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Which was worse to Razorback fans.....  

Eddie "I wanna crawl to KY" Sutton
63 (35.4%)
Gus "I'll use anyone anytime for a raise" Malazahn
118 (66.3%)

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Voting closed: December 06, 2017, 10:27:49 am

hogfanfromlr

Which was worse to Razorback fans.....

Sutton Saying "I'd crawl to Kentucky" or Gus whining about how he's treated (while already making $4.7 mil), playing the I wanna come home card and actually just using the UofA for a raise and extension?

ShadowHawg

One was actually coach here and the other wasn't

 

hoglady

One actually built a program here from absolutely nothing - brought success we never dreamed of in basketball.
Without Eddie building the program there would have never been Nolan and a NC.

Gus has mostly just used us to further his career.

You are comparing apples and oranges.
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HawgWild

I'm sure Gus had fond memories of his year on staff with HDN.

98hogs

Y0u should only be able to answer this question if you were around for the Eddie Years

DeltaBoy

Simple Eddie build the Razorback Basketball Program up .
Gus was here a year and ran off to Tulsa.

Gus is the worse one for now.
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I met one of Eddie's daughter's in law and some of his grandchildren 3-4 years back - salt of the earth good people 

Dwight_K_Shrute

Eddie moved on to another job after what 10 or so highly successful seasons. He also move to one of the top 3 Bball jobs at the time. He probably shouldn't have made the glass comment but that's it.

The two aren't even close

Houston and Gus are probably more alike than people think
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Never ever cared for GM and if he were to self combust I wouldn't pee on him to lessen his pain. He makes Jimmy Swaggart and Joel Olsteen  look respectable.
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secfan30

Quote from: ShadowHawg on December 04, 2017, 10:34:13 am
One was actually coach here and the other wasn't

This... Gus used us to get more money. I seriously doubt he was ever coming back. He started enough talk to make it look like it so Auburn would raise his salary.

tomarkansawyer

Not even close. Eddie put us on the map in basketball, loved the state and the fans, left blood sweat and tears on the hardwood. He said that to hurt ONE person and one person only. JFB.

I wanted Gus till yesterday. Now I'm like Scarlet O'Hara and a women scorned. I hope he loses every game and gets run out of town and over by his own bus and exiled worse than Hootie. I'd take HDN back as both coach and AD (I'm an original darksider) before I would let Gus crawl back to us.

He's dead to me know. But I still love Coach Sutton, I was about 16 when he left for KY. Still hurts, but I'm glad we got Nolan. Boy I miss those years of Razorback sports.

Leadbelly

Guck Fus!
Answer your question! Sutton built something here, left a legacy. Gus pissed down our leg and told us it was raining. They can bury the SOB at the 50 yard line at Jordan Hare for all I care!
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Piggage

Quote from: secfan30 on December 04, 2017, 01:06:32 pm
This... Gus used us to get more money. I seriously doubt he was ever coming back. He started enough talk to make it look like it so Auburn would raise his salary.

Also, the Gus story had more traction because people believed he might want to come "home." If it weren't for that, Auburn might've laughed off the idea that he might leave them for Arkansas and he wouldn't have gotten the extension.

ur

Might want to make it Gus or hootie. Both did damage and I don't want either sniffing around here but that would be an interesting poll now.

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greenie

Which one hurt more?

Eddie, hands down.  He actually made a tremendous contribution to Arkansas athletics.  Gus was a flash in the pan.  Watching Eddie leave after building hog bball from JuCo levels to national status was a tremendous shot in the arm for Arkansas.  It really hurt when he left.  Nolan made the pain go away, but it took a while. 

I'm already over Gus.

snoblind

Quote from: Dwight_K_Shrute on December 04, 2017, 01:02:18 pm
Eddie moved on to another job after what 10 or so highly successful seasons. He also move to one of the top 3 Bball jobs at the time. He probably shouldn't have made the glass comment but that's it.

The two aren't even close

Houston and Gus are probably more alike than people think

In those days, to be fair, Fast Eddie had probably been drinking from the time he had gotten up.  But yeah, not even close.

hview

You can't compare the two. Eddie build an Arkansas program that was nationally respected. 

outlawhogeywells

Quote from: Mike Irwin on December 04, 2017, 02:07:57 pm
Eddie Sutton never drove a bus.
HE couldn't, he was usually to drunk or high to drive the bus.  I still loved him as a coach

oldfart

considering what the program was like when he came here, Eddie put arkansas basketball on the road to success...  most of you have no earthly idea what Barnhill was like or the rest of the facilities.. i came here and witnessed the infamous P.T. (Duddy) Waller.. followed by Lanny Van Eman who at least put a little excitement into the program.. and then Eddie...  I know he probably regrets that statement about crawling.. but you have to admit it was a dream job for many. 

BrianG

Gus did what coaches do.  If you hate him for this you need to hate them all.  Hired guns.

Wild Bill Hog

Quote from: ShadowHawg on December 04, 2017, 10:34:13 am
One was actually coach here and the other wasn't

Exactly.  Not comparable events.

trippigs

Gus couldn't carry Eddies jock. Borderline offensive to have them in the same breath

 

Billy Bats

Lol or your boy Dana Altman.  What a cheese nugget that guy was.  Wooooooo Pig soo—bye. 

Tusks



Eddie was going to be fired if he didn't enter rehab when he got back from the final 4 meetings.

Instead he got the KY job.

Probably to drunk and messed up to realize what he said.
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Calling All Hogs

Eddie give me a lot of fun years and turned me on to college basketball. Gus did nothing noteworthy for us at all.

roothawg

Gus is. Eddie left due to FB medaling as did Ken Hatfield, Lou holts, and others.

1highhog

Quote from: DeltaBoy on December 04, 2017, 11:18:36 am
Simple Eddie build the Razorback Basketball Program up .
Gus was here a year and ran off to Tulsa.

Gus is the worse one for now.

How can the bus driver of the Gus bus say such a thing?  ;D

Snouty

Eddie Sutton's "crawl to Kentucky" comment was worse.

Jimmy Sexton definitely spread rumors that Gus wanted to "come home," but it was never reported in the press that Gus wanted to come back to Arkansas.  If you listened to Gus' press conference after the SEC Championship Game presented by Dr. Pepper, it was abundantly clear that he wanted to continue to coach at Auburn.  If Gus actually did flirt with the notion of coming back, it didn't cost Arkansas a penny, and Auburn has paid dearly for keeping him.  As another poster said, I'm over Gus already.

Bkhardicars

It's been a long time ago, but I may have even shed a tear when Sutton left..Now I was a kid back then...Gus, I just wanted to have his legs broken...

hoghelmet14

I kinda wanted Gus.... now I would not take him if he was free!
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Quote from: Dwight_K_Shrute on December 04, 2017, 01:02:18 pm
Eddie moved on to another job after what 10 or so highly successful seasons. He also move to one of the top 3 Bball jobs at the time. He probably shouldn't have made the glass comment but that's it.

The two aren't even close

Houston and Gus are probably more alike than people think

Good point.  Hadn't quite  thought of Gus and Nutt in those terms but you're probably right.  It's been a few years but seems like Eddie left after he'd had about all of Frank he could stomach but come to think of it  Lou, Nolan and Kenny all either left or were fired for butting heads with Broyles.   
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tbhogfan

Eddie was being honest, and later apologized for the crawl to Kentucky remark.  He did not use us as leverage to get himself more money. 

Gus used us to get a better deal for himself.  But now he's going to face the same fan backlash that Houston did when he flirted with Nebraska.  Many fans never forgave him for that, and I believe that the Auburn fans won't forgive Gus either. 
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Boarcephus

Quote from: tbhogfan on December 05, 2017, 09:01:30 am
But now he's going to face the same fan backlash that Houston did when he flirted with Nebraska.  Many fans never forgave him for that, and I believe that the Auburn fans won't forgive Gus either. 

As long as Gus wins and beats Bama about half the time there won't be a backlash but let him have another 8-5 season there will be hell to pay.  Still more than a little surprised he stayed knowing what lays in store for him when the losses come and he knows they will because the money was basically a wash. 
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FrJoseph

Coach Sutton was demonized for telling the truth. At that time, most coaches would have "crawled to KY". He just did not say it with a lot of tact or diplomacy.

Gus APPROACHED two gentleman in AR about coming to AR again after the LSU loss. When he beat GA, and for sure after the Iron Bowl, he could have told them that he no longer was interested in AR and all would have been well. From that point on, it seems he was using AR for leverage. He will never coach again in the South or Midwest at a major program if he gets fired at Auburn. I think it is that bad now with a few people with a good bit of power.

This is coming from someone who has always liked Gus and defended him.

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TNarch

Eddie Sutton and slow ball.  It was always fun playing keep away with Texas Tech when they came to town.  Seems like there was always a fight.  Eddie was one hell of a coach, but as I remember it, he was nearing his end at UofA when the Kentucky job fell into his lap.

The Gus Bus is out of gas so I'm not going to say anything bad about that ass.

riccoar

Quote from: FrJoseph on December 05, 2017, 09:28:30 am
Coach Sutton was demonized for telling the truth. At that time, most coaches would have "crawled to KY". He just did not say it with a lot of tact or diplomacy.

Gus APPROACHED two gentleman in AR about coming to AR again after the LSU loss. When he beat GA, and for sure after the Iron Bowl, he could have told them that he no longer was interested in AR and all would have been well. From that point on, it seems he was using AR for leverage. He will never coach again in the South or Midwest at a major program if he gets fired at Auburn. I think it is that bad now with a few people with a good bit of power.

This is coming from someone who has always liked Gus and defended him.

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FrJoseph

I think that is an accurate summary. There were 2 be gentlemen in NWA and 2 in Central AR that really wanted, and thought, that Gus was going to come. I think he is the only coach AR is after, that has proven he can win in the SEC. However, the guys that went after Gus did it sort of on their own behalf, and not the behalf of the University. If Gus was universally the guy, they should have did what A&M did. Lock him up where he can't say no. There was no, and still is no, consensus.

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ErieHog

Eddie.

Is, was, and always will be a traitor.   Didn't lead us along-- he outright spurned us for another job.
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1texashogfan

Not a good comparison. Who remembers Hog BBall prior to Eddie? Eddie had his faults but he is a Razorback. At the time KY was the top basketball school and He took it. He should have kept his mouth shut but it was a stab at Frank. WPS
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riccoar

Pretty sure those numbers are bogus.  Schaffer said the $50 mil deal was not accurate at all. 

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phadedhawg

I picked Nolan's predecessor...Edward Strutten or whatever his name was...famous Kentucky basketball coach I believe he was....

Gus ...meh...not worthy of ire.  I think he will regret this decision and I doubt he will be coaching in Auburn in 3 years.  I doubt he will ever be asked to come back home.

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Petrino was worse than both x 2. He [CENSORED] us badly.
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Quote from: HoginMemphis on December 05, 2017, 01:30:05 pm
Petrino was worse than both x 2. He [CENSORED] us badly.

The worst football hire since Crowe, for sure.
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