How long until respectability?

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How many seasons do y'all think it will take to become competitive and respected again in the SEC?

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I guess it depends on what you mean. I think somewhere between 5-7 wins in the regular season is what we are looking at

I think we come out big next year and surprise everyone. Maybe get 8 wins, and a couple of big wins. The expectations for the following season will be huge, and then we will regress to a 6 win season, and everyone will want to fire Chad Morris. So is the way with AR football.

7-8 next year should have been possible even with Bert. SO, I think we're going to turn heads right away. Our cupboard isn't full but there are a few players I'm excited to see in his O (Jones, OMGHammonds, Hayden)

The Gus hope left such a void that any hire was going to feel kind of #MEH. The more I research, the more I move to mast. He checks all of the boxes except being a big name and being undefeated at his current job.

People will grow to love him. My biggest problem with him is his name.. may he be the first cool Chad I've ever met.

I expect him to immediately be bowl eligible. we have talent to win 2 sec games and beat 4 rent a wins...

10 wins or bust.

This guy is Texas High School Footbaw Jesus.

Good grief.

What's our nickname for the coach?

What are we going to call the offense?

And then the inevitable predictions of 8 wins first year, and contending for the division the second.

If it happens, great. But why not prepare yourself for 3-9? It's a lot more likely than 8-4.

If Morris is the guy (nothing official yet) we are about to go through a sea-change with the program. Granted, Bielema did not turn out to be a good fit for us, and probably wasn't anywhere close to as good as most thought, but why go the full Tennessee/Gruden ignorance with expectations at this point?

Wouldn't it be tremendously better for all involved to be pleasantly surprised by a 7-5 first year after planning on a 5-7 year?

We don't know the first thing about what is going to happen yet. We don't even know for certain that we have our coach. We don't know who will be the OC (less important) the DC (very important) or who any of the assistant coaches will be.

Come on Hog fans. Let's not set this guy up for failure with unrealistic expectations. Let's expect trouble, hiccups, and failures. Let's expect there to be holes in players/personnel that slow down progress.

tl/dr: Never go full Tardville.