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re: What if Petrino had stayed at Arkansas?
Posted on 5/9/20 at 5:24 pm to Mithridates6
Posted on 5/9/20 at 5:24 pm to Mithridates6
This is my honest opinion. Petrino was a great coach, good talent evaluator, but a poor recruiter. I thought Arkansas was underranked/undervalued for the 2009-2010 seasons, while 2011 was about right.
After the 2011 season, we were going to struggle to replace lost players and I expected to drop in the rankings. Instead, the early preseason polls had us in the top-10, which I thought was ridiculous.
Petrino had been lucky with his early Arkansas classes, but despite the success, things were about to normalize. In 2012, Petrino would have won more than Smiley, but it still would have been a disappointing year. Arkansas would have continued having success, but not at the same level as 2010-2011, because Petrino would struggle to get the talent.
Petrino never had top-15 talent, but he had enough to be very successful. Even so, the 2010 Arkansas team still had more 4-5* players on the roster than the Oregon team that played Auburn for the national championship that year.
After the 2011 season, we were going to struggle to replace lost players and I expected to drop in the rankings. Instead, the early preseason polls had us in the top-10, which I thought was ridiculous.
Petrino had been lucky with his early Arkansas classes, but despite the success, things were about to normalize. In 2012, Petrino would have won more than Smiley, but it still would have been a disappointing year. Arkansas would have continued having success, but not at the same level as 2010-2011, because Petrino would struggle to get the talent.
Petrino never had top-15 talent, but he had enough to be very successful. Even so, the 2010 Arkansas team still had more 4-5* players on the roster than the Oregon team that played Auburn for the national championship that year.
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Posted on 5/9/20 at 6:13 pm to redeye
They should have dropped Arkansas out of the top 10 preseason rankings after Petrino was fired. If he wasn't fired, he wouldn't met those expectations after the player departures we had off that 2011 team. They were at best a 8-4 or 9-3 team.
The 2013 team, Petrino would do better than Bert but still not as good as the year before. He was looking at a 7-5 team at best, still much better than 3-9 with Bert.
The 2014 year he was looking at climbing up. Bert underachieved with that team and I see them at 9-3 at best. Bert cost us 3-4 wins a year here.
The 2015 year, Petrino was looking at winning the SEC. Bert had all the talent in place but Bert farted it away. Petrino would have won 11-13 games with that team.
The 2016. Petrino wouldn't have lost against Missouri or Virginia Tech. He was looking at 9-4 or 10-3 year.
The 2017 year would be a rebuilding year but I think he would still go bowling.
This is alternative history if Petrino didn't implode and started taking recruiting more seriously.
The 2013 team, Petrino would do better than Bert but still not as good as the year before. He was looking at a 7-5 team at best, still much better than 3-9 with Bert.
The 2014 year he was looking at climbing up. Bert underachieved with that team and I see them at 9-3 at best. Bert cost us 3-4 wins a year here.
The 2015 year, Petrino was looking at winning the SEC. Bert had all the talent in place but Bert farted it away. Petrino would have won 11-13 games with that team.
The 2016. Petrino wouldn't have lost against Missouri or Virginia Tech. He was looking at 9-4 or 10-3 year.
The 2017 year would be a rebuilding year but I think he would still go bowling.
This is alternative history if Petrino didn't implode and started taking recruiting more seriously.
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