Folks here have a lot more information than the coaches involved did at the time. I suspect that if any of these coaches knew that the plays were real, and that this guy was doing this whenever/wherever he could, they all would have turned him in. But they didn't. Instead of demanding justice for some crime that we perceive as having been perpetrated, how about we ask ourselves why no one turned this guy in. Some of the programs that got this information have great integrity. None turned this guy in. Why?
In my world, that means that they did not take it seriously.
If a playbook, of "trick plays", of the cupcake opponent we were going to play suddenly materialized, my assumption would have been:
1.) It is disinformation, trying to get us to key in on the wrong signs, so the real "trick plays" would have a slightly more infinitesimal chance of working.
2.) It is disinformation, designed to expose us as cheaters, or at least sully our image.
Actions taken would have been:
1.) Ignore it.
2.) Review it, after the game, to see which it was, and then take appropriate action, if needed. Which would probably be tell the AD, and let them deal with it! Who needs the clutter?
Seriously, if a radio announcer said they could give you the trick plays playbook, would you believe him? Or just laugh, saying "Nice try, bub. Try again next year. You might want to work on being a bit more believable."
A former player, grad assistant, and coach...............your first inclination would be to think he had a grudge, because he was not retained, and wanted his alma mater to lose? Sorry, but it would take a lot of convincing for me to believe that.
But,
now we know he did this. Still hard to comprehend.
At this point, it seems all it did was keep Wake from using its trick plays. While I think Petrino is scum, is there any evidence they actually used it? Or would have, if Wake did run any of those plays? Seems to be both teams were sandbagged, by a disgruntled cretin. Wake loses, probably worse than they would have. And we get to beat up on scumbag Petrino for being a scumbag.
