re: Why is Gus Malzahn hated among so many Arkansas Razorback fans?

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frick Gus. That's what up.

It seriously all started with him taking the Shiloh job and this rise to power out of Springdale First Baptist into some behemoth mega church Armani Ronnie Joel Osteen wannabe.

It mixes a lot of deep seated factors and clashing GOBN with the new economy, new media,and the outside influences of the Ivy League MBA's and their East Coast/West Coast ideas in changing NWA.

Alot of it is pure jealousy and the shitty way Gus and Shiloh conducted themselves in all walks of life. You want to do more business, join First Baptist and get your kid into Shiloh. You have a promising athlete in Jr. High, well here's a partial tuition waiver to Shiloh, oh and it wouldn't be a good idea to start a drywall business? Brother Joe BOb is building 60 new duplexes and needs a sub.

So add in all of this change is what has been traditionally a disenfranchised part of the country and the preacher is wearing $2000 suits on TV and all of this money rolling in is being used to syphon kids and families out of the small towns they grew up in, the division between the "ins and outs" in Arkansas got further apart and some of it deservedly so because Gus is a slimeball POS, but some also no deservedly he became a scapegoat of sorts.

Now people didn't like his smarmy arse at Shiloh, when he moved on to Springdale at pushed the talent to the public school it wasn't such a big deal because they were Springdale kids to begin with, but when you involve our beloved Razorbacks and involve the entire damn state with your High School drama queen horseshite, it becomes something of a monster that can never be reigned in.

It would be equally awesome to have Gus at Arkansas and equally destructive. Gus is now a turncoat and a blasphemer for using the Bible to shield his antics. I'm atheist so I don't give a shite, but I do feel that people that use religion as either a crutch or a diversion are the worst kind of people on the planet.

The fracture is so deep over Gus in Arkansas he couldn't have been chosen. Auburn was obviously the right choice for him given their penchant for working outside of the rules system and willingness to grasp any advantage possible. The guy's a maniac, Arkansas just isn't in the cards for him and it's a shame considering how many great football coaches come from here but we seem to never be able to capitalize on their talents.

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