Watch this and tell me you aren't excited

Pretty goofy, but kids will love that stuff.

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This guy is about to bring a lot of energy to this program

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We talkin bout Chad Morris again?

He and Morris should get along great. How long until they make a video together?

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That video was cringeworthy as hell. so he's a Bert #1-0, #uncommonmen kinda guy? Middle-aged, out of touch people will think he's "hip" but the social media groveling coach is as fake and sad as your average youth pastor.

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The kids do think it's goofy, but they appreciate the effort. Ultimately, it comes down to him finding underappreciated talent and coaching them up, holding onto instate talent, and getting a few stars from elsewhere by selling his NBA connections.

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admiralduckwad

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Bravo!

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Muss can coach, recruit, scheme, motivate, and gets respect and effort from his players.

Morris couldn't do any of the above I just mentioned.

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Say what you want about Morris, and as much as I pissed all over and melted over that hire, he could and did damn sure recruit well. He recruited better than any coach we’ve had in 20years. He just couldn’t do any of the other 90% of being a head coach.

We can be competitive in the SEC, it is just going to take a long time to do it. If we can stop making crap hires just for once then leave people like Sam and the hire after a lone then we can finally start making more progress.

I believe we can be. We're not going to be going 10–2 every year, but we can be competitive. We've made the SECCG more than any of the other three expansion teams, and some of the charter SEC members have never made it. The potential to win big is there.

Pittman has been an upgrade over Chad Morris in pretty much every way, but recruiting is important, and he's been so-so thus far. That said, we're not having the best luck producing in-state talent, and he's also going to need a reasonable amount of time, so don't think I'm trying to be a hater. Just trying to be realistic on where we stand.

We have too many old fricks with their spoon in our program who care more about nepotism/cronyism and micromanaging than making the best hire possible and making us competitive again. Until that gets fixed, we're not serious about competing. I honestly don't even really care anymore. I have a competitive sports team to watch November through June with our basketball and baseball teams rolling, so if the University decides to put a premium on winning football games again, I'll start caring again.

Keep in mind this is nothing against Sam Pittman. I like everything about the guy. Culturally, he's probably the best fit we've had since joining the SEC, and I've been encouraged with what we've seen so far. Sure, we finished last in the West again, but we also started off in a considerably worse position than all the others, so that's a given. The fact that we even managed to win three SEC games and close the gap, rather than let it further widen, was a statement. We were in a precarious spot after Bert, and then we went and hired a guy with a losing record at SMU. Then we hired a career o-line coach. I'm tired of the athletic department making football hires like they're gambling with house money.

It's not that I like Lane Kiffin more than Pittman. I think he's less of a short-term risk, but Kiffin has never stayed anywhere long enough to matter, and I don't think here or Ole Miss would be an exception. But the fact that we let Ole Miss take him from us was small-time, and I'm tired of small-time being the norm for how our football team - supposedly our biggest and most important sport, is ran.

I was excited and all-in on Musselman from day one. It was the exact, polar opposite of how I felt about Chad Morris from day one. And although the NC keeps eluding Dave van Horn, he always has us in the fight until the end, which is all I can ask for.

I forgot a bout the no campus visits. That puts us at a disadvantage against other schools like Alabama that have recruits commit on the spot without ever stepping one foot on campus.

Meanwhile Arkansas is trying to convince recruits with more offers to commit but the terrible football reputation and not visiting the fabulous campus puts us in a tough spot.

Recruits have been surprised in the past when they did visit Fayetteville and left impressed. I do believe Sam would do better if he had something to show instead of using words to try and lure recruits here.