Where do we go from here?

So you’ve finally figured out Arkansas is incapable of fielding a competitive football team in the SEC have ya?

Drop them to FCS.

I couldn’t even give away my four Cardinal Club seats for UGA. First time that’s ever happened. I can’t even imagine if I tried to unload them for Tennessee. I’ll be at the rest of the home games begrudgingly though because my kids are pure and still love it.

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my kids are pure and still love it.

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Bless 'em. I remember those days. Granted we were a hell of a lot better than this when I was a kid.

We have seven more of these games to endure this season. As each loss piles up, it’s going to become unbearable. Some will be worse than others. Even though Vanderbilt is much improved, it’s going to ‘feel’ worse because they’re still, well, Vanderbilt.

Surely, between now and December, there’s a tipping point. Where someone, somewhere, that has some type of authority does SOMETHING.

That’s what makes it feel hopeless. NO ONE in the PTB seem to care.

A lot of people have stopped enduring. I was on the lake with my Grandson and hurried home to watch the game. I should have stayed on the lake.

He was fired at halftime for shite play calling and we have to listen to Cramsey another week explain how he's going everything right, but he doesn't have the QB to run it correctly.

No. Proper leadership and fundraising efforts would equate to larger than Ole Miss level of funding

It starts with the right head coach. He didn't have to be a top HC, trying to take Kirby from UGA. It has to be a HC who instantly creates excitement, not protests and angst.

Then you follow up with allowing those who want to donate to football to do so that every dollar of their donation goes to football not a general fund where a budget is set for football and the rest of the donations used to make sure the shitty women's basketball program is top half in the SEC in funding and women's golf is top 3.

Once the house is back in session legislation will be passed capping fundinging at the school level. 25ish million for new players +27is million for retention. Transfer rules and 5 for 5 discouraging new year new school players.

The fans and current boosters with the right coach would easily fund that.

The major corporations like Walmart take it over the top with the no cap true NIL.

If it sounds easy, it is, but sitting on your arse won't raise the money, Hunter.

With legislation to back them, the NCAA will have baby teeth start to come in.

The reason is got to where is it is there was no legislation to back their enforcement, hence why judges have granted TROs, etc.

It was basically an honor system before, most of what is needed to get it under control would literally take an act of Congress.

The decline has been allowed to fester for far to long, they can blame dumb contracts by Long and Yurachek or any other convient excuse but it starts at the top and is getting to where the janitorial staff needs to go as well.

Got to campus and look around at the football operations, sec or not, 2 win teams elsewhere do not have all of that.

If you say we can't afford it, then the AD should be following the model of other have nots in the P4 world who are having success.

Overseeing and managing the worst period for football in school history and following it up with "we are doing what is necessary to have a sustainable program and not chase one year success" should have to fired on the spot. It isn't hard for Arkansas to sustain 2 win seasons, Hunter has done a damn fine job of that.

It's systemic at this point. Arkansas isn't in debt, so they can afford to do what is necessary which is a massive purge from the BOT down to the janitors.

Also if its truly only a money problem, look at how Hunter is tackling this problem.

With Silverfield's contract he is annually one of the lowest paid coaches in the league. Ok sounds like money supply problem on the face.

When you look at his contract, figure back of an envelope math, take into account everyone knew they would be doing it all over again in 3 years when he was announced, and Hunter agreed to pay him 10 million per year coached, that number only increases if he continues his current trajectory and is fired in the next calaneder year or so.

That doesn't scream money problems, that tells the tale of a management problem.