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No, he worked back channels, associates, friends, etc. trying to get Nutt's job from day one.

It back fired on him when Woods left and Nutt brought in David Lee, who Mustain spent his summers with learning to play QB.

Horton was also being brought in so Nutt had 3 former OCs on staff, one of which has more influence with the people Gus was trying to persuade in ousting Nutt and naming him the successor thanks to his daddy.

Of course Nutt knew Malzahn couldn't take the blow to his ego in being demoted to just the WRs coach, he left for Tulsa.

After the first time Gus went above Nutt's head over trivial shite and continued to stir the pot while portraying himself as the victim, Nutt decided he must go. The boiling point was Gus encouraging Williams to transferring to SC and was encouraging Mitch to do the same, Nutt's play was to remove the cancer in the program, bring in Lee to develop Mustain, and give Mustain a shot at earning the job over the summer.

Much of the myth about Malzahn being an innocent victim here has been put out by Irwin who was played by Gus like a fiddle.

I hate to question the company line. But that is a little hard to believe. The version of that story implies a HS coach out politic'd and maneuvered a well know D-I head coach via booster back channels. It is a bit hard to swallow. Though you do provide a great deal of detail about the situation. However, we all know the key to a good lie is innocent detail.

I can imagine HN getting upset that Gus might have encouraged Williams to leave, but it seems more plausible that this was after Gus had decided to scoot as well.

As for Auburn, Gus and Arkansas…I have said this before it is possible for Gus to be a great coach and for Auburn to believe he is the man for their job and Arkansas to have looked in a different direction. Long not looking at Gus or Gus not wanting to be the coach at Arkansas over Auburn doesn't reflect poorly on either man or program.

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Posted by Arkiebarkie

Fayetteville,Ar

Member since Jan 2013

756 posts

Posted on 7/21/15 at 7:56 am to Tigerman97

Hell,none of that is true. Gus was done wrong by Hootie and his blow fish. Hootie was forced by the powers that be to hire Gus. Gus was not the problem, he was in a tank with sharks. Hootie and his staff treated him terrible,calling him high school!

I did not want Gus at Arkansas, not because he could not coach, because of a small portion of our fan base was still pissed over the mess that was there.

It would have been to soon to have hired Gus back than,he has always been a great offensive mind and looks like he's making a great SEC coach.

It's no different than Auburn fans booing Chizcik when he was hired. We needed a proven Head Coach with no ties to Arkansas.

Now to answer what we will do if Bret goes 7-6 or worse? Nothing, this is a rebuild and he's having to recruit to his style. He has Arkansas being built correctly inside out. Bret is the best coach we have had sense Broyles when it comes to finding the fit to our program. He is very professional handling his team. I've been a Fayetteville native my whole life. I attend all functions and have information I can trust. That being said, I feel we are in great hands. Bret will be a Razorback for a long time. WPS!

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Posted by CtotheVrzrbck

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Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 7/21/15 at 1:46 pm to Tigerman97

Gus' #1 supporter is now the head of the Southern Baptist Convention and built a super church w/ global reach on the backs of Tyson $ and Shiloh Football.

Gus supporters are just as awful as Nutt supporters.

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