Bobby Petrino may very well have committed professional suicide. Let's look at what everyone has been saying. He's a professional drifter who's constantly looking for the next greener pasture. He has a great college record of 41-9, but his record as the Atlanta Falcons head coach is nothing to put on a resume.

Many people say that Petrino's record as Falcons coach should contain the "Michael Vick Asterisk". Losing Vick not just for the season, but also for a couple of years in the foreseeable future was a tough blow. But other teams have lost their starting quarterbacks and found a way to rebound.

The big question about his tenure with the Falcons is this: if Petrino is such a creative offensive guy, then how could he not retool the Falcons offense to go in another direction?

Forget that Falcons owner Arthur Blank is upset, and forget that the Falcon players are happy now. No matter how you look at it, Petrino quit. He's a shining example of another spoiled little brat who was being paid a lot and didn't honor his contract.

But why might his move to Arkansas be professional suicide?

How is he supposed to compete for blue-chip recruits? Don't think for a moment that every rival school's recruiting staff will not sit in the living room of every top recruit that Petrino wants, look the recruit and the parents in the eyes, and touch the biggest nerve that a blue-chipper's family has: Petrino's instability.

A blue-chip recruit expects that he's going to be the big man on campus, but he also knows that when he's a junior, a head coaching change could lead to a "youth movement" and his reduced playing time. The fact is that all coaches like to have "their guys" on the field, and so every recruit wants assurances that the coach who recruits him is the guy he's going to be playing for.

Therefore, the only way that Arkansas will get any blue-chip recruits in the near future is if that student has some sort of family tie with Arkansas, illegal inducements are offered, and/or there is a clear weakness at a specific position that the recruit believes would allow him to start as a true freshman.

Also, how could he quit 3 weeks before the end of the season? I find it almost impossible to believe that any recruit who Petrino approaches during the next 3 weeks will really believe him when he says, "I always finish what I start, and I can guarantee your son that I will be at Arkansas until he graduates."

Now, Petrino and Arkansas have created a bizarre situation where Arkansas now has 2 head coaches: the interim coach Reggie Herring who will lead them in their post-season bowl game, and Petrino who won't.

The NCAA should be looking into this, because it's an end-around by Arkansas to gain a recruiting edge by allowing their true head coach to get a 3-week head start in recruiting while their current coach will be leading the team in the post-season. It's double-dipping.

There is a saying that "you sow what you reap". Petrino has demonstrated that his words mean nothing, and trust me, the moment that things start to go downhill at Arkansas, fans there will be clamoring for Houston Nutt.

As for Arkansas, when he looks all of you Razorback fans in the eyes and tells you, "I'm here for life." Give him the benefit of the doubt and believe him, but don't forget that in Petrino's mind he's got more lives than a cat, so it's impossible to tell how long he's going to be living the one he signed his Arkansas contract with.

Petrino has truly created a legacy, and ironically, that legacy of not consistently being in one place is the one thing that will consistently stay with him.