Pacific_Falcon Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 (edited) http://www.footballrumormill.com/2010/10/21/zimmer-petrino-a-gutless-*******/Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer is not one to mince words. So when it came time to ask him about his first return to Atlanta since the 2007 season from ****, when the Falcons went 4-12, and Petrino resigned with three games left to take the job at Arkansas, Zimmer pulled out the Ginsu knives. On going back to Atlanta, Zimmer said about that season “I was never even there. As far as I am concerned. I never even was there. When a coach quits in the middle of the year and ruins a bunch of people’s families and doesn’t’ have enough guts to at least finish out the year. I am not a part of that.” Pretty good stuff, but it gets even better in his appraisal of Petrino: “He is a coward. Put that in quotes. He ruined a bunch of people’s lives, a bunch of people’s families, kids, because he didn’t have enough nuts to stay there and finish the job. That’s the truth.”… “He came in and said he resigned, he would talk to us all at a later date, walked out of the office and no one has ever talked to him since. Not that anybody wanted to. “He’s a gutless b—–d. Quote that. I don’t give a s—.”When told that we might might not be able to use the B word, Zimmer went one better: “How about this, gutless MF. You can use that.” – Cincinnati EnquirerI got a kick out of this so I figured I'd share. Edited October 23, 2010 by Desert_Falcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gritz Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 I knew there was a reason I always liked Zimmer.Kudos to him for not sugar-coating his feelings about Pus-trino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporkdevil Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Yup, yup, Zimmer was always a good guy. His defense was pretty good too, except that 07 Jo-Jo offense couldn't stay on the field. I was really disappointed we didn't even give Zimmer a chance to interview for the HC position, but he managed to go to the Bengals and really turn around that defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflight Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Zimmer's my hero for the week lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofEuphoria Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Eventually, someone is gonna give Quitrino a black eye for what he did. It's inevitable.I hope it's Zimmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs falcon Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 If he is within shouting distance I'm going to thank him tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Don™ Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 I actually like Zimmer and Hue Jackson. Dam* shame that those guys had to go b/c of Petrino(it hurts me to write that name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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