I Support this Coach!

[jimmur74]

Chad Morris is a Winner. He WILL win! I support his hiring of Chavis
For Gods sakes whats wrong with the fan base. Who would be a better hire?

[East Clintwood]

Somebody that wasn't having such a hard time deciding between retirement and a huge paycheck from us.

[HOGINTENNESSEE]

Morris wasn't my first choice. But there are positives I can get behind

I have no problem with Chavis, especially since he will pick his staff

[RedyorNot]

I'm riding the same direction as East.

[colbs]

Chad Morris is a Winner. He WILL win! I support his hiring of Chavis
For Gods sakes whats wrong with the fan base. Who would be a better hire?

I have to hear a name from anyone.

[Baconomics]

I have to hear a name from anyone.

Ditka.

Just kidding.  Chavis is better than any of our experimental hires over the last decade (or more.)

[Poker_hog]

I'm fine with both hires but neither are above criticism.  Both hires are kinda meh hires to me.  Chavis is maybe a slight upgrade over rhoads.  I'm hopping Morris is a big upgrade over bert.  I can't imagine him being worse.

[opineonswine]

I don't know if other teams have more idiotic and negative fans than we do.  If I was as pessimistic as some of these gomers I would quit being a fan. 

[Poker_hog]

I don't know if other teams have more idiotic and negative fans than we do.  If I was as pessimistic as some of these gomers I would quit being a fan. 

It's been 6 years since we've had a season with less than 5 losses.  The whole time the hype machine has been going full steam ahead.  I'm not surprised people are skeptical.

[jst01]

I don't know if other teams have more idiotic and negative fans than we do.  If I was as pessimistic as some of these gomers I would quit being a fan. 

For sure. Reading this board the last several months makes me sad for humanity. There are some ignorant, closed-minded, plain ole dumb people on this board. It worries me that I may walk out into the real world and one of you dummies could be fixing my car or repairing my plumbing at the house.

[colbs]

It's been 6 years since we've had a season with less than 5 losses.  The whole time the hype machine has been going full steam ahead.  I'm not surprised people are skeptical.

I'm good with being skeptical but posters on here are way past being skeptical.

[Al Boarland]

Somebody that wasn't having such a hard time deciding between retirement and a huge paycheck from us.

This guys knows.

[Al Boarland]

Chad Morris is a Winner. He WILL win! I support his hiring of Chavis
For Gods sakes whats wrong with the fan base. Who would be a better hire?

How many coaches made it to this level without winning? I don't think anyone doubts he will win games. I believe the debate is more around how many.

[HogHomer]

This guys knows.

Knows what exactly? You don't know what is going on in Chavis' head because you aren't him. Maybe he went to Texas AM because he saw the possible talent he would get to work with. When he got there he may have been complacent based on the defenses he fielded in the past. (Although he did improve the Texas AM defense when he got there.)

Now he has a chance at another SEC school, where the HC would welcome his SEC experience and leave him to truly control the defense. He may be thinking here is my shot to show my detractors I am the top notch DC I was in the past.

It could rejuvenate him to give us a solid 3 years and then step back with his system set in place. What I'm saying is you don't know. Either scenario is just as likely in the coaching world, where pride is a huge factor. Stop trying to guess what is going on in someone's mind, who you don't even know, and support our staff until they prove otherwise.

Edit: and no I'm not saying blindly follow but stop trying to find half-***ed faults in our coaches before they even coach a game.

[rhog1]

Supporting this coach does not mean you have to like Chavis at DC.

[Hoggish1]

Anybody who has paid attention to his career would agree with you.

[HogHomer]

Supporting this coach does not mean you have to like Chavis at DC.

No but it means supporting the team and trashing a new DC before he has ever coached a game here is not a good look for hog fans. Especially one who has actually had great defenses.

Are people not excited about the prospect  of finally playing aggressive defense? Being able to rush more than 4 on a down other than 3rd? Being able to create turnovers?

This is the coach to bring if we want to do this. Arkansas needs to capitalize off of opportunistic turnovers and Def PPG if he can improve these to categories our defense will be quite effective even if it isn't a top 15 defense.

[Kevin]

hammerdown

[cityhog]

For sure. Reading this board the last several months makes me sad for humanity. There are some ignorant, closed-minded, plain ole dumb people on this board. It worries me that I may walk out into the real world and one of you dummies could be fixing my car or repairing my plumbing at the house.

I know right? I'd much rather have the plumber telling me everything is just fine as my house floods.

[Jonbo]

I know right? I'd much rather have the plumber telling me everything is just fine as my house floods.

Wait a minute. Is that good or bad as it relates to CCM?

[Highway Hog Sign]

I'm optimistic about Chavis. 2 yrs ago we would have done backflips for this hire. Gotta give him a chance.

[Highway Hog Sign]

I love how being positive gets you smited lol. Gotta love HV

[Inhogswetrust]

I don't know if other teams have more idiotic and negative fans than we do.  If I was as pessimistic as some of these gomers I would quit being a fan. 

I've worked all over the country except the west coast. There are idiotic fans everywhere.

[12247]

I would hope we could accept whomever is hired from the HC on down.  I also hope that we don't keep anyone around who isn't producing for 5 fricking years.  I propose the folks in charge closely watch the team under this staff.  Look for energy, effort passion and eventually appearing to know what to do, looking like they had been coached, conditioned, encouraged, etc..  If this isn't present fire their asses.  If the coach doesn't have a refuse to lose personalty neither will the players. 

Our problems never started on the field or even at the AD level.  We've been let down by the folks above them.  These are the folks that hired Jeff and let him make the HC hire pretty much by himself.  Jeff had screwed the pooch on hiring John L Smith.  He knew John and should have known you don't replace fire and brimstone with papa.  He didn't, the rest is history.

Then being left alone, Jeff hired failing scheme Bret, gave him a long contract and then gave him an extension, pay raise and fat buyout.  The big boys screwed the pooch again.  Anyone still believe Jeff was a top notch AD? Huh?  If thing go South with this new bunch, lets not let the ship run aground in Antarctica before taking action.

[lumphog]

Chad Morris is a Winner. He WILL win! I support his hiring of Chavis
For Gods sakes whats wrong with the fan base. Who would be a better hire?

Well . . . they're STUPID. Chavis is a genius & has dominated the SEC for decades. IDIOCRACY!!!!!

[Kevin]

Ccm has not coached a practice, and their are people against him?

[hawginbigd1]

Well . . . they're STUPID. Chavis is a genius & has dominated the SEC for decades. IDIOCRACY!!!!!

Ok dominator and you call others idiots lol

[Hogsfan1981]

Chad Morris is a Winner. He WILL win! I support his hiring of Chavis
For Gods sakes whats wrong with the fan base. Who would be a better hire?

[31to6]

Knows what exactly? You don't know what is going on in Chavis' head because you aren't him. Maybe he went to Texas AM because he saw the possible talent he would get to work with. When he got there he may have been complacent based on the defenses he fielded in the past. (Although he did improve the Texas AM defense when he got there.)

Maybe A&M's talent was lazy, entitled and undisciplined which explains why they tended to collapse down the stretch every year?

Sumlin definitely did not exactly run what you would call a "tight ship".

[Wildhog]

I love how being positive gets you smited lol. Gotta love HV

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[jackflash]

 I think Chavis is a good hire. if they hire Caldwell and Cooper that's a plus will have to do more study on the other guy Trooper if these rumors are true

[PharmacistHog]

We've gone from "anybody but bielema" to "chavis isn't good enough". Unreal.

[Cinco de Hogo]

Chad Morris is a Winner. He WILL win! I support his hiring of Chavis
For Gods sakes whats wrong with the fan base. Who would be a better hire?

Why do we have post like this?

Neither is the best nor the worst we could have "hoped" to do.  If it is indeed Chavis I will then hope he is the best but that's all.  Unlike our former head coach I have no reason to think he can't have a tremendous effect on our team.

[hogmolar]

I know right? I'd much rather have the plumber telling me everything is just fine as my house floods.

Yeah but the plumber is an expert in the field. Not some one who invited himself to dinner.

[Cinco de Hogo]

Yeah but the plumber is an expert in the field. Not some one who invited himself to dinner.

So who's the expert at picking coaches?

[hogmolar]

So who's the expert at picking coaches?

not anyone on here.

[Cinco de Hogo]

not anyone on here.

Well I think we need to go find the best coach picker and make him the highest paid coach picker in the country, then we can argue about whether or not he is the best coach picker in the country.

[DLUXHOG]

Chad Morris is a Winner. He WILL win! I support his hiring of Chavis
For Gods sakes whats wrong with the fan base. Who would be a better hire?

Good... Morris appreciates it...    (BTW, our last hire was the top Big10 coach that went to 3 Rose Bowls in a row... how'd that work out?.... he couldn't cope in the SEC....  uh.... I don't think Morris has near the accolades that our last coach had when we hired him, but I'm behind him and hope for nothing but the best for him in his career here......)

[hoghappy]

Me too

[Highway Hog Sign]

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I guess I deserved that one lol

[jbigs77]

For sure. Reading this board the last several months makes me sad for humanity. There are some ignorant, closed-minded, plain ole dumb people on this board. It worries me that I may walk out into the real world and one of you dummies could be fixing my car or repairing my plumbing at the house.

You really hit the ole nail on the head here fella. A lot on here will disagree just to disagree. They like to argue and bait others into anger. Ignore them, their pointless and their ignorance precedes their intelligence.

Now, back to what needs said. Chad Morris, Hope he does well, but gamble to say the least. Bottom line, it is what it is and the decision has been made. So like it or not kids, live with it, for better or worse, until divorce do we part.