Guess who's raising his skirt at Notre Dame?...

[hawgsav1]

so we would see the wild Leprechaun

HAHAHA.  That is awesome. 

[Kenny Dowell Loggains]

very soon HDN is going to be a distant memory

[PotBelliedPig29]

I say this in all seriousness.

There is a certain type of coaching job that Nutt is perfect for, and one for which an AD would love to have him.

If you are an AD and...

(1) you want a coach who believes in and teaches smash-mouth, physical football;
(2) you want a coach who can motivate;
(3) you want a coach who can win 6-8 games and get your school to a bowl most every year;
(4) you want a coach who will spring the occasional earth-shaking upset;
(5) you want a coach who is comfortable back-slapping and glad-handing boosters;

AND

(1) you don't mind a coach who will occasionally screw a player over;
(2) you don't mind a coach who whose players will fairly routinely get in trouble with the law;
(3) you don't mind a coach whose team will lose at least one game a year because of mismanagement

.....then HDN is your guy.

Very accurate assessment. You are probably one of the few mods who can criticize HDN without being so overly biased.

[Kenny Dowell Loggains]

I say this in all seriousness.

There is a certain type of coaching job that Nutt is perfect for, and one for which an AD would love to have him.

If you are an AD and...

(1) you want a coach who believes in and teaches smash-mouth, physical football;
(2) you want a coach who can motivate;
(3) you want a coach who can win 6-8 games and get your school to a bowl most every year;
(4) you want a coach who will spring the occasional earth-shaking upset;
(5) you want a coach who is comfortable back-slapping and glad-handing boosters;

AND

(1) you don't mind a coach who will occasionally screw a player over;
(2) you don't mind a coach who whose players will fairly routinely get in trouble with the law;
(3) you don't mind a coach whose team will lose at least one game a year because of mismanagement

.....then HDN is your guy.

best description of HDN I've seen in a long time.

[Justifiable Hogicide]

Har-De-Har-Har.
Nutt to Notre Dame....only in Danny and Houston's sugar plum dreams.
Notre Dame would never even glance at the "Right Reverend", he's got a real zipper problem and is a public and professional doofus.

[Brand X Hog Fan]

I say this in all seriousness.

There is a certain type of coaching job that Nutt is perfect for, and one for which an AD would love to have him.

If you are an AD and...

(1) you want a coach who believes in and teaches smash-mouth, physical football;
(2) you want a coach who can motivate;
(3) you want a coach who can win 6-8 games and get your school to a bowl most every year;
(4) you want a coach who will spring the occasional earth-shaking upset;
(5) you want a coach who is comfortable back-slapping and glad-handing boosters;

AND

(1) you don't mind a coach who will occasionally screw a player over;
(2) you don't mind a coach who whose players will fairly routinely get in trouble with the law;
(3) you don't mind a coach whose team will lose at least one game a year because of mismanagement

.....then HDN is your guy.

Well said.

Though you know TCTWF is looking. He covets the big stage. He will not be satisfied in Oxford. If it was so easy to coach there then Tubby would be there still.

Having said that, I don't know that even MOTHO is so classless as to bail on the University of Ole Miss after 1 season.










Well,












This is Nutt we are talking about, isn't it.

[porkurina]

I don't think even Nutt is stupid enough to leave Ole Miss for Notre Dame - not that it would ever come up.

I think you forgot about his ego.   But they would deserve each other.

[Karma]

I don't think ND ever gives Nutt a look, but having his name mentioned on a message board doesn't mean he's politicing for the job.

[elksnort]

He'd darn sure love their helmet. It is painted in gold leaf for each game.

[3kgthog]

Nutt's ego is big enough that he's not going to give up the chance to beat Arkansas every year. We are his new and only motivation much like Texas was usually one of the few big games that his teams ever showed up for. However, that won't prevent him from making Ole Miss think he's looking around. He'll play them for another raise and extension just like he played JFB and the BOT.

[ThisTeetsTaken]

It's already starting for Nutt @ Ole Miss. Check out this thread on the Notre Dame scout board; check out reply #4 in the linked thread:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=109&f=2594&t=3453516

Take a minute to imagine Nutt trying to recruit @ Notre Dame...

Where do you get that he is raising his skirt to Notre Dame???

[DEVICEHIGH]

I want him to stay on our schedule.

[razorbrass]

Look Notre Dame screwed up their last football hire similar to our last basketball search.  They were so sure they had Urban Myer they cut loose Willingham.  Once Myer decided to go to Florida they were in a world of hurt.  They felt they had to make a big splash so they went with the "offensive mastermind" of the superbowl patriots.  At the time many thought they had scored big.  Hasn't worked out so far.  Hiring for Notre Dame would be difficult.  You have to hire a big name to appease the donors plus you have to find someone not afraid of the high expectations.  I have a hard time seeing Nutt as a person who can satisfy those conditions. 

I envision his introduction at the press conference announcing him as Notre Dames next head football coach going something like this:

"Introducing your new Notre Dame football coach Houston Nutt
Coach Nutt has won - oops No conference championships but he does have an SEC western division ring
but coach Nutt has taken his team to .. er well no BCS bowl games
ah but coach Nutt has a winning bowl record... well not really but he has won at least one bowl game on New Years Day
Hey can anybody in the room tell me why we hired this guy?"

[oldfart]

Southern Baptist at The Golden Dome?  I don't think so.

well ara parseghian was a presbyterian ..... 

[gbaurnett]

Campaigning:

Let's see

Nebraska
L. S. Who
Miami
N.C.
Ole Piss

Sounds like a campaign to me.

Ding, ding, ding!!!
Winner, winner ,chicken dinner!

[hogfanshan]

I say this in all seriousness.

There is a certain type of coaching job that Nutt is perfect for, and one for which an AD would love to have him.

If you are an AD and...

(1) you want a coach who believes in and teaches smash-mouth, physical football;
(2) you want a coach who can motivate;
(3) you want a coach who can win 6-8 games and get your school to a bowl most every year;
(4) you want a coach who will spring the occasional earth-shaking upset;
(5) you want a coach who is comfortable back-slapping and glad-handing boosters;

AND

(1) you don't mind a coach who will occasionally screw a player over;
(2) you don't mind a coach who whose players will fairly routinely get in trouble with the law;
(3) you don't mind a coach whose team will lose at least one game a year because of mismanagement

.....then HDN is your guy.

Spot on.

[hogsndawgs]

I say this in all seriousness.

There is a certain type of coaching job that Nutt is perfect for, and one for which an AD would love to have him.

If you are an AD and...

(1) you want a coach who believes in and teaches smash-mouth, physical football;
(2) you want a coach who can motivate;
(3) you want a coach who can win 6-8 games and get your school to a bowl most every year;
(4) you want a coach who will spring the occasional earth-shaking upset;
(5) you want a coach who is comfortable back-slapping and glad-handing boosters;

AND

(1) you don't mind a coach who will occasionally screw a player over;
(2) you don't mind a coach who whose players will fairly routinely get in trouble with the law;
(3) you don't mind a coach whose team will lose at least one game a year because of mismanagement

.....then HDN is your guy.

I appreciate the honest assessment. It seems like most people these days simply call him an idiot, monkey, etc...When we (the hogville community) make the case against HDN in an intelligent manner it makes the argument much stronger.

BTW, I admit that I have posted wildy biased, rediculous anti Nutt statements plenty of times, but I'm trying to stop. It really doesn't do anything to further the mesage to the rest of the world.

[Zen_Hog]

To be honest, Nutt sounds like a perfect fit for Notre Dame.

The program recruits itself. All Nutt has to do is bite his nails and play pickup basketball.

[elksnort]

well ara parseghian was a presbyterian ..... 

IS, He is alive and well.

[hogsndawgs]

To be honest, Nutt sounds like a perfect fit for Notre Dame.

The program recruits itself. All Nutt has to do is bite his nails and play pickup basketball.

ROTMFFLMGDAO!
+1

[drivetimeporks]

Since TCTWF is so great a field general and a player's coach and a finer man than god ever put on the earth, maybe Neutered Lady will give him a chance.  It would be a perfect fit.  They love meaningless drivel from the mouth of coaches and call it Grantland Rice musings.  He can't recruit and a coach doesn't have to recruit to the Neutered Lady.  They play all 3 service academies and other Little Sisters of the Poor and Needy.  So, he would have 6 wins a year built in.

i got news for you g , navy and air force woulda beat the hogs as well this year...  the hogs played western illinois and their usual slate of directional lousianna schools ..what the hell is the difference ?

[hogsanity]

I say this in all seriousness.

There is a certain type of coaching job that Nutt is perfect for, and one for which an AD would love to have him.

If you are an AD and...

(1) you want a coach who believes in and teaches smash-mouth, physical football;
(2) you want a coach who can motivate;
(3) you want a coach who can win 6-8 games and get your school to a bowl most every year;
(4) you want a coach who will spring the occasional earth-shaking upset;
(5) you want a coach who is comfortable back-slapping and glad-handing boosters;

AND

(1) you don't mind a coach who will occasionally screw a player over;
(2) you don't mind a coach who whose players will fairly routinely get in trouble with the law;
(3) you don't mind a coach whose team will lose at least one game a year because of mismanagement

.....then HDN is your guy.

After what I have seen in college fb the last 5 years, I think this is exactly what what about 40 d1 teasm want, and what 40 more would love to have.

Seriously, with the escalating slaries of "top end" coaches, bowl payouts for 60+ teams, a legit shot at a BCS game for only about 40 teams per year, boosters who have to be pampered, and teams looking for that one big win a year, why wouldnt they take a coach like that.

Now, if you think your program is BCS capable (facilities, conference, talent, schedule, etc), you don't hire that track record.  Why do you think old misses hired HDN?  After the last several years, a few 8-4 seasons sounds pretty good to them. 

[dhornjr1]

I say this in all seriousness.

There is a certain type of coaching job that Nutt is perfect for, and one for which an AD would love to have him.

If you are an AD and...

(1) you want a coach who believes in and teaches smash-mouth, physical football;
(2) you want a coach who can motivate;
(3) you want a coach who can win 6-8 games and get your school to a bowl most every year;
(4) you want a coach who will spring the occasional earth-shaking upset;
(5) you want a coach who is comfortable back-slapping and glad-handing boosters;

AND

(1) you don't mind a coach who will occasionally screw a player over;
(2) you don't mind a coach who whose players will fairly routinely get in trouble with the law;
(3) you don't mind a coach whose team will lose at least one game a year because of mismanagement

.....then HDN is your guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Houston Nutt blueprint.

[dhornjr1]

Posted: 11/22/2008 7:45 PM

RE: Who do you want as the next HC?

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PCBuckeye wrote: Kelly is the front runner for the UT job, you'd have to act fast to get him. Id go after Lane Kiffin or Houston Nutt.

Intriguing idea, I was thinking Nutt would be a great cure for ND's lack of toughness on the lines. Arkansas was crazy to let him go. Wonder if that's a realistic scenario though.

Are you kidding me? "Arkansas was crazy to let him go"?

We practically forced him off the campus at gunpoint.

[GabeMartini]

"Let him go."

What a joke. Does this guy realize fans across the state (and nation) paid thousands of dollars week after week last year to fly banners over the stadium begging the school to fire Nutt?

Black t-shirts, anyone?

Sheesh. They act as if we wanted him to stay so bad we were baking him cookies.

[josh_sec33]

Anyone else have a sudden flash picture of TCTWF in the leprechaun outfit bouncing around? I did...and it was funny. It'd make a great picture/mini video.

[Tusks]

would the ND recruits itself people double check their facts...again their avg. record over the last 15....fifteen YEARS is 7-5.

That's not the record of a school that recruits itself.


Also...i started the 'monkey with a whistle'.....i never said he knew how to use it....only that he had one. 

[hogSGreer]

They should ask the pope who to hire.  I hear that when he sits on the chair and wears the hat, he's never wrong.

[longtimeHogfan]

I'd prefer he get it out of our conference.  I really would.

But wouldn't that just make the SEC tougher?  With TCTWF gone?  There's a distinct possibility they might get a real coach down there, making it harder for everyone. 

[HoopS]

Good point.   I just am tired of his mug.   I would prefer that he take a job in Guam or Peru.  Either or. 

[Niels Boar]

Has anybody noticed that Nutt has mangaed to go 4-3, probably 5-3, in the SEC in a year that half the SEC West will not be bowl eligible, LSU almost lost to a mediocre Troy team at home, and Ole Miss got Vandy at home?  He did this with players from a coach that outrecruited him badly at a penny-pinching rival.  Yeah, he's a genius.

[longtimeHogfan]

Good point.   I just am tired of his mug.   I would prefer that he take a job in Guam or Peru.  Either or.

     This year I did a slow burn every time I saw him on the sidelines.  But I still managed to suppress a smirk.  The thought of getting to watch him going down in flames, gradually, over the next couple of years, makes it almost worthwhile.   

     Knowing that we will consistently improve our talent level and our win/loss record while he will gradually and predictably be lowering his goals and consistently failing to meet them......that will be fun to watch.

[RunnerHog]

ND will go after the best, that is not Nutt, not even close.  Saban, Stoops those kind of names maybe even Carrol.

[Tusks]

the 'monkey with a whistle' is the greatest 7-5 coach of all time.


how many times in 10 years did he go 5-3 or better in the SEC while coaching the hogs.

I count 3....but I'm probably wrong.

[RunnerHog]

the 'monkey with a whistle' is the greatest 7-5 coach of all time.


how many times in 10 years did he go 5-3 or better in the SEC while coaching the hogs.

I count 3....but I'm probably wrong.

5-3 is like winning the NC for a Nutt

[Clark W Grishawg]

Ok, guys, I know it sounds like a crazy unfounded rumor and all, but here's what I have heard from a friend who just happens to be VERY close to TCTWF. Apparently, Nutt isn't happy with Pete Boone being such a penny-pincher, and with his unwillingness to commit athletic department dollars to recruiting. Sexton has been working the phones with Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick--they are longtime friends--and reportedly they are working on a deal for Nutt to become the head coach at Notre Dame, and possibly on a long-term (5+ years) deal there. All of this is going on in the background while the logistics of the Weis buyout are being hammered out.

[cosmodrum]

Ok, guys, I know it sounds like a crazy unfounded rumor and all, but here's what I have heard from a friend who just happens to be VERY close to TCTWF. Apparently, Nutt isn't happy with Pete Boone being such a penny-pincher, and with his unwillingness to commit athletic department dollars to recruiting. Sexton has been working the phones with Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick--they are longtime friends--and reportedly they are working on a deal for Nutt to become the head coach at Notre Dame, and possibly on a long-term (5+ years) deal there. All of this is going on in the background while the logistics of the Weis buyout are being hammered out.

And a once proud, storied program will complete its demise. What a shame.

I hope this isn't true. And if it is, I wonder what the media's response would be...

[hogfanOU812]

Ok, guys, I know it sounds like a crazy unfounded rumor and all, but here's what I have heard from a friend who just happens to be VERY close to TCTWF. Apparently, Nutt isn't happy with Pete Boone being such a penny-pincher, and with his unwillingness to commit athletic department dollars to recruiting. Sexton has been working the phones with Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick--they are longtime friends--and reportedly they are working on a deal for Nutt to become the head coach at Notre Dame, and possibly on a long-term (5+ years) deal there. All of this is going on in the background while the logistics of the Weis buyout are being hammered out.

I've heard much the same from my sources in Oxford.
Sexton and Swarbrick evidently have some ties...

[kgr]

i got news for you g , navy and air force woulda beat the hogs as well this year...  the hogs played western illinois and their usual slate of directional lousianna schools ..what the hell is the difference ?

We play, Alabama, Fla., and since you love TCTWF, Ole' Piss, LSWho, a rather stronger schedule than the normal run of the mill losers Neutered Dumb play. 

[kgr]

Ok, guys, I know it sounds like a crazy unfounded rumor and all, but here's what I have heard from a friend who just happens to be VERY close to TCTWF. Apparently, Nutt isn't happy with Pete Boone being such a penny-pincher, and with his unwillingness to commit athletic department dollars to recruiting. Sexton has been working the phones with Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick--they are longtime friends--and reportedly they are working on a deal for Nutt to become the head coach at Notre Dame, and possibly on a long-term (5+ years) deal there. All of this is going on in the background while the logistics of the Weis buyout are being hammered out.

What does he want, unlimited text messages, free nights at Holiday Inn express, someone to help him cheat at pick-up basketball, someone to scout female anchors for his pleasure and co-eds for the drain bamaged brother's pleasure.