An opinion....

[bjbuatamu]

University of Arkansas academic leadership is from the Big Ten, athletic leadership is from the Big East (or whatever conference Pitt is in now), and our football program is led by a Head Coach from the Big Ten. We need leadership and coaches who know Arkansas first, and the SEC second (in particular the SEC West.) 

In my opinion, what this all means is that Arkansas can be a 9-3 team on a regular basis, IF we recruit Texas.  And when recruiting Texas, you recruit speed.  Coaches are interesting individuals.  A team is running the ball at ease and throws when not necessary.  A team puts no pressure on the opposing team's quarterback and gives him more than enough time to find an open receiver.  X's and O's do not seem difficult.  What is difficult is finding the athletes, in particular speedy athletes, who can perform fundamental tasks.  It is even more difficult when ESPN, social media, and our own fans have declared that Fayetteville is an impossible place to recruit to.  OU, OSU, TCU, Baylor, A&M, etc. (and even Alabama with it's freshman quarterback) are making a living off of Texans.  So it seems is the University of Arkansas enrollment. 

And then one must throw in the fact that adults are following the "tweets" of 17 year old children.  Times have changed since I was at a student at the U of A.  We had an Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Sugar Bowl appearance all with recruits I had never heard of before they set foot on the field, i.e., Kevin Scanlon, Ron Calcagni, Ben Cowins, Steve Little, Ish Ordonez, etc.  So, if I were the leader of the program, I would have listened to Senator Pryor (an Arkansas man with the best interest of the program and the University in mind) and started winning before demolition.   

Just a thought, but.... hire Tim Horton away from Auburn as AD.  Open the checkbook for Brent Venables...a man who knows Texas recruiting, and more importantly, has beaten Alabama. 

I enjoy everyone's posts!  Go Hogs Go!

[GoHogzzGo]

Fair point. I think it all comes down to coaching. Wherever they are from. Saban and Meyer are most successful in recent memory. Neither had SEC roots, and were able to recruit where neeeded and win.

[Karma]

i did not enjoy your 2nd to last paragraph.

[RagingHawgOn]

i did not enjoy your 2nd to last paragraph.

[factchecker]

I would have listened to Senator Pryor (an Arkansas man with the best interest of the program and the University in mind) and started winning before demolition.   

How many other Arkansas men (and women?) are on the board of trustees that OK'd the demo and renovation.

I am constantly surprised by the backward, inbred, idiocy that plagues this state.  Why would you be mad about stadium improvement and renovations?

Be pissed about who is coaching the team, be pissed about our record, be pissed about the salaries of those in charge.

Stadium improvements are going to be here well after Long, Bielema, and probably you as a fan are gone.  These improvements are for future generations and reflect well upon our dedication.

This is the mentality that put the state capital in the situation it is in.  FedEx should have been here but nope.... "let's just keep things the way they are".   WMS should have been renovated and improved over time but nope.... "let's just keep things the way they are".  People wonder why we are moving all the games to campus.

[factchecker]

I grew up in a small town in southwest Arkansas.  We had people pissed off when we put in our first red light. They thought it was a waste of tax payers money.  The same leaders who tried to keep the school from having prom because kids dancing = evil.

The anti-stadium renovation is the same backward, inbred, idiocy.

The worst part is that the majority of the people complaining never attend games and don't donate a dime. Unless you are a RF member or season ticket holder then you aren't paying for the improvements.  If you don't contribute then you have no room to talk.

I bet if we were to dig a little deeper we would discover the real reason why people are mad about the stadium renovations.

Clue:  It's not the renovations making people mad.... it's where they are happening.  It's just an extension of the Great Stadium Debate.

[TOM "tbw1"]

In perfect agreement with the poster.

1.  Reduce seating at Razorback Stadium to the old 42,000 and take out the lights.
2.  Play Ole Miss at Crump Field
3.  Play LSU in Shreveport.
4.  Take the train to games.
5.  Tim Horton who has no experience as a head coach would make a perfect AD
6.  Coach Venables is from Kansas State and has many ties to Arkansas

I am ringing the nurse now for my medication.  I think I am hallucinating. 

[The Boar War]

Just to be clear Long has been here longer than he was at Pitt.

[Jackrabbit Hog]

2.  Play Ole Miss at Crump Field

I call high school games at Crump.  Hard to believe that used to be a showplace for college football in the south.  At least they have artificial turf now (but the scoreboard never works...)

[factchecker]

Wasn't our most successful (recent) coach from Montana?

Houston Nutt was from Arkansas (Little Rock).  Why don't we make Nutt AD?

[factchecker]

 :razorback:

[gchamblee]

I don't agree with you, but I respect your opinion and the way you present it.

[ricepig]

I call high school games at Crump.  Hard to believe that used to be a showplace for college football in the south.  At least they have artificial turf now (but the scoreboard never works...)

As long as they can hear the white hat, all's good.

[justmakeit2thebcs]

Was Frank from Arkansas? did he KNOW Arkansas...?  Are Texas recruits better than Louisiana or Florida recruits? 

When did Venables beat Bama? LOL...if being an assistant counts then we may have a few more candidates.

The man has been a DC for 17 years....what does the OP know that not one other AD in America knows.  Why has he not been hired as a HC?

[Jackrabbit Hog]

Houston Nutt was from Arkansas (Little Rock).  Why don't we make Nutt AD?

I'd prefer the cold, decomposed corpse of John Barnhill to that.

[Bubba's Bruisers]

Was Frank from Arkansas? did he KNOW Arkansas...?  Are Texas recruits better than Louisiana or Florida recruits? 

When did Venables beat Bama? LOL...if being an assistant counts then we may have a few more candidates.

The man has been a DC for 17 years....what does the OP know that not one other AD in America knows.  Why has he not been hired as a HC?

And we ain't Clemson.  Not even close.  And 9-3 on a regular basis?  Not in the current CFB landscape.

I'd also be concerned about getting all those TX recruits?  I mean do they know Arkansas?

[GoHogs1091]

Was Frank from Arkansas? did he KNOW Arkansas...?  Are Texas recruits better than Louisiana or Florida recruits? 

When did Venables beat Bama? LOL...if being an assistant counts then we may have a few more candidates.

The man has been a DC for 17 years....what does the OP know that not one other AD in America knows.  Why has he not been hired as a HC?

You will have to ask Jeff Long that question.  According to the following 2015 article, he interviewed for our job in 2012.  From the link, and the following sentence is towards the end of the article.

Venables says he turned down a chance to interview for a "good" Power Five job this year, and the last job he interviewed for was at Arkansas in 2012.

http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/12/29/clemson-tigers-defensive-coordinator-brent-venables-has-been-perfect-fit

[Jackrabbit Hog]

You will have to ask Jeff Long that question.  According to the following 2015 article, he interviewed for our job in 2012.  From the link, and the following sentence is towards the end of the article.

Venables says he turned down a chance to interview for a "good" Power Five job this year, and the last job he interviewed for was at Arkansas in 2012.

http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/12/29/clemson-tigers-defensive-coordinator-brent-venables-has-been-perfect-fit

Hard to believe it took 33 minutes for that response to be posted.  GoHogs, you're losing it in your old age.

[Biggus Piggus]

In perfect agreement with the poster.

1.  Reduce seating at Razorback Stadium to the old 42,000 and take out the lights.
2.  Play Ole Miss at Crump Field
3.  Play LSU in Shreveport.
4.  Take the train to games.
5.  Tim Horton who has no experience as a head coach would make a perfect AD
6.  Coach Venables is from Kansas State and has many ties to Arkansas

I am ringing the nurse now for my medication.  I think I am hallucinating. 

Perfect.

[Biggus Piggus]

You will have to ask Jeff Long that question.  According to the following 2015 article, he interviewed for our job in 2012.  From the link, and the following sentence is towards the end of the article.

Venables says he turned down a chance to interview for a "good" Power Five job this year, and the last job he interviewed for was at Arkansas in 2012.

http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/12/29/clemson-tigers-defensive-coordinator-brent-venables-has-been-perfect-fit

Tragic.

[aar0n]

Chizik beat Bama too and he was actually the HC, why don't we throw the checkbook at him?

[ATU HOG]

I think the OP hits on a few great points.  I think it's absolutely necessary for us to recruit Texas more and more.  The closest to playing in the SEC from Texas is A&M and Arkansas.  It's a great selling point and half of the enrollment at the university is from Texas.  We currently have one recruit coming in next year from Texas.

I get there is a lot of talent in Florida and Georgia, but the odds of us out recruiting the coaches from the state of Florida for top recruits are slim to none.

Just for reference number of Texas commits this year
OK State - 8
Bama - 3
OU - 9
LSU - 4
Arkansas - 1

I personally wish we wouldn't have expanded the stadium.  It's a unique stadium design and doesn't completely sell out most games anyway.  Just didn't see the demand there.  I get it, more boxes and suites...

[Hawg Life]

University of Arkansas academic leadership is from the Big Ten, athletic leadership is from the Big East (or whatever conference Pitt is in now), and our football program is led by a Head Coach from the Big Ten. We need leadership and coaches who know Arkansas first, and the SEC second (in particular the SEC West.) 

In my opinion, what this all means is that Arkansas can be a 9-3 team on a regular basis, IF we recruit Texas.  And when recruiting Texas, you recruit speed.  Coaches are interesting individuals.  A team is running the ball at ease and throws when not necessary.  A team puts no pressure on the opposing team's quarterback and gives him more than enough time to find an open receiver.  X's and O's do not seem difficult.  What is difficult is finding the athletes, in particular speedy athletes, who can perform fundamental tasks.  It is even more difficult when ESPN, social media, and our own fans have declared that Fayetteville is an impossible place to recruit to.  OU, OSU, TCU, Baylor, A&M, etc. (and even Alabama with it's freshman quarterback) are making a living off of Texans.  So it seems is the University of Arkansas enrollment. 

And then one must throw in the fact that adults are following the "tweets" of 17 year old children.  Times have changed since I was at a student at the U of A.  We had an Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Sugar Bowl appearance all with recruits I had never heard of before they set foot on the field, i.e., Kevin Scanlon, Ron Calcagni, Ben Cowins, Steve Little, Ish Ordonez, etc.  So, if I were the leader of the program, I would have listened to Senator Pryor (an Arkansas man with the best interest of the program and the University in mind) and started winning before demolition.   

Just a thought, but.... hire Tim Horton away from Auburn as AD.  Open the checkbook for Brent Venables...a man who knows Texas recruiting, and more importantly, has beaten Alabama. 

I enjoy everyone's posts!  Go Hogs Go!

That Saban guy and Les Miles weren't from Alabama & Louisiana, but they were from The BIG 10. They had pretty decent success @ those schools.

[ricepig]

I think the OP hits on a few great points.  I think it's absolutely necessary for us to recruit Texas more and more.  The closest to playing in the SEC from Texas is A&M and Arkansas.  It's a great selling point and half of the enrollment at the university is from Texas.  We currently have one recruit coming in next year from Texas.

I get there is a lot of talent in Florida and Georgia, but the odds of us out recruiting the coaches from the state of Florida for top recruits are slim to none.

Just for reference number of Texas commits this year
OK State - 8
Bama - 3
OU - 9
LSU - 4
Arkansas - 1

I personally wish we wouldn't have expanded the stadium.  It's a unique stadium design and doesn't completely sell out most games anyway.  Just didn't see the demand there.  I get it, more boxes and suites...

It will still be a unique stadium design, and now one with fans on both ends. As far as Tx numbers, I don't think we're finished in the state just yet.

[GolfnHog]

Of all those players you used as examples, not one was recruited out of Texas:
Scanlon-PA- by way of NC State
Calcagni- Youngstown, OH
Cowins- St. Louis, MO
Little- Overland Park, Ks
Ordonez- California

They all had the common denominator of the same coach by the name of Lou Holtz who also wasn't from anywhere near the SEC or south.

[sowmonella]

I call high school games at Crump.  Hard to believe that used to be a showplace for college football in the south.  At least they have artificial turf now (but the scoreboard never works...)

I was at the 59 game at Crump. We lost 29-0 and the fire Frank movement was started.

[Jackrabbit Hog]

I was at the 59 game at Crump. We lost 29-0 and the fire Frank movement was started.

I was still just a twinkle in my daddy's eye in '59.  Made my debut the next fall.

[Athog]

In perfect agreement with the poster.

1.  Reduce seating at Razorback Stadium to the old 42,000 and take out the lights.
2.  Play Ole Miss at Crump Field
3.  Play LSU in Shreveport.
4.  Take the train to games.
5.  Tim Horton who has no experience as a head coach would make a perfect AD
6.  Coach Venables is from Kansas State and has many ties to Arkansas

I am ringing the nurse now for my medication.  I think I am hallucinating. 

Very funny!!

[Hogwild]

Chizik beat Bama too and he was actually the HC, why don't we throw the checkbook at him?

I would love to have gotten him as the DC

[Al Boarland]

Sure, CBB can recruit speed.  The problem is he is going to lose size.  We don't land the big and fast guys.  It's well documented who gets those guys.  So, pick your poison.  Do you want to get ran around or over?

[Dwight_K_Shrute]

This is laughable.  Hire the best people available regardless of where they are from.  Outside ideas and change are great.  A good AD/Administration can mix and match staff to fill the gaps have people from within and without. 

Excellent article today talking about the new breed of ADs and two guys that are doing it the right way and rising young stars in the game.

Greg Byrne went from MState to Arizona, to Alabama.  Scott Stricklin worked for Byrne at State became State's AD and now is at Florida.  While their SEC experience probably helped, what helped more is that are professional, energetic successful ADs.  They support their coaches and embrace social media and promote the hell out of their programs.

[tweet]821732180359581696[/tweet]

[Inhogswetrust]

What planet did the OP come from. It sure isn't earth.

[26.2Hog]

In perfect agreement with the poster.

1.  Reduce seating at Razorback Stadium to the old 42,000 and take out the lights.
2.  Play Ole Miss at Crump Field
3.  Play LSU in Shreveport.
4.  Take the train to games.
5.  Tim Horton who has no experience as a head coach would make a perfect AD
6.  Coach Venables is from Kansas State and has many ties to Arkansas

I am ringing the nurse now for my medication.  I think I am hallucinating.

That's good.

But as a fan, it would be nice to take a Hog Train to games. 

Trains are great.  In fact, the great DC and orator, Joe Kines, was born on a train.

[Anybody]

Nutt is an a_ _ hat.  60 TO 70% of Hog fans can't stand the guy who was protected by Frank for 10 years where he ONLY won 49.6% of his SEC games.

GO HOGS 2017 !

[onebadrubi]

This is laughable.  Hire the best people available regardless of where they are from.  Outside ideas and change are great.  A good AD/Administration can mix and match staff to fill the gaps have people from within and without. 

Excellent article today talking about the new breed of ADs and two guys that are doing it the right way and rising young stars in the game.

Greg Byrne went from MState to Arizona, to Alabama.  Scott Stricklin worked for Byrne at State became State's AD and now is at Florida.  While their SEC experience probably helped, what helped more is that are professional, energetic successful ADs.  They support their coaches and embrace social media and promote the hell out of their programs.

[tweet]821732180359581696[/tweet]

Were these guys that state when state lost the bidding war on cam?

[GoHogs1091]

Hard to believe it took 33 minutes for that response to be posted.  GoHogs, you're losing it in your old age.

I presume Bielema's brown nose letter to Jeff Long won out, and Long chose Bielema over Venables.

Meanwhile, Venables just won his 2nd National Championship ring of his career.

[RazorPiggie]

Need post counts before you can start threads.

[onebadrubi]

I presume Bielema's brown nose letter to Jeff Long won out, and Long chose Bielema over Venables.

Meanwhile, Venables just won his 2nd National Championship ring of his career.

While the venables hire at the time would have been interesting, and many would have supported it, no where does it say he would have accepted, just that he interviewed.  Also, at that time, Bielema was one of the hottest coaches in college

[GoHogs1091]

While the venables hire at the time would have been interesting, and many would have supported it, no where does it say he would have accepted, just that he interviewed.  Also, at that time, Bielema was one of the hottest coaches in college

Our loss.

According to the following linked article, Venables has the Nick Sabanesque attention to detail that is required to win at a consistent high-level.

Those three words — "attention to detail" — left the lips of four current and former players asked to describe Venables' greatest strengths. Like Swinney said, players make plays — Clemson has led the nation in tackles for a loss three consecutive years thanks to high draft picks Vic Beasley, Shaq Lawson and Kevin Dodd — but those same players rave over Venables' incessant preparation to go with his hair-raising enthusiasm.

http://www.postandcourier.com/archives/venables-attention-to-detail-secret-to-success-for-clemson-defense/article_2c307bae-426a-5c0f-a166-25ab467589de.html

[JIHawg]

University of Arkansas academic leadership is from the Big Ten, athletic leadership is from the Big East (or whatever conference Pitt is in now), and our football program is led by a Head Coach from the Big Ten. We need leadership and coaches who know Arkansas first, and the SEC second (in particular the SEC West.) 

In my opinion, what this all means is that Arkansas can be a 9-3 team on a regular basis, IF we recruit Texas.  And when recruiting Texas, you recruit speed.  Coaches are interesting individuals.  A team is running the ball at ease and throws when not necessary.  A team puts no pressure on the opposing team's quarterback and gives him more than enough time to find an open receiver.  X's and O's do not seem difficult.  What is difficult is finding the athletes, in particular speedy athletes, who can perform fundamental tasks.  It is even more difficult when ESPN, social media, and our own fans have declared that Fayetteville is an impossible place to recruit to.  OU, OSU, TCU, Baylor, A&M, etc. (and even Alabama with it's freshman quarterback) are making a living off of Texans.  So it seems is the University of Arkansas enrollment. 

And then one must throw in the fact that adults are following the "tweets" of 17 year old children.  Times have changed since I was at a student at the U of A.  We had an Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Sugar Bowl appearance all with recruits I had never heard of before they set foot on the field, i.e., Kevin Scanlon, Ron Calcagni, Ben Cowins, Steve Little, Ish Ordonez, etc.  So, if I were the leader of the program, I would have listened to Senator Pryor (an Arkansas man with the best interest of the program and the University in mind) and started winning before demolition.   

Just a thought, but.... hire Tim Horton away from Auburn as AD.  Open the checkbook for Brent Venables...a man who knows Texas recruiting, and more importantly, has beaten Alabama. 

I enjoy everyone's posts!  Go Hogs Go!

The theory of putting home grown good ole boys in charge of things isn't supported by the Nick Saban experience.

[onebadrubi]

Our loss.

According to the following linked article, Venables has the Nick Sabanesque attention to detail that is required to win at a consistent high-level.

Those three words — "attention to detail" — left the lips of four current and former players asked to describe Venables' greatest strengths. Like Swinney said, players make plays — Clemson has led the nation in tackles for a loss three consecutive years thanks to high draft picks Vic Beasley, Shaq Lawson and Kevin Dodd — but those same players rave over Venables' incessant preparation to go with his hair-raising enthusiasm.

http://www.postandcourier.com/archives/venables-attention-to-detail-secret-to-success-for-clemson-defense/article_2c307bae-426a-5c0f-a166-25ab467589de.html

That is easy to say but we really don't know.

[OneTuskOverTheLine™]

University of Arkansas academic leadership is from the Big Ten, athletic leadership is from the Big East (or whatever conference Pitt is in now), and our football program is led by a Head Coach from the Big Ten. We need leadership and coaches who know Arkansas first, and the SEC second (in particular the SEC West.) 

In my opinion, what this all means is that Arkansas can be a 9-3 team on a regular basis, IF we recruit Texas.  And when recruiting Texas, you recruit speed.  Coaches are interesting individuals.  A team is running the ball at ease and throws when not necessary.  A team puts no pressure on the opposing team's quarterback and gives him more than enough time to find an open receiver.  X's and O's do not seem difficult.  What is difficult is finding the athletes, in particular speedy athletes, who can perform fundamental tasks.  It is even more difficult when ESPN, social media, and our own fans have declared that Fayetteville is an impossible place to recruit to.  OU, OSU, TCU, Baylor, A&M, etc. (and even Alabama with it's freshman quarterback) are making a living off of Texans.  So it seems is the University of Arkansas enrollment. 

And then one must throw in the fact that adults are following the "tweets" of 17 year old children.  Times have changed since I was at a student at the U of A.  We had an Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Sugar Bowl appearance all with recruits I had never heard of before they set foot on the field, i.e., Kevin Scanlon, Ron Calcagni, Ben Cowins, Steve Little, Ish Ordonez, etc.  So, if I were the leader of the program, I would have listened to Senator Pryor (an Arkansas man with the best interest of the program and the University in mind) and started winning before demolition.   

Just a thought, but.... hire Tim Horton away from Auburn as AD.  Open the checkbook for Brent Venables...a man who knows Texas recruiting, and more importantly, has beaten Alabama. 

I enjoy everyone's posts!  Go Hogs Go!

Houston Nutt is looking....  [/sarcasm]

[NotSoFastMyFriend]

Of all those players you used as examples, not one was recruited out of Texas:
Scanlon-PA- by way of NC State
Calcagni- Youngstown, OH
Cowins- St. Louis, MO
Little- Overland Park, Ks
Ordonez- California

They all had the common denominator of the same coach by the name of Lou Holtz who also wasn't from anywhere near the SEC or south.

And boom goes the dynamite

[Biggus Piggus]

I presume Bielema's brown nose letter to Jeff Long won out, and Long chose Bielema over Venables.

Meanwhile, Venables just won his 2nd National Championship ring of his career.

Bielema won out because he was a successful Big Ten head coach with a great pedigree.

Venables still has not won a single game as a head coach, four years after he interviewed at Arkansas. His rings belong to somebody else.

Deshaun Watson has a ring. Maybe we could hire him to be our head coach.

[Pork Twain]

In perfect agreement with the poster.

1.  Reduce seating at Razorback Stadium to the old 42,000 and take out the lights.
2.  Play Ole Miss at Crump Field
3.  Play LSU in Shreveport.
4.  Take the train to games.
5.  Tim Horton who has no experience as a head coach would make a perfect AD
6.  Coach Venables is from Kansas State and has many ties to Arkansas

I am ringing the nurse now for my medication.  I think I am hallucinating. 

Great response, but you left out:
7. Only coaches born and raised in the SEC can win here.  Please disregard Meyer, Richt, Saban, and Miles

[GoHogzzGo]

In perfect agreement with the poster.

1.  Reduce seating at Razorback Stadium to the old 42,000 and take out the lights.
2.  Play Ole Miss at Crump Field
3.  Play LSU in Shreveport.
4.  Take the train to games.
5.  Tim Horton who has no experience as a head coach would make a perfect AD
6.  Coach Venables is from Kansas State and has many ties to Arkansas

I am ringing the nurse now for my medication.  I think I am hallucinating.

Too funny, well played good sir, well played.

[Hogwild]

Excellent article today talking about the new breed of ADs and two guys that are doing it the right way and rising young stars in the game.
Greg Byrne went from MState to Arizona, to Alabama.  Scott Stricklin worked for Byrne at State became State's AD and now is at Florida.  While their SEC experience probably helped, what helped more is that are professional, energetic successful ADs.  They support their coaches and embrace social media and promote the hell out of their programs.
[tweet]821732180359581696[/tweet]

That's a very interesting article, you can remove the words Joe Alleva and insert Jeff Long and it pretty much is the same article.

The success of a college athletic director, especially in a Power 5 league like the SEC, is judged differently by the school administration and its fanbase.

The administration is mostly concerned about an athletic department staying financially in the black, so it cares more about an AD staying on budget as well as being a great fundraiser.

The fanbase grades an AD on head coaching hires. Did the coach win championships or was the coach a flop?

The last two AD hires in the SEC -- Greg Byrne at Alabama on Monday and Scott Stricklin at Florida on Nov. 1 -- check all the above boxes.

It's a blueprint Arkansas needs to follow if they ever get rid of Jeff Long, who is none of the above. But since Long's contract runs through 2020 and he still has the support of the Board of Supervisors after some average coaching hires and an extremely fuzzy coaching search to replace the fired Bobby Petrino, it might be awhile before Arkansas is shopping for an AD.

That's hard for some Razorback fans to fathom, especially when Long's men's basketball coaches, John Pelphrey  and Mike Anderson, have a combined two NCAA Tournament wins in two appearances over the past nine seasons. Jimmy Dykes, Long's hire as women's coach, has yet to post a winning record in conference play. After the John L. Smith disaster, Long doubled down giving Bret Beilema an extremely gratuitous buyout despite a 2-10 conference record.

[Razorbackers]

This will be the offseason of our discontent

[hawgXi]

University of Arkansas academic leadership is from the Big Ten, athletic leadership is from the Big East (or whatever conference Pitt is in now), and our football program is led by a Head Coach from the Big Ten. We need leadership and coaches who know Arkansas first, and the SEC second (in particular the SEC West.) 

In my opinion, what this all means is that Arkansas can be a 9-3 team on a regular basis, IF we recruit Texas.  And when recruiting Texas, you recruit speed.  Coaches are interesting individuals.  A team is running the ball at ease and throws when not necessary.  A team puts no pressure on the opposing team's quarterback and gives him more than enough time to find an open receiver.  X's and O's do not seem difficult.  What is difficult is finding the athletes, in particular speedy athletes, who can perform fundamental tasks.  It is even more difficult when ESPN, social media, and our own fans have declared that Fayetteville is an impossible place to recruit to.  OU, OSU, TCU, Baylor, A&M, etc. (and even Alabama with it's freshman quarterback) are making a living off of Texans.  So it seems is the University of Arkansas enrollment. 

And then one must throw in the fact that adults are following the "tweets" of 17 year old children.  Times have changed since I was at a student at the U of A.  We had an Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Sugar Bowl appearance all with recruits I had never heard of before they set foot on the field, i.e., Kevin Scanlon, Ron Calcagni, Ben Cowins, Steve Little, Ish Ordonez, etc.  So, if I were the leader of the program, I would have listened to Senator Pryor (an Arkansas man with the best interest of the program and the University in mind) and started winning before demolition.   

Just a thought, but.... hire Tim Horton away from Auburn as AD.  Open the checkbook for Brent Venables...a man who knows Texas recruiting, and more importantly, has beaten Alabama. 

I enjoy everyone's posts!  Go Hogs Go!

yup good idea.

maybe bring back tommy tubberville and terry don phillips??

[Hogwild]

This will be the offseason of our discontent

To be fair only a few posters have been content with the program's trajectory since October.