Tom Jurich, with a looming $40 million legal tussle with Rick Pitino.
Worth noting that Tyra and Brohm have ties from Trinity High School, where both graduated. Could nepotism be replaced by parochialism and a favorite son brought home?
This move may be a year away, but it would be one of the least surprising in all college football. At Louisville, Petrino’s fate isn’t on the frontburner. But it could get there if the defense stalls out again.
