Audio/Notes: Petrino’s Monday press conference
Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino spoke with the media today for about 18 minutes. He hit on the Hogs’ 52-10 loss to Texas, what the Razorbacks need to do to bounce back against Florida and some of the things that worry him when it comes to recruiting this year.
Here are a couple of notables before you go on down to listen to the two-part audio files from today:
— Say goodbye to the “Jack” linebacker position. The Hogs are moving more toward a 4-3 base defense with nickel and dime packages mixed in. It’s not too much of a change, but the returns of Elston Forte, Ryan Powers and Wendel Davis has bulked up the numbers a bit at LB and the Hogs are moving away from that hybrid position.
In fact, the Jack position is no longer listed on the Hogs’ depth chart.
— The coaches hope to redshirt true freshman linebacker Tenarius Wright. Wright was getting plenty of hype in the preseason but a high ankle sprain kept him out of action for three weeks during fall camp, and it doesn’t seem the coaches are ready to burn his redshirt this season.
— Petrino isn’t ready to hit the panic button when it comes to his team’s personnel not executing the offense or defense perfectly.
“Again, I just want to reiterate that those two teams (Alabama and Texas) we played, they’re pretty darn good. We’re not happy with the way we played. We want to play better. We want to get better. We will improve in a lot of areas. But we’re not going to panic because we lost those two games”
AUDIO: Bobby Petrino’s Monday press conference (two parts)
Part 1:
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– Brandon Marcello
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Coach Petrino is finding out that he isn’t coaching in Conference USA now and the SEC is a much tougher conference. A lot of excuses involve the talent level of our players—is that supposed to make them play better? It sure wouldn’t help my game!!!
I think Petrino is intelligent enough to know that he coaches in the SEC and that its not Conf USA. What else do you put the blame to other than talent level? How do you fix what’s broken with ONE recruiting class?
I did not hear anything in the press conference where Petrino blames the talent level. He isn’t getting execution and he’s just pointing that out.
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Winning football isn’t built in ONE season.