re: So, bad year for a coaching search.

Kiffin won't coach here, and I highly doubt anyone in the SEC hires Chip Kelly. Kelly brings heat with him and the SEC has it written into its bylaws now that any program hiring a coach with baggage has to basically get it cleared through the SEC commissioner. Don't forget about the allegations of Kelly hiring a scouting service to steer players to Oregon. The very thing the FBI is currently investigating.

No way in hell anyone hires Kelly.

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Kiffin won't coach here

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He was begging for the job before Petrino was hired...

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troyt37

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I get the points you're trying to make, I just don't understand the big, long-term picture you're attempting to paint. In an ideal world, UofA would be the only school looking for a coach when it comes time to hire one, but that literally never happens.

What good does sticking with Rhoads do when there's equally as many openings next year and the next? Theres MUCH bigger/more prestigious programs than UF and UT that can and will come open again in the future, there always is. We landed the better hire (at the time) than both UT and UF last round they were open, UT the same year as us. In fact, all 3 have had openings near the same time the last TWO coaches each school has hired - we hired the better coach than both programs, both times. UF's last two hires have been Muschamp and Mac; UT's last two being Dooley and Jones. Ours were Petrino from the NFL and Bielema from a rolling Wisconsin, you tell me which job out of the three that the coaches seem to prefer.

There's plenty of coaching talent out there to go around even if TAMU comes open too, and I can tell you that the UF situation is toxic enough that they have no advantage over anyone right now. We have the $$$, AD, facilities, and fan support to rival anyone that potentially comes open, what is there to be hesitant about?

As UF, UT, and other "big names" have learned, there are no surefire coaches out there no matter the resumé. We know our current coach isn't getting it done, and there IS a coach out there somewhere that can lead us to the promised land - even if he's coaching in the Sunbelt right now. But you'll never find out if you just hang on to the one not getting it done while waiting for the perfect guy to come along at the perfect time, it doesn't exist.

FAYETTEVILLE — Bret Bielema was a bit skeptical when long-time secretary Clarinda Carr told him who had called the football offices to speak to him a few weeks ago.
“I’ll get an occasional prank call, right, trying to screen them out a little bit,” Bielema said.
Nolan Richardson was on the line.
“I’m like, ‘Coach Richardson? Come on,’” Bielema said.
But it really was the former Arkansas hall of fame basketball coach. He and Bielema had only met a few times, but he apparently thought the football coach could use a few words of encouragement with the Razorbacks mired in a slump.
“He was just awesome,” Bielema said. “Gave me a couple good words and some things to go with. … All sickness is not death.”
Bielema first met Richardson at Mike Anderson’s house in his second year at Arkansas. The current basketball coach isn’t a stranger to him either.
“Mike Anderson always reaches out,” Bielema said.
Richardson wasn’t the only former Arkansas coach to reach out to Bielema. He also heard from a former football coach from back in the Southwest Conference days.
“I come up to the office one day and coach (Ken) Hatfield’s standing there and gives me some things to read,” Bielema said. “He’s so spiritually driven and gave me some great weeks ago.”
The rally from a 31-7 deficit for the win over the Rebels snapped a three-game losing streak and gave Arkansas its first SEC win after an 0-4 start. The win was a much-needed boost for the Hogs, keeping alive the chances of making a fourth straight bowl appearance in the midst of questions about the future of the program.
Bielema went down a list of people who’d reached out with support before or after the win, naming basketball, baseball, track, softball and golf coaches at the school, current players and their parents, recruits and their parents, former players of his and former players pre-dating his time in Fayetteville.
And a few former coaches, of course.
“Just never ceases to amaze me anyone who’s been associated with Arkansas, how warm and generous they are,” Bielema said.

Did you even read my post, or just skim it and see the word 'Sunbelt' in it?

I had completely forgot about Holtz coaching there.

Well there once was a coach from Michagan State that has done alright in the SEC west.

Ain't happening

Row that boat

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Well there once was a coach from Michagan State that has done alright in the SEC west.

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And before that he coached at Toledo. Lots of good coaches come from Toledo