The NEXT Coach

[red death]

Since my number 1 is not going to happen, Matt Campbell is a terrific hire for all the reasons already mentioned.

I like it A LOT.  Iowa St. is college football no man's land.

If Arkansas provides him the cash, he will build a winner here.  A big winner.

And he doesn't bounce around either.  We could be his destination job.
The guy's a great coach.  We would be very very fortunate

[Show-Me Hog]

Iowa St. is college football no man's land.

If Ames is college football purgatory, based on the last 15 years, Fayetteville is college football hell.

[animal]

When asked about the Arkansas job a lot of these coaches are about to respond by saying..."I'm not ready to retire yet". 

[vegashog]

so apparently grit posted something about campbell but had a picture of dan campbell instead. arkansas media folks.

[Barton Fink]

I don't think anyone is saying Campbell is a top 10 coach in the country, but we ain't getting one of those anyways.

When your pool is John Gruden plus a bunch of unproven G5 coaches, Campbell should easily look like a better hire than the rest.

[The Whyte Boar]

He is a good coach.  Not enamored with his offenses, but I really haven't paid attention to him in a long time.

[buff2.0]

I don't think anyone is saying Campbell is a top 10 coach in the country, but we ain't getting one of those anyways.

When your pool is John Gruden plus a bunch of unproven G5 coaches, Campbell should easily look like a better hire than the rest.

He would be a great hire for Arkansas.  For anyone else with current job openings, he would be a good hire.

[HTL]

so apparently grit posted something about campbell but had a picture of dan campbell instead. arkansas media folks.

I wonder how many recruits he's scared off over the years.

[buff2.0]

I wonder how many recruits he's scared off over the years.

Probably not as many as Tulsa hanging out at The Catfish Hole asking them if they're gonna eat their last hushpuppy while he inches close enough to smell their hair.

[HTL]

News will leak at the end of our game. Banhammer for anyone that doesn't keep this here!!

[BleedinRed]

Oh yeah, that's exactly what I said.  The more and more I read your posts, I'm beginning to suspect you're just another screen name for HTL, and you're just trolling us.

And I said Campbell couldn't be the next Saban.  See how that works?

[DirkPiggler]

Fuck it.  I have seen the light.  Hire Campbell.  We can repeat the process in 5-6 years.

Edit: it is funny to me that we have historically ragged on the Big 12 as being a shitty conference that only had two good teams year in and year out.  Now we want to hire a guy who led one of the worst teams in that conference and he is sold as the next Saban. 

We are talking about hiring the guy that took one of the 2-3 worst programs in all of college football and made them one of the best in their conference.  Given that we have currently supplanted them in that bottom tier in CFB someone who could improve us to winning between 7-11 games per year would be akin to Alabama replacing Mike Shula with Saban.

No.  I'm not saying Campbell = Saban.   I'm saying he would improve us nearly as much as dumping Shula for Saban improved Alabama

[HTL]

Oh yeah, that's exactly what I said.  The more and more I read your posts, I'm beginning to suspect your just another screen name for HTL, and you're just trolling us.

What a fucking insult. Who the fuck are you?

[vegashog]

we should probably get ready for pj fleck, kliff kingsbury, or kane wommack.

way too much hope being pumped.

[SwahiliSteve]

Why would Campbell come here he just signed an extension

[DirkPiggler]

Why would Campbell come here he just signed an extension

Their NIL is less than ours if you can believe that.   His salary is only $4MM...we can likely double that.   

He lives in Ames fucking Iowa. 

[vegashog]

and his buyout is $2 million, something he wanted in the contract.

[PHARMHOG]

we should probably get ready for pj fleck, kliff kingsbury, or kane wommack.

way too much hope being pumped.

My wife strongly approves of Kliffy.

[AporkalypseNow]

Matt Campbell has turned down better football programs than this inept one. Why on Earth would he come here?

I think if he leaves it's more about the Big XII being a second tier conference now

Arkansas is patient and has reasonable expectations and that will appeal to some

Auburn by contrast grinds up and spits out coaches, and he's not a candidate for an LSU or Florida (though last year may have been)

[BleedinRed]

What a fucking insult. Who the fuck are you?

It was a low blow for sure.  As if I'd ever drive a Kia.