It's the last quarter in the NFL season.
Gee how time does fly when you're not having fun. One coach who was really not having much fun, Bobby Petrino, head coach of the Vick-less Atlanta Falcons is gone, baby, gone.

Bobby Petrino's relationship with the Atlanta Falcons was doomed before he really got a chance to put on the Dirty Bird uniform. His franchise quarterback was nailed on dog fighting charges in the off season. This week Mr. Wonderful, Michael Vick was off to the slammer.
Vick, gone, baby, gone.
Season, gone baby, gone.

Another unfortunate event has hit the Birds below the beak, head coach Bobby Petrino has thrown in the towel. Gone, Baby, Gone.

He bailed before the miserable Falcons season ended. But can you really blame him?
With the team at 3-10 and no end to the bleeding in sight, Bobby did what others before him have done, he said he quit, leaving his team in the lurch. Can you say Nick Saban?

Gone, Baby, Gone

What about playing for pride, and playing for each other and playing until the final whistle blows? Isn't that the coach's mantra to his players? I guess what's good for the goose is not necessarily good for the gander.
The whole thing blows if you ask me. The fans in Hot-lanta had such high hopes this season. But now they are left with a losing record and no one to lead them out of the darkness.

Vick is gone baby gone, their coach is gone baby gone. Their season is gone baby gone.

Coaching in the NFL is not for the meek of heart. The NFL is brutal. If you've enjoyed celebrity status in the college coaching ranks it must be terribly humbling to be on the losing end of the stick in the NFL.
Petrino is going back to his comfort zone; Petrino is jumping ship to grab the Arkansas job.
The fans in Atlanta got jobbed this season. And for them the season on so many level, is Gone, Baby, Gone.

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