You must be ONLY watching ESPN. Fox Sports, Best Damn, the morning shows, all of them are calling him a weasel. It's not going to be easy for him, no matter how good on the x's and o's he is.
I think he's even more loathed right now than Saban....and that's not easy.
To be honest and I would never admit this to a bammer both coaches IMO made a better decision, Atlanta is a mess right now, Petrino made the right call to get out...and the only team worse than Atlanta is the Miami Dolphins. Course it doesn't hurt when you offer your soul to get a coach either (a la spuat)
I don't think the recruits give a shit....the media makes a big deal of it, fans of the opposing school poke fun, but after that who else gives a shit. I don't consider Arkansas a rival (more like an annoying pest, I could give shit who there coach is, chances are Tubs will probably do better now that Fuck Nutt is gone, course now we got to worry bout Ole Piss)