re: Would Bert take the Michigan job if they offered?

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But I don't concern myself much with Jeff Long. He will do whatever he feels is in his best interest.

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True, but Long is definitely the type of guy we need leading the athletic department. People can say what they want about the guy, but his last 3 major sport hires (JLS doesn't count) were Bret Bielema from Wisconsin, Mike Anderson from Mizzou, and Bobby Petrino from the Atlanta Falcons. The two football hires alone sent shockwaves throughout the college football landscape. In addition to having us in great financial shape and being universally respected, the guy is good at hiring coaches and staying out of their way.

I yield to no one in my love of Frank Broyles, but we've come a long way from our athletic department being run by a cabal of boosters and former players. For some odd reasons, the idiots among our fan base want to get back to that and have someone like Ken Hatfield as AD, and the prospect of getting stuck in the past again quite frankly scares me. That's the type of athletic department Bielema just left, and I wouldn't doubt having an old school, penny-pinching former coach as an AD wasn't exactly ideal when you're trying to maintain a competitive football program in the era of expensive assistants and the need for continuous facilities upgrades to keep up in recruiting.

You can't call a dude that pays himself over a million a year and bonuses himself 6 figures for coaching a bowl game a penny pincher.

You fellas are right, I didn't factor food into the equation. Thread is moot now

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It is the main reason I love living in the south.

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I fried myself some catfish today. And ya know I did then?

I ate it! ...and it was G-O-O-D!

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I'll argue with you on that point that yeah, it does.
Even Long admitted that in hindsight, he made a mistake.
On paper, it looked like a logical thing on many fronts.
However, we know how far it set us back.

75% great hires isn't a bad percentage though.

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It doesn't count because it wasn't a long term hire and was never intended to be. Anyone else -- Butch Davis, Phil Fulmer, a mid-major coach -- would've wanted a multi year deal. Plus, I think Paul Petrino would've been worse (he's 1-15 at Idaho) if we'd have given him the interim tag.

JLS was an obvious disaster, but that season was always going to go to shite the minute Petrino went over the handle bars.

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Anyone else -- Butch Davis, Phil Fulmer, a mid-major coach -- would've wanted a multi year deal

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Ive come to view the JLS decision as a net positive. An AD in a weak position could easily have made a panic hire and set the program even further back. If we continue the current trend, that lame duck season has to be viewed as a necessity.

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Was it fresh caught or store bought?

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can't answer for him, for myself it is fresh caught out of one of our superior clean lakes by trotline with shad as bait...

YummmmmmmmmmyyY!

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it is fresh caught out of one of our superior clean lakes by trotline

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I used to catch mine the same way out of Lake Dardanelle

Matter of fact...I think I'll cook me some more fish today.

I feel bad for JLS... I mean not that bad, he got a fat paycheck out of it... but in the sense you could tell he just was not up to coaching a high profile team in the SEC West. At a small Division II program somewhere in the middle of nowhere he'd have probably done a good job.