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Bama got Arkansas' OL Coach PAID
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:12 pm
Newly hired Sam Pittman was set to make 275k in his first year at Arkansas. That was before Bama came calling. Now he is going to be making 500k and got two more years added to his contract.
All this before even coaching a single practice.
All this before even coaching a single practice.

This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:13 pm to TheCheshireHog
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he is going to be making 500k
That is about how much you would have to pay me to move from God's country to T-Town
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:13 pm to TheCheshireHog
Destination job.... Who the hell would want to raise a family in Tuscaloosa anyway?
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Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:15 pm to TheCheshireHog
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Newly hired Sam Pittman was set to make 275k in his first year at Arkansas. That was before Bama came calling. Now he is going to be making 500k and got two more years added to his contract.
Bama just trolled the frick out of yall
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:17 pm to TheCheshireHog
eta: nevermind
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Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:17 pm to JimMorrison
Trolled? I will happily pay our (most likely) best and (definitely) most important position coach 500k. Look up his history. The man is a miracle worker and our O Line needs a miracle. It's not like we're running out of money. We have as much as pretty much anyone.
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:19 pm to JimMorrison
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Bama just trolled the frick out of yall
Pittman is a lights our recruiter and a very good ol coach. how did we get trolled? Bama would have taken him in a heartbeat if we didn't have more money to throw around.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:20 pm to The_Joker
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Trolled? I will happily pay our (most likely) best and (definitely) most important position coach 500k. Look up his history. The man is a miracle worker and our O Line needs a miracle. It's not like we're running out of money. We have as much as pretty much anyone.
The Joker eh? Well least you live up to it..
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:22 pm to TigerBait2008
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The Joker eh? Well least you live up to it..
Solid counter argument

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This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:23 pm to oklahogjr
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Pittman is a lights our recruiter and a very good ol coach. how did we get trolled?
Yeah, I have no problem with us paying that much. He is definitely worth it imo. It just would be nice to work in a profession where someone will almost double your salary without much physical evidence in your current job to base it on. I wish my bosses were that cool.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:24 pm to TigerBait2008
Remember when Jeff Long trolled yall into giving Lester an extension?
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:11 pm to Hubbhogg
and I was bullshitting about all that info I put on HiV in the first OMG troll thread on Pittman.
shite, fiction can be closer to the truth than you know.
shite, fiction can be closer to the truth than you know.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:12 pm to TheCheshireHog
LOL at paying Pittman half a mil 

Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:14 pm to TheCheshireHog
If he'd have gone to UA I'd have paid to be in those coaching meetings, he's not known for his patience and on more than one occasion has made it known his opinion of a HC.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:14 pm to TheCheshireHog
Congrats on retaining a coach whose qualities cannot be utilized given the inherent, unshakable disadvantages that encumber the University of Arkansas.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:19 pm to Crompdaddy8
Did he not do wonders for your line in one season?
500K is a bit much, but hell pay what it takes to keep him. In 3 weeks he already recruited better than than anyone Petrino had.
500K is a bit much, but hell pay what it takes to keep him. In 3 weeks he already recruited better than than anyone Petrino had.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:27 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Yeah in just a month he pulled in our best out of state OL class in the Recruiting Rankings era. Ill take that over what we have been doing for the last few years.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:33 pm to The_Joker
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Trolled? I will happily pay our (most likely) best and (definitely) most important position coach 500k. Look up his history. The man is a miracle worker and our O Line needs a miracle. It's not like we're running out of money. We have as much as pretty much anyone.
Lulz! Miracle worker! Lulz!
The dude was below average at UNC in a run heavy offense and came to Tennessee and did okay with an offense line that returned everyone and 4 of the 5 starters were future NFL players (Stone/Richardson/Thomas/James) and were already great pass blockers.
He's an okay coach but certainly not worth half a million, lol. And Harry Hiestand and the guy that left with Kiffin recruited the current talent on UT's line. Pittman whiffed on everyone in his stint - so your recruiting on the oline this season likely had more to do with your new HC and his style of play and notoriety to be honest and for good reason. A lot of offensive lineman should want to come play for Bielema.
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:42 pm to Bassmanbruno
Wrong. Two of them would be in the Tennessee class right now if he hadn't left and the other credits Pittman as the reason he is coming.
Obviously style of play does help as well. If we had hired him along with Sonny Dykes then yes we probably would have had zero shot at any of those three.
Obviously style of play does help as well. If we had hired him along with Sonny Dykes then yes we probably would have had zero shot at any of those three.
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:45 pm to TheCheshireHog
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Wrong. Two of them would be in the Tennessee class right now if he hadn't left and the other credits Pittman as the reason he is coming.
Obviously style of play does help as well. If we had hired him along with Sonny Dykes then yes we probably would have had zero shot at any of those three.
Lol - do you realize who Skipper had offers from when he committed to UT? He had offers from nobody. He didn't blow up until the end and many thought he was a reach at the time. And the other recruit you speak of is just speculation as he never committed to us.
Guess you also ignore the fact UT failed to sign a single lineman the previous year - that's right 0 - now the offensive line situation is a giant mess following this season. And he even missed out on a 4* lineman from the state of Tennessee to Vanderbilt.. when his parents were both UT alumni.. and the kid grew up a UT. He has elite recruiter written all over him.
You're giving him too much credit - it's on Bielema for sure. Skipper was planning on de-committing from UT prior to Tennessee not retaining Pittman - so he got Koehler which is a nice pickup but that's about it.
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 6:53 pm
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