Zimmer, currently the defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals, served as the coordinator on Petrino's Atlanta Falcons coaching staff in 2007. Petrino infamously pulled one of the biggest punk, below-the-belt coaching moves in the history of of the game, leaving the Falcons with three games remaining in the season ,-- with barely a word in parting said to his staff or anyone in the organization, to take the head coaching job at the University of Arkansas.
Zimmer was asked about returning to the city for the first time since Petrino stabbed an entire organization in the back.
Zimmer was asked about returning to the city for the first time since Petrino stabbed an entire organization in the back.
Well here is a sampling of Zimmer's quotes, courtesy of the Cincinnati Enquirer:
"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."
"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."
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