re: So, bad year for a coaching search.

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Maybe that's the problem. I don't put much stock in that statement.

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You do you, baw.

All I know is that these schools are going to pursue coaches that have experience recruiting in the regions they need to recruit in order to be successful. I mean, we didn't do that last time and look what happened. The Bielema hire was a bad hire for a few reasons, but the biggest thing that sticks out in my mind is that he burned our Texas recruiting bridges.

I guaran-frickin-tee you that the coach we pursue next will have Texas ties.

Tennessee for instance, doesn't need to rely on Texas ties and in fact, would do better recruiting Florida due to proximity.

If they're wise they will hire a good coach with established recruiting ties in the Atlanta area, extending down into Florida.

You don't have to believe it, but you'll see soon enough.

The post above me is 100% the truth.

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I'm just saying that anything that makes a particular candidate attractive to Arkansas has to make that candidate attractive to Florida, Tennessee and anyone else. To think otherwise is stupid.

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I agree, and to argue otherwise is just dumb

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Florida is eyeballing Dino Babers. East Coast guy.

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Right, and so who is Syracuse eyeballing? There is an element of musical chairs and the butterfly effect when it comes to coaching changes, and the more heavy hitters you have playing the game, the easier it is to be caught without a seat (or a shitty coach) when the music stops.

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Do you honestly think Syracuse is gonna steal a coach from Arkansas?

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No, I don't, baw. I think some people are getting some of what I'm saying, and some aren't trying.

The bottom line is there is no universe where it is to our advantage that more big programs are out looking for coaches, rather than fewer. We knew there was Tennessee. Florida represents more. Ole Miss does too, but to a much lesser extent, like Nebraska, and maybe Iowa State, depending on if someone picks up Campbell. Texas A&M would represent much more. So would LSU or Auburn depending on what happens there.

There are a lot of shoes to drop here, and the truth is that there isn't a single coach we could possibly be interested in that wouldn't have an opportunity at a better program than Arkansas. I'm sorry if that isn't homerish enough for some of you, but it's reality to me.

Go through every one of those schools and look at their balance sheets.

What I'm saying, beyond the "farcical idea that coaching carousel is some sort of fantasy draft", is that Arkansas isn't nearly as hopeless as you may think. Arkansas can throw a lot of money around. More than most, in fact.

And you would be foolish to think that the bottom line isn't money.

Shall we call recent history of coaching hires into question here? NFL head coach left mid season to come here. A damn good one too.

The sky isn't falling, dude. stop trying to tell everyone it is

Can we at least agree on closeting the word "Baw" and nail the door shut. I feel like I'm reading an episode of Jersey Shores.

Agreed

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Ole Miss, Mississippi State, SMU, UCLA, Iowa State, Syracuse, Illinois, Kansas, and UCF

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I knew we had some fans who acted like our program was Northwest Arkansas State Community Colllege - Fayetteville campus and that we’ll be relegated to hiring some low level coordinator or high school coach, but you take the cake with this list of programs.

If you think any of these programs are a threat to our prospects of hiring a good football coach, I quite literally do not know what to tell you.

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It's not chicken little, it's being realistic. Name the coaches that Arkansas could hire, that wouldn't take a call from Florida, Tennessee, aTm, Auburn, or LSU. I'll wait.

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Name a coach other than Saban and Urban who wouldn't take a call at any other programs.