re: Question for you guys in the know

I'm opposed to Gus as well.

IMO his shtick wouldn't work here.

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But he won't considering he has twice the talent to work with and barely does that.

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So those players just magically wound up at Auburn? They fell in his lap?

Yeah, he only got a lot of those players because he's at a blue blood. That's how it works.

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So those players just magically wound up at Auburn? They fell in his lap?

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You think with equal coaches Auburn and Arkansas recruits on the same level?

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I would rather lose every fricking game by 50 than have Gus.

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Now THIS is idiotic. The hot take right now is that we need a gimmicky offense to be successful due to our talent disparity with the rest of the league. Here's Malzahn with a gimmicky offense and ties to the area, but people don't want him because of dumb personal reasons.

The same people who said we should look the other way on Petrino's indiscretions don't want Malzahn because he ran the score up on their high school team 15 years ago.

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I would be interested in hearing what Razorbronks is hearing. He said something last night about Leach I believe.

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There's definite interest there from both parties, but I don't think it's gone much beyond that at this point. I think we've talked to his representation to see if he's even willing to leave, and from my understanding the answer was good as long as the job security, and not $$$ necessarily, is there. He's #1 in several big minds on The Hill, don't think his time at TTech is a factor.

ETA- apparently Leach's comments about WMS weren't the first compliments he's made regarding Arkansas/UA, not sure if he meant in a private or public setting.

He's supposedly "one of many" that have begun early stages of contact. There's also some good news and bad to go along with it...

The good news (aside from them beginning to reach out) is that they think CBB is putting out feelers himself and searching for a much more "low key" landing spot for he and his family until the baby is grown more. He wants more time with his family and less spotlight, the losses piling up are more of the last straw than the major reason.

Bad news - Long and co. are willing to keep him if they can't find the "near perfect" candidate and get him locked down. Long has several key factors he's looking for and thinks they have time and resources to be choosy. Something was said in a convo with Bob Stoops (?) that really impacted Long and made him ratchet up the quality of candidate he's seeking.

All bets are off should we finish the season with 8 or more losses, as JL wants to see that the team hasn't 100% quit on the coaches before the above decision is even remotely made. If the team completely quits we'll take the best option available and roll with it.

Auburn is a blue blood?

Blue bloods go 0-8 in conference play?

LOL.

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The same people who said we should look the other way on Petrino's indiscretions don't want Malzahn because he ran the score up on their high school team 15 years ago.

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I never thought we should have kept Petrino, my high school didn't even have a football team and the public school in my hometown didn't play them either. And I'd still rather cut off my pinkie than have Gus as the head coach.

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went to the Sugar Bowl just last year

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With an 8-4 record (8-5 after the bowl), the SEC wasn't exactly good last year.

I'd take Gus for sure.

We're not going to do better with less risk.