Firing Jeff Long: Be careful what you wish for ...

[Davidr295]

Ding ding ding! There's the weaksauce Neo-Confederate carpetbagger argument festering in HV, ladies and gents.

Cause everyone that wants them both gone are confederates... What an idiot. It's obvious he was joking.

[Davidr295]

How dare we want Arkansas people to run things at the university of Arkansas.. The nerve of us.

[Hogwild]

You either Jeff Long or a staff member of his office,
Tickets are over priced for the product on the field!
Concessions are a joke!
Money 💰 is not everything!

[rljjr]

In everyone's rush to ship CBB out of Fayetteville, a lot of posters here seem to want Jeff to go with Bret. Why?

Pros:
- The athletic department is financially sound with world class facilities
- All programs, except for football, are headed in the right direction and are winning
- His recent new hires in volleyball and softball have been slam dunks, and Coach Neighbors for women's hoops will probably be successful as well
- Scandal free athletic department

Cons:
- He made a mistake hiring Jimmy Dykes
- He shouldn't have extended Bielema after the 2014 season with that raise and buyout

Anything else? Am I missing anything here? Jeff Long is an ATHLETIC director, not a FOOTBALL director. Bret will be let go as soon as after Thanksgiving and probably as late as 2018 and his replacement will (hopefully) right the football ship.

Waiting for the "carpetbagger" argument which is about the stupidest, most xenophobic defense ever. And oh, the university, NOT ATHLETICS, signed the Pepsi contract.

I don't think anyone here knows what a BAD AD is truly like and once we get "one of those," we'll be wishing we never threw the baby out with the bathwater.

His "business decisions" killed tradition and excitement. The U of A feels so corporate now. I understand money is up, but that would change anyway since the alums and major power brokers are voting with their phone calls, texts, emails and check books.

[HardCore]

+1000.he is not a good A.D. a good A.D. is a guy like Barry Alvarez. he has built great football and basketball programs.he has never made a mess like Long has of their football program.Jeff Long is not a good A.D.

Dead on!

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

Cause everyone that wants them both gone are confederates... What an idiot. It's obvious he was joking.

Apparently, it wasn't obvious to him.  I thought I laid the sarcasm on pretty thick...

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

Ding ding ding! There's the weaksauce Neo-Confederate carpetbagger argument festering in HV, ladies and gents.

It was a joke, not a phallus.  Don't take it so hard, Nancy.

[EastexHawg]

Good post. I don't get the scorched earth mentality.

Scorched Earth?  He'll lose his job, get a big buyout, and be free to seek employment elsewhere...not be lynched or have his house burned down.

[island hog]

Baby out with the bath water, bull in s china shop... the football team is underperforming and the HC must go... and while you're at it, burn down the forest too.  Agreed CBB must go but tearing the program out by its roots is not what's needed.  That's what he's saying.

[Grunt]

In everyone's rush to ship CBB out of Fayetteville, a lot of posters here seem to want Jeff to go with Bret. Why?

Pros:
- The athletic department is financially sound with world class facilities
- All programs, except for football, are headed in the right direction and are winning
- His recent new hires in volleyball and softball have been slam dunks, and Coach Neighbors for women's hoops will probably be successful as well
- Scandal free athletic department

Cons:
- He made a mistake hiring Jimmy Dykes
- He shouldn't have extended Bielema after the 2014 season with that raise and buyout

Anything else? Am I missing anything here? Jeff Long is an ATHLETIC director, not a FOOTBALL director. Bret will be let go as soon as after Thanksgiving and probably as late as 2018 and his replacement will (hopefully) right the football ship.

Waiting for the "carpetbagger" argument which is about the stupidest, most xenophobic defense ever. And oh, the university, NOT ATHLETICS, signed the Pepsi contract.

I don't think anyone here knows what a BAD AD is truly like and once we get "one of those," we'll be wishing we never threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Cons: He fired B.P.

[Grunt]

EXACTLY. Long tossed BP way under the bus to protect himself and then acted like he was so hurt by the situation. Everybody in the athletic dept knew what was going on, and JL STILL ok'd the hiring of Dorrel.  The buck starts and stops with the guy in charge. You can't be "Mr All-Powerful AD" when you want to and then play "Mr Clueless" and act like you had no idea she was even on staff. GTFOH with that shiz. Long is an opportunist and saw an opportunity to make sure HE didn't get sued and also to make himself look like a saint. F that dude. 

Also, miserable hires in Softball and Volleyball that have both had to be replaced in addition to the clusterfugs that are Johnelle and Bert and the almost hiring of Tommy Bowden and Jim Grobe.

+ 10

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

shut up idiot

[EastexHawg]

Baby out with the bath water, bull in s china shop... the football team is underperforming and the HC must go... and while you're at it, burn down the forest too.  Agreed CBB must go but tearing the program out by its roots is not what's needed.  That's what he's saying.

Jeff Long represents the "roots" of the program?  Who thinks that?

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

Scorched Earth?  He'll lose his job, get a big buyout, and be free to seek employment elsewhere...not be lynched or have his house burned down.

look man. you and I one of the few from the start. soooooooo much stupid to go arou d on the hill

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

shut up idiot

You'll have to be more specific.

[LZH]

Cons: He fired B.P.

BP fired himself, he had an opportunity to stay but thought Jeff was bluffing.

BB is on his way out, and I firmly believe we already have our next coach in waiting. Jeff does a fine job except for hiring coaches. He isn't going anywhere in the near future.

[razorcash2]

I didn't like the way he just sat back when they took a knee. I believe he made one weak statement in regards to it,  and that was it.

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

There is so much wrong with this post. You really don't have a clue what went or goes on up there...

And to answer your question up there. I will take the money running things over Long any day of the week and twice on days that end in Y.

PRJ

lmao. sorry PRJ many of us called it from the start, but they loved fat boy.. swear to everythingholy you and I could have lost less games.  lmao. pos Bert and these d bags that banged on us for hiring a fat infant

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

BP fired himself, he had an opportunity to stay but thought Jeff was bluffing.

BB is on his way out, and I firmly believe we already have our next coach in waiting. Jeff does a fine job except for hiring coaches. He isn't going anywhere in the near future.

love ya buddy, but no.

[jvanhorn]

Yep.  You can tell from his northern vernacular that he's a no good Yankee carpetbagger sympathizer.

Well it for sure tells me all I need to know about you as a human being.

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

You'll have to be more specific.

throw a rock buddy. does it apply? if not. 

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

Yep.  You can tell from his northern vernacular that he's a no good Yankee carpetbagger sympathizer.

Well it for sure tells me all I need to know about you as a human being.

do those  northern people know how to do a quote thing.  lmao

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

might we accidentally hire a good football coach. shut your hole

[snoblind]

look man. you and I one of the few from the start. soooooooo much stupid to go arou d on the hill

I give the two of you props on the coach, I was willing to give him a chance and gave both of you grief for slamming him at the start.  In hindsight it is obvious, I should have known better.

Long - I've never like that hire.

[snoblind]

BP fired himself, he had an opportunity to stay but thought Jeff was bluffing.

BB is on his way out, and I firmly believe we already have our next coach in waiting. Jeff does a fine job except for hiring coaches. He isn't going anywhere in the near future.

Long is gone within the year.

[rude1]

Ole JL has obviously gotten the wool pulled over some people's eyes still. Has convinced them that he is something special in the athletic department, despite 6 years running of mediocre to bad football and generally a lack of national accomplishments from either of the big 2 sports under his watch. His ability to market cliches and give eloquent speeches has them fooled into thinking he is doing something really special around here that is irreplaceable.

[bondhue]

Keep Long.  UofA is not a win at any cost program.

There would be a cost to firing CBB and getting another coach.  UA can't win at any cost.  Getting a new AD would entail a cost.  No costs.

By the way, all the UofA grads I was with today thought the game was glorious.  They don't believe in winning at any cost.

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

I give the two of you props on the coach, I was willing to give him a chance and gave both of you grief for slamming him at the start.  In hindsight it is obvious, I should have known better.

Long - I've never like that hire.

eh.  would rather have been wrong buddy.    F

[snoblind]

Keep Long.  UofA is not a win at any cost program.

There would be a cost to firing CBB and getting another coach.  UA can't win at any cost.  Getting a new AD would entail a cost.  No costs.

By the way, all the UofA grads I was with today thought the game was glorious.  They don't believe in winning at any cost.

You and your buds think losing 33-10 was glorious? 

No wonder you aren't capable of understanding that getting of an incompetent AD has nothing anything to do winning at all costs.  Not to mention the AD you are defending has his own issues with ethics, but that is another story,
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[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

Keep Long.  UofA is not a win at any cost program.

There would be a cost to firing CBB and getting another coach.  UA can't win at any cost.  Getting a new AD would entail a cost.  No costs.

By the way, all the UofA grads I was with today thought the game was glorious.  They don't believe in winning at any cost.

Glorious?  man you guys share tap shoes or have your own?

[Torqued pork]

How dare we want Arkansas people to run things at the university of Arkansas.. The nerve of us.

Hogville has to have heroes and boogy men. Besides,  the GOBN sounds way more sinister than Mr. Integrity.  God forbid we have major donors who care enough to ask questions.

[The_Bionic_Pig]

So JL is a Yankee now?  Their are some good ole boys on here relitigating the civil war on here...

Robert Patrick Petrino was born 1,373 miles NORTH of Fayetteville (Lewistown, MT)

We hate the "Hillbilly" label's but reinforce them with that very word.

[Torqued pork]

So JL is a Yankee now?  Their are some good ole boys on here relitigating the civil war on here...

Robert Patrick Petrino was born 1,373 miles NORTH of Fayetteville (Lewistown, MT)

We hate the "Hillbilly" label's but reinforce them with that very word.

It's not exactly unheard of for a school to hire a coach or an AD with some ties to that school especially when things hit rock bottom, so you can spare us the hillbilly crap.

[The Kig]

Money 💰 is not everything!

Ummmm.....sorry to break it to you, but that is the ONLY important factor here.  Long may lose his job, but it won't be due to CBB not wining ballgames, it will be declining revenue.  Now don't get me wrong, losing games may equate to decrease in revenue,  but it is ALWAYS about the money. 

[The_Bionic_Pig]

It's not exactly unheard of for a school to hire a coach or an AD with some ties to that school especially when things hit rock bottom, so you can spare us the hillbilly crap.

At what point did I mention hiring & ties to a school.... it's like having a disagreement with my wife....stick to the subject please.

I could care less who the AD is or where he was born. You have no problem signing recruit's from another region of the country.

I'm focused on all the "good ole boys" who fondly reference cival war terms... THEIR WAS NOTHING COOL ABOUT A WAR FOCUSED ON KEEPING SLAVERY LEGAL.

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

Yep.  You can tell from his northern vernacular that he's a no good Yankee carpetbagger sympathizer.

Well it for sure tells me all I need to know about you as a human being.

Go back up and read.

I swear, I thought the sarcasm and humor was oozing from my post. I guess I'm just on a different level in that regard.

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

At what point did I mention hiring & ties to a school.... it's like having a disagreement with my wife....stick to the subject please.

I could care less who the AD is or where he was born. You have no problem signing recruit's from another region of the country.

I'm focused on all the "good ole boys" who fondly reference cival war terms... THEIR WAS NOTHING COOL ABOUT A WAR FOCUSED ON KEEPING SLAVERY LEGAL.

To be fair, carpet bagger was a Reconstruction term and Yankee was a Revolutionary War term.

[farmhawg]

In everyone's rush to ship CBB out of Fayetteville, a lot of posters here seem to want Jeff to go with Bret. Why?

Pros:
- The athletic department is financially sound with world class facilities
- All programs, except for football, are headed in the right direction and are winning
- His recent new hires in volleyball and softball have been slam dunks, and Coach Neighbors for women's hoops will probably be successful as well
- Scandal free athletic department

Cons:
- He made a mistake hiring Jimmy Dykes
- He shouldn't have extended Bielema after the 2014 season with that raise and buyout

Anything else? Am I missing anything here? Jeff Long is an ATHLETIC director, not a FOOTBALL director. Bret will be let go as soon as after Thanksgiving and probably as late as 2018 and his replacement will (hopefully) right the football ship.

Waiting for the "carpetbagger" argument which is about the stupidest, most xenophobic defense ever. And oh, the university, NOT ATHLETICS, signed the Pepsi contract.

I don't think anyone here knows what a BAD AD is truly like and once we get "one of those," we'll be wishing we never threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Maybe you leave with him.....

[hoglady]

Winning in track is worth zero in about every way possible. When people talk about college dynasties they rarely even mention McDonnell and I would venture to guess he has the most national titles of any coach regardless of sport. Couldn't care less.

Did you see the circus that was the Broyles complex at the end of Broyles' time as AD? That was what the athletic dept run by folks with U of A ties. You miss that? Because that is who will be running things again. Those folks fired themselves by hiring Nutt, Heath, Altman, and Pel and then enabled Nutt's behavior to the point of a fan revolt.

Leave me out of that mess.

It's not worth zero to me.
There's a right way to treat a Coach of McDonnell's accomplishments and there's a wrong way.
Long chose the wrong way.

[EastexHawg]

I could care less who the AD is or where he was born. You have no problem signing recruit's from another region of the country.

I agree.  I don't care where he came from as long as the desire to win and a refusal to accept losing burn within him.  Broyles was from Georgia but he lived and breathed Arkansas excellence on the field/court.  Maybe that was simply because he coached here for so many years.  He built Arkansas athletics with his own hard work and couldn't stand to see it torn down.

And yes, I somewhat give him a pass for getting "soft" as an octogenarian. 

[jbigs77]

In everyone's rush to ship CBB out of Fayetteville, a lot of posters here seem to want Jeff to go with Bret. Why?

Pros:
- The athletic department is financially sound with world class facilities
- All programs, except for football, are headed in the right direction and are winning
- His recent new hires in volleyball and softball have been slam dunks, and Coach Neighbors for women's hoops will probably be successful as well
- Scandal free athletic department

Cons:
- He made a mistake hiring Jimmy Dykes
- He shouldn't have extended Bielema after the 2014 season with that raise and buyout

Anything else? Am I missing anything here? Jeff Long is an ATHLETIC director, not a FOOTBALL director. Bret will be let go as soon as after Thanksgiving and probably as late as 2018 and his replacement will (hopefully) right the football ship.

Waiting for the "carpetbagger" argument which is about the stupidest, most xenophobic defense ever. And oh, the university, NOT ATHLETICS, signed the Pepsi contract.

I don't think anyone here knows what a BAD AD is truly like and once we get "one of those," we'll be wishing we never threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Well thought out post. And I totally agree with it. Then I look at how many post this guy has and it says 32. How come so many of you with thousands of post cant write something even near intelligent?

[Oliver]

When we first hired Jeff Long as AD, I was very optimistic.  He studied under the best AD in the NCAA, Joe Castiglione.  Years later, I'm guessing Long must have ripped his eyes out and used them to plug his ears during the time he was studying under Castiglione. 

[sigpooie]

You nitwits are going to really be set back by how well someone who 1. gives a damn about our State flagship 2. does not have a glorious anything when we have a losing record in anything 3. Does not think of Arkansas as his personal check book.  4. Meddles in his employees just enough to know they are cheating on their spouse, they are losing because they don't have a clue of how to do what someone else has been doing for them before. Bye Jeffy, Bye Brett and Bye people who work for them having a glorious time at our expense.

[Hawg2afault]

#1 on your cons list should be that he refused to meet with the winningest coach in the history of college athletics, Coach John McDonnell!  42 National championships and this joker says, You can't just walk into my office, you need to schedule an appointment with my secretary. 

In everyone's rush to ship CBB out of Fayetteville, a lot of posters here seem to want Jeff to go with Bret. Why?

Pros:
- The athletic department is financially sound with world class facilities
- All programs, except for football, are headed in the right direction and are winning
- His recent new hires in volleyball and softball have been slam dunks, and Coach Neighbors for women's hoops will probably be successful as well
- Scandal free athletic department

Cons:
- He made a mistake hiring Jimmy Dykes
- He shouldn't have extended Bielema after the 2014 season with that raise and buyout

Anything else? Am I missing anything here? Jeff Long is an ATHLETIC director, not a FOOTBALL director. Bret will be let go as soon as after Thanksgiving and probably as late as 2018 and his replacement will (hopefully) right the football ship.

Waiting for the "carpetbagger" argument which is about the stupidest, most xenophobic defense ever. And oh, the university, NOT ATHLETICS, signed the Pepsi contract.

I don't think anyone here knows what a BAD AD is truly like and once we get "one of those," we'll be wishing we never threw the baby out with the bathwater.

[the 1 and only]

In everyone's rush to ship CBB out of Fayetteville, a lot of posters here seem to want Jeff to go with Bret. Why?

Pros:
- The athletic department is financially sound with world class facilities
- All programs, except for football, are headed in the right direction and are winning
- His recent new hires in volleyball and softball have been slam dunks, and Coach Neighbors for women's hoops will probably be successful as well
- Scandal free athletic department

Cons:
- He made a mistake hiring Jimmy Dykes
- He shouldn't have extended Bielema after the 2014 season with that raise and buyout

Anything else? Am I missing anything here? Jeff Long is an ATHLETIC director, not a FOOTBALL director. Bret will be let go as soon as after Thanksgiving and probably as late as 2018 and his replacement will (hopefully) right the football ship.

Waiting for the "carpetbagger" argument which is about the stupidest, most xenophobic defense ever. And oh, the university, NOT ATHLETICS, signed the Pepsi contract.

I don't think anyone here knows what a BAD AD is truly like and once we get "one of those," we'll be wishing we never threw the baby out with the bathwater.

agree
sad but has you can see
there are many here who need to put the bottle down before they think

[Seebs]

I don't wish Jeff Long ill-will. I just wish him happiness elsewhere.

[Hawg2afault]

Thanks!  Now there's coffee all over my lap top! 

Glorious?  man you guys share tap shoes or have your own?

[TebowHater]

That Long disregarded the wishes of Coach John McDonnell regarding the track program shouldn't be forgotten. McDonnell built the best program in the nation, success we've never seen in any sport, 40+ national championships but Long knew better than McDonnell, the man that built it. Not a chance.
McDonnell earned the right to name his successor.

McDonnell did name his successor, any post to the contrary is complete ludicrous.

[10thPlanet]

You’ll have to be more specific.

No kidding Chief, I haven't even posted and I know he was talking about me.

[Grunt]

Keep Long.  UofA is not a win at any cost program.

There would be a cost to firing CBB and getting another coach.  UA can't win at any cost.  Getting a new AD would entail a cost.  No costs.

By the way, all the UofA grads I was with today thought the game was glorious.  They don't believe in winning at any cost.

I don't think you get it.