Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Arkansas Sports The coaches come and go
Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Football news today:
* KFSM now reporting as legit the talk that has filled chat boards all day — that Hog defensive coordinator Willy Robinson is getting the boot. This overshadows news that Bobby Petrino is bringing his brother Paul back as Hogs' offensive coordinator.
* John Chavis of LSU was honored with the Broyles Award in Little Rock today as the country's top assistant football coach.
Coaches, roaches. Find us some Honey Badgers on Arkansas high school fields — preferably with a New Orleans accent like the one at LSU. And a couple of Barkevious Mingos.
UPDATE: Euphemism watch, from the D-G and its NWA kid sister:
Arkansas has announced defensive coordinator Willy Robinson will not return to the program.
Like....he had a choice. Jeff Longese at work here. Willy was fired. Fox 16 has Petrino statement. Be curious if the Robinson contract — his pay was $325,000 — provided for some severance.
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I was wondering when that shoe would fall. At least twice when the Hogs were getting owned on defense in the 1st half, the head coach would "make some suggestions for adjustments" that would turn the game around and the Hogs would win.
I would read about the suggestions in the paper and think that kind of issue could impact longevity.
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I'd love to see the Hogs bring in Butch Davis as defensive coordinator. When Mack Brown leaves Texas (maybe sooner than he wants), the Longhorns will be coming for Petrino, buyout or not. It would be nice to have Butch waiting in the wings.
The contract was up in June, 2012. Willy will be paid through the next six months since the contracts are structured from July to June. Assistant coaches don't get the long term contracts for the most part.
I don't want any of those honey badgers on the Arkansas squad...can't leave the dope alone. The hell with a New Orleans accent.
Ah, friend Max; would that there *were* "some" Honey Badgers to be found on Arkansas fields. The recruiting edge LSU and Alabama have without even setting foot outside their respective state borders underscores the difficulty of the job at UA.
LSU and Alabama each placed six players on the Coaches All-SEC *first team.* Four of the half-dozen for LSU were from Louisiana. Three of Alabama's six first-teamers were from Alabama. (Shoot, Trent Richardson's from Pensacola; might as well be from Alabama, but I didn't count him.)
For the record I said the job was "difficult," not impossible.
This morning one recruit (a strapping DE from a California JUCO, highly recruited nationally), had warm praise for Robinson and his knowledge of the game, saying he was one of the main reasons he likes Arkansas. He said he still had a couple of visits to make before his final decision. I'll bet he does.
I'm sure the Razorbacks didn't really need him though.
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