Coaching 'search' is already done....and you know it.

[LZH]

Jeff Long has his man, albeit he may not know exactly which guy is his 'man' yet.  I do know that he has a list, he even told us he had a working list back when BP was kicking arse (just in case)...and on that list is our next coach.  Phone calls have been made all over the country, coaches have been vetted, and backdoor deals have been discussed.  Where that coach ranks on his list is undetermined, it may be his first, second, third choice, etc...but he's there - and he knows he's gonna be the next Razorback coach unless someone higher on JL's list changes his mind.

Do any of you really think that he would have been hired at the University of Arkansas without presenting a plan for things such as this?  Do you really think JL expected JLS to take this team to the Cotton or Sugar Bowl?  Duh.  He was hired to take the heat and ride off into the God-forsaken mess that is the end of our season.  Wake up.

And one other thing.  Whomever JL hires as HC, the wins and losses are up to the COACH!!!  Even if Stoops, Gruden, Carroll, etc. come in here and bomb, it's on their shoulders, not the AD.

Tell me I'm wrong.

[dizzy_lavender]

Any respectable athletic director would have a contingency plan for when their very successful football coach lies about an affair with a coed half his age.

[LZH]

Ummm, me too.

[hobhog]

What about Jack Del Rio, DC for Broncos and former Jaguar head coach. Possible?

[BPsTheMan]

Jimmy Page

[Wild Bill Hog]

Any respectable athletic director would have a contingency plan for when their very successful football coach lies about an affair with a coed half his age.

Jeff Long is not a respectable athletic director.

[SixtySecondsOfPitino]

Any respectable athletic director would have a contingency plan for when their very successful football coach lies about an affair with a coed half his age.

J. Long's plan while CBP was here:

Step 1:  We got CBMFP!   
Step 2.  Win  :razorback:
Step 3: $

Now:

Step 4:  Fire CBP?!
Step 5:  Hire JLS?!   
Step 6:  JL packs up his ####
Step 7:  JL & JLS GTFO of town

[Onthewalk94]

Jeff Long is not a respectable athletic director.

ZING +1

[LZH]

Jimmy Page

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[EastexHawg]

Jeff Long has his man

And that's exactly what I'm worried about.  Jeff Long making yet another coaching decision...

[Calling All Hogs]

I'm beginning to think that JLS was brought in so that anyone Long hires will look good by comparison.

[Pigsknuckles]

Does it bother anybody to realize that our next coach will likely be someone nobody wants, has recently been fired, or for whatever masochistic reason, comes out of retirement?

[sickboy]

Dude, I have contingency plans for my bathroom breaks...you don't think an athletic director in the SEC doesn't have contingency plans for losing his coach?

[Karma]

And that's exactly what I'm worried about.  Jeff Long making yet another coaching decision...

The last two permanent hires worked out.

[SavoySeamster]

Jimmy Page

Eddie Van Halen

[Redhogs]

Does it bother anybody to realize that our next coach will likely be someone nobody wants, has recently been fired, or for whatever masochistic reason, comes out of retirement?

Anything is possible with this blithering idiot......I would go as far as to say this is very likely....

[dj shanon "Notshavin" smeya]

Jeff Long has his man, albeit he may not know exactly which guy is his 'man' yet.  I do know that he has a list, he even told us he had a working list back when BP was kicking arse (just in case)...and on that list is our next coach.  Phone calls have been made all over the country, coaches have been vetted, and backdoor deals have been discussed.  Where that coach ranks on his list is undetermined, it may be his first, second, third choice, etc...but he's there - and he knows he's gonna be the next Razorback coach unless someone higher on JL's list changes his mind.

Do any of you really think that he would have been hired at the University of Arkansas without presenting a plan for things such as this?  Do you really think JL expected JLS to take this team to the Cotton or Sugar Bowl?  Duh.  He was hired to take the heat and ride off into the God-forsaken mess that is the end of our season.  Wake up.

And one other thing.  Whomever JL hires as HC, the wins and losses are up to the COACH!!!  Even if Stoops, Gruden, Carroll, etc. come in here and bomb, it's on their shoulders, not the AD.

Tell me I'm wrong.

Go back to your cage Teresa

[Bubba's Bruisers]

I'm beginning to think that JLS was brought in so that anyone Long hires will look good by comparison.

I attempted to offer up this very theory earlier today, but nobody bit.

[Danny J]

I'm beginning to think that JLS was brought in so that anyone Long hires will look good by comparison.

After the bama loss there were some on here clamoring for HDN. So you may be onto something.

[sickboy]

Does it bother anybody to realize that our next coach will likely be someone nobody wants, has recently been fired, or for whatever masochistic reason, comes out of retirement?

Why? There are tons of coaches we could get out there that don't fall into this category. Charlie Strong for one. Holgerson maybe. Just about every name thrown around here doesn't fit in this list.

[redeye]

You may be right. But after all the poor management we've seen over the past 20+ years, nothing surprises me anymore.

[Pigsknuckles]

Why? There are tons of coaches we could get out there that don't fall into this category. Charlie Strong for one. Holgerson maybe. Just about every name thrown around here doesn't fit in this list.

So, why aren't they working?

(Admittedly some likely are in other positions)

[HogBreath]

Tell me I'm wrong.

If it keeps keeps on raining, the leevee's going to break.

[EastexHawg]

The last two permanent hires worked out.

Even when you cherry pick, it's iffy.  How can you say Mike Anderson has worked out?  Because it was a feel good, nostalgic hire?  I think I'll wait for the Sweet 16s to start rolling in before I celebrate.

[Calling All Hogs]

After the bama loss there were some on here clamoring for HDN. So you may be onto something.

What's next? People hoping Auburn fires Chizik so we can hire him? 

[Ramtough]

We hire defensive coordinators and head coaches for all the wrong reasons. We worry to much what the rest of the country or the media thinks. You don't really believe that Bama, LSU, Florida, Georgia, USC, Ohio State, Or any reputable program would not have a plan for losing a coach in the spring. They would just go take a coach or at least make a very smart decision on what to do until they could hire a coach. Jeff clearly had no plan thus Homer Simpson is on our sidelines.

[JIMMY BOARFFETT]

Jimmy Page

You may be confused.  We're talkin' "American" football here.

[Danny J]

What's next? People hoping Auburn fires Chizik so we can hire him? 

Don't give em any ideas.

[Karma]

Even when you cherry pick, it's iffy.  How can you say Mike Anderson has worked out?  Because it was a feel good, nostalgic hire?  I think I'll wait for the Sweet 16s to start rolling in before I celebrate.

Are you not happy with the Anderson hire?

[hobhog]

Does it bother anybody to realize that our next coach will likely be someone nobody wants, has recently been fired, or for whatever masochistic reason, comes out of retirement?

Nope, don't realize that happening....

[hawgs4packers]

This is what I have been thinking all along. After a year of this, anyone is going to look great.

I'm beginning to think that JLS was brought in so that anyone Long hires will look good by comparison.

[Fort Dweller]

If it keeps keeps on raining, the leevee's going to break.

Cryin' won't help ya, prayin' won't do ya' no good

[St. Hogustine]

Long having a plan and the coaching search being done may prove to be two very different things.

[sowmonella]

Even when you cherry pick, it's iffy.  How can you say Mike Anderson has worked out?  Because it was a feel good, nostalgic hire?  I think I'll wait for the Sweet 16s to start rolling in before I celebrate.

Anderson was a proven winner as a HC and a great hire. So was Petrino until he blew it.

[cityhog]

Jeff Long has his man, albeit he may not know exactly which guy is his 'man' yet.  I do know that he has a list, he even told us he had a working list back when BP was kicking arse (just in case)...and on that list is our next coach.  Phone calls have been made all over the country, coaches have been vetted, and backdoor deals have been discussed.  Where that coach ranks on his list is undetermined, it may be his first, second, third choice, etc...but he's there - and he knows he's gonna be the next Razorback coach unless someone higher on JL's list changes his mind.

Do any of you really think that he would have been hired at the University of Arkansas without presenting a plan for things such as this?  Do you really think JL expected JLS to take this team to the Cotton or Sugar Bowl?  Duh.  He was hired to take the heat and ride off into the God-forsaken mess that is the end of our season.  Wake up.

And one other thing.  Whomever JL hires as HC, the wins and losses are up to the COACH!!!  Even if Stoops, Gruden, Carroll, etc. come in here and bomb, it's on their shoulders, not the AD.

Tell me I'm wrong.

Ok. You're wrong. Long will be lead by the nose by the ptb to our next coach just like he was with mike Anderson. That coaching search was a sham as will this one be.

[EastexHawg]

Are you not happy with the Anderson hire?

I think he'll end up a mediocre coach with a mediocre program.  The only way he would have brought back 1994 and 1995 would have been if Corliss, Scotty, and Corey stepped into a time machine, became 20-22 again, and came with him.

It was an emotional, nostalgic hire that made people yearning for the good old days feel better.  But we'll see.

[cityhog]

I think he'll end up a mediocre coach with a mediocre program.  The only way he would have brought back 1994 and 1995 would have been if Corliss, Scotty, and Corey stepped into a time machine, became 20-22 again, and came with him.

It was an emotional, nostalgic hire that made people yearning for the good old days feel better.  But we'll see.

Nailed it. Foolish hire for a nostalgic fanbase. That hire was to appease the fans and nothing else.

[sickboy]

So, why aren't they working?

(Admittedly some likely are in other positions)

Maybe, I'm confused. I'm talking about coaches who are coaching that would possibly come to Arkansas who aren't someone nobody wants, has recently been fired, or for whatever masochistic reason, coming out of retirement.

Those could be and are not limited to:

Charlie Strong
Dana Holgerson
Chris Peterson
Gary Patterson
Kirby Smart
Greg Roman
Josh McDaniel
Butch Davis (people want him)
Steve Sarkisian

I don't know...there's probably more. That's off the top of my head.

[Ramtough]

Anderson is a long way from proving that he was a good hire. He must first get recuits that can win and then win games and then win championships. Like I said a long way from proving himself at Arkansas As a head coach.

[pigbacon]

Say a top notch coach is hired. Who decides what the budget he has to work with in hiring assistants? This is important.

You can buy a lamborghini, but whithout fuel it's not going anywhere.

[Fatmanhog]

Eddie Van Halen

Adrian Smith

[4me2know]

Maybe, I'm confused. I'm talking about coaches who are coaching that would possibly come to Arkansas who aren't someone nobody wants, has recently been fired, or for whatever masochistic reason, coming out of retirement.

Those could be and are not limited to:

Charlie Strong
Dana Holgerson
Chris Peterson
Gary Patterson
Kirby Smart
Greg Roman
Josh McDaniel
Butch Davis (people want him)
Steve Sarkisian

I don't know...there's probably more. That's off the top of my head.

Paul Rhoads

[4me2know]

Anderson is a long way from proving that he was a good hire. He must first get recuits that can win and then win games and then win championships. Like I said a long way from proving himself at Arkansas As a head coach.

Maybe, I'm confused. I'm talking about coaches who are coaching that would possibly come to Arkansas who aren't someone nobody wants, has recently been fired, or for whatever masochistic reason, coming out of retirement.

Those could be and are not limited to:

Charlie Strong
Dana Holgerson
Chris Peterson
Gary Patterson
Kirby Smart
Greg Roman
Josh McDaniel
Butch Davis (people want him)
Steve Sarkisian

I don't know...there's probably more. That's off the top of my head.

Paul Rhoads

[dirtdobber]

What about Jack Del Rio, DC for Broncos and former Jaguar head coach. Possible?

A very real possibility.

[RazorMack]

I think Anderson will do pretty good this year, we have some pretty good players coming back, and the team seemed to have a real good trip in Italy, not to mention his 2013 recruiting class is off to a good start... when it comes to football I just hope that Jeff Long makes a good decision for the program, personally I would like to see us hire Dana Holgerson, Chris Peterson, or Gary Patterson, but no matter who Jeff Long hires or how the team plays on the field I will call the hogs through thick and thin

[The Great Hambino]

Take Sarkisian off any lists. He is not the guy we want.

Kirby Smart, too.

[colbs]

Nailed it. Foolish hire for a nostalgic fanbase. That hire was to appease the fans and nothing else.

We'll see. 

[Pigsknuckles]

Maybe, I'm confused. I'm talking about coaches who are coaching that would possibly come to Arkansas who aren't someone nobody wants, has recently been fired, or for whatever masochistic reason, coming out of retirement.

Those could be and are not limited to:

Charlie Strong
Dana Holgerson
Chris Peterson
Gary Patterson
Kirby Smart
Greg Roman
Josh McDaniel
Butch Davis (people want him)
Steve Sarkisian

I don't know...there's probably more. That's off the top of my head.

Sorry, wasn't intending to confuse. My real intention was more of a lament that, under the circumstances, any hire was likely to fall into the categories I described. However, you have provided a good list for discussion, and I see some are already taking advantage. good work sir.