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No new assistants have been hired in official capacities, 4 have recruiting contracts
Posted on 12/15/17 at 8:46 am
Posted on 12/15/17 at 8:46 am
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Only 4 have even signed employment agreements which allow them to recruit... Something about all of this seems very weird.
Why have zero defensive guys been hired and bareley even spoken about? What defensive players would want to sign with a school that doesn't even have a defensive coach on the staff after more than a week and clearly doesn't desire to. This should scare even the biggest Morris sunshine pumpers. I'm neutral on the guy right now, but his track record and everything he's done since being hired points to someone who doesn't seem to value defense... That's not good.
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Those recruiting for Arkansas this month are not guaranteed on-field assistant coaching positions on Morris' staff, a source said. Morris has not given any indication of when he hopes to have his full staff in place.
Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek shed some light on Morris’ thought process with the staff on Thursday.
Speaking on the radio show Sports Talk with Bo Mattingly, Yurachek said he thought Morris is comfortable with his offensive staff.
“I think he’s got a really good idea of who is going to be on the offensive side of the ball,” Yurachek said. “That’s the group he’s had out really recruiting right now and trying to shore up this class that will sign on Dec. 20.
“I think he wants to take his time on the defensive side of the ball and hire a great defensive coordinator and then work with that defensive coordinator to hire great position coaches.”
Only 4 have even signed employment agreements which allow them to recruit... Something about all of this seems very weird.
Why have zero defensive guys been hired and bareley even spoken about? What defensive players would want to sign with a school that doesn't even have a defensive coach on the staff after more than a week and clearly doesn't desire to. This should scare even the biggest Morris sunshine pumpers. I'm neutral on the guy right now, but his track record and everything he's done since being hired points to someone who doesn't seem to value defense... That's not good.
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Posted on 12/15/17 at 8:55 am to Jack Ruby
I'm neutral still. him not hiring someone yet concerns me but not end of world
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:03 am to Jack Ruby
I imagine his targeted DC is coaching in a bowl. The current staff can focus on crushing recruitment right now and then you bring the DC in during the dead period so they can roll after the CFP is over and recruiting starts up again.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:05 am to Jack Ruby
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What defensive players would want to sign with a school that doesn't even have a defensive coach on the staff after more than a week and clearly doesn't desire to.
National signing day is February 7th.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:06 am to TheCheshireHog
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I imagine his targeted DC is coaching in a bowl.
This. The things he has said about the DC seem to indicate it's all lined up and we are just waiting until whoever it is will be available. That is why I never bought the Chavis rumor. If it was going to be him he would have been here a week ago.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:23 am to Jack Ruby
I'll get worried when we don't have coaches running all over the south flipping commitments and getting interest from guys that we weren't even considering us before.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:28 am to Jack Ruby
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Jack Ruby
I'm shocked you're doom and gloom here
Shocked I tell you
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Why have zero defensive guys been hired and bareley even spoken about?
It's almost like they're waiting on something...
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:43 am to Jack Ruby
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Why have zero defensive guys been hired and bareley even spoken about?
The wait is excrutiating, I'll give you that. Would you rather have the right DC, or the wrong DC, but quickly?
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What defensive players would want to sign with a school that doesn't even have a defensive coach on the staff after more than a week and clearly doesn't desire to.
Hyperbole, it's what's for dinner. It's a ridiculous statement, and thought. Morris has spoken more than once about the importance of getting the right DC.
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I'm neutral on the guy right now, but his track record and everything he's done since being hired points to someone who doesn't seem to value defense... That's not good.
Or, it points to someone that understands how critical the DC is going to be, and rather than do the easy thing, is working to find the very best DC he can hire to work with his planned offense, to give us the very best chance of winning.
I don't know the first thing about it. Morris could be sitting behind his new desk smoking cigars and telling himself the defense will take care of itself, but I seriously doubt it. Not hiring other people on the defensive side of the ball, before you've named a DC, can only be a good thing. You want the DC to have the flexibility to bring the people he wants with him, don't you?
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:53 am to troyt37
With the new early signing period, getting some form of recruiting agreement in place is all you really need. Just needs these guys out locking up guys who were already committed and trying to flip a few who aren't. After Wednesday I am sure you will see more concrete stuff come out. Morris knows he needs guys recruiting, not working out details of a contract. Let the lawyers handle that and sign it when you slow down.
As for the DC hire, Yurachek said that CM is taking it slow as he sees the importance of making the right hire. I would rather him take it slow and find a good fit, than hire the swinging pecker all the fans want who we have to fire in two years. Makes life easier when you take things slow some times.
As for the DC hire, Yurachek said that CM is taking it slow as he sees the importance of making the right hire. I would rather him take it slow and find a good fit, than hire the swinging pecker all the fans want who we have to fire in two years. Makes life easier when you take things slow some times.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:58 am to Jack Ruby
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bareley
Wrong but not as cringe worthy as your 'irregardless' thread the other day.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:58 am to beebefootballfan
Agreed.
I just don't understand the Debbie Downer act, when the guy barely has his feet wet. Chicken Little looks like an idiot a lot more often than a prophet.
I just don't understand the Debbie Downer act, when the guy barely has his feet wet. Chicken Little looks like an idiot a lot more often than a prophet.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 10:21 am to TheCheshireHog
quote:Something that has been said a billion times already that apparently people still need to be reminded of every 24 hours or so or they go into hysterics. The sky isn't falling. The season isn't over for a lot of people. We're fine.
I imagine his targeted DC is coaching in a bowl.
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Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:53 am to hawgfaninc
"Doom and gloom" and realism are often misconstrued. I was correct on the Bert incompetence from year one and all the metrics say Morris is an average coach at best. But as I said, I'm neutral now and will give him a chance. All I did was present facts that show zero attention has been paid to defensive coaches, and no good explanation has been given so far as to why. If that's negative, that's simply one's perception. As I see it, it's pointing out the obvious.
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Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:07 pm to TheCheshireHog
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I imagine his targeted DC is coaching in the playoffs
Fify
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:11 pm to hawgfaninc
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I'm shocked you're doom and gloom here
Shocked I tell you
I didn’t read the op as ‘doom and gloom’. He makes a good point that we still don’t have a DC.
I could care less, but I feel 100% certain that he has his guy and is just waiting. There is no way Ol’ Chex Amex would allow this to go on if the ink wasn’t dry on the new DC.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:19 pm to Pigfeet
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What defensive players would want to sign with a school that doesn't even have a defensive coach on the staff after more than a week and clearly doesn't desire to. This should scare even the biggest Morris sunshine pumpers. I'm neutral on the guy right now, but his track record and everything he's done since being hired points to someone who doesn't seem to value defense... That's not good.
Pretty damn gloom and doom to me for a coach that hasn't even been here for 10 days and who doesn't have a shitty reputation or anything of the sort.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:23 pm to piggilicious
It has to be the coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys. Just waiting for them to be officially eliminated from the playoffs. 
Posted on 12/15/17 at 12:25 pm to piggilicious
All valid points, I say.
Also, he clearly said he was neutral on Chadilac.
I like challenging topics.
Also, he clearly said he was neutral on Chadilac.
I like challenging topics.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:13 pm to Pigfeet
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All valid points, I say.
Not having a defensive coach on staff a week or more after a complete regime change, making a defensive player not want to sign is not a valid point. It's just as likely to have offensive players who hesitate, because the new O coaches have a completely different philosophy than the old ones had.
Claiming that the new coach "clearly doesn't desire to" have a defensive coach on staff isn't a valid point. It's just making a dumb statement, giving you something to bitch about.
Sunshine pumpers or even haters being scared because we don't have a defensive staff in place by now isn't a valid point either. Either side could just as easily be encouraged by the fact that Morris didn't just bring the SMU DC with him. The fact that he didn't highlights the distinct possibility that the OP's entire post is horse shite.
The claim that the OP is neutral on Morris isn't valid, unless the definition of neutral has changed. Last I knew, neutral didn't involve posting hyperbole and complete fabrications about someone, a week or two into the job.
The whole thing is just bad, and the OP should feel bad. Everyone on this board is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 2:32 pm to Jack Ruby
Trent Shadid @Shadid13
Arkansas coach Chad Morris said on @finebaum he has a really strong idea what his full staff is going to look like. However, he says he can't announce anything until the early signing period and some bowl games get out of the way.
Arkansas coach Chad Morris said on @finebaum he has a really strong idea what his full staff is going to look like. However, he says he can't announce anything until the early signing period and some bowl games get out of the way.
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