Tony Petitti says he and Michigan ‘have moved past the friction’
I guess it's now time to move on since Harbaugh's gone.
Petitti said he and Manuel have moved past the friction and even sat next to each other at a dinner the night before Michigan played Alabama in the CFP semifinal at the Rose Bowl. Petitti called Manuel “one of the leaders in our room.”
February 15th, 2024 at 12:38 AM ^
Not so sure its a very good idea to let Peetuti overtake ass...
February 15th, 2024 at 12:35 AM ^
Petty Tony and his new BFF Warde…. So I guess this means nobody will ever uncover the PI firm and who hired them to begin with. Nothing to see here, mission accomplished, right guys??!! They are both tired weasels. Warde is too busy pinching pennies while screwing the future of the program and Petty is too busy patting himself on the back for being such a righteous peacemaker. They both got promoted to their level of professional incompetence. Sad to see Warde regressing back to his mean of acquiescing to the his real bosses, Tony and the NCAA. I hope they forgive him for pretending to be tough. Leaders and Best, I think not!
February 15th, 2024 at 12:40 AM ^
My knee jerk emotional reaction to learning this is that both of them should be violated with Zach Smith’s dirty dildos for what they did to Jim.
February 15th, 2024 at 12:54 AM ^
What a huge scam the whole thing is.
February 15th, 2024 at 12:54 AM ^
Hey Petitti, eat shit. Don’t try to sabotage Michigan’s season with the rest of the other jealous big ten teams and now try to act buddy buddy after we win the national championship.
February 15th, 2024 at 1:02 AM ^
What a dirtbag. This is a great way to get people to throw up in their own mouths a little
February 15th, 2024 at 1:14 AM ^
Fuck this motherfucker for fucking ever.
February 15th, 2024 at 1:38 AM ^
Fuck that corporate, job-hopping, suited shill.
February 15th, 2024 at 2:03 AM ^
If Pettytits were on fire, I wouldn't piss on him.
February 15th, 2024 at 4:29 AM ^
What a POS.
I hope Petitie Weenie finds himself out of the B1G sooner rather than later ASAP and he can take Warde with him.
February 15th, 2024 at 5:57 AM ^
Warde is a bitch and honestly so is Michigan. The way Michigan just rolls over for the big ten and NCAA is pathetic.
February 15th, 2024 at 6:19 AM ^
Hey Tony....
February 15th, 2024 at 6:38 AM ^
"Some people...were born on 3rd base. Think they hit a triple, but they didn't."
February 15th, 2024 at 6:41 AM ^
So glad Warde has another partner for fourth meal! First priority for my AD is to not ruffle any feathers no matter what. Go along, get along-even if it means being sanctioned, losing great coaches, and falling behind the rest of the elite programs. As long as Warde has companionship for every event involving food each day, he's doing his job.
February 15th, 2024 at 6:48 AM ^
Well, 99% of Michigan fans haven't moved on. And like Bo, we never forget. Pettini can get f-ed.
February 15th, 2024 at 10:17 AM ^
Bo forgot the most important thing…
February 15th, 2024 at 6:59 AM ^
I will never forgive that fucker, respectfully.
February 15th, 2024 at 10:18 AM ^
I can forgive Tiny Tony.
But first, he needs to show he is sorry. Step down or accept termination. And then apologize for his gutless actions.
February 15th, 2024 at 7:10 AM ^
Warde is a coward. He is not a leader. He is worst than a politician. How do you move past that unethical move by B1G. They will do it again if you let them whether Harbaugh is here or not.
February 15th, 2024 at 7:25 AM ^
Haha, what a piece of shit. Can't wait for him to piss off someone else and then turn to UM for support and they just drive the knife deeper into him.
February 15th, 2024 at 7:32 AM ^
Pettite is a piece of bitch. I forget who said (Seth, Brian, Sam etc.) having Harbaugh at the helm seemed more problematic for Michigan as he wasn’t a yes man like some, and fought for what he believed in. To now assume that everything is kosher, is ludicrous. Though, Warde will play ball as and I suppose needs to, it’s ridiculous that everything just seems like it’s going to go all away. Fuck Pettite, fuck NCAA. God forbid somebody tries to correct the current landscape of this game. Mind blowing.
February 15th, 2024 at 7:40 AM ^
By my estimation, that translates to "we have someone in the room who is just going to acquiesce to everything I tell them to do and not put up any semblance of a fight." Of course Pettiti is going to fall in line with that.
The fact that Pettiti bought into that "player safety" and "biggest scandal in Big Ten history" crap just tells me I can't ever take the guy seriously. He also never seemingly stopped to consider the source of where he was getting these accusations from.
Michigan's rivals.
A bitter, petty MSU AD trying to save face as his football team was heading for a date with Michigan in which they were grossly outmatched. A horde of OSU coaches and staff who were still coming to terms with how Michigan could've ever possibly gotten the best of them, let alone two years in a row.
Pettiti caved to mob pressure. He's weak. Not saying Michigan is blameless or that some punishment eventually wouldn't have been warranted. But I do firmly believe that:
1) If this came out in the middle of Michigan heading towards an 8-4 season, Pettiti would not have punished Harbaugh for this mid-season. OSU folks probably would've still released the story, but I doubt they would've been pushing for immediate punishment as hard as they were.
2) If Purdue, Illinois or Rutgers were the ones doing this, it would've been a one week story, two weeks max. The analyst would've been fired, the HC would've gotten a milquetoast warning in some official Pettiti statement, a slap on the wrist, and everyone would've moved on. NO ONE WOULD'VE CARED.
February 15th, 2024 at 7:53 AM ^
The weirdest thing about the entire investigation , suspensions, etc., was they put a chip on the shoulders of these kids that we have never before seen at Michigan. Not saying it was right, or it was good for the program, but man did it bring out the best in The Team, The Team, The Team!
February 15th, 2024 at 8:32 AM ^
Harbaugh mentioned this. Paraphrasing - This action will motivate a highly focused team with an even greater incentive to achieve. They are completely together in their mission.
It led to .. Michigan vs Everybody.
The results speak for themselves.
February 15th, 2024 at 9:30 AM ^
As Mike Barrett kept saying, be careful who you make the villain.
February 15th, 2024 at 1:42 PM ^
IMO, it was a actually net positive for our Championship march. The team never lost focus, motivation, or resolve for one second.
That said, Fuck You Pettiti. You certainly intended for it to harm Michigan. But Michigan had other plans.
February 15th, 2024 at 7:56 AM ^
Fuck you Tony
February 15th, 2024 at 7:56 AM ^
I doubt that Manuel and Petitti ever had any friction.
February 15th, 2024 at 1:43 PM ^
Not when we lube up and bend over like we do.
February 15th, 2024 at 7:59 AM ^
Go blue and fuck the big ten
February 15th, 2024 at 8:15 AM ^
Maybe with Warde, who we want fired. Tony Petitti is on my list for life.
February 15th, 2024 at 8:17 AM ^
Petitti said he and Manuel have moved past the friction
I think the writer got this wrong. What Petitti meant was "moved past The Friction," aka Jim Harbaugh.
Sometimes it's hard to see capital letters when someone is speaking.
February 15th, 2024 at 8:40 AM ^
Does this mean any investigation the B1G was involved with during the ‘23 season is closed?
My inference would be.. no additional B1G suspensions against Michigan for advanced scouting from the conference.
But, there’s still the NCAA - and whether they feel: 1) Michigan’s actions / violations during CV - have been addressed with the self imposed three game suspension at the start of the ‘23 season (this is the NOA served in December on Signing Day), and 2) any action from the alleged advanced scouting - which again - to me - is unclear, since no one has stated exactly which NCAA rule / guideline was supposedly broken.
I hope this mess is over - but, when it comes to the NCAA I’m not overly optimistic.
Maybe the B1G can actually come up with something and allow sideline to helmet communications for conference games. Oh - that might actually address an issue - so, I doubt they’ll do anything.
February 15th, 2024 at 8:59 AM ^
I saw something on Twitter yesterday saying the NCAA is just about done analyzing the use of sideline-to-helmet communication from the bowl games and is about to make a recommendation to allow it for all games next year.
February 15th, 2024 at 10:13 AM ^
This should have been done years ago. After all, many high schools already allow it - and, have for years. Perhaps the NCAA will use the NFL rules for sideline to helmet communications as a foundation.
February 15th, 2024 at 9:10 AM ^
It's over because the end game for both the B1G and the NCAA was accomplished - get Jim Harbaugh out of Michigan and back to the NFL. He was a thorn in everyone's side and nobody (but us) is sad to see him gone. Including our ever-popular AD I'm sure.
I dont know what it's like up in Michigan but down here in Ohio the "OMG cheaterz - NCAA gonna vacated everything" crowd is pretty much gone. There's a few stragglers still holding out hope, sort of like when we'd find these nutzo Japanese soldiers on remote south pacific islands years after WWII ended, but I think even they realize it's over.
February 15th, 2024 at 10:16 AM ^
Agreed. And, it will be interesting to see if / how one of Harbaugh’s “causes” - media revenue sharing - is pursued by the entities involved.
As a note of reference - “media” - is my comment / perspective. Harbaugh may have described it as “revenue sharing”, without specific reference to the media dollars.
February 15th, 2024 at 8:47 AM ^
Sure, I believe him. Just like I believe every word that comes out of a politician’s mouth.
February 15th, 2024 at 8:52 AM ^
Never forget what this mother fucker tried to do.
February 15th, 2024 at 9:13 AM ^
Maybe Warde has but the fans haven't. Promise that.
February 15th, 2024 at 9:14 AM ^
People nowadays don’t like other people who tell it like it is. They want yes-men and ass-kissing sycophants. Pettiti is this way.
February 15th, 2024 at 9:16 AM ^
Did we?
February 15th, 2024 at 9:16 AM ^
Or in other words, Warde bent over and said thank you sir, may I have another?
February 15th, 2024 at 9:27 AM ^
The whole Petitti situation still stinks and I will never forget.
February 15th, 2024 at 9:29 AM ^
Message to Tony Petitedick.....NO WE HAVENT
February 15th, 2024 at 9:35 AM ^
Play nice for now but stab this gaunt fuck in the back when its time to renew the tv contract.
February 15th, 2024 at 9:39 AM ^
No Cheeseburgers for Toni.
February 15th, 2024 at 10:11 AM ^
Have a mug shot of Tony placed at numerous A2 locations which prohibit his entry.
February 15th, 2024 at 9:46 AM ^
'moved past the friction' i.e. now that Jim isn't here, Warde is free to roll over for Tony.
Pettiti is an empty suit. I'll never forget his spineless leadership
February 15th, 2024 at 9:47 AM ^
Dude can think or say whatever he wants but out here in the real world it will never be over with UM supporters until his sorry spineless ass is doing another job.