re: Well, I wanted to wait until the morning after…

Why did we HAVE to have a stop gap? Two hires in a row that were small-time and embarrassing, coming with a far larger risk than we could afford. There was no reason on paper to hire either Chad Morris or Sam Pittman. Bielema didn't work out for various reasons, but on paper, we went out and got ourselves a high-performing coach who was firing on all cylinders at a lateral job. We kept him a year longer than we should have, which was frustrating, but we couldn't afford to frick up the next two hires like we did.

We didn't need a "stop gap," we had Lane Kiffin ready to come here, and we fricked him around, so he went to Ole Miss. Kiffin may or may not have worked out, or stayed if he was working out, but it was a hire that at least said "we care about football and win or lose, we're not mailing it in."

Here is the position I've maintained since Pittman was hired: let him stay. It's what the Arkansas fan base deserves. For every time our rubes have filled the stadium for this guy or Chad Morris, it proved it's what we deserve. He'll likely get us to regular bowl games. He's not notably bad and he really does love this place. That's good enough, let him retire here. We have basketball and baseball, and our basketball hire said "we're a known brand in this sport and we're tired of losing." So far it's worked out. For 2/3 of the year, we have sports we're in the mix for and at least not laughingstocks.

I forgot when football season even started this year until someone at work told me. Yesterday was the first time I tried to keep up with a game. I stopped watching after 14–14 because I'm tired of a song I don't even like being on repeat.