In fact, I’m not even going to refer to Petrino as a head football coach because frankly, he’s lost that privilege in my opinion.

There’s certainly no denying that life sometimes doesn’t work out the way we intended it to whether you’re a football coach or a ditch digger. And, I applaud those who are willing to make positive changes for the better.

Still, there’s a proper way to go about changing one’s life and this is what burns me about Petrino.

In one calendar year Petrino has held three different coaching positions including Louisville, Atlanta and now Arkansas. Despite the tremendous efforts of both the Cardinals and Falcons to compensate him financially, he’s unemotionally left his teams for a “better” head coaching position.

In doing so, Petrino has repeatedly ignored what is most important to the game of football; family, team and honesty. This is not the type of head coach who should be leading young men in college athletics.

With what credibility can Petrino tell his newest players to stick it out when times get tough whether that’s on the field, in the classroom or in their homes? And, as a man who is expected to set the right examples for his players and his team’s community Petrino’s career message has been to quickly find the easiest exit. Nothing hurts one’s support group more than a quitter like Petrino.

Leaving the Falcons organization after just 13 games into this season is yet another example of Petrino’s selfishness. Apparently, the team’s 3-10 record during his first season was just to much to bear. After all, during his entire stay at Louisville Bobby posted a career 41-9 mark. Perhaps, he felt embarrassed as a head coach in Atlanta.

Obviously, Petrino expected to have Michael Vick as his quarterback and for the team to perform better than it has in 2007. However, similar scenarios are true for many other NFL franchises during this season and the same can be said regarding the seasons before this one and the seasons to come. Better said, it’s called life, where the unexpected happens all the time.

Being a professional, having pride and building character is why a true coach like Romeo Crennel doesn’t walk out on his previous disappointingly bad Browns teams.

Besides, it’s not as if Petrino didn’t know what to expect from the NFL. From 1999-2001 Petrino worked as a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars. During this three year span Jags QB Byron Leftwitch was often injured along with star running back Fred Taylor too. I have to wonder why Petrino didn’t move on to another coaching job then as well.

Plus, there are just three more games to go in the NFL season so why couldn’t Petrino wait to accept the Arkansas position until the conclusion of the Falcons season? At least then he could have handled his change of heart with some class and without having to explain why he gave up on his team during the season.

Instead, Petrino decided once again to show his true self. He walked out on his players in Atlanta and disrespected his former players at Louisville all at the same time.

Soon Bobby Petrino will have totaled more football lies than he will have won football games as a head coach. Actually, for this reason I expect Petrino to stay at the University of Arkansas for some time. Obviously, he’ll have to muster some form of credibility to recruit players.

However, Petrino’s betraying reputation will be difficult, if not impossible, for him to erase and that’s why I hope Bobby’s next move will be away from coaching football entirely.