As former head coach Bobby Petrino returns to Arkansas to serve as offense coordinator under Sam Pittman, he isn’t looking to step on any toes. In fact, he’shoping to work hand-in-hand with Pittman and the rest of the staff while implementing the offense, a process that wasn’t always easy for him at Texas A&M.
While serving as the offensive coordinator for the Aggies this past season, Petrino faced some challenges adapting to an offense that head coach Jimbo Fisher had in place at the time.
“You know when I took the job at A&M, Jimbo wanted to keep the same terminology and call things the same way they did,” Petrino said. “It was hard. It was hard on me. I was staying up all night. I can remember staying up all night just getting ready for the first scrimmage. I woke up at 2 a.m. in the morning to get ready to call plays for the first scrimmage just understanding what the terminology was, what the formation was. And it was different.
