We are looking at the wrong guy

[zuko]

If you look at the whole sports picture in Arkansas you have to come up with the same thing that I do. Arkansas is a Track school as much as Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, NC, etc. are basketball schools. High school stars from all over, including foreign schools, want to come to be in Arkansas track program. Take a look at the rest of the programs and I mean the ones that are included as majors; basketball, football, baseball. It seems they all have the same problem and that is they don't have that one or two players that can make the difference between being a perennial contender and not. It's not the coaches, it's the players and I believe that all of these coaches have their hands tied by the AD on how far they can go to bring talent in. When Bielema came here, all of his assistants came with him and within a year or so, they are all gone.l Why? probably because they were limited on what they can offer a kid, too hard to recruit. Mike Anderson came here wanting to re-employ that 40 minutes of hell. and probably couldn't bring in the hell racers he wanted. When major sports programs at a school like Arkansas are lacking as they are now, there can only be one reason, the AD is holding them back. I keep saying it that Jeff Long is an educator first and then an AD and he is afraid of losing that academic rating. You can't have it both ways. I believe the was too severe in firing Bobby Petrino setting the program back years but maybe there was more to it than just that one departure from morality for Petrino. Look at Bobby now.

[upperdeck_hawg]

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[SultanofSwine]

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Either that or drop the punctuation.

[Inhogswetrust]

If you look at the whole sports picture in Arkansas you have to come up with the same thing that I do. Arkansas is a Track school as much as Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, NC, etc. are basketball schools. High school stars from all over, including foreign schools, want to come to be in Arkansas track program. Take a look at the rest of the programs and I mean the ones that are included as majors; basketball, football, baseball. It seems they all have the same problem and that is they don't have that one or two players that can make the difference between being a perennial contender and not. It's not the coaches, it's the players and I believe that all of these coaches have their hands tied by the AD on how far they can go to bring talent in. When Bielema came here, all of his assistants came with him and within a year or so, they are all gone.l Why? probably because they were limited on what they can offer a kid, too hard to recruit. Mike Anderson came here wanting to re-employ that 40 minutes of hell. and probably couldn't bring in the hell racers he wanted. When major sports programs at a school like Arkansas are lacking as they are now, there can only be one reason, the AD is holding them back. I keep saying it that Jeff Long is an educator first and then an AD and he is afraid of losing that academic rating. You can't have it both ways. I believe the was too severe in firing Bobby Petrino setting the program back years but maybe there was more to it than just that one departure from morality for Petrino. Look at Bobby now.

Cool story bro. You write nice fiction.

[Pork Twain]

Yeehaw!!! Another I hate Jeff Long thread.  I miss the good ole I hate JFB and the GOB threads or the sweet I hate White threads.

If you look at the whole sports picture in Arkansas you have to come up with the same thing that I do. Arkansas is a Track school as much as Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, NC, etc. are basketball schools. High school stars from all over, including foreign schools, want to come to be in Arkansas track program. Take a look at the rest of the programs and I mean the ones that are included as majors; basketball, football, baseball.

It seems they all have the same problem and that is they don't have that one or two players that can make the difference between being a perennial contender and not. It's not the coaches, it's the players and I believe that all of these coaches have their hands tied by the AD on how far they can go to bring talent in.

When Bielema came here, all of his assistants came with him and within a year or so, they are all gone.l Why? probably because they were limited on what they can offer a kid, too hard to recruit. Mike Anderson came here wanting to re-employ that 40 minutes of hell. and probably couldn't bring in the hell racers he wanted.

When major sports programs at a school like Arkansas are lacking as they are now, there can only be one reason, the AD is holding them back. I keep saying it that Jeff Long is an educator first and then an AD and he is afraid of losing that academic rating. You can't have it both ways. I believe the was too severe in firing Bobby Petrino setting the program back years but maybe there was more to it than just that one departure from morality for Petrino. Look at Bobby now.

[BRHogfan]

"You can't have it both ways"

Yeah... you have to have it both ways.  You can't have an athletic program if you can't take care of the academics.

[hogsanity]

If you look at the whole sports picture in Arkansas you have to come up with the same thing that I do. Arkansas is a Track school as much as Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, NC, etc. are basketball schools. High school stars from all over, including foreign schools, want to come to be in Arkansas track program. Take a look at the rest of the programs and I mean the ones that are included as majors; basketball, football, baseball. It seems they all have the same problem and that is they don't have that one or two players that can make the difference between being a perennial contender and not. It's not the coaches, it's the players and I believe that all of these coaches have their hands tied by the AD on how far they can go to bring talent in. When Bielema came here, all of his assistants came with him and within a year or so, they are all gone.l Why? probably because they were limited on what they can offer a kid, too hard to recruit. Mike Anderson came here wanting to re-employ that 40 minutes of hell. and probably couldn't bring in the hell racers he wanted. When major sports programs at a school like Arkansas are lacking as they are now, there can only be one reason, the AD is holding them back. I keep saying it that Jeff Long is an educator first and then an AD and he is afraid of losing that academic rating. You can't have it both ways. I believe the was too severe in firing Bobby Petrino setting the program back years but maybe there was more to it than just that one departure from morality for Petrino. Look at Bobby now.

I guess we could go the Baylor route, bring in some undesirable human types, let them do whatever they want to whoever they want, cover it up when they do, maybe drive a victim or 2 to harm themselves by portraying them as responsible for what happened to them, all in the pursuit of a few more wins.

[The Boar War]

So either you want the AD to lower the academic standards to bring previously ineligible athletes in or you want him to "grease the skids" so we can bring in the "top" recruits.

He can't do the first (he doesn't have the power) and I hope he doesn't do the second.

[Hoggish1]

"You can't have it both ways"

Yeah... you have to have it both ways.  You can't have an athletic program if you can't take care of the academics.

Why does Stanford have it both ways, then?

[Hogginintheville]

dumb thread

[RagingHawgOn]

Look at Bobby now.

The same Bobby who cheated to beat Wake Forest?

[1highhog]

If you look at the whole sports picture in Arkansas you have to come up with the same thing that I do. Arkansas is a Track school as much as Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, NC, etc. are basketball schools. High school stars from all over, including foreign schools, want to come to be in Arkansas track program. Take a look at the rest of the programs and I mean the ones that are included as majors; basketball, football, baseball. It seems they all have the same problem and that is they don't have that one or two players that can make the difference between being a perennial contender and not. It's not the coaches, it's the players and I believe that all of these coaches have their hands tied by the AD on how far they can go to bring talent in. When Bielema came here, all of his assistants came with him and within a year or so, they are all gone.l Why? probably because they were limited on what they can offer a kid, too hard to recruit. Mike Anderson came here wanting to re-employ that 40 minutes of hell. and probably couldn't bring in the hell racers he wanted. When major sports programs at a school like Arkansas are lacking as they are now, there can only be one reason, the AD is holding them back. I keep saying it that Jeff Long is an educator first and then an AD and he is afraid of losing that academic rating. You can't have it both ways. I believe the was too severe in firing Bobby Petrino setting the program back years but maybe there was more to it than just that one departure from morality for Petrino. Look at Bobby now.

Yep, look at Bobby now.  What do you want us to look at with Bobby?  This past season his team started with a bang and ended with a fizzle, losing their last 3 games, and once again Bobby was caught up throwing a tantrum during the Houston game and also a little white lie pertaining the Wake Forest Leaks, http://www.businessinsider.com/louisville-wakeyleaks-info-bobby-petrino-wake-forest-2016-12

Yeah, good ole Bobby, he's such a nice boy, says his Maw.

[zuko]

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Is this an English class or a sports forum?

[Biggus Piggus]

Is this an English class or a sports forum?

Mass text = unreadable.

[JayBell]

Is this an English class or a sports forum?

Sports forums can adhere to basic English tenements too.  But, we might have had terrible people in our lives who cared about education as much as our athletic success.

[zuko]

Sports forums can adhere to basic English tenements too.  But, we might have had terrible people in our lives who cared about education as much as our athletic success.

OK, I agree but all you will get is what you have now.