congrats to Terry Don

[sigpooie]

Job well done, now please come home and replace this carpetbagger.

[HotlantaHog]

Glad to hear his name mentioned several times last night. It's obvious Dabo owes his job to him, and not many ADs would take a chance on a wide receiver coach with little experience... a pretty crazy, risky hire where Terry Don saw something others did not.

[Biggus Piggus]

Terry Don Phillips is retired. Has been since 2012.

[PonderinHog]

Terry Don Phillips is retired. Has been since 2012.

He's a meddler

[3kgthog]

I'd take a retired guy with a little dust on him over what we've got now. Our AD is out of touch with the fans and even though I've been critical of JFB, at least JFB never lost sight of how important fans are to the success of the program. There are more of the little guys than there are those with beacoup bucks. Long has forgotten that.

[ricepig]

Terry Don Phillips is retired. Has been since 2012.

All you have to be is from Arkansas to do the job better, it's like being the backup QB to some of these people.

[RagingHawgOn]

All you have to be is from Arkansas to do the job better, it's like being the backup QB to some of these people.

Exactly

[GuvHog]

All you have to be is from Arkansas to do the job better, it's like being the backup QB to some of these people.

Well seeing as how the coach he hired just won a national title after leading his team to a #2 national finish a year ago, I'd say the proof is definitely in the pudding. How many of Jeff Long's football head coach hires have won national titles???

[Boss Hog in the Arkansas]

I'd take a retired guy with a little dust on him over what we've got now. Our AD is out of touch with the fans and even though I've been critical of JFB, at least JFB never lost sight of how important fans are to the success of the program. There are more of the little guys than there are those with beacoup bucks. Long has forgotten that.

I agree

[NotSoFastMyFriend]

Job well done, now please come home and replace this carpetbagger.

Still not over the south losing the war that they were on the wrong side of, huh?

[hawgsalot]

I'd take a retired guy with a little dust on him over what we've got now. Our AD is out of touch with the fans and even though I've been critical of JFB, at least JFB never lost sight of how important fans are to the success of the program. There are more of the little guys than there are those with beacoup bucks. Long has forgotten that.

Ha Ha boy talk about some revisionist history...HDN ring any bells.  Heck JFB had the fan base as divided as ever.  By all means though, carry on with your ignorant drivel.

[yraciv]

I'd take a retired guy with a little dust on him over what we've got now. Our AD is out of touch with the fans and even though I've been critical of JFB, at least JFB never lost sight of how important fans are to the success of the program. There are more of the little guys than there are those with beacoup bucks. Long has forgotten that.

Out of touch with the fans? I don't see many AD's with 100k + followers on twitter that interacts with the fans as much as Jeff.

[ricepig]

Well seeing as how the coach he hired just won a national title after leading his team to a #2 national finish a year ago, I'd say the proof is definitely in the pudding. How many of Jeff Long's football head coach hires have won national titles???

You realize that can be said about 99% of the AD's today?

[onebadrubi]

I'd take a retired guy with a little dust on him over what we've got now. Our AD is out of touch with the fans and even though I've been critical of JFB, at least JFB never lost sight of how important fans are to the success of the program. There are more of the little guys than there are those with beacoup bucks. Long has forgotten that.

Lol this place is rampant with short term memory.

[PorkRinds]

Not winning titles evidently equals out of touch with fans around here.  He may share a different set of values than some of you, but he isn't out of touch. Anyone pretending that Jeff Long wants anything BUT winning in the programs is clueless. He just may disagree with some of you on how to get there.

[Fatty McGee]

I'd take a retired guy with a little dust on him over what we've got now. Our AD is out of touch with the fans and even though I've been critical of JFB, at least JFB never lost sight of how important fans are to the success of the program. There are more of the little guys than there are those with beacoup bucks. Long has forgotten that.

Don't mistake Hogville discontent for overall fan discontent.  Hogville would have melted down if an AD hired a wide receivers coach as head coach. 

[factchecker]

Well seeing as how the coach he hired just won a national title after leading his team to a #2 national finish a year ago, I'd say the proof is definitely in the pudding. How many of Jeff Long's football head coach hires have won national titles???

How many athletic directors have hired a coach who won a national title?  Hell, the majority of athletic directors fail to preside over a program who has won a conference title in football.

[sigpooie]

Carpetbagging refers to the fact that this guy is blowing money on crap that does not raise your victory totals and or does not include fans in the building of the program. He is a carpetbagger pure and simple and can't seem to build a program that does nothing more than build in income.

[Rzback]

maybe JL needs to hire a football Czar, I nominate Terry Don Phillips

[Hog Fan...DOH!]

Carpetbagging refers to the fact that this guy is blowing money on crap that does not raise your victory totals and or does not include fans in the building of the program. He is a carpetbagger pure and simple and can't seem to build a program that does nothing more than build in income.

What is he blowing money on?  You do realize he's taken the program from complete reliance upon a handful of donors to make things happen financially to relying upon thousands of season ticket holders?  And, the AD reduced the cost of GA tickets at Razorback stadium this year? 

Feel free to discuss further.

Now, if you're criticizing the hiring of a football coach using hindsight, that's one thing.  But let's call apples apples, and oranges oranges.   

[longpig]

Carpetbagging refers to the fact that this guy is blowing money on crap that does not raise your victory totals and or does not include fans in the building of the program. He is a carpetbagger pure and simple and can't seem to build a program that does nothing more than build in income.

Well, it's a stupid reference. 

Jeff Long is one of the most respected ADs in the country.  He's one of the last guys in Fayetteville I'd like to tailgate with, but is excellent at what he does.  Hope he stays a very long time.

[GuvHog]

How many athletic directors have hired a coach who won a national title?  Hell, the majority of athletic directors fail to preside over a program who has won a conference title in football.

This is true but I'd settle for an AD who can hire a head coach who is good enough that 8 win seasons are the occasional minimum. I'm realistic enough to know that the U of A isn't going to win 10 games a year every year no matter who the coach is. Winning 10 games 2 years out of 5 or 6 would be very acceptable to me as long as the program doesn't drop below 8 wins in down years but we aren't getting anywhere close to that with CBB and since Jeff Long hired him, that falls back on Jeff too.

[sigpooie]

Skyboxes, ramped up facilities, killed the avg fan about as quick as any carpetbagger could. Oh you can say we are so much better in how we look instead of how we perform. Keep loving that middle of the pack area, cause that's as high as this guy can take you. JeZ I'm  through with trying to be better looking in stead of better at winning.

[Fatty McGee]

This is true but I'd settle for an AD who can hire a head coach who is good enough that 8 win seasons are the occasional minimum. I'm realistic enough to know that the U of A isn't going to win 10 games a year every year no matter who the coach is. Winning 10 games 2 years out of 5 or 6 would be very acceptable to me as long as the program doesn't drop below 8 wins in down years but we aren't getting anywhere close to that with CBB and since Jeff Long hired him, that falls back on Jeff too.

You must be new to the program.  Welcome to being a Hog fan, and hope you enjoy it.

[Fatty McGee]

Skyboxes, ramped up facilities, killed the avg fan about as quick as any carpetbagger could. Oh you can say we are so much better in how we look instead of how we perform. Keep loving that middle of the pack area, cause that's as high as this guy can take you. JeZ I'm  through with trying to be better looking in stead of better at winning.

So you're ready to leave the SEC?

[GuvHog]

Skyboxes, ramped up facilities, killed the avg fan about as quick as any carpetbagger could. Oh you can say we are so much better in how we look instead of how we perform. Keep loving that middle of the pack area, cause that's as high as this guy can take you. JeZ I'm  through with trying to be better looking in stead of better at winning.

I still believe kicking the fans out of their seats in the east outdoor club area to build more luxury boxes for the rich donors was a mistake. It proves Long has lost touch with the average fans.

[Hog Fan...DOH!]

Skyboxes, ramped up facilities, killed the avg fan about as quick as any carpetbagger could. Oh you can say we are so much better in how we look instead of how we perform. Keep loving that middle of the pack area, cause that's as high as this guy can take you. JeZ I'm  through with trying to be better looking in stead of better at winning.

So I have to sit in a skybox to go to a Razorback football game?   

[Hog Fan...DOH!]

I still believe kicking the fans out of their seats in the east outdoor club area to build more luxury boxes for the rich donors was a mistake. It proves Long has lost touch with the average fans.

  "Outdoor Club" seats.  CLUB = luxury seating= average fan??.  They are building more, new seats that are the equivalent.  You can sit in the bleachers.  The GA tickets are cheaper now. 

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. 

[ricepig]

Skyboxes, ramped up facilities, killed the avg fan about as quick as any carpetbagger could. Oh you can say we are so much better in how we look instead of how we perform. Keep loving that middle of the pack area, cause that's as high as this guy can take you. JeZ I'm  through with trying to be better looking in stead of better at winning.

You do know Frank put in the suites because there was a demand for them? That the BAC was nightmare that hadn't been updated since 1970's, that's the reason Petrino wanted the football center. Now, you may not be happy with the football and basketball coaches, but that's got nothing to do with the improved facilities.

[PorkRinds]

It seems GUV "hector comacho" Hog has found his choice for VP. 

[longpig]

I still believe kicking the fans out of their seats in the east outdoor club area to build more luxury boxes for the rich donors was a mistake. It proves Long has lost touch with the average fans.

The 10,000  sitting behind glass are more than half the ticket revenue, that leaves less than half paid by 62,000.  If that isn't looking out for the average fan then what is?

[factchecker]

We actually have fans who are pissed about facility improvements?

What the heck is wrong with our backwards fanbase.

[GuvHog]

  "Outdoor Club" seats.  CLUB = luxury seating= average fan??.  They are building more, new seats that are the equivalent.  You can sit in the bleachers.  The GA tickets are cheaper now. 

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. 

You must be because the east outdoor club seats are not equal to luxury box seating. The luxury boxes are far more expensive.

[longpig]

We actually have fans who are pissed about facility improvements?

What the heck is wrong with our backwards fanbase.

They haven't been to Mizzou's home field.

[EastexHawg]

Not winning titles evidently equals out of touch with fans around here.  He may share a different set of values than some of you, but he isn't out of touch. Anyone pretending that Jeff Long wants anything BUT winning in the programs is clueless. He just may disagree with some of you on how to get there.

10 year plan.  Maybe 12 or 13.

[PorkRinds]

10 year plan.  Maybe 12 or 13.

I'm going to be they're smart enough not to put a year value on it.  Unlike some others...

[factchecker]

They haven't been to Mizzou's home field.

Even Mizzou understands the importance of improving facilities:

https://twitter.com/ui7news/status/811002226655137792


"But they don't sell out why would they expand/improve facilities?  I guess all they care about is looking good. Blah blah blah."

You build for the future.  Sad that some Arkansas fans don't understand this.

[longpig]

10 year plan.  Maybe 12 or 13.

The NEZ will be due for a repainting.

[island hog]

There are some fans who will never like Long ( or Beleima for that matter) no matter what they do or say.   

[longpig]

Even Mizzou understands the importance of improving facilities:

https://twitter.com/ui7news/status/811002226655137792


"But they don't sell out why would they expand/improve facilities?  I guess all they care about is looking good. Blah blah blah."

You build for the future.  Sad that some Arkansas fans don't understand this.

Yeh the place has its merits now, but it is about 3 renovations behind and is stuck with a lot of major flaws.   The politics of the 'M' are going to be a major obstacle.  Maybe they can work it into an expansion like we are with the gap. I do like the north end 'plaza' and like that we'll have something similar in our NEZ soon. 

[sigpooie]

You can not separate the need for  winning  for the need for money, why would you need to leave the sec.. so we not middle of the cheating pac.. I'm  pretty sure you can't afford the sky boxes so thank your corporate donors who give the tickets to people that don't really care how we are doing ..

[ricepig]

You can not separate the need for  winning  for the need for money, why would you need to leave the sec.. so we not middle of the cheating pac.. I'm  pretty sure you can't afford the sky boxes so thank your corporate donors who give the tickets to people that don't really care how we are doing ..

Very few corporate donors, as in Fortune 500 companies on this list. Now, do these people own a corporation, more than likely, but what small business owner doesn't?


http://www.arkansasonline.com/razorbacksuites/east/

[sigpooie]

Having a family that was season ticket holders from the 1940s thur the 1990s I pretty sure what's happened  to our program. I don''t think speaking on a blog is going to change the problem but I am glad I am not the only one who cares about winning. To the rest of you who don't remember what that was like, I say good day. And if you think what JL is doing is good for our program, then please explain to me how winning back in the 60s 70s 80s and 90s was done without all of the big donors and sky box holders.

[factchecker]

then please explain to me how winning back in the 60s 70s 80s and 90s was done without all of the big donors and sky box holders.

Everything was equal.  Then somebody somewhere (probably Bama) decided to put money into a program.  Then someone at another program decided to put more money into a program.  TV rights, corporate sponsorship changed the landscape of college football.  Times change.  We don't use rotary dial phones anymore.  People don't walk to school, uphill, in the snow, both ways everyday either.

Games used to be difficult to get on TV but now you can watch them on your cell phone.  Athletic directors are competing with the luxuries of convenience. People don't want to sit on a dirt patch to watch a game with their binoculars.  They want the best cell service, with up to date stats and replays on a mega-board.  They want to get top of the line concessions and sit comfortably. Suites, clubs, sky-boxes are the solution not the problem.  If they were the problem then they wouldn't have a waiting list.  The luxury seats sell out while the cheap seats don't.

[Biggus Piggus]

We actually have fans who are pissed about facility improvements?

What the heck is wrong with our backwards fanbase.

Groping for darn to bitch about. They do not understand how to criticize Jeff Long in an intelligent way, so they invent this kind of drivel.

How did we win in the Sixties? We played all-white football in the Southwest Conference.

Jeebus.

How did we win in the Seventies? We had a smart head coach who hired smart assistant coaches. After a few years of adjusting to integration, we recruited a lot of talent - mainly from Arkansas and Texas. Our schedule had two or three good opponents per season.

We played half of our games in Little Rock because Fayetteville could only sustain a few games per year. It was an arduous trek from most of the state to Fayetteville. Our athletic facilities were barebones, but our fans were enthusiastic. When Frank Broyles became coach, Razorback Stadium held 30,000 people. Newly expanded!

Razorback Stadium did not reach 50,000 capacity until 1985. It stayed around that number until 2001. War Memorial had a larger capacity until then.

Cable TV hit critical mass in the 1980s, leading to the arms race among college football conferences, escalating rights fees, and the emergence of a "power five." Everybody in the power five now has loads of TV revenue.

How can anybody obliviously compare football back then vs. now?

[factchecker]

Razorback Stadium did not reach 50,000 capacity until 1985. It stayed around that number until 2001. War Memorial had a larger capacity until then.

You inadvertently hit on a point that might be the root of this bellyaching.  Maybe some of these people hate the facility improvements because where they are taking place.

[snoblind]

  "Outdoor Club" seats.  CLUB = luxury seating= average fan??.  They are building more, new seats that are the equivalent.  You can sit in the bleachers.  The GA tickets are cheaper now. 

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. 

Where , exactly, are the general admission seats at Razorback Stadium you keep mentioning?

[Inhogswetrust]

Skyboxes, ramped up facilities, killed the avg fan about as quick as any carpetbagger could. Oh you can say we are so much better in how we look instead of how we perform. Keep loving that middle of the pack area, cause that's as high as this guy can take you. JeZ I'm  through with trying to be better looking in stead of better at winning.

Sounds like some of the things that happened at Clemson under Terry Don's administration. He nearly didn't get the chance to even hire Dabo as he was already feeling a little heat before he did. He was not well loved there after his initial "Honeymoon" period.