Petrino has never walked out of a contract before.
Petrino walked out of a contract before because he wanted to back to college and coach in the SEC West.
Let's face it here ... Arthur Blank can bitch and moan and throw him under the bus all he wants for him bailing on the Atlanta Falcons ... but Petrino is an offensive savant and was brought in to take full advantage of Michael Vick's talents. Then the whole dog fighting scandal breaks and he never gets to coach Vick in a single NFL game. I don't blame him one bit for bailing on that contract.
In this case, he's not bailing on a contract with a $12 million buyout to go coach in the SEC West.