Silverfield is new head Hog

[HTL]

Pretty sure Grit accidentally posted something about Kane Archer he wasn't supposed to lol. Let's clean up these in state kids then go get some OL, WR's, and D in the portal.

[vegashog]

contract details:

New Arkansas football coach Ryan Silverfield will be paid $6.5 million in his first year on the job.
The 45-year-old Silverfield will receive $100,000 pay raises each year of the agreement that runs through the 2030 season. He is in line to be paid $6.9 million in the final year of the agreement.
Silverfield's 5-page term sheet with the Razorbacks was released Monday through a Freedom of Information Act request. The agreement was signed by Silverfield and Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, the night before Silverfield was announced as the program's head coach.

The agreement includes a minimum salary pool the Razorbacks will offer to Silverfield's full-time assistant coaching staff and support staff members, but those figures are redacted. According to the term sheet, there will be an annual review of the salary pool amounts and Silverfield will "have the discretion to re-allocate such pool amounts as he deems appropriate."
In a statement Sunday, Yurachek said a "new and significant financial investment" had been committed to the program. When he fired former head coach Sam Pittman in September, Yurachek said Pittman "did not have the resources he needed to appropriately compete" in the SEC.
Pittman was paid $5.5 million in the final year of his contract, plus an average of $1.1 million in deferred annual compensation. Arkansas' 10-member full-time assistant coaching staff had contracts worth $6.465 million in 2025, which was the highest figure in program history.
In addition to his salary, Silverfield is eligible for a number of bonuses, including $1 million for winning a national championship or $250,000 for winning the SEC. Other bonuses include $150,000 for appearing in any College Football Playoff game, with higher bonuses available for advancement to each round of the CFP.
If Silverfield is fired for convenience, he will be owed 70% of the remaining value of the contract. The contract is valued at $33.5 million total.
Silverfield will owe Arkansas $10 million to accept another job before Dec. 31, 2026. That figure falls by $2.5 million each year until the final year of the agreement, when it is reduced to $1.25 million.
Arkansas agreed to pay $1.5 million to buy out Silverfield's contract at Memphis, where he had a 50-25 record after taking over the program in late 2019.

[The Whyte Boar]

Well, he picked up Kennedy.  That's four flips of in state kids on his first day.  That's a pretty good day's work.

[Gambler]

Well, he picked up Kennedy.  That's four flips of in state kids on his first day.  That's a pretty good day's work.

How do we get that many, that quick? Really questioning the efforts of this last staff.

[Barton Fink]

Glad to see he is focusing on in state talent, but these guys aren't gonna win us games next year. He's gonna have to keep the little talent we have and kill it in the portal. It's gonna take an overhaul.

Really wish we knew more about the NIL situation.

[The Whyte Boar]

Well, we spent nearly $12 million on NIL last year and ranked 17 in NIL for a 2-10 record.  Lots of teams spent less and did a lot better.

[Pig Benis]

Glad to see he is focusing on in state talent, but these guys aren't gonna win us games next year. He's gonna have to keep the little talent we have and kill it in the portal. It's gonna take an overhaul.

Really wish we knew more about the NIL situation.

Biddy claims we should know more about that on Thursday.

[Barton Fink]

Biddy claims we should know more about that on Thursday.

 

[vegashog]

if they redacted the assistants pool numbers, i'd be surprised if they say anything specific on the nil numbers. i'm sure it be "the resources will be there" kind of stuff.

the proof will be when we actually land some dudes.

[Guardrail]

Well, we spent nearly $12 million on NIL last year and ranked 17 in NIL for a 2-10 record.  Lots of teams spent less and did a lot better.

That's embarrassing

[BleedinRed]

Well, we spent nearly $12 million on NIL last year and ranked 17 in NIL for a 2-10 record.  Lots of teams spent less and did a lot better.

17th in the nation?

If that is true then we don't have an NIL problem right?

[Barton Fink]

No way we are 17th in the country with no collective.

[The Whyte Boar]

No way we are 17th in the country with no collective.

Care to bet?

https://247sports.com/longformarticle/college-football-nil-collective-leaders-for-2025-ncaa-estimates-nations-top-25-spenders-241949240/#2564343

[Barton Fink]

Believe that if you wish

[animal]

The problem we run into is if we're 17th in the country what that really means is we are still 12-14th ish in the SEC. I think our "close losses" are a bit of a sign that we weren't nearly as bad as the record indicates...the defense was historically awful. As cliche and nuttish as this is going to sound we really are a few plays away here and there from being a boring 6-6 

[razor5396]

Care to bet?

https://247sports.com/longformarticle/college-football-nil-collective-leaders-for-2025-ncaa-estimates-nations-top-25-spenders-241949240/#2564343

If Bobby P. had NIL in 2011, you can guarandammtee every person in Arkansas would have offered up their first born

[obijuana]

I think the hiring of John Calipari conditioned a lot of us (me included) into thinking that we can hire whoever we want for football. We must have some booster writing mega checks to make us a player on the national scene if we got Cal. Right? RIGHT?

Uhhh......

[Son of Spam]

Well, we spent nearly $12 million on NIL last year and ranked 17 in NIL for a 2-10 record.  Lots of teams spent less and did a lot better.

We paid $12 million for that bunch of lazy players? It definitely wasn't on defensive players.

[Ray Zorback]

This says 10th in conference
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[jdcatty]

https://x.com/bubbacarpenter_/status/1995591627260526968?

I presume the blonde is his wife.  I approve.