re: Enos

I get the push to “do something” because fans are mad and what we got ain’t working. So in such times coaches look around to change something in hopes that it will make everyone feel better, at least temporarily. You have to be able to assuage the natives’ anger and anguish. The fan base wants to see a head or heads on a spit well just because things have got to be different. So an assistant coach in an area where we are not performing to expectations is always going to be an easy target. We’ve seen it before.

It’s doubtful that making the change accomplishes much at this juncture, but even if they magically find a pulse on offense you have the cause and effect issue: Did they get better simply because the OC was fired? I think the chaotic and troublesome state of Arkansas football runs much deeper than that.

I certainly haven’t forgotten the threads to have Briles fired and then threads I see now saying we’d be glad to have him back as our OC. And if you go back to Enos’ first tour with the Hogs you’ll find threads praising him and wanting him to remain as the OC at Arkansas. “Enos Envy” was a thing back then so much so that his contract non compete clause within the SEC was a topic of discussion. LINK Peoples’ memories are short and in an ongoing state of flux as they struggle to find a fix for a team AND program that overall is just not good.

Of course the head hog hired him and believed him to be the man for OC and I haven’t seen anything that caused me to believe Enos was violating CSP’s directives as far as running the offense or having schemes not a part of CSP’s philosophy. I seriously doubt CSP completely turned over the reigns to him and said do whatever it is you want to do. Pre-season CSP stated that Enos was the best play caller he had ever worked with. LINK. His philosophy and schemes as to offenses was well known to CSP before the hire was made. And it wasn’t as if Enos wrecked a motorcycle with his girlfriend on board and then lied about it. But someone, outside of the head coach perhaps, has to serve as the scapegoat when things are not going well.

So we’ve made another change in the landscape of what is the intellectual desert sands of Arkansas football. But as I’ve said before I don’t see them righting the tFlagship football program anytime soon, if ever.