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Mild Criticism Ignites UI’s Petrino

Spotting a fiery, vehement Paul Petrino galloping up and down the SprinTurf sidelines isn't difficult. That's how the Idaho football coach is, both towards players and assistants, almost all the time, whether he's dishing out punishment or offering praise. And in today's college football culture, berating players and coaches is commonplace. To most - including myself - it shows passion, mostly. And frankly, it's expected at a program that has two wins in as many years under Petrino. But when a coach needs to be restrained from angrily approaching a member of the media, because he can't control his temper? Well, that's another story. That's this story/Michael-Shawn Dugar, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here. (Moscow-Pullman Daily News photo of Michael-Shawn Dugar)

Question: Shouldn't the coach of a team that has won 4 games in three years act better?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.