The NEXT Coach

[buff2.0]

If we hire Gruden I'm going to be a OU fan since I was born in Oklahoma. Boomer Sooner!

I'll join you since I lived there for 6 years. 

[wmr]

I was in Lubbock for a week one day.

Here's my shitty Lubbock story.

Turning out of the airport in my rental car 20 years ago, a literal giant tumbleweed rolled across the road in front of my car.  Felt like a real life Roadrunner cartoon.

I attended an Arkansas game there in 1991 when I was 14.   I recall late at night riding along with my dad,  a radio station somewhere out there in the vast emptiness played a song by "another new Seattle band called Pearl Jam".

First time I heard Evenflow. 

I just realized this is the most GenX post I've ever made on any forum.

[Natty_Ice]

Knowing how pathetic HY is and how he always takes the easy way out I predict that if it isn't BP it's Barry Odom with Petrino as his OC.

this might actually work

[vegashog]

i grew up in west texass (midland). my pops and i would make the trip every other year to lubbock to watch the hogs play. my first game to see them in person was in 1960. /csb

and as bad as midland was, it wasn't near as bad as lubbock (and the dirt bowl towns you passed thru on the way), a true shithole.

[TC]

Knowing how pathetic HY is and how he always takes the easy way out I predict that if it isn't BP it's Barry Odom with Petrino as his OC.

We could do waay worse.  I actually like it.

[vegashog]

We could do waay worse.  I actually like it.

yeah, that could work.

[Hogfan58]

When I was younger, we used to go to Lubbock and it was a beating. We lived in Tulsa and when my Dad got off work, we drove to De Queen (where both my parents are from and my grandparents lived). We'd get there late, sleep, then  me, my dad and his father would drive to Lubbock. His father had a lead foot and non-passing zones didn't mean anything to him. We'd get there, have to find tickets, usually not together, then leave and drive all night back to DQ. Sometimes we'd stop overnight in Rising Star and stay at a relatives, then get up early and get to DQ. But it was eat lunch in DQ, then back to Tulsa. Since we normally always beat Tech, it was sorta worth it, but i just remember driving super fast and no traffic in the middle of nowhere.

[mde114]

When I was younger, we used to go to Lubbock and it was a beating. We lived in Tulsa and when my Dad got off work, we drove to De Queen (where both my parents are from and my grandparents lived). We'd get there late, sleep, then  me, my dad and his father would drive to Lubbock. His father had a lead foot and non-passing zones didn't mean anything to him. We'd get there, have to find tickets, usually not together, then leave and drive all night back to DQ. Sometimes we'd stop overnight in Rising Star and stay at a relatives, then get up early and get to DQ. But it was eat lunch in DQ, then back to Tulsa. Since we normally always beat Tech, it was sorta worth it, but i just remember driving super fast and no traffic in the middle of nowhere.

Sounds like one of my family vacations when I was a kid. We only went to locations where we had relatives. I can't remember ever staying at a hotel.

My kids know nothing about those type of vacations.

[bigpig]

Knowing how pathetic HY is and how he always takes the easy way out I predict that if it isn't BP it's Barry Odom with Petrino as his OC.

Would not hate

[The Reverend SnoopHogg]

We used to have a great poster here (probably the old woopussy) named "West Texas Hog".

I still stay in touch with him during hunting season.

[DrMongoose]

Knowing how pathetic HY is and how he always takes the easy way out I predict that if it isn't BP it's Barry Odom with Petrino as his OC.

No thanks but you're probably right.

Purdue has made little to no progress and Bobby's refusal to let anyone other than Green play QB is as vexing as the uniform choices of late.

[passed]

Knowing how pathetic HY is and how he always takes the easy way out I predict that if it isn't BP it's Barry Odom with Petrino as his OC.

I wouldn't mind that terribly.  Though I think it's a bit of a waste of money, given the contract that would be needed.  Probably cheaper to just run with Petrino.  But if all of that is equal, then that may be an advantageous solution. 

[Pig Benis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbC-NoiyJE

Nothing earth shattering here. We whiffed on Franklin and should try to lock up Golesh now because we're too far down the pecking order to wait for the dominoes to fall. He also said he doesn't think we have a leading candidate right now.

[BleedinRed]

I'll join you since I lived there for 6 years. 

I'll adopt Ole Miss since the wife went there and it would be maximum aggravation for the remaining Arkansas fans.  

[The Whyte Boar]

How the in the blue fuck does HY still have a job?  And it seems like he is taking the lead on the hire.  WTF?  I'm not going to do the research to verify this myself, but apparently Arkansas is the ONLY power conference team in the country that does not have a functioning NIL collective or other avenue for an average fan to make a donation to NIL. 

I am so fucking sick of this Mickey Mouse bullshit.

[Show-Me Hog]

How the in the blue fuck does HY still have a job?  And it seems like he is taking the lead on the hire.  WTF?  I'm not going to do the research to verify this myself, but apparently Arkansas is the ONLY power conference team in the country that does not have a functioning NIL collective or other avenue for an average fan to make a donation to NIL. 

I am so fucking sick of this Mickey Mouse bullshit.

Because we're a basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, and track school. "Overall athletic department" he rates well.

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln......

[Barton Fink]

This was precisely my concern if we fired Sam. We have shown no commitment to compete as a D1 program since NIL has taken over. We are an unattractive program from top to bottom. No recent history of winning. No in state talent. Low NIL compared to our opponents. Shitty roster. Ever been to a game, shitty atmosphere. Oh, but we have nice facilities.

[buff2.0]

Because we're a basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, and track school. "Overall athletic department" he rates well.

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln......

Frank Broyles established the ceiling for the football program and we're determined not to challenge it.

[DirkPiggler]

This was precisely my concern if we fired Sam. We have shown no commitment to compete as a D1 program since NIL has taken over. We are an unattractive program from top to bottom. No recent history of winning. No in state talent. Low NIL compared to our opponents. Shitty roster. Ever been to a game, shitty atmosphere. Oh, but we have nice facilities.

It's a valid concern for sure, and always was.  But we had to try something different.  For Pittman to win here it was going to take more than a competitive SEC roster.  We would have had to probably double everyone else in spending, because the only way he was going to win enough games to overcome his close/late issues was to have a roster so much better than the opponents that he never played close games. 

We've never had the best roster in our conference...even in most SWC years we were less talented than Texas, A&M, sometimes even Baylor, Houston and SMU.  Just like from before most of us were born, we have to win on scheme and development with just enough talent to allow those things to close the gap in athletic ability somewhat. 

[Cornhogio]

How the in the blue fuck does HY still have a job?  And it seems like he is taking the lead on the hire.  WTF?  I'm not going to do the research to verify this myself, but apparently Arkansas is the ONLY power conference team in the country that does not have a functioning NIL collective or other avenue for an average fan to make a donation to NIL. 

I am so fucking sick of this Mickey Mouse bullshit.

Completely aligned.  He should have been gone when he allowed Sexton to skin us on the Pittman extension. 

Does the GM have any role in the HC search, or is he just there to negotiate NIL agreements with players and their "agents"?  I know at Stanford Andrew Luck is involved/the lead on the HC search, and fired the last guy.