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re: Apparently Kirby recruited Pittman after the 2014 Bama game
Posted on 10/1/21 at 1:53 pm to oklahogjr
Posted on 10/1/21 at 1:53 pm to oklahogjr
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I thought it was telling when sam listed all the coaches he had worked under and how much he learned but never once mentioned bielema.
Even mentioned previous Arkansas coaches. Still no Bert reference (granted, not like he’s held in the same esteem as a Holtz or Hatfield).
It may sound like 20/20 hindsight, but I always had a bad taste in my mouth for how Bert publicly handled Pittman leaving after the 2015 season. Regardless of how it goes down, you don’t call out a former assistant as he’s walking out the door, especially one as well regarded in coaching circles as Pittman was/is. Just poor taste and potentially turns off other potential assistant coach candidates.
Pretty telling that Bert tried to publicly shame Pittman by acting like he betrayed his players, yet those same former players were the driving force behind Pittman’s candidacy and campaign for our HC job.
It’d be like a colleague telling everyone you’re a shitty boss only to have your own employees lobby for you to get a promotion.
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Posted on 10/1/21 at 6:42 pm to Feral
Bert had to have known he was done when Pittman walked out on him. The fact that he hired Kurt fricking Anderson as Sam's replacement is all you need to know about his cognitive state at that time.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 7:34 pm to Feral
I remember very specifically when I woke up and seen that pittman was leaving the hogs that I had this horrible feeling of despair that all was lost. then bert aired out the dirty laundry publicly, and at the time I think because of the media spin bullshite here that I kinda believed Bert's side of the story, until the very next year and I seem how awful our O line was then I knew pittman was the man, but I also thought pittman clearly didn't recruit enough guys to give us any depth. then as time went, and I heard how things really went down I realized BERT compromised our Depth with his BS. we were gonna get that #1 rounder juco that went to Utah, and the other SEC starter was the kid who went to LSU.
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