Look, I get that we all have Louisville envy. That are in the ACC playing primetime game against a top opponent while we are game planning for 2015 in the AAC. And I do realize that Petrino was as likely to be hired here as I was. But, playing this hypothetical game, a sleeze like Petrino wasn't on our list. Nor should he have been. UCONN needed to hire someone who they felt was best suited to build our program back up from the ground up. We didn't have the horses to hire a big splashy 1 and done coach and win 7-9 games this year. Not with this OL and lack of quality depth at QB. If Diaco can recruit and put the program back on track, similar to where Willie Taggart left WKU, then you can afford to make a 1 and done hire to try to make some news.
The two seasons leading up to Petrino at Western Kentucky (under Willie friggin' Taggart):
2011: 7-5
2012: 7-5 + bowl game
Petrino's 8-4 record, sans bowl game, in 2013 isn't as impressive when you put everything into context. He essentially is 1 win better than Willie Taggart.
Western Kentucky is 3-4 this season and giving up 50 points to FCS level athletes.
We made the right kind of hire. We just have to try to exercise patience...and drink lots and lots and lots of scotch.