WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE ABOUT GUS?

[jfb4ever]

             Many post he's not the one, tell us what you dislike about HIM!

[slopinhogs]

absolutely nothing

[Wayne Watson]

I dislike that he's at Tulsa.

[clew]

I think the only complaint could be a lack of experience.  But, on the same token, at one time Jimmy Johnson had a lack of experience.  He didn't get the Arkansas job either.

[grayhawg]

I dislike he left and HDN stayed. Other than that nothing.

[GeneKeadysRug]

he's "high school"

[LJHOG]

don't know him so can't say one way or the other.  he is a tad green for an SEC coach.  also i don't see him as the guy who can garner the support of all the fans.  in fact, he would do just the opposite.  he may be a great coach and prove out to be the best in the business, but for now his time at arkansas is done.  probably forever.

[jfb4ever]

            Reggie, do you have time to Post Today?

[razorbackred]

There's nothing to dislike unless you are an LSU, AL, Auburn, Ole Miss or MSU fan; they will dislike him because he will put Arkansas in the national spotlight within a few years. 

[HoginIllinois]

                                                NADA

[hillhog]

How about "he's from Springdale"? Add lots of sarcasm. I respect Gus and wish him all the success.

[Erockster20]

I dislike that he is not on our coaching staff in some fashion.

I will say, I am about 50/50 on him being head coach, but I am 100% for him being our OC. If I could have a christmas wish, I wish we could get someone to "fill in" for about 3 years to let him get the college game down pat, then turn it over to him.

I know that won't happen, but hey if your gonna dream, dream big.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

             Many post he's not the one, tell us what you dislike about HIM!

I do not dislike him. I think he is a great coach with a great future. I just do not think he has the experience to handle the reins of a Div I, SEC school at this point. Will he be at some point in the future? Absolutely. Is he now? Not in my opinion. I think it would be unfair to us and unfair to Gus to throw him into that before he is ready. His time will come and if he wants to come home at that time, when there is an opening, he will apply and most likely be hired.......but this is not that time.

[The real Hogules]

I dislike that he's at Tulsa.

Ditto!

[hawgdog2005]

The fact he is at TU and not here.  Thanks Dale you egotistical idiot

[respirback]

I like him.  I like his offense.  I like the way he respectfully walked away from what was a bad situation for him.  I do not like the thought of him becoming the next head coach.

[football17]

don't know him so can't say one way or the other.  he is a tad green for an SEC coach.  also i don't see him as the guy who can garner the support of all the fans.  in fact, he would do just the opposite.  he may be a great coach and prove out to be the best in the business, but for now his time at arkansas is done.  probably forever.

Winning unites fans. Gus is a winner.

[revolution]

I dislike Gus's inability to overcome the idiocy and ego of his supervisor which led to three straight losses to end last season.  I thought Gus could do anything, but even he couldn't keep our Nutts from mis-firing. 

Let's cut the Nutts and hop on the Gus Bus!

[Eugene]

 :razorback:

[Eugene]

Seems to me most people dislike Gus, dislike him because of the Springdale connection. Most people like Gus because of what he can do with what he has on the offensive side of the game. Find Gus a good DC and bring him on board. Someone will take the so-called chance with Gus and end up with a great coach. Hope it's the HOGS.

[hogsanity]

             Many post he's not the one, tell us what you dislike about HIM!

I don't dislike Gus.  What I dislike is the idea, that in the sec, we would hire a coach that has that little college experience.  Look at the last 3 sec hires, Spurrier, Meyer, and Saban.  I would think that a demand for excellence would dictate we try to hire someone on that level.

[LJHOG]

Winning unites fans. Gus is a winner.

fans don't hire coaches.  gus got too many .................... uh, non-supporters is what i'll term them, within the PTB and BOT to be HC here for many years.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

I don't dislike Gus.  What I dislike is the idea, that in the sec, we would hire a coach that has that little college experience.  Look at the last 3 sec hires, Spurrier, Meyer, and Saban.  I would think that a demand for excellence would dictate we try to hire someone on that level.

I have to agree.

[jfb4ever]

          MMMMMMMM, Florida hired a coach that runs an offense that won't work in the SEC. Bet Broyles thought they had sunk to a Really Low Level!

[Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson]

Nothing I don't like about Gus except that he isn't at Arkansas.

[TransAmHawg]

I don't dislike Gus.  What I dislike is the idea, that in the sec, we would hire a coach that has that little college experience.  Look at the last 3 sec hires, Spurrier, Meyer, and Saban.  I would think that a demand for excellence would dictate we try to hire someone on that level.

  WHO? Name off someone on that level that we can get. Name One person better suited to clean up the Nutt mess and get us back to where we should be then take us to the next level.

Leach?  Trading one Nutt for another Nut
 
Bo Pellini? LSU assistant that acording to what I've read isn't their top choice to replace Miles and they know him rather well I'd think.

Butch Davis? Maybe but he's staying in NC

Patterson? Rice's coach. is that really a good upgrade?

J. Johnson? LOL dream on

Why can't we just get Gus. Give him a couple of years to right the ship and see just what we can be at Arkansas. We have a chance to make the right call this time without the Whitehaired debbil protecting his legacy. We are at a critical crossroad and to not get this right will only set us back even farther than we are right now.
We need to get this right and GUS is the right man for the job.

[dmac4sainthood]

I dislike nothing about him.

It isn't a like or dislike thing.  He just does not have enough D1a experience to be a hc in Southeastern Conference.

There are guys who have had great success as a hc at a lower college level, and if they came to Arkansas, a fit would be thrown.  His only success as a head coach, came at the HS level, and he has a had a great run as a college coordinator, but not enough to be an SEC HC yet.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

 
  WHO? Name off someone on that level that we can get. Name One person better suited to clean up the Nutt mess and get us back to where we should be then take us to the next level.

Leach?  Trading one Nutt for another Nut
 
Bo Pellini? LSU assistant that acording to what I've read isn't their top choice to replace Miles and they know him rather well I'd think.

Butch Davis? Maybe but he's staying in NC

Patterson? Rice's coach. is that really a good upgrade?

J. Johnson? LOL dream on

Why can't we just get Gus. Give him a couple of years to right the ship and see just what we can be at Arkansas. We have a chance to make the right call this time without the Whitehaired debbil protecting his legacy. We are at a critical crossroad and to not get this right will only set us back even farther than we are right now.
We need to get this right and GUS is the right man for the job.

Jeff Tedford, Dennis Erickson, Frank Solich, Butch Davis

[Razorback Ranger]

I dislike that he has won 75% of the games he has coached in the last 2 years but he is not being considered one of the most successfull up and comers.

[gcraise1]

HDN does not have the experience or half the I.Q. to be a DIV 1 coach either, but he has been acting like one for 10 years. All the great coaches at one point in their career were under qualified. I say we hand GM the reigns and I promise you he will not disappoint us. He has been a proven winner everywhere he has been including an SEC OC of the year last year, his first year in DIV 1 coaching.  Has Tulsa's offense at the top of everyone on yards per game.

GM has the I.Q. and the drive to take our program higher than it ever has before. And like his article said yesterday in the paper he will outwork anyone in order to be successfull. When have you ever heard that from DMW? People GM is a proactive coach instead of like FB and HDN who IMO are reactive coaches. GM keeps up with the new and innovates it in a way that makes him and his team a winner. He will bring Arkansas Football full swing from the 1980's. And I promise you he will have more than 8 plays for our offense. And being a parent of a hopefull Arkansas Razorback he will bring back morals, and ethics to a program that is crooked as the pigtrail! JMO.

[oxhog24]

There is nothing that I dislike about Gus, I live in the Fort Smith area and have had the pleasure of meeting Gus a couple of times. He is a very good man. I am just not 100% sure that this is the time for him to come back to Arkansas, nothing to do with coaching experience but a lot to do with the fans. One of the main reasons I want rid of Hootie is how divided the fans are, I'm not sure hiring Gus right now would change that. Whoever is hired I will support as I love the Hogs, if it is Gus so be it. I'm just not sure that a this time he is the one to unite the Hog fans.

[hogsanity]

What if the choices are Pelini, Venables, Strong, Mullen, Leach or Gus?

Then it will prove what I have been saying for 2 years, the program CAN NOT get a big time coach like Fl or Bama or LSu can, or the program WILL NOT pay what it takes to get that type of coach.  Either is a sad commentary on the program.  If those are the only choices, might as well take Gus.

[Hawgvillain]

Talent is talent.  Just like in business, you do what it takes to bring in the talent - even if it isn't quite ready to be productive.  Now that BD has moved on, Gus is at the top of my list.

[Hawgvillain]

Then it will prove what I have been saying for 2 years, the program CAN NOT get a big time coach like Fl or Bama or LSu can, or the program WILL NOT pay what it takes to get that type of coach.  Either is a sad commentary on the program.  If those are the only choices, might as well take Gus.

All of those teams have won a NC in the last 15 years.  I hate the "Lil Ole Arkie" argument - but I can see why they would be able to attract a better coach than us at this time.

[Hog Scratch Fever]

What's not to like about him?  He wins.

As far as experience goes, how much experience does he need?  One year? Two?  Wouldn't it be fair to say that he could learn what it takes in that amount of time?

Everyone has said we are supposed to suck anyway for the next 2 years.  Let Gus get his experience in those 2 years with us and we might not suck as much as expected.

Some anti-Gus people will get their jollies on the losses and then have to eat crow when we start winning big against the good teams.

A two year swing to have a really good coach is a lot better than a two year pass to keep a bad one.

[darkhogfan]

He's not wearing Razorback red.

[GWFan]

That he can recruit, that he has a tremendous coaching mind, that he messed up our offense last year by bringing in the stupid so-called "wildcat formation", that he wrote that book the big name coaches like Urban Myer have agreed and used for their own championships team.  I hate the way the state fell in love with him over the excitement he brought to both Arkansas HS football, and the Razorbacks when he came here.
There's a bunch of stuff I dislike about that man.

Signed
HDN

[jkcrunch]

I do not dislike Gus,  I just do not believe he invented football as some here would have you believe. It is kinda like that hit song on the radio you hear it so much it makes you hate it.

I dislike he did not speak up if things were not right.  Bruce Pearl ratted out Illini when he was an assistant at Iowa and it did not hurt his career.   He could have changed things but choose to run and be quite instead.

[Brand X Hog Fan]

Gus has the following characteristics that will disqualify him from coaching at Arkansas:

     He is a strict disciplinarian.

     He runs a complex, balanced offense.

     He lacks the ability to defer blame and assumes responsibility for his actions.

     He plays to win.

     He is of high moral standards.

     He demands accountability from his players and staff.

Now really. How bad is it going to be if in 5 years Gus has a D-1 program headed for a BCS bowl and we are still floundering in mediocrity because of our refusal to take a chance? Basketball programs seem to have bought into the practice of hiring younger head coaches and hiring a veteran assistant to help them. We've done it twice now with Pel and Evans and, with some success, with Heath and "what's his name." Why won't this work in football? We have some great coaches who are alumni, JJ and Barry specifically. Don't you think Gus would seek their advice in the matters he does not yet have a handle on? I, for one, would take the risk on hiring Gus. I believe he is a diamond, not in the rough yet not quite completely cut either.

I really would rather buy in to Gus's freshness than place my hopes on older philosophies of the likes of Erikson and Davis. Those two are / were good coaches, but I honestly believe it is time for fresh air.

GHG! Beat LSU!

[AFWarrior83]

I say give the fans what they want.  I don't think Gus would make it b/c who does he know that will come in and complete his coachng staff?  I think he could be a good HC, but I just doubt he could land any solid assistants.

[densmith1]

Experience in the SEC is overrated.  Gus' organizational skills, overall intelligence, integrity and 2-year record as a D-1 offensive coordinator more than offset "his lack of experience".  His success at every school where he has coached is the most relevant factor.  He would be a great replacement for HDN.

[AFWarrior83]

I would bet differently.

Who do you think he could get to be his DC?  What about all the other assistants?  Not argueing, just curious.

[The Realist]

Experience is the main problem.  Recruiting, the full year grind of a head football coach in the SEC. 
Also, do you remember the SEC Championship game last year?  Urban Meyer was able to get the best of Malzahn because they were trying to outdo each other in trick plays.  It came to the point where I never thought a WR was going to run when he had the ball, rather just pass.  We could have come back in that game but he was trying to one up Meyer.   Not saying thats the only reason we lost, rather just one of many.

[jfb4ever]

                I would be happy for Reggie to GO! I don't believe Gus will have a problem attracting Good Coaches.

[GWFan]

Experience is the main problem.  Recruiting, the full year grind of a head football coach in the SEC. 
Also, do you remember the SEC Championship game last year?  Urban Meyer was able to get the best of Malzahn because they were trying to outdo each other in trick plays.  It came to the point where I never thought a WR was going to run when he had the ball, rather just pass.  We could have come back in that game but he was trying to one up Meyer.   Not saying thats the only reason we lost, rather just one of many.

The main reason we lost was Shibest not properly preparing special teams. (he didn't have them "special" enough" )

[jfb4ever]

            Gus was not being allowed to throw the ball against Florida last year! Florida had an outstanding Defense Last Year! Gus had to do something to try to spread out the Florida Defense! I believe Reggie had a few screw ups as well.

[AFWarrior83]

                I would be happy for Reggie to GO! I don't believe Gus will have a problem attracting Good Coaches.

I'd just like to hear some names....  WHO?  Could he land any NFL assistants?  College?  That's my only doubt b/c NO ONE has been able to give names of any assistants.  Maybe he could get some assistants away from the WAC or Sunbelt conference?  I'd just like to hear something besides Gus alone.  Gus would be great, but I don't think he's ready for a HC position just b/c nobody outside of us and Tulsa really know of him.

[AFWarrior83]

           Gus was not being allowed to throw the ball against Florida last year! Florida had an outstanding Defense Last Year! Gus had to do something to try to spread out the Florida Defense! I believe Reggie had a few screw ups as well.

What lost us that game was that freaking punt on 4th and forever when Fish muffed the punt, after that the big MO changed.  I still can't believe that play...

[jfb4ever]

             Head coaches all over the country are admitting to using Gus's playbook. College Coaches take notice when a 1st year coach is Coordinator of the Year. College coaches realize he had 2 returning Starters,and is Leading the Country in Offense!

[honkytonkman]

His visors.