re: The Real Reason Arky Fans Hate Hootie

He's real dry, articulate and calculated. He doesn't show any emotion. He talks in a monotone voice all the time. Petrino has a more professional aura about him but he doesn't entertain or sell as well. Nutt alot of times speaks the same rah-rah language to the camera he uses on the field to keep players fired up. That's why Ark fans have developed the perception he's less professional.

Swine brought up a list of theory that is not relevant.

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I was talking about what has he done in his 1st year at Arkansas, like changing the culture, relationship with the fans, etc... but whatever.

Is he really that "professional"? Come on man don't bullshite me.

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Ok, I'll edit my list:

Extremely professional.

Has brought our football program into the 21st century.

Recruited better in his first 2 years than Nutt ever did in 10 (culture change b/c we got a lot of out of state guys with big-time offers last year that Nutt would have been too lazy to go after).

He'll never climb a latter or sob like he just lost his first born after a big win.

He doesn't constantly talk about how "precious wins are in this conference."

He doesn't blame players for losses.

He doesn't blame other coaches for losses.

In the same vein, he takes blame, something Nutt could never do.

He doesn't ask players to move their relative's funerals, on the contrary, he gives them all the time they need.

He doesn't take snaps from recruits in his office.

He hired a BCS coach to coach nothing but special teams....Nutt has his special ed buddy Shibest running them.

Petrino doesn't scream at national TV analysts on national TV begging for Heisman votes.

Petrino doesn't antagonize fans he doesn't agree with.



As you can see, the list is still pretty long.

And yes, Petrino is extremely professional. There are no more bullshite leaks out of the program all the time, no more reporters with access, no more boosters on the sideline fricking with players, no more discussing playing time with parents, etc.

It couldn't be more night and day between the two.