Sam Pittman Tread of Stupidity, Despair, Frustration

[Ray Zorback]

Heath, Pelphrey

[bigpig]

Fact is: We fired Bert and replaced him with Chad. Mediocrity replaced with what I still believe was a deliberate sabotage of our program by an Aggie cultist.

We replaced Chad with Bert 2.0 in Sam. Replacing him is 50/50 we get another Chad like disaster vs a Bert 3.0

[animal]

We need another grade A asshole like Petrino to lead this program. Someone who knows they are damn good and doesn't mind not giving a fuck about your feelings. 

Our defense is a shit show no doubt and when you look at who they are trotting out on the field I'm not seeing very many legit NFL guys. Maybe Sorey? The talent isn't there. Worse yet these guys are either in a really bad scheme or just way the fuck out of position all the time. I realize it's the SEC teams are going to score points but we couldn't do hardly anything against what appeared to be a meh SEC squad that was playing a backup QB. 

[HTL]

I don't see Sorey playing LB in the NFL.

[BleedinRed]

I don't see him playing LB in college ball either. 

[animal]

I don't see him playing LB in college ball either.

I didn't see him playing linebacker last saturday. I think maybe he might have been running around on the field

[Piggielicious]

Fact is: We fired Bert and replaced him with Chad. Mediocrity replaced with what I still believe was a deliberate sabotage of our program by an Aggie cultist.

We replaced Chad with Bert 2.0 in Sam. Replacing him is 50/50 we get another Chad like disaster vs a Bert 3.0

Unless Gus is a closet Aggie, this was sabotage by an sec opponent. It takes a special kind of stupid to make a coaching hire on the recommendation of a man whose job is to beat you.

[Cornhogio]

Unless Gus is a closet Aggie, this was sabotage by an sec opponent. It takes a special kind of stupid to make a coaching hire on the recommendation of a man whose job is to beat you.

Sort of like hiring Suzie what's her nuts because Pat Summitt thought we should?  🤥

[animal]

We have administrator(s) that make like million(s) of dollars to make high value decisions and yet they've ultimately put in the hands of a who's who of Razorback royalty that rendered us Pitt, Chad, Jimmy Dykes, Suzy Lesbo, among others in recent memory. That in addition to being sure to run it by Jerry Jones first if we're talking football and maybe even basketball. Oh and lets not forget the "search committees"...that we paid a lot of money to give us top candidates like Al Groh and Al Groh. 

Discovering somebody had a buddy named John Tyson may have ultimately been a damn good decision if nothing else it probably saved everything built back by Muss and might even result in buying a natty at some point.

[Barton Fink]

Let's not forget we ended up with Sam because nobody, and I mean nobody, wanted this job. We were at rock bottom.

[Barton Fink]

Here's your chance to be heard.

 https://x.com/aidsapev/status/1967314146741137459?t=nwZuac4fSfhY70pWyctybw&s=19

[animal]

Since Sam's hiring we've gone from people thinking NIL equaled "free bbq and catfish" to quickly realizing we're no longer running a college football program...we're running a professional football team. Or should be treating it like that. 

I think the biggest reason Sam was hired wasn't entirely because "Nobody else wanted it"...more likely the UA wasn't prepared to pay 7+ million to get the attention of a coach with real credibility. Now it'll take 10. Anyway they needed a name with some SEC recognition that they could get the mouthpiece media to suck off and sell it to the fans. They basically did it too. Our yokel fan base got in line.

In fairness there was some degree of belief that they could put a good surrounding cast around him and let him recruit his way out but the landscape has changed dramatically in 5 or 6 years. That might have gotten us a respectable 8 to 9 win season or two in this time span and maybe more of a upward trajectory. Instead we appear to be stuck thinking maybe 6-6 at best for like the 3rd year in a row. Basically it's Bert all over again. 

[Barton Fink]

I can agree to that. What we were willing to pay no one wanted it. Although, after Morris it would've taken more than market value to being in a top tier coach. It still may.

NIL balloned into something no one imagined. We could've taken advantage of that, but didn't. Better talent on the DL and secondary last night sure would've made a difference in the outcome.

[DirkPiggler]

Fact is: We fired Bert and replaced him with Chad. Mediocrity replaced with what I still believe was a deliberate sabotage of our program by an Aggie cultist.

We replaced Chad with Bert 2.0 in Sam. Replacing him is 50/50 we get another Chad like disaster vs a Bert 3.0

We have hired one Chad Morris since 1952.  Jack Crowe was the next closest thing, and he was a Jason Allen knee injury away from a SWC title.   

Odds of hiring another one that bad are far lower than 50/50.   The most likely result is another Pittman/Burt/Nutt type who maintains status quo.   At some point it becomes worth the small risk of getting worse for the equally tiny risk of finding BMFP 2.0.   Whether we are there yet, I don't know.   Last night's result didn't change things one way or the other, except to put us one game closer to the reduced buyout which is the only thing that will trigger a firing. 

We might as well let it play out and see what happens.  This offense will allow us to have a chance against damn near anyone.   

[DirkPiggler]

Let's not forget we ended up with Sam because nobody, and I mean nobody, wanted this job. We were at rock bottom.

We won't be at rock bottom if we hire after this year.  Chad Morris made our program toxic all by himself.

The hire before that we attracted a sitting Big Ten HC with three straight conference titles.  Before that, a sitting NFL coach two years removed from a BCS bowl win at a lesser program. 

You're assuming we are what we were at our program's historical low point.  That may be true, but history doesn't back you up. 

[DirkPiggler]

I can agree to that. What we were willing to pay no one wanted it. Although, after Morris it would've taken more than market value to being in a top tier coach. It still may.

NIL balloned into something no one imagined. We could've taken advantage of that, but didn't. Better talent on the DL and secondary last night sure would've made a difference in the outcome.

I mean, there is a point where you can assemble enough talent to overcome poor scheme.  Les Miles, Larry Coker, and Ed O won titles as proof.  We have never been the kind of school that could do that even when we were a top ten program in the sport. 

Our defensive scheme last night was more of a problem than our talent, although the latter could definitely stand to be better. 

[jdcatty]

I'm kind of the opinion that BP likes right where he is now, and doesn't really want the head coaching job.  He's making what, $1 million a year?  Much less pressure.  And surely by now he has plenty of money. 

The bad part-- from his standpoint-- is that if we fire Sam, the new Head Coach will probably want to clean house.

The defense is obviously the problem this year.  Not sure they will get any better.  We have no pass rush and no run stoppers on the DL.  Secondary is a sort of "give up 10 yards, and celebrate" group.

[BASS]

Let bmfp coach the offense and defense. That's how we kicked Kansas state's ass in the cotton bowl.

The man knows offense better than anyone in the game. I guarandamntee you he knows a good defensive coach when he sees one on film. He's studied them so much and seen his own offensive genius shut down by them, he probably has all their plays committed to memory.

Remember the Bobby Petrino Show after the Georgia game? Mallett had thrown an interception to a linebacker, and bmfp says "that guy got lucky, he blew his assignment and was way out of position on that play, but right in the passing lane."

The motherfucker knew where Georgia defender was supposed to be. Because he knows their plays and can recognize them on film in a split second.

[wmr]

Fact is: We fired Bert and replaced him with Chad. Mediocrity replaced with what I still believe was a deliberate sabotage of our program by an Aggie cultist.

We replaced Chad with Bert 2.0 in Sam. Replacing him is 50/50 we get another Chad like disaster vs a Bert 3.0

The biggest WTF for me is how little care do we have around our athletic department that Chad was able to happen?

The absolute BEST case scenario with Chad Morris was he was moderately good and then takes a "gig" in Faggieland.

For something that makes so much money and has such an impact on the image of the school, it's like our athletic department is run by the same academic numbskulls as the sociology department.

[jdcatty]

We need another grade A asshole like Petrino to lead this program. Someone who knows they are damn good and doesn't mind not giving a fuck about your feelings.

Our defense is a shit show no doubt and when you look at who they are trotting out on the field I'm not seeing very many legit NFL guys. Maybe Sorey? The talent isn't there. Worse yet these guys are either in a really bad scheme or just way the fuck out of position all the time. I realize it's the SEC teams are going to score points but we couldn't do hardly anything against what appeared to be a meh SEC squad that was playing a backup QB.

Honest question-- in this day of the transfer portal, will a "grade A asshole" really work?  Yes, I know you will just say "if you pay them enough", but I really wonder if that is true. Kids have so many options as to where they can go, and lotsa schools will pay as much as we can.