The NEXT Coach

[Natty_Ice]

bring in that entire Memphis staff

[Lurk]

Y'all aren't taking that post about Saban seriously, are you?  It's a joke, people.

No.

[animal]

I'd rather have Lunney Lite over Briles Lite but I'd really love to think we could do better. 

[billyhog]

Based on the last several hires, I wouldn't be surprised if Arkansas shocked everybody and hired Deion Sanders.

[wmr]

bring in that entire Memphis staff

I'd be on board with that.

[wmr]

This time right now is why teh woppsuuy was saved.

[Borenutz]

bring in that entire Memphis staff

We could do a lot worse and there's a good chance they're going somewhere else after this year.

[Piggielicious]

No to the Memphis coach.

[Show-Me Hog]

No to the Memphis coach.

I was at that game. I wasn't impressed by anything. I mean, particularly us, but not them either.

[Barton Fink]

I'd prefer Mullen over Gus or Gus lite.

[Piggielicious]

I was too and neither was I. Beating a poorly coached Pittman team should not be part of the criteria for getting the job.

[vegashog]

I was too and neither was I. Beating a poorly coached Pittman team should not be part of the criteria for getting the job.

yep, incredibly low bar.

[Hogfan58]

from the athletic via bruce feldman:

SMU's Rhett Lashlee

Lashlee has the support of one of the biggest Hogs supporters. Industry sources told The Athletic this weekend that Jerry Jones — as in the Dallas Cowboys owner and former Razorbacks offensive lineman — and his family are squarely behind getting Lashlee to Arkansas. The 42-year-old Arkansas native, a former Razorbacks quarterback, is 31-14 at SMU and led the Mustangs to the College Football Playoff last season.

We suspect it's his job if he wants it. Can he turn it down? He has a lot of traction at SMU after going 11-3 last season. However, at 2-2 this season, would he consider the timing ideal if he were ever to return home?

A path to the CFP seems much more manageable from the ACC via Dallas than it does from the SEC via Fayetteville, where the job feels like it ranks in the bottom-third of the league. That's behind Alabama, Texas, Georgia, LSU, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, Ole Miss and probably Auburn and maybe Missouri.

history repeating itself?

Watch the Dallas Cowboys and that will tell you all you need to know about how much Jerry Jones knows about football.

[vegashog]

Watch the Dallas Cowboys and that will tell you all you need to know about how much Jerry Jones knows about football.

if he's really willing to bankroll the deal, no one in the bot is going to care about that.

[DirkPiggler]

if he's really willing to bankroll the deal, no one in the bot is going to care about that.

This. 

Lashlee plus significant NIL from the Jones family could move the needle. 

[olive_branch_hog]

Sumrall and Fort Knox for coaching staff and NIL for players.

Buy the best defensive line humanly possible.

[Barton Fink]

Thought about this while doing yard work tonight. This hire is going to define what kind of program we want to be. We sleep walked into Petrino. Other than that it has mostly been taking a shot on a coach and hope it works out.

We've been in the SEC for 33 years with very little success. It's going to take a commitment to bring in a coach that is expected to succeed and arm him with the NIL to compete in the SEC. Pretty much we need to do what OM has done. If we don't, you know what to expect and we'll be right back here in 3-4 years.

[DirkPiggler]

Thought about this while doing yard work tonight. This hire is going to define what kind of program we want to be. We sleep walked into Petrino. Other than that it has mostly been taking a shot on a coach and hope it works out.

We've been in the SEC for 33 years with very little success. It's going to take a commitment to bring in a coach that is expected to succeed and arm him with the NIL to compete in the SEC. Pretty much we need to do what OM has done. If we don't, you know what to expect and we'll be right back here in 3-4 years.

I'd argue that we tried the conventional route with Bert.   It was a bad fit but as good a hire as you could expect on paper.  At about the same time OM hired Freeze from ASU (a year ahead) and then Auburn hired Gus from ASU.  Neither compared with our hire...again on paper. 

We do need to go all in with the financial commitment whoever we hire.  If not we might as well stop trying.   

[Barton Fink]

Agree Bert was the closest, but even that took a love letter from him. We've never initiated a solid hire.

We're past the buyout issues we've had. Time to commit to winning.

[Feral]

Y'all aren't taking that post about Saban seriously, are you?  It's a joke, people.

I'm sure an embarrassingly sized portion of our fan base thinks it's in the realm of possibility.

Saban himself has been outspoken about how his last season at Bama was the most miserable of his coaching career. He hated NIL and the portal with a passion, said all kids cared about anymore was what they were going to get paid, and that he believed he was working himself into an early grave.

If (and that's a stretch) he ever came back to coaching, it's not going to be at a program like ours. The guy hasn't lost to us since W's first term.