Nutt to UNC rumor makes SI

[football17]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/scorecard/10/24/truth.rumors.college/index.html

[HOG71]

I must have missed the sentence where it said Nutt was headed to UNC?  Looks like Nutt will be a name that will be thrown around

[football17]

I must have missed the sentence where it said Nutt was headed to UNC?  Looks like Nutt will be a name that will be thrown around

Correct... note the word "rumor" 

[HOG71]

Your title reverses the actual contents of the article

[mckinneyhog]

I just love rumors.  I was once rumored to have been the brother of Mitch Mustain, but it was just a rumor. 

[HogFaninGA]

A lot of times, these rumors have merit.  Agents for the coaches (that are thinking of moving) send out feelers to see how much interest there is in their client.  I'm hoping this is the case with HDN.

[DeltaBoy]

Old News Call me when you see his cheerleader Agent flying to Chapel Hill !!!!

[football17]

Your title reverses the actual contents of the article

Nutt is rumored to possibly be going to UNC.. that's what the thread says... I dont get your point...

[mckinneyhog]

Mark my word, Nutt is not going to UNC, I wish he was.

[football17]

This is just the first time we've seen his name mentioned nationally....

[onehogfan]

gonna make the darksiders hyave an inordinate amount of hope .....NUTT is here for awhile............deal with it

[1stwordswerewoopig]

Nutt has a GREAT agent.

Remember how he created the entire buzz about Nutt being "wanted" at Nebraska?  How about Nutt being on the "short list" at L.S.U.?

Being on the list can't hurt your career.  It gets your name out there on a national market.

If not leaves for UNC, he IS as crazy as some of you say.

[hogsanity]

I just can not believe that HDn leaves on his onw this year.  I mean, next year we will start ranked top 15, most likely.  A majority of the players will be back.  We will have another spring/summer, and August to put in more of the Gus philosophy, and another good season could sned HDn to a much better job than the repair a wreck at NC.

[Richard_white]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

[mckinneyhog]

gonna make the darksiders hyave an inordinate amount of hope .....NUTT is here for awhile............deal with it

I am not a darksider, but becoming more tan as the days pass. I don't know if I agree with you on that.  If Nutt is going to be here for awhile, then Ark. will have to give him a pay raise, in which I don't think will happen.  In all honesty we don't even need a head coach.  Lets take his 1.5 million salary per year and build a nice zoo so we can put Nutt in it. 

[Ish O]

Its this kind of crap that puts a dagger in recruiting and then the same people who create and celebrate these kind of threads will be asking why recruiting wasn't as good as expected when February rolls around. Nutt is NOT going to UNC. Period.

[Swynler Durden]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

You forgot "bet that"

[Swynler Durden]

Its this kind of crap that puts a dagger in recruiting and then the same people who create and celebrate these kind of threads will be asking why recruiting wasn't as good as expected. Nutt is NOT going to UNC. Period.

Actually Nutt's lack of effort in recruiting is what puts a dagger in recruiting.

[PigPusher]

But we do know that he has itchy feet.  With Coach Malzahn in place Coach Nutt might just decide to travel given the right road to move down. He is not old enough to succumb to the draw of the athletic director, so the only recourse is to seek a bigger fortune elsewhere.  That being there is simply not enough room in Dodge for two gunslingers. His travel to another venue would indeed be a good solution to everyone's  needs and that is not at all being critical of him in any way.

[tundrahawg]

I just can not believe that HDn leaves on his onw this year.  I mean, next year we will start ranked top 15, most likely.  A majority of the players will be back.  We will have another spring/summer, and August to put in more of the Gus philosophy, and another good season could sned HDn to a much better job than the repair a wreck at NC.

Ok so coaches actually get jobs that are not wrecks?  People are mostly hired to repair the damage the previous coach did that makes no sense.  

[Since 1894]

Sounds like a good agent gettting ready to renegotiate his client's current contract.

[mckinneyhog]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

Do you think Nutt knows where he will be next year?

[HogHillbilly]

Looks to me like it's all about Butch

[EastexHawg]

I don't even dream that good.  It's like your wife asking if you would mind accompanying her good friend Jessica Alba on a trip to the Cayman Islands.  You can fantasize about it all you want, but it will never happen.

[mbgrulz]

Your title reverses the actual contents of the article

Nutt is rumored to possibly be going to UNC.. that's what the thread says... I dont get your point...

wow. thats what you got out of that? bless your heart. first of all, the guy who wrote this works for the charlotte observer, so he is doing a little bit of research and a whole lot of wishful thinking. you cant tell me rich rodriguez would leave WVU for UNC. at WVU, he must win one tough game per year (louisville) and then he is in consideration for the NC if he goes undefeated. houston is where he wants to be. sure, there are the haters, but there are plenty of people that are happy with him and if you have ever been a coach, you know that is how it will be everywhere.

[Hoop]

Its this kind of crap that puts a dagger in recruiting and then the same people who create and celebrate these kind of threads will be asking why recruiting wasn't as good as expected when February rolls around. Nutt is NOT going to UNC. Period.

Yeah were the ones that are hurting recruiting. Good one. I guess we have hurt it the last 8 years, cause it hasn't been worth shiite.

[mckinneyhog]

I don't even dream that good.  It's like your wife asking if you would mind accompanying her good friend Jessica Alba on a trip to the Cayman Islands.  You can fantasize about it all you want, but it will never happen.

You know it was rumored that you went to the Cayman Islands with Jessica Alba.  

[LA HAWG]

I just can not believe that HDn leaves on his onw this year.  I mean, next year we will start ranked top 15, most likely.  A majority of the players will be back.  We will have another spring/summer, and August to put in more of the Gus philosophy, and another good season could sned HDn to a much better job than the repair a wreck at NC.

I actually agree with Hogsanity here.  The program is finally getting to where he wants it.  We will be ranked high next season.  Why jump, by choice, to a team like NC?   Just would not make sense.  Dale is hard-headed you know.

[Richard_white]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

Do you think Nutt knows where he will be next year?

lol  Nutt knows money.  He will follow the money.  Here or at another school. 

[longtimeHogfan]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

You forgot "bet that"

"Book It" has always been my favorite.

[hog_fan]

Wouldn't suprise me to see Nutt and his agent sucker Broyles into another raise. Couple years from now he will ask for another two year pass and get it. I personally would rather keep Gus then Nutt. I can't  see them  being on same staff next year.

[fire_hog]

Its this kind of crap that puts a dagger in recruiting and then the same people who create and celebrate these kind of threads will be asking why recruiting wasn't as good as expected when February rolls around. Nutt is NOT going to UNC. Period.

Riiiight. Nutt has nothing to do with it. It's all us nasty internet rats. Heck, I'll bet most of us are actually fans of another team sent here to incite controversy. He never really wanted to go to Nebraska, never coveted the LSU job, never told people he wanted the Texas A&M job. It's all us.

The funny thing is, Nutt could end all of this by saying after the game Saturday, "I am not a candidate for any coaching job in America. If contacted, I will not interview. Arkansas is where I will coach until my services are no longer needed here".

[mckinneyhog]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

Do you think Nutt knows where he will be next year?

lol  Nutt knows money.  He will follow the money.  Here or at another school. 

I think most of us will follow money.  Money has this weird way of influencing us. 

[mckinneyhog]

Since the smite button is gone, let me be the first to say that HDN's leaving would be good for the University of Arkansas.  I'm ok if he continues to win and stays too.  But since we now see that we can do better than 6 wins a year, there should be no going back to that mediocrity.  Obviously it CAN be done.  We CAN compete with the upper tier.  Not doing it is unacceptable.  If that's too much pressure on HDN, who gets paid handsomely for his stress, then adios.  There are others with equal or better skill who will accept the challenge. 

For 1.5 million I will accept it.

[Swynler Durden]

Its this kind of crap that puts a dagger in recruiting and then the same people who create and celebrate these kind of threads will be asking why recruiting wasn't as good as expected when February rolls around. Nutt is NOT going to UNC. Period.

Riiiight. Nutt has nothing to do with it. It's all us nasty internet rats. Heck, I'll bet most of us are actually fans of another team sent here to incite controversy. He never really wanted to go to Nebraska, never coveted the LSU job, never told people he wanted the Texas A&M job. It's all us.

The funny thing is, Nutt could end all of this by saying after the game Saturday, "I am not a candidate for any coaching job in America. If contacted, I will not interview. Arkansas is where I will coach until my services are no longer needed here".

Another thing along the lines of your post that I have wondered about lately is this:
Every time there has been a rumor going around (dissention in the coaching staff, players threatening to transfer, Gus's system and HDN's control, etc...) we have gotten a response from the in-state traditional media. Wally or Clay write a column addressing it, Chuck talks about it on Sportsrap, Rick refutes it on Drivetime and so on. Except this. No one will touch this one. If HDN isn't considering his options, why haven't we been treated to a barrage of articles and call in show lectures telling us that he loves the helmet and has no intention of leaving?

[Richard_white]

Its this kind of crap that puts a dagger in recruiting and then the same people who create and celebrate these kind of threads will be asking why recruiting wasn't as good as expected when February rolls around. Nutt is NOT going to UNC. Period.

Riiiight. Nutt has nothing to do with it. It's all us nasty internet rats. Heck, I'll bet most of us are actually fans of another team sent here to incite controversy. He never really wanted to go to Nebraska, never coveted the LSU job, never told people he wanted the Texas A&M job. It's all us.

The funny thing is, Nutt could end all of this by saying after the game Saturday, "I am not a candidate for any coaching job in America. If contacted, I will not interview. Arkansas is where I will coach until my services are no longer needed here".

Another thing along the lines of your post that I have wondered about lately is this:
Every time there has been a rumor going around (dissention in the coaching staff, players threatening to transfer, Gus's system and HDN's control, etc...) we have gotten a response from the in-state traditional media. Wally or Clay write a column addressing it, Chuck talks about it on Sportsrap, Rick refutes it on Drivetime and so on. Except this. No one will touch this one. If HDN isn't considering his options, why haven't we been treated to a barrage of articles and call in show lectures telling us that he loves the helmet and has no intention of leaving?

Because they have been burned a couple of times by Nutt flirting with other schools.

[Idahog]

This is the second part of a two phase rumor, most thought Nutt would be fired after a loss to Vandy, a shaky win there along with Bama kept speculation going until Auburn.  Now that its pretty clear the outright firing for bad performance chance is gone many people see only one more rumored scenario.  The scenario is that the boosters have given Nutt a chance to gloss up his resume this season in an effort to get a semi-decent job elsewhere.  The poor recruiting effort, RH's son being offered by NC and rumor mill gossip all add fuel to these speculations.  The end-game for the rumors is that BD will come in and take over as HC while he waits for the Dallas Cowboy's HC job to open up, by that time Gus is ready to take over and a tradition is born.

I agree that he doesn't leave on his own though.  He has a 2 million dollar bonus at the end of his 10th year here, thats enough to not leave I'd imagine, on top of having his team set up nicely for its first shot at a NC run in many many moons next year.

[hogsNbeer]

I dont' care where he goes...As long as he is not at Arkansas after this season...

[excoach]

I'll help load the moving van.

[mckinneyhog]

Do we really give a rats arse if Nutt is here next year?  I for one will sleep just fine at night if he decides to leave. 

[mckinneyhog]

I'll help load the moving van.

I will help pay for his move.

[Swynler Durden]

I'll help load the moving van.

I will help pay for his move.

You and Tyson both.

[mckinneyhog]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

Do you think Nutt knows where he will be next year?

lol  Nutt knows money.  He will follow the money.  Here or at another school. 

Sounds like to me he's trying to get a raise here.  Since 1894 nailed it.  If he doesn't get a raise, he'll threaten to bail again.  I think he's always felt underappreciated here, or at the very least the last few years.  He just got a raise after 2003.  I don't really know what basis he thinks his raise should be granted.  One good year out of three

Inflation. 

[Richard_white]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

Do you think Nutt knows where he will be next year?

lol  Nutt knows money.  He will follow the money.  Here or at another school. 

Sounds like to me he's trying to get a raise here.  Since 1894 nailed it.  If he doesn't get a raise, he'll threaten to bail again.  I think he's always felt underappreciated here, or at the very least the last few years.  He just got a raise after 2003.  I don't really know what basis he thinks his raise should be granted.  One good year out of three

Nutt is a good rah rah man.  I can see him doing this after the season is over.

Hey Frank I got something to tell ya.

Give me an...R

Give me an   A

Give me an   I

Give me an  S

Give me an  E

What's that spell Frank?  Raise!...Raise!...Raise! 

[GuvHog]

Its this kind of crap that puts a dagger in recruiting and then the same people who create and celebrate these kind of threads will be asking why recruiting wasn't as good as expected when February rolls around. Nutt is NOT going to UNC. Period.

Riiiight. Nutt has nothing to do with it. It's all us nasty internet rats. Heck, I'll bet most of us are actually fans of another team sent here to incite controversy. He never really wanted to go to Nebraska, never coveted the LSU job, never told people he wanted the Texas A&M job. It's all us.

The funny thing is, Nutt could end all of this by saying after the game Saturday, "I am not a candidate for any coaching job in America. If contacted, I will not interview. Arkansas is where I will coach until my services are no longer needed here".

Another thing along the lines of your post that I have wondered about lately is this:
Every time there has been a rumor going around (dissention in the coaching staff, players threatening to transfer, Gus's system and HDN's control, etc...) we have gotten a response from the in-state traditional media. Wally or Clay write a column addressing it, Chuck talks about it on Sportsrap, Rick refutes it on Drivetime and so on. Except this. No one will touch this one. If HDN isn't considering his options, why haven't we been treated to a barrage of articles and call in show lectures telling us that he loves the helmet and has no intention of leaving?

Because this rumor is so ridiculous it isn't worth the waste of their time to address it.

[mckinneyhog]

Man I love that everyone has inside knowledge that Nutt is staying/leaving.  Book it, mark it down and take it to the bank quote is getting used as much as Fire Houston Nutt.

No one knows where HDN is going.  The only things is for sure is nothing is for sure.  You can take that to the bank.

Do you think Nutt knows where he will be next year?

lol  Nutt knows money.  He will follow the money.  Here or at another school. 

Sounds like to me he's trying to get a raise here.  Since 1894 nailed it.  If he doesn't get a raise, he'll threaten to bail again.  I think he's always felt underappreciated here, or at the very least the last few years.  He just got a raise after 2003.  I don't really know what basis he thinks his raise should be granted.  One good year out of three

Nutt is a good rah rah man.  I can see him doing this after the season is over.

Hey Frank I got something to tell ya.

Give me an...R

Give me an   A

Give me an   I

Give me an  S

Give me an  E

What's that spell Frank?  Raise!...Raise!...Raise! 

LOL, that was good.

[dana caldwell]

he wants more than a raise, folks. he wants control. total control, including calling all the plays. he wants as far away from that meddling JFB as possible. and he wants to be able to tote his brother and buddies with him to his next stop. he has positioned himself, in this season given to him just for this reason, to be able to get all of this done with a hefty salary to boot.

it's really not that complicated.

it may not be UNC (altho that's the scenario in my mind) but it will be somewhere else.

[Swynler Durden]

Its this kind of crap that puts a dagger in recruiting and then the same people who create and celebrate these kind of threads will be asking why recruiting wasn't as good as expected when February rolls around. Nutt is NOT going to UNC. Period.

Riiiight. Nutt has nothing to do with it. It's all us nasty internet rats. Heck, I'll bet most of us are actually fans of another team sent here to incite controversy. He never really wanted to go to Nebraska, never coveted the LSU job, never told people he wanted the Texas A&M job. It's all us.

The funny thing is, Nutt could end all of this by saying after the game Saturday, "I am not a candidate for any coaching job in America. If contacted, I will not interview. Arkansas is where I will coach until my services are no longer needed here".

Another thing along the lines of your post that I have wondered about lately is this:
Every time there has been a rumor going around (dissention in the coaching staff, players threatening to transfer, Gus's system and HDN's control, etc...) we have gotten a response from the in-state traditional media. Wally or Clay write a column addressing it, Chuck talks about it on Sportsrap, Rick refutes it on Drivetime and so on. Except this. No one will touch this one. If HDN isn't considering his options, why haven't we been treated to a barrage of articles and call in show lectures telling us that he loves the helmet and has no intention of leaving?

Because this rumor is so ridiculous it isn't worth the waste of their time to address it.

But I thought all those others rumors were "ridiculous" too?
Chuck and co. "wasted" all kinds of time telling us that they were.

[wacohog]

This is the second part of a two phase rumor, most thought Nutt would be fired after a loss to Vandy, a shaky win there along with Bama kept speculation going until Auburn.  Now that its pretty clear the outright firing for bad performance chance is gone many people see only one more rumored scenario.  The scenario is that the boosters have given Nutt a chance to gloss up his resume this season in an effort to get a semi-decent job elsewhere.  The poor recruiting effort, RH's son being offered by NC and rumor mill gossip all add fuel to these speculations.  The end-game for the rumors is that BD will come in and take over as HC while he waits for the Dallas Cowboy's HC job to open up, by that time Gus is ready to take over and a tradition is born.

If it is okay with you guys, I'll just pray that this one is the truth

[Biggus Piggus]

The scenario is that the boosters have given Nutt a chance to gloss up his resume this season in an effort to get a semi-decent job elsewhere.

This is such a load.  No boosters are pushing for a new coach anymore.  If Nutt leaves it will be because he gets a big raise from some desperate school in a year when a lot of good jobs will open.  If the Hogs finish well, he will be a candidate for other jobs, and nobody should gripe about his loyalty.  Big dollars will fly this winter.