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re: Bert wasn’t so bad.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:03 pm to CrabInMyShoeMouth
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:03 pm to CrabInMyShoeMouth
I find it very interesting that Jeff Long got another Power 5 job after y’all dumped him.
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Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:08 pm to cardboardboxer
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I find it very interesting that Jeff Long got another Power 5 job after y’all dumped him.
His discredits stem from his handling of our football program, operational and financial. He's an admirable AD for a blue blood basketball program in the Big 12.
Edit: I would assume I guess, but really for no reason. Long is kind of a potato.
This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:10 pm to CrabInMyShoeMouth
He hired a better football coach to Kansas than Arky has.
And he will only hire a basketball coach if the NCAA makes him.
And he will only hire a basketball coach if the NCAA makes him.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:14 pm to cardboardboxer
He absolutely did. Yet he refused to fire Bielema, so he was fired. Then an interim AD plays puppet for big money Texas.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:14 pm to CrabInMyShoeMouth
I missed Bert’s wife. Him, not so much.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:15 pm to Razorback Reverend
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LSU fan
He's an Aggy...dang.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:21 pm to cardboardboxer
At least chaggy can score in the second half.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:23 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
quote:Bobby Petrino would drop to his knees for an interview anywhere right now
If Morris is out who would take the Arky job?
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:33 pm to magildachunks
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Keep telling every fanbase dissatisfied with their coach: Matt Campbell.
Campbell is making 3.5 per, and signed a 6 year deal in 2017. Kind of doubt he goes anywhere for a couple years.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:49 pm to Tigerlaff
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:52 pm to Razorback Reverend
He an aggy fan baw
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:56 pm to Muleriderhog
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Bill Clark
Seth Littrell
Mike Norvell
Willie Fritz
Just to name a few that would be instant upgrades. We need to jump on Bill Clark though before someone else does. He is about to be a hot name.
Jerry will figure something out
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:03 pm to magildachunks
Matt Campbell would be a good hire for sure. Not sure he’d take the Arkansas job though if I’m being honest.
Is Arkansas going to pony up 5M+ per year while paying a large buyout to Morris and still paying Bert?
Is Arkansas going to pony up 5M+ per year while paying a large buyout to Morris and still paying Bert?
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:12 pm to JesusQuintana
Campbell has a $7 million buyout at Iowa St too.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:28 pm to JesusQuintana
not paying Bert... he didn't seek full time employ as per his contract and a buyout was negotiated and ended the payments.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:48 pm to magildachunks
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Keep telling every fanbase dissatisfied with their coach: Matt Campbell.
No way Campbell leaves Iowa State for Arkansas. My list was realistic people, if Yurachek pulled off hiring Campbell, he’d end up being the best AD Arkansas has ever had and we had Frank as our AD for like 30 years.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:56 pm to cardboardboxer
Sure in hindsight it was a bad move but Bert was following in Petrino’s foot steps. He had great success so what Bert was doing wasn’t so great at the time. Follow that up with a 4 win season and Arkansas thought they had seen enough and cut bait.
Of course knowing what they know now Arkansas would love those 8-5 seasons.
That motorcycle ride was the worst thing in Razorback history.
Of course knowing what they know now Arkansas would love those 8-5 seasons.
That motorcycle ride was the worst thing in Razorback history.
Posted on 10/15/19 at 7:28 am to Roll Tide Nation
Yeah it’s less about they shouldn’t have fired him and more they didn’t appreciate what he did enough.
He was on an obvious downward path.
He was on an obvious downward path.
Posted on 10/15/19 at 7:37 am to Arkapigdiesel
You dumb pig
Posted on 10/15/19 at 7:42 am to cardboardboxer
What others haven't brought up, but was pretty well known in Fayetteville, is that the pressure of the job had really started to get to Bert. When you add in the stress of being a first time father... well the guy started to hit the bottle pretty hard. Add to that his binge eating (seriously, the guy must have gained a hundred pounds on the job) and he was a physical wreck by the time JCP dropped the axe on him.
Bert was a decent, not great, Big 10 coach and if he had wound up somewhere in Big 10 country he'd have done fine. His primary coaching problem is that he was a Midwestern guy and all his contacts were Midwestern guys. That is fine and dandy if you wind up coaching at Ohio University but not so great in the SEC. Some can make the change from the Midwest to the South, but Bert never could and that sank any chance he had of building a successful program.
Bert was a decent, not great, Big 10 coach and if he had wound up somewhere in Big 10 country he'd have done fine. His primary coaching problem is that he was a Midwestern guy and all his contacts were Midwestern guys. That is fine and dandy if you wind up coaching at Ohio University but not so great in the SEC. Some can make the change from the Midwest to the South, but Bert never could and that sank any chance he had of building a successful program.
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