Does this convince anyone?

[jnhogs]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/arkansas-football/watch-bret-bielema-explains-come-back-arkansass-coach-2018/

We just need to be patient 😳

[311Hog]

so we goin win the burbon bowl !?

[cj_sez]

Well.... I have NO faith in what he has built. It is more like "torn down" and I have absolutely no doubt that if he is retained the only expectation we could have would be more losses. As for his "exciting time" comment, yep, waiting to see who replaces him is exciting.

[RexMentor]

The death row inmate orders his meal one hour before his midnight date with a needle: Eggs over easy, hash browns, ham and a short stack. Please serve it at 7 a.m. That's what's happening here.

[jgphillips3]

He has built a perennial doormat.  The wins he is talking about coming must be for the other team.

[007 License To Squeal]

If BB returns, there will be a backlash like no BOT member has ever seen........believe me......

[moses_007]

Really an exciting time... yeah, right.  So exciting many of us don't care if we watch the Hogs play or not.

This guy is a bull-shitter if I've ever heard one.

[rhog1]

If BB returns, there will be a backlash like no BOT member has ever seen........believe me......

We may not agree on who we want for coach, But I think everyone agrees with this. No way they can keep him. There would be calls for the AD to be fired day one if he doesn't fire Bret.

[moses_007]

Ticket sales would drop to the lowest level in the history of the program if Bielema returns for 2018.

[007 License To Squeal]

Ticket sales would drop to the lowest level in the history of the program if Bielema returns for 2018.

and banners.....oh what glorious banners will wave in the sky....I think the PTB know better than to leave BB here...

[cjack]

I'm not convinced he's leaving, and in no way do I want him to stay.  I saw enough when he went winless in conference year one.  The longer we go without an announcement the more nervous I get. 

[007 License To Squeal]

I'm not convinced he's leaving, and in no way do I want him to stay.  I saw enough when he went winless in conference year one.  The longer we go without an announcement the more nervous I get. 

Rest easy.  The PTB are acting completely behind the scene for the sake of the players......It will all be revealed in a few short days.

[Hog_Fink]

I dont people would even wave banners.. maybe a white flag. 100% apathetic about hog football til bielema is gone.

it might be different if we actually had an identity and competed, but this is an absolute dumpster fire

[cjack]

Rest easy.  The PTB are acting completely behind the scene for the sake of the players......It will all be revealed in a few short days.

I think you're right and I can't see any reasonable argument to keep him.  Silence makes me nervous. 

[phadedhawg]

Bielema is a positive guy, that's his M.O.  He's just worrying about branding when he talks that way.  He knows he has nothing to offer Arkansas at this point in his career.

[MJ2]

11-29 in the SEC explains everything.

[Pigsknuckles]

Those of us who answered the call deserve an answer soon.

[SquidBilly]

Certainly seems that Bielema has not been told his fate otherwise why campaign for another year.  That does not make me happy.

[OneTuskOverTheLine™]

The death row inmate orders his meal one hour before his midnight date with a needle: Eggs over easy, hash browns, ham and a short stack. Please serve it at 7 a.m. That's what's happening here.

Excellent analogy.!!

[moses_007]

11-29 in the SEC explains everything.

He'll finish 11-30

[Sed76]

Sad thing is he probably really believes next year would be better. Screw the fact everyone but him can see what a failure the past 5 years have been.

[CareBear]

Really an exciting time... yeah, right.  So exciting many of us don't care if we watch the Hogs play or not.

This guy is a bull-shitter if I've ever heard one.

You are correct sir!
You cannot bull a bullshitter...
I'm a bullshitter. Not a liar, but a bullshitter for sure. My gut was screaming at me when I heard about the love letter...
"Danger! Will Robinson... Danger!!!"
-Robot from Lost in Space 🤖

[farmhawg]

Really an exciting time... yeah, right.  So exciting many of us don't care if we watch the Hogs play or not.

This guy is a bull-shitter if I've ever heard one.

This

[ballz2thewall]

i don't want to watch it or read it.

i just want the judge to sign the decree.

[grayhawg]

Certainly seems that Bielema has not been told his fate otherwise why campaign for another year.  That does not make me happy.

Sounds to me like he knows and pleading his case to the media.

[sickboy]

I guess I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say, what is he supposed to say in these situations? I suck and you should fire me? I don't know. I guess I don't even really get the point of press conferences in general. They're just regurgitated coach speak most of the time and could really just take the few informative facts you get get from them and bullet points it so I could scan through in a second or two and get my facts.

Press Conferences are like those shows my wife watches about Real Housewives in Beverly Hills or New York. There's the show... then they do these stupid shows about the shows, where they just talk about all the stuff you saw in the show. I'm constantly asking my wife, "But didn't you watch the show? Why do you need to hear these cackling hens make comments on their own comments?" It's just fluff for die hard fans.

[Jeter_1]

He'll finish 11-30

So the presser will be at 11:30 or on 11-30?

[_Hamlet_]

Sounds to me like he knows and pleading his case to the media.

I think I would be ready to take the 4.5 million buyout and just call it quits.

[hawgon]

What you are seeing is the spiel that Bert and Long had worked up between them to sell to the rubes.  Of course, Long is gone now and the rubes are outside the gates with the tar and feathers and are decidedly not in a mood to buy any more snake oil.

[rude1]

Wonder does he understand how ridiculous that all sounds in light of his past colossal failures?

[ThisTeetsTaken]

11-29 in the SEC explains everything.

He'll finish 11-30

Isn't he currently 11-28?

[phadedhawg]

He admitted he needed to win more games but like others have said, what is really supposed to say at this time?

[TexasHog]

Arkansas coach Bret Bielema states case for another season with Razorbacks
https://www.seccountry.com/arkansas/arkansas-coach-bret-bielema-razorbacks


Only reply I got is

[Tusks]

peeing on a fire

[hoglady]

Nope.

[Arkansas Fan]

Has no one really told him he's gone after this game on Friday?

[B Ray]

Reminds me of a speech about Fitty years

[Jek Tono Porkins]

Saw a quote from another site. Bielema said, "There's already going to be so much transition in our league, which I think is a positive to stay constant. I know we want more wins, I want more wins, but the wins will come." Well, it's not a positive to be constantly bad. Constantly not being able to run the ball. Constantly blowing second-half leads in epic fashion.

[DLUXHOG]

Next year....  CBB will go undefeated at Arkansas....  and we'll all be eating a huge amount of crow...

[The Hawg Marshal]

I'm sure he does. But it's time to move on for all of us.

[HogFansReunited]

This is like the movie Office Space where no one told Milton he was fired.

[SchrodingersHog]

CBB knows he will be fired.  He is laying the groundwork to take credit for whatever success the next Arkansas coach experiences.  He knows he might have a hard time finding another P5 head coaching job for next year.  This is just a talking point his agent can use to sell him to the next poor school.

[hawgon]

Well, he is a nice guy.  Give him another year.

[wachhog]

Next year....  CBB will go undefeated at Arkansas....  and we'll all be eating a huge amount of crow...

Sounds like you've been eating a huge amount of brownies laced with weed.

[Hollywood870]

This is like the movie Office Space where no one told Milton he was fired.

lol

[hawg1221]

Has no one really told him he's gone after this game on Friday?

Surely he has a pretty good idea what the future holds. He talks like he believes there's a really good chance he could be back.

[DLUXHOG]

Sounds like you've been eating a huge amount of brownies laced with weed.

No, but after HDN and CBP (who I actually loved for a minute or two) debacles, I seriously think CBB is the right man for the job.....

[Calling All Hogs]

Sure. All you had to do was ask Bert. Have another year. I thought since the wins weren't coming after five years that they weren't coming at all. But now that you have assured us wins are a coming, we'd be a dang fool to change coaches now.

[jgphillips3]

In all reality though...what is he supposed to say?  I mean, yeah, it would be nice to hear him own the failures but few do.

[Pecos Hog]

Sad thing is he probably really believes next year would be better. Screw the fact everyone but him can see what a failure the past 5 years have been.

He probably could do better.  Say 5-7?  It's not too hard to do better than 4-8.