re: Ole Miss fans do you want Nutt gone?

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Ole Miss fans do you want Nutt gone?
I want to hate Nutt but that is unreasonable considering the fact he has turned the program around. Our defense is AWFUL this year, and we have one of the worst teams I have seen in a long time. That being said, we will still win 5 games this year, when 3-9 was an average season with Coach O's teams.

Considering how bad the Ole Miss football program was under Coach O, I think that Nutt has been some sort of a savior to the school. You can't argue with back to back Cotton Bowl wins after going 3-9 the two seasons before. That being said, if Nutt has another 5 win season next year I think we give him one more year to go 8-4 again; if not he should be gone.

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I'm of the opinion that a lot of coaches could have done just as well if not better than what Nutt has done at Ole Miss over the last three years. So, I wouldn’t be too enamored with his apparent successes.

Just one of the problems I had with Nutt is how often he told Hog Fans just how lucky we were to have him and he was always making excuses for why we couldn't do this or that. frick THAT! I want a coach who has a can-do attitude and one that doesn't make excuses. Arkansas fans don’t demand that we win the SEC every year but we damn sure expect to go better than .500 when you have a backfield of McFadden, Jones, and Hillis.

Arkansas has a lot to offer potential recruits (as does Ole Miss) and fans just wanted was a coaching staff that is willing to go far and wide to get them, not make excuses as to why something couldn’t be done, or was afraid to go head-to-head against teams like USCs, Michigan, OUs, Bama, Florida, Ohio States, etc. for a recruit. Petrino is getting great players from all over the country and we are beating top teams to get them. Currently have commitments from 10 different states.

• AR – 7
• AZ – 3
• FL – 3
• TX – 3
• OK – 2
• AL – 1
• IL – 1
• MO – 1
• LA – 1
• VA – 1 (player of the year in VA)

I don’t put a lot of stock into recruiting rankings but our current class is ranked in the top 10 and it’s shaping up to be the very best recruiting class in Arkansas history but we won’t know for sure until 2 or 3 years down the road. Regardless, Petrino has done pretty damn well with classes ranked much lower and I think that’s a testament to his and his staff’s ability to evaluate players, their potential, and their character. Those three elements lead to high retention rate and players really developing to be the best they are capable of being. That’s something Nutt and his staff has always struggled with.