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From an article on that site:

Tuberville also told his weekly Tiger Talk radio audience that "I'm not looking to go anywhere."

But they always say stuff like that.

Tuberville will not go to Hogs IMO. Playing the hand to get all he can out of Auburn. And can't these searches get more creative than going after the same old retreads. Like musical chairs for coaches.

Even Orville Henry's 1997 pro-Tuberville column admitted Tuberville is a pr**k. Nothing I've seen him do since 1997 contradicts Orville's honest assessment of his character.

ARK. BLOG: I feel compelled to add that my use of "terrific" in the headline was meant ironically.

Also, the info that has come out last few days, statements form Foundation Board members and assorted others that fill in the pieces of the story, just show how unprofessional all this is handled by these goodl ole boys. They may run companies but they aren't very adept when it comes to hriing and firing coaches. They were played for chumps in my opnion.

And related: The way the University handled the entire situation was pitiful. No real leadership. No sense of having some deeper principles with which to put the entire Nutt situation in context and frame decisions. Even the way they handled, or didn't, the entire email situatiion was pathetic given they are an "institution of higher learning."

How does everyone give them a free pass on that? Where is the commentary that gets at some of that?

I don't get that. Still, the talk seems to be around the edges of that. No one really calling them to account.

We need some young gun, some coach on the way up. Maybe someone who has proven himself at a a lesser known school. Tressel went to Ohio State from a Dvision 1A school so it can work. They are out there.

These older guys. What is with that? They want to run around, staying at some rural Comfort Inn, having to sit in living rooms in every little town in a four state area, maing believe they want another piece of momma's pie in the hopes that Johnny (who can't read but can run like hell with a ball) will hitch up for 4 years and fight for the HAWGS before he has to go enlist in the army? And the older good ole boys making the real decisions? They need to get some youngins in the mix to take it up a notch. Aside from their money, I don't see them as bringing much else to the table anymore. Their way is the old way. I think the world is passing these guys by for the most part. They need to get out more.

Who wants to do the recruit thing when you are pushing 60, even 50? That's a young bucks game it seems to me. That can't be fun. Maybe it's all worth it in Saturday afternoon when you get a win, but I couldn't see it.

Why do we need some brand name coach? These guys are just going thru the motions, watching their bank accounts grow but I doubt the fire is in the belly like a young guy wanting to make a name for himself and who really wants it.

But we'll do the predictable, the tired, the same ole same ole, cause the good ole boys got ther Rolodexes (probably literally) with the same ole huntin buddies names in them and that's what they do.

"We need some young gun, some coach on the way up."
Sounds like Houston Nutt ten years ago.....

He's a proven winner in the SEC. Went 13-0 only a few years ago. We know he can recruit, and we know he can recruit in Arkansas (Burns and Ziemba). Tubby would be the best possible result from this fiasco.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed....

Yeah, but it sounds like Urban Meyer a few years ago too.

Just depends . . . .

Will the UA be following the recommendations of the Black Coaches Association (my apologies if I listed the organizations name incorrectly) and at least pretend that they will give a black coach a chance to interview? My understanding is that the group contacts the athletic department whenever there is an opening to provide recommendations.

Wingnut stringing us along for more money/facilities at Auburn, or the LSU job? Ya think?

Razorback fans have a high opinion of the coaching jobs on the Hill. Too bad the coaching fraternity doesn't share it.

Arkansas will get "Gillespied" again. When Arkansas' new coach is announced, the fan base will be heading to Wikipedia to figure out who the hell he is.

It's a slap stick comedy up there.

There's a football version of John Pelphrey out there somewhere.

Yeah, could you see those NW ARK powerbrokers hiring an African American Football coach? Sure, they did it for Basketball but they aren't going to go for it for Football. Ain't going to happen. Just my opinion obviously. They may go thru the motions but I even doubt they'd feel a need to do that. I'm not at all saying they are racists, not at all, just saying that I beleive that they would believe that Arkansas, in total, is not ready for an African American Head Football coach at U of A.

President of US? Sure, we may go for that even. But Head Football coach? Well that's another thing entirely statewide. I emphasize statewide. Not any one part of state--just all taken together. Boy, that would be interesting though. Because the crtics of such a move wouldn't really have any real way to go negative on it. Well, there is that "local yokel" state senator or representative who just wrote that colorful email, can't recall his name, he may have a thing or two to say. But for most part, boy-oh-boy, that would be some interesting dynamic at play.

Odell: "It's a slap stick comedy up there."

More like a tragedy. The University of Arkansas is a taxpayer subsidized diploma mill that values sports more than education. What a Banana Republic we live in........

"The University of Arkansas is a taxpayer subsidized diploma mill that values sports more than education."

That's only a reflection of what the taxpayer's value. Look at how much $$$ athletics pulls in for the university.

Not saying that it's necessarily right, but its the truth. I don't think it's fair to simply point the blame at the university.

Inside poop from a reliable source with connections in NW Arkansas. Tough negotiations with TT. Jerry Jones has agreed to pay the $6.5 million buyout to Auburn and to help pay the $2.5 million annual salary (for 10 years) that will be required to get TT.

I don't know if TT is the right choice or not but if he hired Malzahn for OC then that would mend lots of fences in NW Arkansas immediately.

ESPN reported last night that Arkansas had talked with two African Americans about the head coaching job. One was obviously Charlie Strong. Not sure who the other one was. I don't look for them to hire a coordinator though. But if they do, they might as well keep Herring.

I still think the Tubby thing is wishful thinking. Tubby is probably squeezing all he can get out of Auburn. Better get it now before Sabin gets a couple of recruiting classes in.

Oh, please. If UA hires Malzahn the fan base split will be wider than the Grand Canyon.

Severus,

I bet Mr. Long has seen the news reports of criticism of Ole Miss by the Black Coaches and Administrators association for not interviewing a minority candidate, and is smart enough to have at least placed a call to Batesville native, UCA grad, former Florida (interim, bowl game between Zook and Meyer) head coach, now Florida assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator Charlie Strong. I cannot imagine that Coach Strong would get the job, though, and I'm not advocating for him -- just saying they probably called him for a courtesy interview.

who would agre to a 10 year term. That is dumb. That is another way the U of A old guard-good ole boys will look like chumps. But hey, long as it's all it's all their money. Wish we could get some new blood in the powerbrokers seats. Such a closed insular little world these guys co-habitate in. Almost in-bred. Not an original idea or outside-the-box anything among them. Yeah, I know, they made all that money somehow so who are the dumb ones? The rest of us looking in I guess.

Some of us need to make the real money. Then we'd show em wouldn't we. Seems like money--the real kind--almost always goes to the wrong people. Almost I said.

I agree with Rackensacker.

Just rip the scab off that wound and pour some salt into it, huh?

Has anyone heard the rumor that this particular coach is a big gambler? Inquiring minds would like to know.

Big Gambler?

You betcha. Went for it on 4th and 3, early in 4th period, on his own 43 yard line, down by six. against a team that escapes me at the moment. Rolled the dice. Played the hand. Put it all on the line. I remember because I had Auburn getting 3 in that game and I needed a field goal to win my own bet. Won it too, but not on that particular set of downs.

He got the first down too. Cept inside offensive lineman was whistled for motion, barely perceptible as I recall it, but, motion is motion. Ain't about how much, just that it is. So play was for naught and they punted.

So we may get ourselves a real gambler here. Willing to take his chances. And ours.

Makes you feel alive when they put it on the line like that. You give me a close game where the point spread is on the line right up to the end and a coach that likes to take his shot when the odds might say otherwise and that is one pleasurable Saturday afternoon. And if you win well that is all the better.

So let's go get this guy. And always give the points and take the Hogs in Little Rock. You would've gone 1-1 this year but usually you win both.

Oh did you mean gambling, as in a gambling problem?

Well, that I can't say. Ain't heard that. But I did hear he has a thing for titty bars and crack whores. But never during the season. Duck season that is.

Look, we ain't electing the Pope here. Let's get a coach who can win us up some games, whup on some SEC ass, make us all united and proud like we once was, and what he does on his own time ain't no concern of ours. Man's got a right to his down time.

From what I've read, the reasons NOT to hire Malzahn appear to be:
1. He's too divisive
2. He lacks experience

I would address these thusly:

1. Gus's only crime against Arkansas was doing his job so well, that the other coaches (mostly Nutt) became envious of the attention drawn to him. He was treated unprofessionally at best, and handled himself with class and dignity throughout the whole affair. Nutt was the divisive one, not Gus.
2. Yes, only two years in Division 1 football-but two years of astonishing accomplishment. I would much rather hire someone with a short accomplished résumé than someone with a long, merely acceptable one.

Reasons TO hire Malzahn:
· Division 1: OC of the year '06
· Division 1: #1 total offense '07 (Tulsa adopted the no-huddle when Gus showed up-is there any doubt he was in control?
· Arkansan, and former Razorback player
· Very exiting brand of football (we never saw it with Nutt as head coach)
· He WILL throw the football
· The price will be right (at least for the first years)
· Top recruits will be drawn to his style of play (read fun)
· Arkansas owes him the chance after the way he was treated
· It will make for a KILLER game each time we play Ole Miss!

Can you imagine hiring a new coach who doesn't even know who Paul Eels was?

From wikipedia:

"Charlie R. Strong (born August 2, 1960 in Batesville, Arkansas), is a college football coach currently serving as co-defensive coordinator, assistant head coach, and linebacker position coach of the Florida Gators.

After lettering for four years (1980-83) at the University of Central Arkansas, Strong joined the Gator coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 1983. He later served as a graduate assistant at Texas A&M in 1985. His first full-time coaching job was at Southern Illinois in 1986, where he coached wide receivers. He later assumed defensive coaching duties at Florida and Notre Dame. He also received a Masters and Education Specialist Degree from the University of Florida.

In 1999 Strong joined the South Carolina Gamecocks as defensive coordinator, becoming the first African-American coordinator in Southeastern Conference history. His stifling defenses and well-mannered personality created buzz that he would be possibly the first black head coach in the SEC, but job offers were slim[1] (Sylvester Croom eventually broke the color barrier in the SEC coaching ranks).

Strong was hired as defensive coordinator for the Gators before the 2003 season. When head coach Ron Zook took the University of Illinois coaching job with one game left in the 2004 season, Strong served as interim coach of the Gators for one game, the 2004 Peach Bowl, technically making him the second black head coach in SEC history. Florida lost the game, 27-10, to the Miami Hurricanes."

Scott C.

You've got to be kidding. You don't provide any legitimate argument in response to the two problems w/ Gus. By legitimate argument I mean one with some sort of factual evidence supporting it.

1. divisive
Regardless of whose fault it was, the fact remains that Gus would be an extremely polarizing choice. As others have said, it would only add salt to the wound.
"Other coaches were envious of Gus" - give me a break. Don't you think it's more likely the problems occurred because Gus had a different offensive philosophy than the rest of the offensive coaching staff? Not pointing fingers, but I think that is a much more plausible rationale.

2. experience
He has no college head coaching experience, end of story. Granted, he had success as a coordinator here last year. However, Danny Nutt implemented the wildhog, not Gus. Also, if you look at the statistics David Lee has had a better season than Gus did while he was here.
Granted, he had a good year as a coordinator this year for Tulsa. But what conference do they play in? How many SEC caliber defenses do they face? Not saying that completely nulls your argument, but it's got to be a mitigating factor.
You can't seriously argue that Tuberville has only an "acceptable" record and then assert that Gus has an "astonishing" record can you? Wow, I double checked and you did. Come on. Tuberville has had success as a head coach for his entire coaching career in the toughest conference. He should have won the national championship in 2003, but nevertheless they went 13-0. Gus has a remarkable record of 0-0. Neither you or I have any idea how Gus would do as a head coach, and that is a risk. He did win some HS state championships, but are you gonna nominate Bernie Cox next?

"Top recruits will be drawn" - The only thing he's proven is that he can recruit players that he coached in HS. Wait, Mustain and Williams aren't at Tulsa. He has only minimal experience as a recruiter, and there is no evidence to suggest that he would be able to lure top recruits to Ark.

Hopefully Long has the minimal sense that it would require to not even consider hiring Gus.

Ah, but there is the rub, Scott C.

Let us assume that every word in your post is true. Then let us assume that, when we step away from the GroupThink that develops when all our associates believe as we do, that the recent controversy involved more than just a *few* deranged, fringe Nutt-huggers. If this were not so, there would have been no divisiveness.

Now, even if we assume -- for purposes of this post -- that everything you have written is true, I can promise you that there are thousands of Nutt-huggers who would take very very strong exception to your comments and assumptions. (And I am not going to debate them here, because Nutt belongs in the past.)

But what you would have, instantly, is a renewed debate over who was jealous of whom, or not, and who lied to whom, or not, or whether when a couple gets divorced it means their vows were purposeful lies in the first place (not that things didn't work out the way they both envisioned). Whether the UA "treated" Malzahn wrong in any way at all. Etc. Etc.

...a divide like the Grand Canyon.

Why not just skip all that and hire another great offensive mind. Coach Malzahn has a bright future. Hiring him here and now would just open up a wound that is healing every day.

I recognize you were talking about OC, Scott -- I am just saying there are other offensive coordinators with an exciting philosophy who don't have a history rooted in a bad period for the UA.

Well, Racken, if you will read closer I said NW Arkansas. Now if you are in the dark as to the forces that have removed HDN and scooted him out of the state let me say again: NW ARKANSAS. Those folks are now in the front seat of the Hogville sedan. Not central Arkansas. See, Central Arkansas (i.e. Stephens family, et al) lost out a long time ago to this new generation of plutocrats in this small state of ours. NW Arkansas doesn't need them anymore since they now have their own home grown people who have more money than all of central Arkansas.

I will say again, the hiring of Malzahn would repair a lot of fences in NW ARKANSAS and perhaps sedate the restless natives who have been beating tom tom drums.

I'm more interested in winning than in throwing the ball 40 times a game. You can win running too, a fact some seem not to grasp. The object of the game is to win, not see how many passes you can throw.

Leach and TTech pass a lot, score 30 points a game, but unfortunately, they give up 40 a game. Not good. But they sure pass a lot.

Hell NW Arkansas kind of gives me the willies when I have to go up that way. Nothing concrete. Just a vague feeling, a sense of uneasiness, like somehting is out of kilter. Can't ever put my finger on it but it is palabale. Hair kind of stands up on the back of my neck. Ain't saying there's anything to it, but a guy gets to trusting those things.

So, as to pleasing NW Arkansas. Well, it ain't high on my list of New Year's Resoltuions nor on my list of the things in the world I'm concerned about. They would secede from Centrla Arkansas if they could. They don't care about Central Arkansas. They have htis bug up their ass over their infoeriority complex or somehting form years past.

True though, the have the big bucks it seems and they ain't afraidn to spend it. At least on things like Football, and um, oh yeah, Football. Well there's that art museum but I think that's mainly for show. Hell, next thing they'll go buy themselves a chamber orchestra. Appearances count for something I guess. But what they really like spending their money on up there is those HAWGS. And tis the season to go drop a few bucks and be good to yerself and yer loved ones. So they'll spend big this holiday season and go out and buy themselves a shiny new coach.

I'm surprised they keep the LSU game here. I'll bet before too long we'lll get the Mount St. Mary's type games only.

Anyway, can anyone confirm that Tuberville predilection for crack whores and titty bars. That mightn't not a been him. Maybe that was some other coach somewheres else. Or was that Elvis? And that gambling thing someone else broght up.Why that'd be important to know so when he does come to visit they know where to take the guy.

Tell me this isn't a little Nucking Futts? Really. Objectively.

They are going to re-play the game again on TV Friday night or Saturday night, so people who just sat through it a week ago--for 4 plus hours--can do so again. Now, I understand if you didn't see it the first time and this gives you the chance but c'mon, tell me it isn't a little nucking futs to sit through it again. Big game and all that. I get that. But still. That is a little over-the-top dontcha think

I'm just sayin. That shows more than anything the way College Football here is out of kilter. I get the whole emotional fan thing and understand the grip a team can have on a person, and that is all welll and good and in proper perpsective a great thing. But at some point a little light should go off in the wee recesses fo the brain that says "Whoa, wait a minute cowboy, maybe I'm a little too invested in Hawg stuff. Maybe I need to get another hobby."

What I react against so much here is the extreme to which this Razorback shit is taken. I know it goes on other places around other collge teams but there are a lot of places where it doesn't go on. Not anywhere near that degree. I just think it is out of hand a bit here and in those other locales. I just can't understand the absolute hold it has on so many.

The issue is NOT the goodness or badness of NWA, it's that THEY are the primary source of the Darksiders whose campaign ultimately got Nutt gone. They are MAD ABOUT (as in enchanted by) Malzahn. As a Nutt supporter, I'm TOTALLY cool w/hiring him back as OC, as what Scott observed about his return is RIGHT ON the money, imo.

iabl i totally agree with you. nw arkansas has turned into a land of chain stores and resturants. for people who have known the are for 50 years it is kind of a creepy feeling. it is not as friendly. if you go into a clothing store and don't look at the highest end stuff the clerks get bored with you. the football crowds have gotten wherre the people spend their time in the concession areas with their backs to the games. it is not the sport it is a place to be seen. somebody once said it was a place for the bentonville queens to talk on their cell phones. i think a lorge part of the crowd is from out of state and moved here. and if the team has several 2-10 seasons similar to what the basketball team did then they will drop their tickets. i think they will be sorry they turned the team into the nw arkansas razorbacks.

I agree that Coach Malzahn did no wrong (as far as I am aware). I was a strong Nutt supporter and I have no problem with him, would welcome him back.

I suppose the issue, then, is whether he was so "mistreated" by UA that it *owes* him a shot that a second-year OC ordinarily would not get at a program looking to move (up a notch from when coach was here) to the very top level of NCAA teams. That is the thing as to which there might be some debate. (Well there is the question of whether the new head man even wants a no-huddle spread, and if not - why would Coach M leave the place where he's successful doing the thing he most believes in?)

Suppose, for instance, Tuberville were able to bring along Auburn OC Al Borges, with 20 years experience as OC/quarterback coach and coach of Cade McKnown (while at UCLA) and Jason Campbell (assuming Borges did not replace Tuberville or elect to stay)?

Would Nutt haters and NWA bigshots still think Malzahn deserved a shot after only one year running the offense to which he is committed? I don't have a clue, since I don't fit in either category. Likewise, I know my opinion is irrelevant.

Nutt supporter?

In my days they were called jock straps.

Dang.

(LOL)

TT isn't coming to UofA. Write it down. He's happy. Remember this is the guy they tried to fire a few years ago. He has beaten Alabama 6 straight years. He's staying.

You mean we are about to get Gillispied on the national stage once again?

Wind up looking like Charlie Brown trusting Lucy over and over to hold the football while he kicks it?

Have our name synonymous with a negotiation ploy? See this posted on a message board two years from now: "Ah, he's just pulling the old "Arkansas switcheroo" to get USC to up the ante -- hel'll be back."

Say it ain't so. But if it is, then I guess I'll remind myself what I tell my kids: "If that's the worst thing that happens to you, you've had a pretty good life. . . ."

Many a tear has to fall,
But it's all in the game.

Iraqi Security Forces and Civilian Deaths Details
Period Total
Nov-07 544
Oct-07 679
Sep-07 848
Aug-07 1,674
Jul-07 1,690
Jun-07 1,345
May-07 1,980
Apr-07 1,821
Mar-07 2,977
Feb-07 3,014
Jan-07 1,802
Dec-06 1,752
Nov-06 1,864
Oct-06 1,539
Sep-06 3,539
Aug-06 2,966
Jul-06 1,280
Jun-06 870
May-06 1,119
Apr-06 1,009
Mar-06 1,092
Feb-06 846
Jan-06 779
Note: Iraqi deaths based on news reports .
This is not a definitive count.
Actual totals for Iraqi deaths are higher than the numbers recorded on this site.
U.S. Deaths By Month/Year:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2003 0 0 65 74 37 30 48 35 31 44 82 40
2004 47 20 52 135 80 42 54 66 80 64 137 72
2005 107 58 35 52 80 78 54 85 49 96 84 68
2006 62 55 31 76 69 61 43 65 72 106 70 112
2007 83 81 81 104 126 101 78 84 65 38 38 0
View Graph: U.S. Fatalities By Month/Year

Military Fatalities: By Month
Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
11-2007 38 2 1 41 1.37 30
10-2007 38 1 1 40 1.29 31
9-2007 65 2 2 69 2.3 30
8-2007 84 4 88 2.84 31
7-2007 78 8 1 87 2.81 31
6-2007 101 7 108 3.6 30
5-2007 126 3 2 131 4.23 31
4-2007 104 12 1 117 3.9 30
3-2007 81 1 82 2.65 31
2-2007 81 3 1 85 3.04 28
1-2007 83 3 86 2.77 31
12-2006 112 1 2 115 3.71 31
11-2006 70 6 2 78 2.6 30
10-2006 106 2 2 110 3.55 31
9-2006 72 3 2 77 2.57 30
8-2006 65 1 66 2.13 31
7-2006 43 1 2 46 1.48 31
6-2006 61 2 63 2.1 30
5-2006 69 9 1 79 2.55 31
4-2006 76 1 5 82 2.73 30
3-2006 31 2 33 1.06 31
2-2006 55 3 58 2.07 28
1-2006 62 2 64 2.06 31
12-2005 68 68 2.19 31
11-2005 84 1 1 86 2.87 30
10-2005 96 2 1 99 3.19 31
9-2005 49 3 52 1.73 30
8-2005 85 85 2.74 31
7-2005 54 3 1 58 1.87 31
6-2005 78 1 4 83 2.77 30
5-2005 80 2 6 88 2.84 31
4-2005 52 52 1.73 30
3-2005 35 1 3 39 1.26 31
2-2005 58 2 60 2.14 28
1-2005 107 10 10 127 4.1 31
12-2004 72 1 3 76 2.45 31
11-2004 137 4 141 4.7 30
10-2004 64 2 2 68 2.19 31
9-2004 80 3 4 87 2.9 30
8-2004 66 4 5 75 2.42 31
7-2004 54 1 3 58 1.87 31
6-2004 42 1 7 50 1.67 30
5-2004 80 4 84 2.71 31
4-2004 135 5 140 4.67 30
3-2004 52 52 1.68 31
2-2004 20 1 2 23 0.79 29
1-2004 47 5 52 1.68 31
12-2003 40 8 48 1.55 31
11-2003 82 1 27 110 3.67 30
10-2003 44 1 2 47 1.52 31
9-2003 31 1 1 33 1.1 30
8-2003 35 6 2 43 1.39 31
7-2003 48 1 49 1.58 31
6-2003 30 6 36 1.2 30
5-2003 37 4 1 42 1.35 31
4-2003 74 6 80 2.67 30
3-2003 65 27 92 7.67 12
Total 3882 173 133 4188 2.44 1717

U.S. Wounded and medical evacuations
As reported by the DoD as of 10/1/2007

Non Mortal Casualties Army Navy Marines Air Force Total
Wounded - No Medical Air Transport Required 12,814 435 6,366 256 19,871
Wounded - Medical Air Transport Required 6,354 162 1,985 79 8,580
NON-HOSTILE-RELATED MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTS 24,912 947 2,418 1,307 29,584
Non-Hostile Injuries - Medical Air Transport Required 6,171 270 1,006 321 7,768
Diseases/Other Medical - Medical Air Transport Required 18,741 677 1,412 986 21,816
MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTS (HOSTILE AND NON-HOSTILE) 31,266 1,109 4,403 1,386 38,164

U.S. Deaths: Self-Inflicted
As reported by the DoD as of 10/1/2007
Self Inflicted Army Navy Marines Air Force Total
Died of Self-Inflicted wounds 111 4 15 0 130

Is there anything I put under my pillow or something that will make this come true tomorrow morning?

If TomTub really wanted to come to Arkansas, he wouldn't be dillydallying around trying to extort every last million dollars that the Fanatic Tunnelvision Foundation Benefactors can dig up - money that could otherwise be distributed to more worthy causes. TomTub is starting to remind me of the kid who liked to pluck the wings off of flies to watch them squirm. Your pain - my gain.

All these millions . . . for an entertainer?

We need a coach who passionately loves the Razorbacks, who counts it a dream to have the job and be well-compensated to boot. Probably ain't gonna happen until you-know-who is around to squelch the coach's dream.

Note to self: If I want to guarantee fan skepticism, increase public scrutiny of every facet of my performance, assure dissatisfaction with my results and create immediate fan anger and division from the get-go, I should emulate TomTub as he gleefully torments poor John White and Jeff Long for his own personal benefit.

What nice guy, third tier coach will we be be relegated to overpaying after we have publicly battered ourselves into an ugly, helpless pile of goo that is unattractive to any self-respecting top level coach?

Based on our recent searches for replacement coaches, we have Frankly become the toilet paper of the SEC.

What will have to happen before we re-examine our priorities?

"We need a coach who passionately loves the Razorbacks, who counts it a dream to have the job and be well-compensated to boot."

Gee, Don, seems like we had one just like that once upon a time. His name escapes me right now, but he's the new head coach at Ole Miss, I believe. Word is that a few others like him will soon be at Ole Miss, too . . . . David Lee, James Shibest, Mike Markuson, Tracy Rocker, and Chris Vaughn for starters.

What we really need at Fayetteville is a team of co-head coaches made up of a committee of armchairs who possess all the X and O expertise required to design and call plays that would ensure 12-0 seasons every year. So loyal to the program are these armchair coaches, that they'd take the job for a salary of $000,000,000. And who needs Jeff Long? Surely Wally Hall, Shawn Arnell, and John Brummett would volunteer for the task of rounding up these coaches, since they know good football field generals when they see 'em.

So, now that we know the coaches whom you don't want...... who do you want?

"We need a coach who passionately loves the Razorbacks, who counts it a dream to have the job and be well-compensated to boot."
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Reggie? With a top-notch OC? I mean, if you are gonna consider DCs Pellini (now to Nebraska) and Muschamp . . . . nahh...probably out on the "Mike Anderson" theory -- too much a reminder of the past.

But he sure works hard, and gets folk to play hard.

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