Ad in today's ADG sports section...

[ricepig]

So, who on HV claims to be "Friends of The Razorbacks", that bought the ad wanting concerned fans and donors to write Gov. Beebe and BOT chairwoman Jane Rogers to express your concerns over Jeff Long's salary? The ad states that Long asked the UofA to increase his compensation from $1.5mil to $2mil on the rationale that he had been contacted by UT. It goes on to tell us Long's record, and basically that he doesn't deserve being paid as much. Well, who in sports does?

[ChitownHawg]

So, who on HV claims to be "Friends of The Razorbacks", that bought the ad wanting concerned fans and donors to write Gov. Beebe and BOT chairwoman Jane Rogers to express your concerns over Jeff Long's salary? The ad states that Long asked the UofA to increase his compensation from $1.5mil to $2mil on the rationale that he had been contacted by UT. It goes on to tell us Long's record, and basically that he doesn't deserve being paid as much. Well, who in sports does?

Yep message to the sports world - we crazy fans will hound you to death of we don't like you. 

[Speedracer]

I did it

[secfan30]

Houston Nutt did it

[grayhawg]

So, who on HV claims to be "Friends of The Razorbacks", that bought the ad wanting concerned fans and donors to write Gov. Beebe and BOT chairwoman Jane Rogers to express your concerns over Jeff Long's salary? The ad states that Long asked the UofA to increase his compensation from $1.5mil to $2mil on the rationale that he had been contacted by UT. It goes on to tell us Long's record, and basically that he doesn't deserve being paid as much. Well, who in sports does?

Just tell him so long Mr. Long.

OBTW which UT contacted him?

[Mike_e]

So, who on HV claims to be "Friends of The Razorbacks", that bought the ad wanting concerned fans and donors to write Gov. Beebe and BOT chairwoman Jane Rogers to express your concerns over Jeff Long's salary? The ad states that Long asked the UofA to increase his compensation from $1.5mil to $2mil on the rationale that he had been contacted by UT. It goes on to tell us Long's record, and basically that he doesn't deserve being paid as much. Well, who in sports does?

I used to wonder why the 'inbred' jokes just never seemed to go away.

[ricepig]

Just tell him so long Mr. Long.

OBTW which UT contacted him?

Texas, you don't remember them going through an AD search before they hired a football coach?

[aristotle]

Who here doesn't use leverage to get a raise or try to better their condition when their skills are obviously in demand by others?

You strike when the iron is hot.

[PonderinHog]

Texas, you don't remember them going through an AD search before they hired a football coach?

And I thought he got a raise right after that episode.

[grayhawg]

Texas, you don't remember them going through an AD search before they hired a football coach?

Okay but what was that, 6 months ago?
I thought I read he already received a raise for that.

[chitwnhog]

Okay but what was that, 6 months ago?
I thought I read he already received a raise for that.

He did...it's Arkansas...we slow.

[FrozenHam]

Here's a short piece on Long and the Texas offer, and resulting pay raise:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9933160/arkansas-athletic-director-jeff-long-receives-raise-texas-longhorns-interest

[LZH]

Wasn't his original salary $500k?  He's logged alot of financial mileage off of Petrino's coattails.  Before long (n.p.i.) he'll have to pull one out of his own butt if he wants to keep it up.

[PonderinHog]

Wasn't his original salary $500k?  He's logged alot of financial mileage off of Petrino's coattails.  Before long (n.p.i.) he'll have to pull one out of his own butt if he wants to keep it up.

An SEC football victory seems like the next step.

[Marshfieldhog]

Jeff Long  is way overpaid for the amount of success he has led us to.

[LZH]

An SEC football victory seems like the next step.

That's what I call progress.

We're so high-class around here, our victories cost more than anywhere else in the whole freekin' country.

[ricepig]

He did...it's Arkansas...we slow.

Well, the ad did list some guy in Austin, TX as treasure of this group, maybe the news just hit down there.

[RAZORBACKER60]

Well, say what you want about us crazy Arkansas fans but the facts are the facts. Arkansas is the only SEC team that did not make it to a bowl game or the NCAA basketball tourney in 2014. To me that says poor job performance.


He came in and put a lot of distance between the university and so big donors by pushing good men like Chuck Dicus out the door.

Long it seems is very lucky every time he hires a coach. Petrino fell into his lap, and was about to hire guys like Jim Grobe or Bowden, who have both been fired. Mike Anderson always wanted to come back home to Arkansas, and without that connection to the program I bet Long would not have been able to close that deal on his on.

Then there is his actions after the Petrino deal. He hires Mr. Smiley who did not even know what state he coaching in, thought we were Alabama!

And it takes him several months to hire someone who goes 0-8 in the SEC and has a nine game losing streak all while under a four year 12.8 million umbrella!

Bottom line only winning happening in the U of A athletic department is all the big contracts
Jeff Long is getting and giving.

Last I am about to turn forty-three and I've followed and supported the Razorbacks both with my heart and money since I could remember and I can't recall our program as a total ever being this low. I know this post will get delegated and some will say I am wrong but it's just my opinion.

I love the University and I love the Razorbacks!

Go Hogs!

[Hawgzinbowlz]

_______________________________________________________________________

Long, who was recently named the chairman of the 13-member College Football Playoff selection committee...

_______________________________________________________________________

The ad gives credibility to the argument that our fan base is ... (see Clay Travis)

" GO HOGS "

[Arkfan]

Jeff Long  is way overpaid for the amount of success he has led us to.

I couldn't agree more.

[ricepig]

Well, also in the ADG is their annual list of top salaries in the state for 2013, they list Long at $865,000/yr.

[Choctaw Hog]

By reading responses to threads like this a person can easily tell who has actually been in the real business world making key decisions and getting paid commensurate with the impact of those decisions and those who haven't.  That's why some people know how to negotiate salary, benefits, etc. while others accept their minimum wage pay and COL raises while doing nothing to improve their situation.   

[Inhogswetrust]

Just tell him so long Mr. Long.

OBTW which UT contacted him?

The orange one ......................................You guess which one of those.

[Fatty McGee]

That's what I call progress.

We're so high-class around here, our victories cost more than anywhere else in the whole freekin' country.

Awesome.

[harrisburghog]

This program under Long's full leadership is like a snowball headed for hell. There are many of us who are  nowhere near as enamored with long as he is himself.

[Wants2Win]

By reading responses to threads like this a person can easily tell who has actually been in the real business world making key decisions and getting paid commensurate with the impact of those decisions and those who haven't.  That's why some people know how to negotiate salary, benefits, etc. while others accept their minimum wage pay and COL raises while doing nothing to improve their situation.   

Doing a substandard job will either (A) lead to termination or (B) run the business into the ground every single time. No matter the compensation in between those 2 points.

[kaki]

So, who on HV claims to be "Friends of The Razorbacks", that bought the ad wanting concerned fans and donors to write Gov. Beebe and BOT chairwoman Jane Rogers to express your concerns over Jeff Long's salary? The ad states that Long asked the UofA to increase his compensation from $1.5mil to $2mil on the rationale that he had been contacted by UT. It goes on to tell us Long's record, and basically that he doesn't deserve being paid as much. Well, who in sports does?

Wish these people who have the money to buy the ads, had the courage to identify themselves, rather than purport to the be the voice of Razorback fans. 

[Hog1952]

Longhorn ad....Sore losers!

[harrisburghog]

The uprising against HDN started small and in somewhat this way, we all know the results.

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

If you want to write an open letter, have the balls to sign your name.  Don't go the coward's way out by using some moniker like, "Friends of the Razorbacks."

If you believe something to be true, then you should have no problem looking someone in the eye and telling them...or at least signing your name to the correspondence.

[harrisburghog]

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Longhorn ad....Sore losers!
   

They're the losers? Might want to rethink that post. 

[jabberjawls]

I don't know what all the fuss is about.  Long is doing a great job.  If you don't believe me, just ask him. <sarcasm>  pleeeeeeze!

[WilsonHog]

If you want to write an open letter, have the balls to sign your name.  Don't go the coward's way out by using some moniker like, "Friends of the Razorbacks."

If you believe something to be true, then you should have no problem looking someone in the eye and telling them...or at least signing your name to the correspondence.

This.

If you're gonna call out a man by name, have the balls to use your own instead of hiding behind anonymity. That's the coward's way.

[ricepig]

This.

If you're gonna call out a man by name, have the balls to use your own instead of hiding behind anonymity. That's the coward's way.

Well, C. Johnson, Treasure, 401 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701 is listed at the bottom of the ad. I hope this isn't against HV rules to list as it is public info.

[chitwnhog]

Well, C. Johnson, Treasure, 401 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701 is listed at the bottom of the ad. I hope this isn't against HV rules to list as it is public info.

That's a bank building in downtown Austin. Maybe it is C. Johnson's office...maybe.

[ricepig]

That's a bank building in downtown Austin. Maybe it is C. Johnson's office...maybe.

Ok, who knows, who cares, haha.

[chitwnhog]

Ok, who knows, who cares, haha.

Agreed...

[HF#1]

This is why Arkansas has the  perception in the media that it does.  Fanbase is detrimental to the program.

[Wants2Win]

This is why Arkansas has the  perception in the media that it does.  Fanbase is detrimental to the program.

When in doubt scapegoat the fans.

[HF#1]

When in doubt scapegoat the fans.

Not at all.  Time after time, we prove that we are the opposite of supportive.  We expect way more than we should year in and year out.  Perhaps if we tempered our expectations and actually just support the program we might get different results.

Oh and when those expectations aren't met, we do crap like this. 

[Hogeration]

If you want to write an open letter, have the balls to sign your name.  Don't go the coward's way out by using some moniker like, "Friends of the Razorbacks."

If you believe something to be true, then you should have no problem looking someone in the eye and telling them...or at least signing your name to the correspondence.

It wouldn't surprise me if the reason names weren't mentioned is bc some are leaders in different razorback committees or FOUNDATIONS.

[ricepig]

It wouldn't surprise me if the reason names weren't mentioned is bc some are leaders in different razorback committees or FOUNDATIONS.

LOL

[DoctorSusscrofa]

Hog fans are the biggest pork eaters in the country.

[DoctorSusscrofa]

It wouldn't surprise me if the reason names weren't mentioned is bc some are leaders in different razorback committees or FOUNDATIONS.

Leaders are well-known for their anonymity.

[East Clintwood]

I did it

I wish I could afford to have done it.

[harrisburghog]

The complaints aren't against the program but the individual who runs it.

[go hogues]

Not at all.  Time after time, we prove that we are the opposite of supportive.  We expect way more than we should year in and year out.  Perhaps if we tempered our expectations and actually just support the program we might get different results.

Oh and when those expectations aren't met, we do crap like this. 

Not that I agree with the Ad but we are hardly the only ones to do this. We just do more often because we suck more often. For the record, I like and support Jeff Long and feel as though he's one of the best AD's in the country.

SEC FANS WHO HAVE RISEN UP WHEN THEIR PROGRAMS HIT LEVELS THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH:
Ole Miss
https://www.facebook.com/forwardrebels

Florida
http://bostonherald.com/sports/college/college_football/2013/11/gators_unrest_ends_vs_vandy

Don't think for one minute that if LSU, Bama or any other school, frankly, were on the slide we were on, that they wouldn't make their voice heard.

It's almost a blessing that Bama fans are constantly placated with wins, because when they are even mediocre, their fans act like three year olds.

[ricepig]

Don't think for one minute that if LSU, Bama or any other school, frankly, were on the slide we were on, that they wouldn't make their voice heard.

It's almost a blessing that Bama fans are constantly placated with wins, because when they are even mediocre, their fans act like three year olds.

Shoot, most in Bama have Saban on the hot seat since he's lost two in a row......

[Jimmy]

The governor will not involve himself in this, nor should he.   

[rhog1]

Doing more and more to prove Clay Travis right about our fan base.