Where Would Petro Fit Best?

[CU77]

Cottle is the closest comparison, maybe Starsia …

[DocBarrister]

Cottle is the closest comparison, maybe Starsia …

Weren’t both older than Petro when they left?

DocBarrister

[The Orfling]

I can think of three relevant inquiries:

1. Is Petro committed to keeping his family in Baltimore, thus possibly limiting the geography of where he'd coach? (Does he have a severance package that would let him stay a couple years for his sons to graduate before moving on to a new HC position?)

2. What other DI programs are there with a coach on the hot seat? Would he be interested in any of those jobs? (He's a year late for Harvard, a couple of years late for Delaware. Dartmouth's hiring of Joe Conner as an assistant and good start prior to the CV-19 end to the lax season has probably bought their HC a couple more years to get a "W" in the Ivy League. Is there anywhere in the Patriot League that might open up?)

3. Are there any newer programs (like Furman with Richie Meade) looking to make a splash by hiring a famous coach? Would Petro be willing to take that sort of job?

[jerseyman]

I can think of three relevant inquiries:

1. Is Petro committed to keeping his family in Baltimore, thus possibly limiting the geography of where he'd coach? (Does he have a severance package that would let him stay a couple years for his sons to graduate before moving on to a new HC position?)

2. What other DI programs are there with a coach on the hot seat? Would he be interested in any of those jobs? (He's a year late for Harvard, a couple of years late for Delaware. Dartmouth's hiring of Joe Conner as an assistant and good start prior to the CV-19 end to the lax season has probably bought their HC a couple more years to get a "W" in the Ivy League. Is there anywhere in the Patriot League that might open up?)

3. Are there any newer programs (like Furman with Richie Meade) looking to make a splash by hiring a famous coach? Would Petro be willing to take that sort of job?h

I guess Amherst is out of the question?

[jrn19]

I can think of three relevant inquiries:

1. Is Petro committed to keeping his family in Baltimore, thus possibly limiting the geography of where he'd coach? (Does he have a severance package that would let him stay a couple years for his sons to graduate before moving on to a new HC position?)

2. What other DI programs are there with a coach on the hot seat? Would he be interested in any of those jobs? (He's a year late for Harvard, a couple of years late for Delaware. Dartmouth's hiring of Joe Conner as an assistant and good start prior to the CV-19 end to the lax season has probably bought their HC a couple more years to get a "W" in the Ivy League. Is there anywhere in the Patriot League that might open up?)

3. Are there any newer programs (like Furman with Richie Meade) looking to make a splash by hiring a famous coach? Would Petro be willing to take that sort of job?

I don’t think he’s going to jump back into coaching again till his kids are out of school (which is 2 years.) His comments in this article seem to intimate as much https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/col ... story.html.

So my guess is when he does return, #1 isn’t really a concern.

[The Orfling]

I can think of three relevant inquiries:

1. Is Petro committed to keeping his family in Baltimore, thus possibly limiting the geography of where he'd coach? (Does he have a severance package that would let him stay a couple years for his sons to graduate before moving on to a new HC position?)

2. What other DI programs are there with a coach on the hot seat? Would he be interested in any of those jobs? (He's a year late for Harvard, a couple of years late for Delaware. Dartmouth's hiring of Joe Conner as an assistant and good start prior to the CV-19 end to the lax season has probably bought their HC a couple more years to get a "W" in the Ivy League. Is there anywhere in the Patriot League that might open up?)

3. Are there any newer programs (like Furman with Richie Meade) looking to make a splash by hiring a famous coach? Would Petro be willing to take that sort of job?

I don’t think he’s going to jump back into coaching again till his kids are out of school (which is 2 years.) His comments in this article seem to intimate as much https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/col ... story.html.

So my guess is when he does return, #1 isn’t really a concern.

Good point and thanks for the link.

[runrussellrun]

I can think of three relevant inquiries:

1. Is Petro committed to keeping his family in Baltimore, thus possibly limiting the geography of where he'd coach? (Does he have a severance package that would let him stay a couple years for his sons to graduate before moving on to a new HC position?)

2. What other DI programs are there with a coach on the hot seat? Would he be interested in any of those jobs? (He's a year late for Harvard, a couple of years late for Delaware. Dartmouth's hiring of Joe Conner as an assistant and good start prior to the CV-19 end to the lax season has probably bought their HC a couple more years to get a "W" in the Ivy League. Is there anywhere in the Patriot League that might open up?)

3. Are there any newer programs (like Furman with Richie Meade) looking to make a splash by hiring a famous coach? Would Petro be willing to take that sort of job?

I don’t think he’s going to jump back into coaching again till his kids are out of school (which is 2 years.) His comments in this article seem to intimate as much https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/col ... story.html.

So my guess is when he does return, #1 isn’t really a concern.

Possibly a NE Prep school for the twins in the not so near future? Patriots are looking for a new film guy. All makes sense.

[LaxPundit07]

I can think of three relevant inquiries:

1. Is Petro committed to keeping his family in Baltimore, thus possibly limiting the geography of where he'd coach? (Does he have a severance package that would let him stay a couple years for his sons to graduate before moving on to a new HC position?)

2. What other DI programs are there with a coach on the hot seat? Would he be interested in any of those jobs? (He's a year late for Harvard, a couple of years late for Delaware. Dartmouth's hiring of Joe Conner as an assistant and good start prior to the CV-19 end to the lax season has probably bought their HC a couple more years to get a "W" in the Ivy League. Is there anywhere in the Patriot League that might open up?)

3. Are there any newer programs (like Furman with Richie Meade) looking to make a splash by hiring a famous coach? Would Petro be willing to take that sort of job?

I don’t think he’s going to jump back into coaching again till his kids are out of school (which is 2 years.) His comments in this article seem to intimate as much https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/col ... story.html.

So my guess is when he does return, #1 isn’t really a concern.

Good point and thanks for the link.

He handled himself professionally and with class in this interview. Not a negative thing was said. And let's be honest, that must have been hard to do. Because we all know, there is no such thing as a mutual breakup. If Hopkins wanted to renew his contract, he would have been back. And nothing he said in that article makes me believe otherwise. Given that, again, I think he handled himself really well here.

Part of me wonders, however, if Petro does feel "relieved". Did he think in his heart he was The Greater Fool a la Will McEvoy? Was he trying to keep Hopkins relevant in a world where not many believed Hopkins could be relevant anymore? Was he fighting the good fight knowing full well the time has passed for Hopkins, and schools like them, to be what they once were?

[youthathletics]

I can think of three relevant inquiries:

1. Is Petro committed to keeping his family in Baltimore, thus possibly limiting the geography of where he'd coach? (Does he have a severance package that would let him stay a couple years for his sons to graduate before moving on to a new HC position?)

2. What other DI programs are there with a coach on the hot seat? Would he be interested in any of those jobs? (He's a year late for Harvard, a couple of years late for Delaware. Dartmouth's hiring of Joe Conner as an assistant and good start prior to the CV-19 end to the lax season has probably bought their HC a couple more years to get a "W" in the Ivy League. Is there anywhere in the Patriot League that might open up?)

3. Are there any newer programs (like Furman with Richie Meade) looking to make a splash by hiring a famous coach? Would Petro be willing to take that sort of job?

I don’t think he’s going to jump back into coaching again till his kids are out of school (which is 2 years.) His comments in this article seem to intimate as much https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/col ... story.html.

So my guess is when he does return, #1 isn’t really a concern.

Possibly a NE Prep school for the twins in the not so near future? Patriots are looking for a new film guy. All makes sense.

New film guy....

[jrn19]

I can think of three relevant inquiries:

1. Is Petro committed to keeping his family in Baltimore, thus possibly limiting the geography of where he'd coach? (Does he have a severance package that would let him stay a couple years for his sons to graduate before moving on to a new HC position?)

2. What other DI programs are there with a coach on the hot seat? Would he be interested in any of those jobs? (He's a year late for Harvard, a couple of years late for Delaware. Dartmouth's hiring of Joe Conner as an assistant and good start prior to the CV-19 end to the lax season has probably bought their HC a couple more years to get a "W" in the Ivy League. Is there anywhere in the Patriot League that might open up?)

3. Are there any newer programs (like Furman with Richie Meade) looking to make a splash by hiring a famous coach? Would Petro be willing to take that sort of job?

I don’t think he’s going to jump back into coaching again till his kids are out of school (which is 2 years.) His comments in this article seem to intimate as much https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/col ... story.html.

So my guess is when he does return, #1 isn’t really a concern.

Good point and thanks for the link.

He handled himself professionally and with class in this interview. Not a negative thing was said. And let's be honest, that must have been hard to do. Because we all know, there is no such thing as a mutual breakup. If Hopkins wanted to renew his contract, he would have been back. And nothing he said in that article makes me believe otherwise. Given that, again, I think he handled himself really well here.

Part of me wonders, however, if Petro does feel "relieved". Did he think in his heart he was The Greater Fool a la Will McEvoy? Was he trying to keep Hopkins relevant in a world where not many believed Hopkins could be relevant anymore? Was he fighting the good fight knowing full well the time has passed for Hopkins, and schools like them, to be what they once were?

I’m not really sure what this means. What schools are “like Hopkins?” Basically every other program that was good in the 70s and 80s that’s still around today is still really good. Maryland is winning all the time, Syracuse obviously is still a Top 10 team routinely and was #1 this year, North Carolina won a title a few years ago, Cornell was in the Top 5 this year. Army and Navy have regressed but they also have much different admissions policies and are much more difficult to recruit to than Hopkins is. Hopkins was literally in the Final Four 5 years ago and a Top 5 team 2 years ago. They’re bringing in maybe the best recruiting class this year. Hopkins has literally been in the tournament all but 1 time, the idea they’re not relevant anymore isn’t grounded in reality. There’s absolutely no reason Hopkins can’t be as good as Maryland or Duke or Virginia or anyone else. Petro stopped getting them to that level consistently and thus he isn’t the coach anymore.

[Homer]

Cottle is the closest comparison, maybe Starsia …

Weren’t both older than Petro when they left?

DocBarrister

Starsia was 64 when he and UVA parted ways, so yes in that case. Cottle, though, was roughly the same age Petro is now when he was let go at Maryland.

[DocBarrister]

Cottle is the closest comparison, maybe Starsia …

Weren’t both older than Petro when they left?

DocBarrister

Starsia was 64 when he and UVA parted ways, so yes in that case. Cottle, though, was roughly the same age Petro is now when he was let go at Maryland.

Thanks, Homer.

DocBarrister

[gymman1031]

His sons are sophomores or juniors in high school. If he becomes a head coach in another area besides the Baltimore region, it won't be for at least another couple of years.

[kramerica.inc]

Sowell is getting his feet under him as an assistant at Gilman. I think Sowell still had some fianascial flexibility due to his contract situation though. If nothing pops for him quickly, I see Petro doing the same at BL, for an opportunity to coach his kids.

I think the likely scenario is that Petro lands in the PLL or at one of the domino- effect schools. If Hopkins lands Nads, I could see Petro at Towson, and for as long as he wants to coach.

[MDlaxfan76]

Sowell is getting his feet under him as an assistant at Gilman. I think Sowell still had some fianascial flexibility due to his contract situation though. If nothing pops for him quickly, I see Petro doing the same at BL, for an opportunity to coach his kids.

I think the likely scenario is that Petro lands in the PLL or at one of the domino- effect schools. If Hopkins lands Nads, I could see Petro at Towson, and for as long as he wants to coach.

That would indeed be an interesting swap.

[Farfromgeneva]

I was thinking if Raymond left we could talk Petro into coming to Geneva. Surely he’s a familiar with the program from his Cornell years.

[Carroll81]

Goes to Potomac State.

Stars in "Last Chance U - Revenge of the Long Poles".

Becomes a reality TV star, and then...

[kramerica.inc]

I was thinking if Raymond left we could talk Petro into coming to Geneva. Surely he’s a familiar with the program from his Cornell years.

If Petro wants to relocate, absolutely. He would have to make arrangements or concessions with his family though.

[kramerica.inc]

Goes to Potomac State.

Stars in "Last Chance U - Revenge of the Long Poles".

Becomes a reality TV star, and then...

Potomac State has a good coach laying the groundwork there...I wouldnt want to push him out-

Send him to Catonsville CC, to resurrect that old, defunct JUCO program!

At the D1 level, get him to resurrect Radford...or NC State!

[AreaLax]

Petro radio interview
https://soundcloud.com/glennclarkradioc ... il-17-2020