Sam Pittman took the microphone first. His job was to field media questions ahead of his newest hire.
Bobby Petrino was ultimately introduced Thursday, after Pittman was finished, as Arkansas’ newest offensive coordinator. The former head coach, who once disgraced the program with controversy, was back in a place he said he was most fond of all his coaching stops for the first time, really, prolonged, since his firing in 2012.
The hire, of course, was almost as controversial as Petrino’s exit. Thus Pittman went first, to explain.
Mostly, Arkansas’ beleaguered current head coach, said he wanted the best man for the job and a man who loved the state of Arkansas as much as he did.
Petrino fit that bill, according to university decision-makers. Here’s what the two had to say Thursday.