During his four seasons as the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, Bobby Petrino led the team to back-to-back 10-win seasons before an infamous motorcycle accident ignited a series of events that led to his termination. But the team is feeling as optimistic as it’s been since Petrino’s departure and athletic director Hunter Yurachek is letting everybody know.
Speaking to boosters at a luncheon this week, Yurachek expressed some optimism about the direction of the program, and he couldn’t help but take a little shot at Bobby Petrino in the process.
“Kevin, can I say it? Can I say it? I’m going to say it, Kevin,” Yurachek said, presumably asking senior athletic director of public relations Kevin Trainor for his blessing, according to On3. “We’re at about 45,000, on our way to 50,000 season tickets sold this year. That will be the most that we’ve had sold since the motorcycle accident.”
Back in 2012, Petrino was involved in a motorcycle accident that helped expose an inappropriate relationship with Arkansas volleyball player Jessica Dorrell, whom he had hired as student-athlete development coordinator for the football program.
The program hasn’t been the same since that incident, but there’s optimism.
“Since the motorcycle accident, we took a dip. Now we’re back up on this — coach Pittman’s got us headed in the right direction,” Yurachek said. “And I forbid him from getting on motorcycles, by the way.”
[On3]
