The NEXT Coach

[HogOfWar]

Our boosters are corporations that are interested in increasing their profits. They know they will get their advertising whether we win or lose.

He's right you know.

[Pig Benis]

I doubt there is a booster heavily backing any of these guys. Just my opinion of course.

Correct

[Third_down_draw]

By and large I agree with your posts but you're wrong here. HRW backed up the argument with the scoring totals. Bobby was nowhere near perfect but Bill Walsh wasn't winning 2 games with this shit platter. You're just wrong on this one. Turnovers were a nightmare bit offense in general isn't the problem.

Yes, I think Bobby would generate more NIL fundaraising than any G5 coach we could hire. We're about to find out and I pray I'm wrong.

The grass is almost always almost greener on the other side of the fence

[TC]

The grass is almost always almost greener on the other side of the fence

"But He's warshed up, Randy!!"

I had to hear it from my own brother as well while visiting over Thanksgiving, who also parroted that bullshit line that Tex and HTL folks like.

"Our defense did enough to keep us in those close games!"

Just fucking shoot me already.

[buff2.0]

"Our defense did enough to keep us in those close games!"

Just fucking shoot me already.

We scored 35 against Ole Miss, 31 against Memphis, 31 against Tennessee, 42 against Aggy, 38 against Mississippi State, 22 against LSU, and 37 against Texas.

If the defense did good enough we would have won at least one of those games. Sorry you're related to retards. I know several of those types as well, and they're living proof that our fanbase doesn't deserve nice things.

https://x.com/adamford92/status/1994592869387206873?s=46&t=DTGVKlgNTKh5Nq29PdZsdg

[animal]

We scored 35 against Ole Miss, 31 against Memphis, 31 against Tennessee, 42 against Aggy, 38 against Mississippi State, 22 against LSU, and 37 against Texas.

If the defense did good enough we would have won at least one of those games. Sorry you're related to retards. I know several of those types as well, and they're living proof that our fanbase doesn't deserve nice things.

https://x.com/adamford92/status/1994592869387206873?s=46&t=DTGVKlgNTKh5Nq29PdZsdg

Some of those games we shit the bed offensively at exactly the wrong time. Some of those games the offense didn't piss a drop in the 2nd half but we still only lost by a narrow margin. 

Absolutely the defense was the Achilles heel of the team but I can't ignore how we kept getting schemed after half time. A lot of that was blamed on conditioning early in the season... true we have no dept. Do other programs trot out a rotation of offensive line guys throughout the game? We are acting as if that happens and it doesn't to that extent. 

[passed]

Some of those games we shit the bed offensively at exactly the wrong time. Some of those games the offense didn't piss a drop in the 2nd half but we still only lost by a narrow margin.

Absolutely the defense was the Achilles heel of the team but I can't ignore how we kept getting schemed after half time. A lot of that was blamed on conditioning early in the season... true we have no dept. Do other programs trot out a rotation of offensive line guys throughout the game? We are acting as if that happens and it doesn't to that extent.

I keep seeing things showing that our OLine is graded as one of the highest in the SEC.  The issue in the second half isn't usually the protection, it's TG's mental lapse.  The plays are there, sure some times the D adjusts and the play wouldn't work... but generally speaking, the plays are there.  TG is holding too long, or panics and doesn't hang in and make the throw.  The film break downs are pretty eye opening.

[buff2.0]

wHaT iF tHe OfFeNsE hAd oF...

What if we'd only given up 12 instead of 15 in the second half against Memphis?  That's a win.  13 instead of 17 sends Tennessee to OT.  21 instead of 24 sends Aggy to OT.  NOT giving up 17 to Auburn just in the fourth quarter.  Mississippi State scored 7 in the first half and 31 in the second half, and beat us by 3. 

This board has morphed into nobville. 

[buff2.0]

I keep seeing things showing that our OLine is graded as one of the highest in the SEC.  The issue in the second half isn't usually the protection, it's TG's mental lapse.  The plays are there, sure some times the D adjusts and the play wouldn't work... but generally speaking, the plays are there.  TG is holding too long, or panics and doesn't hang in and make the throw.  The film break downs are pretty eye opening.

It's not even worth it to me at this point to read through the game threads for all of the "Taylen had a guy wide open and didn't pull the trigger" comments again.  bUt MuH kJ wOuLd HaVe... Idk, how do we know safeties weren't staying home BECAUSE of Taylen's particular run threat?  You can't just switch a QB out in hindsight and replay a down in your head, but that's what all the Bobby haters do every fucking time.

[passed]

It's not even worth it to me at this point to read through the game threads for all of the "Taylen had a guy wide open and didn't pull the trigger" comments again.  bUt MuH kJ wOuLd HaVe... Idk, how do we know safeties weren't staying home BECAUSE of Taylen's particular run threat?  You can't just switch a QB out in hindsight and replay a down in your head, but that's what all the Bobby haters do every fucking time.

100%. We also have no idea if KJ IS the better option.  I think it's a fair critique that Bobby didn't give him a shot, given how often TG coughs up the ball and goes full bonehead.  However, it's entirely possible, and in fact most likely that TG was the best option, and so Bobby stuck with him.  He COULD have just been being stubborn, but Bobby sees practice and film that we don't. 

More to the point, though.  The utter lack of defense is what cost us, ultimately.  The lack of depth there was a fatality in the second half.

[animal]

Bottom line: 

Taylen should have been pulled at segments during the season even at the risk of "losing the team". Personally I don't see how the kid can possibly be that much of a leader enough for any of the rest of those kids to give a shit. I would have liked to have seen someone else get some snaps...that likely person was KJ. I would have had them trading reps and breading a bit of competition after about the 3rd Petrino Interim game. 

I freely admit that I could change my mind on KJ but hell yes I want to see someone else get a chance. Hell I like Taylen but the kid just isn't putting it together and we know there is 1 or 2 QBs on the roster that could potentially be the down the road starter so why not give them the ball? 

[buff2.0]

Speaking of which, Taylen is #1 on the depth chart. Bizarre but whatever.

If Bobby never got commitment from the school about next year I don't blame him for not trying to build up players for a season where he won't be here.

[BleedinRed]

wHaT iF tHe OfFeNsE hAd oF...

What if we'd only given up 12 instead of 15 in the second half against Memphis?  That's a win.  13 instead of 17 sends Tennessee to OT.  21 instead of 24 sends Aggy to OT.  NOT giving up 17 to Auburn just in the fourth quarter.  Mississippi State scored 7 in the first half and 31 in the second half, and beat us by 3. 

This board has morphed into nobville. 

Amazes me that 40 points per game is looked down upon.  We have members that think we realistically should have averaged 50+ a game?   And because we didn't it means the coach is washed??  Is that really the position some are taking?

It's clear to me that Arkansas suffers from retarded fans as much as it does from a retarded administration. 

[Barton Fink]

BP has been coaching to keep the job. He had to play the QB that have him the best chance to win. I've wanted to see more of KJ as well but I understand the situation.

[Show-Me Hog]

BP has been coaching to keep the job. He had to play the QB that have him the best chance to win.

Then maybe his error was deciding TG was the quarterback that gives us the best chance to win.

At the end of the day, scoreboard, the proof is in the pudding, and all that. If you swing for the fences you'd better not bat .000 and strike out every time, or you will shortly be let go.

[BleedinRed]

TG and the offense did enough to win games.  Defense matters.  Special teams matter.  Jesus.  

[woodhog14]

To be fair, we offered Morris also.

There was no offer to Morris.

[FNG]

Petrino has not forgotten how to coach a football team. Petrino has not lost his fire (see his sideline reaction to various officiating shenanigans since assuming HC duties). Petrino has not lost his ability to counter halftime adjustments by an opposing DC.

What Petrino has lost is a Ryan Mallet/Tyler Wilson who is capable of understanding his system as well as he does and can make a huddle believe that he will win the game for them if they all do their jobs.

Petrino also has (apparently) lost an entire offseason of Full Metal Fridays and other forms of physical and mental torture that produces stamina, confidence and discipline in those athletes that survive.
(I'm not certain that kind of approach is even possible in today's climate but I guess we will never find out).

[Barton Fink]

Then maybe his error was deciding TG was the quarterback that gives us the best chance to win.

At the end of the day, scoreboard, the proof is in the pudding, and all that. If you swing for the fences you'd better not bat .000 and strike out every time, or you will shortly be let go.

So you know who is the better QB right now better than Petrino? The guy that has coached QBs his entire professional career and watched these guys practice side by side day in and day out the last 2 years.

I've learned that people that are really good at what they do, you trust their judgement. I may question their decisions, but I'll trust their judgement.

[Show-Me Hog]

So you know who is the better QB right now better than Petrino? The guy that has coached QBs his entire professional career and watched these guys practice side by side day in and day out the last 2 years.

I've learned that people that are really good at what they do, you trust their judgement. I may question their decisions, but I'll trust their judgement.

Some things are unknowable.  I suppose TG gives us a better chance of winning an SEC game than I would at QB. But at the end of the day .000 = .000 so maybe it's the same.

I would have rolled the dice with Jackson after watching the eleventy millionth brain fart from TG. Does that make me a better talent evaluator than Petrino? That's a dumb lazy take. All professional coaches are "better and know more" than the fans. But second guessing is still a fan's prerogative.