Arkansas coach Sam Pittman says he doesn't care about the controversy over hiring Bobby Petrino, he just wants to win.
coach Sam Pittman said Thursday he knew his hiring of offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino would be controversial, but remains convinced that bringing back Petrino was what was best for the program.
To be clear, he's not planning on going anywhere, and while he said the media may not like this team in its predictions, he likes this team and said that bringing Petrino aboard was something he carefully considered before making the decision. Pittman said he had several names on his list after firing Dan Enos as his offensive coordinator during last season. He talked to Seth Littrell before thejob came open among others. He said Petrino's agent initially called to inform Pittman that Petrino would be interested. After their first interview, Pittman knew he would have to get clearance from the Arkansas administration.
"You got his passion, that he wanted to come back," Pittman said."We were very similar about how I thought we could win, and he thought we could. There was also the NIL, the alumni, a lot of things go into that. We needed help at Arkansas financially, and there were things where Bobby knew some people that could help us as well. So there was a lot of different things, and he could help me because he was a head coach at these different teams.
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