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“They always remember what you do in November.” JFB

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Last major thing that stood out was him talking about actually reviewing the tape of the players on the team, remember Bert came in and said everyone got a clean slate and they weren't going to worry about the past. Obviously that was the first sign of Bert's laziness.

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Tom Herman made a comment when he took over from Charlie Strong at Texas that he wasn’t going to review any old tape of returning players—i.e., the clean slate approach. He was roundly criticized for that.

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I could have done without hearing the spiritual growth comment reminded me too much of Hatfield back then, Gus/Freeze of today.

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People forget this, but Petrino paid a lot of lip service to the importance of spiritual growth with respect to his players. At least Morris said, in effect, if the God stuff floats their boat, he’ll make sure to help their flagship can get to full sail.

I don't think anybody saw this kind of season coming for Arkansas.

No... wait... EVERYBODY saw this season coming.


Arkansas
Opposing coaches size up the Razorbacks:

“They are going to be terrible. What they are doing now, it’s the product of bad recruiting. They have a long way to go. That’s nothing against the new coach (Bret Bielema). But they are going to be terrible in Year 1." ...

"They are really going to struggle. What happened was they had eight starters who got injured, and they were fighting an uphill battle all of last year. I think they’ll struggle up front, they’ll struggle in the secondary, the linebackers should be average." …

"They are going to be slim in a lot of spots. It’s going to take them three years to get a good foundation. It’s a product of bad recruiting — which is typical of a Bobby Petrino school. It’s the same thing that happened at Louisville that got Steve Kragthorpe fired. Petrino didn’t leave him any players. It’s the same thing at Arkansas. They have no players on defense. Petrino would load up on offense and leave the cupboard bare. That’s why he can’t ever get over the hump." …

"If you want to be competitive in the SEC, you better have big, strong defensive linemen, physical guys, and lockdown corners. If you don’t have that, you don’t have a chance. And right now they don’t have that." …

"I don’t know really how good they are up front offensively, but I’m kind of skeptical based on what I know."

"I think the young running back, Jonathan Williams, is going to be good for them. We liked him out of high school.”

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