re: 2019 Arkansas Recruiting Thread **TR RB Trelon Smith Commits**

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If we could give Bert 5 years then we should be able to at least give Morris the same and at least a couple of seasons without calling for his head.

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No. Bert came in with a proven track record, P5 conference championships, etc. Chad is no where near proven, he's the least proven HC hired since Broyles outside of Crowe by the University.

Chad comes in based on first his ability to recruit, second the fact he's not Bert, third he said Yes when Gus said NO. His offense isn't anything special, same can be had from any number of HCs in the college and HS ranks, he isn't a Petrino in this aspect.

He hasn't created buzz and excitement around the program like his predecessors did when hired.

So the only thing that will merit 5 years would be his recruiting prowess along with progression in the win column as the losses will always be Bert's fault to some for the first 3-4 years. Thus far he's living up to the aggy tradition of being all hat and no cattle in this area.

We can all agree that Petrino overall is a piss poor recruiter (really interested to see how Louisville does now that it is the dreaded year 5, the first time he's stuck around for it...), but at this point in his time here he had lured Mallett to transfer in, kept Wilson, Gragg, Wright, and Adams from leaving the state for the big world out there...

This years class is like the 08 class, the program can't afford to have them go elsewhere (which was a real possibility had Nutt been retained), it would be nice to "recruit hard" the legacy recruits out of state that everyone else is "recruiting hard" instead of sending an offer and focusing on lesser talent at the same positions elsewhere. Its is a matter of him either thinking he doesn't need these guys everyone else wants or he doesn't think he can land them...