Nutt Isn't Going Anywhere

[WilsonHog]

The main reason that he isn't going anywhere is that he's a far better politician than he is a football coach. While that normally wouldn't mean much, given the current landscape around the Broyles Complex it means everything.  HDN is the primary benefactor of the fact that he is the favored son of Jim Lindsey, our version of Auburn's Bobby Lowder. Lindsey is wielding the power right now, both around the periphery of the football program and with the Board of Trustees.

The only way that equation changes is if the season goes so far downhill that Lindsey either decides it's no longer in his best interest to support Nutt, or if his base of power erodes.  That'll take 4-7 or worse, maybe even 3-8.

Razorback football has become a political play pretty. If any of us ever believed that the program actually belonged to the fans across the state, we now know better.

Unless he figures that Lindsey is his best chance to remain as AD until his death, for the life of me I can't figure out why Frank Broyles let this happen.

[PiggoBitttys]

4-7 is a very good possibility.

[Arkapigdiesel]

4-7 is a very good possibility.

So is 3-8

[kremlinhog]

say it aint so wilson

[Kilgor]

   :razorback:

[Theolesnort]

But Wilson it is no longer in Lindsey's best interest for Nutt to be the coach at this very moment and I can't believe that he does not know it.

[SultanofSwine]

Ya'll better be hopin we get ONE more win, two is almost out of the question. And this may not be the bottom. If we don't have a coaching change before the end of the season, we ill almost assuredly lose this coming recruiting class which will take us even further back. I wish the players would hold a press conference and just quit, refuse to play for this staff, publically thank the fans for thier support and tell HDN to go straight to hell. That may be the only way to force change.

[Cresthog]

I refuse to believe that the administration would not take action when the fans of the university are clearly speaking out against the head coach. This isnt a Frank Solich deal either. Houston did not win 7 games last season and did not make it to a bowl game. Our program is on the decline and everyone knows it, even the preseason magazines said so. If these hogs go 4-7, 5-6 even and no coaching change, you better believe that those seats in one of the nicest stadiums in the nation will be empty. And that my friend is when things really beign to get ugly and we welcome back the Crowe and Ford days of our respectable program.

[sleeping midget]

I refuse to believe that the administration would not take action when the fans of the university are clearly speaking out against the head coach. This isnt a Frank Solich deal either. Houston did not win 7 games last season and did not make it to a bowl game. Our program is on the decline and everyone knows it, even the preseason magazines said so. If these hogs go 4-7, 5-6 even and no coaching change, you better believe that those seats in one of the nicest stadiums in the nation will be empty. And that my friend is when things really beign to get ugly and we welcome back the Crowe and Ford days of our respectable program.

Don't you wish Coach Nutt had bolted for Nebraska now?

[HogInMemphis]

What happened to my post in this thread?

[sleeping midget]

What happened to my post in this thread?

Southern Cal recovered it.

[Cresthog]

sleeping midget you never cease to amaze me.

[HogInMemphis]

If Nutt isn't coaching the Arkansas School for the Deaf by next August, Arkansas football will be permanently dismantled. We'll be KY in football for the next couple of decades at least.

[HawgWyld]

Don't you wish Coach Nutt had bolted for Nebraska now?

I was hoping and praying Boxcar Nutt would bolt to Nebraska as soon as those rumors started flying.

[JJHog]

Unless he figures that Lindsey is his best chance to remain as AD until his death, for the life of me I can't figure out why Frank Broyles let this happen.

That's the only thing that makes sense right now--how can anyone that is a competitior, including Lindsey, let this drag on past this season? I can hear it now "but we've got Mustain coming, things wil be better"

[HogHillbilly]

The "Good Ole Boy" syndrome is why Nutt is still here. All of the "Boys" are protecting each other on the hill. I said it on another post earlier. Whining on web-pages might make you feel better, but it ain't gonna fix the problem. We (the Hog faithful) need to start -----CALLING----- Broyels' office and let him know how we feel. He and the board can ignore these forums, but they CAN NOT ignore thousands of phone calls every day. If we don't start yelling now, we WILL be stuck with another NUTTless season next year. So get off your asses and start calling Broyels and all the board members !

[Cresthog]

The "Good Ole Boy" syndrome is why Nutt is still here. All of the "Boys" are protecting each other on the hill. I said it on another post earlier. Whining on web-pages might make you feel better, but it ain't gonna fix the problem. We (the Hog faithful) need to start -----CALLING----- Broyels' office and let him know how we feel. He and the board can ignore these forums, but they CAN NOT ignore thousands of phone calls every day. If we don't start yelling now, we WILL be stuck with another NUTTless season next year. So get off your asses and start calling Broyels and all the board members !

Can you give me the number?

[HOGSnDOGS]

We can't wait for someone to come save HDN butt!!  He has mired us down in mediocrity too long.  Even when we got to bowl games or conference championships, we were usually embarrassed by the other team.  We lost to teams we shouldn't have and got blown out by teams we should have beat.

[HogHillbilly]

I will have to dig a little deeper for the board members fon numbers, unless somebody on here already has them. But, here is Frank Broyels number..................479-575-2755---------------I hope that everyone starts calling tomorrow, or we are in for it next year too............

[Kilgor]

The "Good Ole Boy" syndrome is why Nutt is still here. All of the "Boys" are protecting each other on the hill. I said it on another post earlier. Whining on web-pages might make you feel better, but it ain't gonna fix the problem. We (the Hog faithful) need to start -----CALLING----- Broyels' office and let him know how we feel. He and the board can ignore these forums, but they CAN NOT ignore thousands of phone calls every day. If we don't start yelling now, we WILL be stuck with another NUTTless season next year. So get off your asses and start calling Broyels and all the board members !

Can you give me the number?

See the stickied thread at the top of the forum for contact info.

[Oklahawg]

When HDN was confronted with "crisis" moments in the past he somehow managed to rally the troops to victory, and halt the witchhunt. Beating Bama won't slow it enough--it would take a wholesale turnaround in every phase of the game to not lose this team by November 1st. Sadlym, that's when we look up and see 3 games we SHOULD win. (How can we recruit better players than coaches? I often wonder if RJ wouldn't be better off scratching plays in the dirt on the sideline while not on the field....)

The meltdown will affect things that don't appear on the field. How HDN's kids are treated at school. The scowls and obscene gestures he and his wife get driving around town.  I'd love to know how long Butch Davis and Johnny Tyson made it on the sideline Saturday night.

If you want a new idea to kick around, why not champion Butch Davis to replace JFB? Then, let him boot the staff out the door and start over. I think we can more easily push on the big boosters to oust JFB than HDN for the very reasons Wilson states in the opening post of this thread.

[sofullofwayne]

We need to get rid of this nice guy karma BS and take after Jermain Taylor and go with whats leading us into the future.

And thats not freaking Houston Nutt. We dont have a KILLER INSTINCT that is needed to win games. He's like the jelly on your PB and J sandwhich. It tastes good but hardly fills you up.

[lumphog]

Watching the HDN show, makes me agree with you Wilson. Nutt acts like he dosen`t have a care in the world.If we let BUTCH get away we`re screwed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WilsonHog]

I'm going to make a statement that many of you will disagree with, but I believe it more and more everyday.

The worst thing to happen to our football program in recent times was when John White failed in his attempt to push Frank Broyles out the door.

[BossHog13]

Wilson, you hit the nail right on the head! Frank Broyles is the problem! He is the one hiring these coaches like Nutt and Heath, and he is the reason there is always problems with Great coaches likes Nolan! If he was a better man, the conflicts that have resulted with the winning coaches we've had would never have happened!!! Start at the top; go to the CORE of the problem! GET RID OF FRANK!!!!!!!

[footballfan]

Coach Nutt is a great coach, recruiter, and motivator.  Arkansas will get better during the season, and Coach Nutt will stay the rest of the year and next.  We will win 5, maybe 6, and possibly 7 games this season, and will be much better next year.

[The Max Swineberg 7]

That's the only thing that makes sense right now--how can anyone that is a competitior, including Lindsey, let this drag on past this season?

Lindsey, a competitor.  Yep, let's just compete.  And only compete.

In the article that John White listed the now famous qualifications for Danny Ford's successor, read the final part....the quote from Lindsey.

http://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/uacoach/expect2.html

Or, I'll save you the trouble....

"If three Mississippi teams ... can have winning seasons all in the same season, tell me why Arkansas can't?" said Jim Lindsey, a member of the 1964 national championship team and the 1997 selection committee. "We are going to try to find the type of person that can bring us the national competitiveness. Not a national championship, national competitiveness."

Yep, let's just compete.  And only compete.

[WilsonHog]

That's the only thing that makes sense right now--how can anyone that is a competitior, including Lindsey, let this drag on past this season?

Lindsey, a competitor. Yep, let's just compete. And only compete.

In the article that John White listed the now famous qualifications for Danny Ford's successor, read the final part....the quote from Lindsey.

http://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/uacoach/expect2.html

Or, I'll save you the trouble....

"If three Mississippi teams ... can have winning seasons all in the same season, tell me why Arkansas can't?" said Jim Lindsey, a member of the 1964 national championship team and the 1997 selection committee. "We are going to try to find the type of person that can bring us the national competitiveness. Not a national championship, national competitiveness."

Yep, let's just compete. And only compete.

We're hardly competitive regionally, much less nationally.

[HawgWyld]

Coach Nutt is a great coach, recruiter, and motivator. Arkansas will get better during the season, and Coach Nutt will stay the rest of the year and next. We will win 5, maybe 6, and possibly 7 games this season, and will be much better next year.

How's the weather down in Tuscaloosa this time of year?