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Cowboys owner helped Petrino exit
Bobby Petrino's abrupt resignation from the Falcons capped a week of intense meetings and maneuvers that included calls from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, a late-night meeting at Blank's Buckhead home and a private plane sent to take Petrino away. afternoon and told the Falcons owner he had gotten a call from the chairman of the board at Arkansas. The school wanted permission to speak to Petrino, Blank said. "I almost dropped the phone," Blank said. "From my perspective, the answer is no," Blank said he told Jones. But Blank told Jones to call Rich McKay, the Falcons' president and general manager, for a formal answer. On Friday, Petrino called Blank to tell him he was thinking of returning to college coaching. Frank Broyles, who was in Atlanta on Wednesday on unrelated business, told the Journal-Constitution about Jones' contact with Blank. "What I have heard is that [Jones and Blank] are good friends," Broyles said. "I was told Jerry got permission from Arthur Blank. Jerry talked to Arthur to get an interview. What happened after that, I don't know." Blank and McKay both said Wednesday they never granted that permission.
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This is a direct contradiction of Blank's statement in the same paper that the Falcon's were never contacted by anyone regarding the interest in Petrino! Something in the milk ain't clean!
Cowboystar
Total Comments (1168)
I think it's Jerry J who isn't clean, a lil conflict of interest.
rhymeister
Total Comments (2198)
My head hurts too much after reading that article.
Beer-n-drums
Total Comments (1170)
I think it's Jerry J who isn't clean, a lil conflict of interest.
rhymeister
If that is the case it will be revealed at the rate the ugliness of this story is unfolding! I would hope that J.Jones isn't involved in anyway compromising to his reputation as a respected owner and businessman!
Cowboystar
Total Comments (1168)
What a guy......
50yearfan
Total Comments (8683)
Jones did Blank a favor.
JP Austin
Total Comments (69)
I think it's Jerry J who isn't clean, a lil conflict of interest.
rhymeister
Theres a shock.
KPKahder -
Total Comments (45280)
Cowboystar has it right.
Even a casual examination of the public comments of Arthur Blank on most any subject will yield wildly divergent stories.
Long time observers of the Home Depot story would not be surprised....
ghostofthebabe
Brookline, MA
Total Comments (688)
Has there ever been an owner that's had a worse year than Blank?
grimm010
Total Comments (97)
Petrino had no respect from the players anyway. They are better off without him. He's a rat. He may do alright at Arkansas, but they will never win a championship.
ThisBudz4Me
Total Comments (377)
Jerry is a pig. Really, deep down he's a big red swine. Soooooeeey
JustCallMeDaddy
Total Comments (3591)
Jerry needs to worry about the Patriots.....48-27..
BobBoston
Total Comments (4634)
he tosses the grenade into the bushes and jumps into the slit trench...
BobBoston
Total Comments (4634)
If he asked for permission and that was that, then there isn't a problem. If Arkansas talked to him and JJ (that's what I like to call him) had nothing to do with it after that he is clean...albeit, he is tarnished and put in a bad place.
Either way, this is going to get UGLY!!
LUCKY26
Gaithersburg , MD
Total Comments (149)
Your on the wrong thread for traps Bob, no Cowboy fan is taking a fall for Jerry.
JustCallMeDaddy
Total Comments (3591)
Such a non-story.....so what if a nothing coach quits a team?
Alfred
Tucson , AZ
Total Comments (274)
What the heck is Jerry Jones doing fronting for Arkansas when it involves a head coach from another NFL team? Guy thinks he's the ambassador of the NFL.
TSSSMS
Total Comments (166)
Hmmmm? It would be funny if the NFL charged Jones with tampering and the Cowboys had to forfiet a draft pic......come on, you got to see the humor in that..
50yearfan
Total Comments (8683)
Imagine how outraged Jerry "Joan Rivers" Jones would be if another owner helped facilitate a Cowboys coach's exit. Granted it's good for the Falcons that Petrino bolted but that doesn't mean Jones needed to stick his reconstructed nose into the situation.
Vikingfan
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