re: Matt Campbell - is now the time and would we want him?

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That's interesting. Didn't know about the sandbagging allegations. Although knowing how I felt back then, I would have 100% supported him replacing Nutt at the time. Granted I was like 16.

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There's at least some basis for that. The HUNH was the offense du jour, and opposing teams struggled with consistently stopping it under the leadership of a competent OC/HC who had it firing on all cylinders and who managed to recruit the right type of QB. But that's no longer the case, and Gus' window of offensive genius closed, and now he's a good, but not especially great coach. He petered out at Auburn and wore out his welcome, and he's not exactly killing it at UCF. It's the same reason I feel wary about rehiring Petrino. We've seen too much of his trajectory since the early 2010s to feel confident about that.

I will say that, under Gus, I would expect Arkansas to get every single in-state HS recruit we actually wanted. I'm not sure how much that matters with the number of blue chip prospects the state produces (or doesn't produce), but it's decidedly nothing but positive. I think hiring that guy would be a massive mistake overall, though.