Petrino Canned at Idaho

[Paytonlives]

https://govandals.com/news/2021/11/18/idaho-athletics-announces-leadership-change-for-vandal-football.aspx

MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho and head football coach Paul Petrino will part ways after Saturday's season finale at Idaho State, Athletic Director Terry Gawlik announced Thursday.

Petrino is 33-66 in his nine seasons at the helm of the Vandals. His tenure was highlighted by the 2016 season that saw the Vandals go 9-4 and take home the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Championship with a 61-50 win over Colorado State. His time in Moscow also included a transition from FBS to FCS and a return to the Big Sky Conference.

 

[mtgrizrule]

Should any former GRIZ like Andy Thompson apply for this job? If a former GRIZ landed the job, would you be happy, if one were to succeed at Idaho?

 

[MrG]

Should any former GRIZ like Andy Thompson apply for this job? If a former GRIZ landed the job, would you be happy, if one were to succeed at Idaho?

I would welcome a revival of the Griz Vandal rivelary. If a former Griz landed the job.... So What! :thumb:

 

[alabamagrizzly]

Should any former GRIZ like Andy Thompson apply for this job? If a former GRIZ landed the job, would you be happy, if one were to succeed at Idaho?

If by succeed you mean build Idaho into a national power but continue to lose to Montana every time, then yes, I’d be happy.

 

[3-7-77]

Little known, but, one of the obscure definitions of Paul Petrino is albatross:
What does an albatross around your neck mean?
An annoying burden: “That old car is an albatross around my neck.” Literally, an albatross is a large sea bird. The phrase alludes to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which a sailor who shoots a friendly albatross is forced to wear its carcass around his neck as punishment.