re: We have been making lists, but can we list them all here and discuss

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Either of these coaches would've won more games than Chaggie.

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I’ve coached 1 year of high school football as an assistant and I think I could’ve won as many games as chad has in 2 years so just being better than this math geek is not a reason for anyone to be head coach at the university of Arkansas

Norvell is my #1, followed by Clark and Leach.

Norvell makes too much sense, which means we'll frick it up in some way, shape or form. He could at least make hay with our skill position talent while we work to fix the lines, which is a multi-year rebuild at this point.

Clark literally brought UAB back from the dead. To paraphrase Holtz, this isn't death but you can see it from here.

Leach would knock the bitch off this roster and potentially purge the quit from this program. We haven't fielded a mentally tough team in nearly a decade.

Outside of those three, I wouldn't be upset with Skip Holtz, Freeze or Blake Anderson.

I'd love to get Bryan Harsin but I doubt that's feasible.

I think Norvell has to be the guy. He's young and understands the area. He could bring in someone like Kendal Briles for OC who has Texas ties and is really good on offense.

As far a defense, we need a revolutionary mind that will think outside of the box. Only way we can fix some of the bad habits we've gotten into.

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So is this how far we've sunk? No upside whatsoever.

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This probably a rhetorical question I’m responding to but yeah, man. Have watched the last 8 hilarious years? It’s been a master’s class in program ineptitude. Can you believe that for 8 years, our OOC against non power 5 opponents has been basically a coin flip? Or worse.

Can you believe that less than 5 years ago a program like Baylor (a never was program) gave itself the death penalty with a huge sex scandal and they’re recking shop already? It takes a special level of cronyism among the BOT and administration to get to this level.

This “need someone who knows our history” or “need a true southerner” or “need someone that can recruit Texas” bullshite is part of the problem. We need someone that can coach fricking football, period. You find that guy and the rest will fall into place.

Now let’s go out and find a football coach. I don’t give a flying frick who it is, and I care even less about who everyone wants. I don’t fricking care what his pedigree is or what system he or frick it, she runs, hire someone that knows what how to turn young men into football players.

They need to have an entrepreneurial mindset because successful entrepreneurs are very good at running a business but are even better at identifying their deficiencies, and on-boarding talent to not just cover them, but complement strengths as well. No fricking egos.

End rant.

TLDR: Who gives a shite if we hire a guy you don’t want or don’t like yada yada, frick pleasing people and hire a someone that knows what the frick they’re doing regardless of ties.

I love you all, but you is a bunch of baby back bitches sometimes. And really, it’s only football anyway. I can eat snacks watching anything on a Saturday afternoon. Cheers suckas!

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This “need someone who knows our history” or “need a true southerner” or “need someone that can recruit Texas” bullshite is part of the problem. We need someone that can coach fricking football, period. You find that guy and the rest will fall into place.

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If Texas is such a hotbed, tell me the last time a schools that relies on Texas recruiting won the NC, SEC, or power 5 conference outside of the big 12.

I'll wait.

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If Texas is such a hotbed, tell me the last time a schools that relies on Texas recruiting won the NC, SEC, or power 5 conference outside of the big 12.

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This year. LSU. You're welcome.

I like norvell due to age, but I am down with leach for sure.

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LSU has about 13 players from Texas. LSU Roster

Is that a lot? I genuinely don’t know. I wonder how many are starting? I’m too lazy to look that up though.

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Is 6-1/2% a lot?

LSU relies on Louisiana to fill their roster branching out into East Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida to supplement the instate talent.

What the Texas First fans fail to understand is no team worth a damn outside of the Big12 relies on Texas to fill their rosters. Yes, relying on Texas was important while in the SWC as if we didn't get them our competition would, but relying on Texas today is what leads to 0fer SEC seasons and embarrassing losses to G5 opponents.

Their is ample talent in Louisiana and LSU can't sign them all. Equal effort should be put into recruiting Louisiana, Georgia and Florida as Texas. Arkansas should focus on signing all the SEC level instate talent then focus on Memphis, Tulsa/Eastern Oklahoma, Louisiana, Georgia/Florida/DFW/North Texas.

As long as the decision makers are romanticizing over the SWC days and hiring yes men to fulfill this fetish for them Arkansas will continue to be a dog shite football program. When Arkansas was competitive in the SEC under Nutt and Petrino they were recruiting the same regions as our SEC competitors signing talent who may have fell short in one or so of the measurables that caused the bigger programs to pass them over but led to a chip on their shoulder and the attitude and fight on the field we expect from those who put on the Razorback uniform.