Official Darksider Thread - Silverfiield Edition

[passed]

We'll see what staff gets brought in... to see if I even have the fucks enough to give to be a darksider.

[DirkPiggler]

I'll give him a chance and hope for the best while expecting the worst.  He did beat Pittman with an inferior roster this year so I don't think he'll be any worse. 

I'm 100% a Yuradipshit darksider for life though.  Will be even if Silverfield goes 15-0 next year.  You don't get credit for getting the right answer by accident.

[buff2.0]

I'll give him a chance and hope for the best while expecting the worst.  He did beat Pittman with an inferior roster this year so I don't think he'll be any worse. 

I'm 100% a Yuradipshit darksider for life though.  Will be even if Silverfield goes 15-0 next year.  You don't get credit for getting the right answer by accident.

Do you not even CARE about the success of women's soccer!?

[Lurk]

I'll give him a chance and hope for the best while expecting the worst.

The plight of Razorback fans.

[Pumpkin Escobar]

I'll give Silverfield a chance, but I'm 100% darksiding on Yuradick's bitch ass

[Texzilla]

BMFP had no support of the big money, and he's as clueless as Sam in the ways of the portal and multifaceted recruiting and retention.  We need a new culture that reflects the many changes to the game.  Bobby didn't prove he could win a single game. We'll see if he gets a HC job.

I hope Ryan is as successful as JFB and restores the greatness of this program.  He hasn't proved he can win or lose.  I'll support him. 

[Cardiac Hog]

SEC Alabama     Greg Byrne      2017    $2.09 million
SEC Arkansas    Hunter Yurachek 2017    $1.5 million
SEC Auburn      John Cohen      2022    $1.4 million
SEC Florida     Scott Stricklin 2016    $2.075 million
SEC Georgia     Josh Brooks    2021    $1.375 million
SEC Kentucky    Mitch Barnhart 2002    $1.425 million
SEC LSU         Verge Ausberry 2025
SEC MSU         Zac Selmon     2022    $1.25 million
SEC Missouri    Laird Veatch   2024    $1.3 million
SEC Oklahoma    Joe Castiglione 1998   $1.9 million
SEC Ole Miss    Keith Carter   2021    $1.275 million
SEC S Carolina  Ray Tanner     2012    $1.175 million
SEC Tennessee   Danny White    2021    $2.75 million
SEC Texas       Chris Del Conte 2015    $2.8 million
SEC Texas A&M   Trev Alberts   2024    $2.2 million
SEC Vanderbilt  Candice Lee    2019    undisclosed

7th highest paid AD in the SEC
0 SEC wins

[Cardiac Hog]

The Enablers

https://uasys.edu/leadership/board-of-trustees/

https://history.uark.edu/directory/faculty.php?uid=cfrobins

https://uasys.edu/leadership/office-of-the-president/jaybsilveria/

[Feral]

Reposting what I put in the other thread because I'm too lazy to reframe:

I'm just gonna put this out there.

I'm hardly a sunshine pumper (I was one of the first posters out on Yurachek years ago), but I actually find the negativity around the Silverfield hire perplexing.

He has a pretty decent track record with a good sample size in arguably the best non-P4 conference in college football in a program in our backyard. Is he the second coming of Urban Meyer? No. Is he Chad Morris 2.0? Almost assuredly not.

Our last 2 hires were a coach with a losing record at SMU and a career OL coach actively making retirement plans, but we're rioting in the streets because we hired a guy who won 8-10 games a year at Memphis?

Let's let the press conference and some staff hires play out and see what type of program he wants to run before we preemptively declare this the worst hire ever.

EDIT - one more thing. There's no such thing as a home run hire. Every hire is a complete unknown, good or bad. Brian Kelly and Jimbo Fisher were sure fire, home run hires. Conversely, Tennessee fans were hardly booking tickets for the CFP when Heupel was hired (record declined every year at UCF), and A&M fans weren't celebrating in the streets about hiring Elko.

[TC]

BMFP had no support of the big money, and he's as clueless as Sam in the ways of the portal and multifaceted recruiting and retention.  We need a new culture that reflects the many changes to the game.  Bobby didn't prove he could win a single game. We'll see if he gets a HC job.

I hope Ryan is as successful as JFB and restores the greatness of this program.  He hasn't proved he can win or lose.  I'll support him. 

You've been wrong over and over about Petrino, with several posters even showing you with the stats. You've turned into an over emotional version of the old man screaming at the clouds.

But congrats, you got your wish.

[Feral]

Again, I don't quite get the handwringing over Silverfield.

He's been a head coach as long as Sumrall and Golesh combined and is 4-1 against them head to head, yet they're home run hires by Florida and Auburn and ours was meh?

That just doesn't compute, but whatever.

[passed]

I'll give Silverfield a chance, but I'm 100% darksiding on Yuradick's bitch ass

Dude, that isn't dark siding... That's the mainstream.  Unless you're saying you want to KEEP HY?? 

[Cardiac Hog]

2025: 2-10 (0-8)
2024: 6-6 (3-5)
2023: 4-8 (1-7)
2022: 6-6 (3-5)
2021: 8-4 (4-4)
*2020: 3-7 (3-7)
2019: 2-10 (0-8)
2018: 2-10 (0-8)

1.75 SEC wins per year under Hunter's leadership. 
YOUR Arkansas Razorbacks Athletic Director

[TheOtherWhiteMeat]

BMFP had no support of the big money, and he's as clueless as Sam in the ways of the portal and multifaceted recruiting and retention.

The big money doesn't like winning games? I'm thinking with all the changes, recruiting/retention will become more the GM's job than the coach's.

We need a new culture that reflects the many changes to the game.

See above re: GM.

Bobby didn't prove he could win a single game.

With this team? Seriously? Name a coach you think could've gotten a win with this team.

[TC]

The big money doesn't like winning games? I'm thinking with all the changes, recruiting/retention will become more the GM's job than the coach's.

See above re: GM.

With this team? Seriously? Name a coach you think could've gotten a win with this team.

Save your breath. Several of us have been over and over it with him even citing stats, offense vs defensive rankings, etc., but he has no response, just keeps repeating that Petrino is warshed up and asking when the next jello cup is coming around.

Sad because he's generally a good poster.

[TheOtherWhiteMeat]

And in the current college football environment, ADs don't need to be former head coaches or career administrators. They need to come from the ranks of business executives.

[soldiersooie]

Again, I don't quite get the handwringing over Silverfield.

He's been a head coach as long as Sumrall and Golesh combined and is 4-1 against them head to head, yet they're home run hires by Florida and Auburn and ours was meh?

That just doesn't compute, but whatever.

I don't think anyone believes Florida or Auburn made home run hires.  Silverfield is meh.

[HTL]

He said fans will be excited about his staff. Come on down John Chavis!

[buff2.0]

"Bobby Petrino is Bobby Petrino, but the Mystery OC Box could be anybody.  It could even be Bobby Petrino!"

"We'll take B..."

"We'll take the Mystery OC Box!"

Has he told 90% of the defense to GTFO yet?

[HTL]

"Bobby Petrino is Bobby Petrino, but the Mystery OC Box could be anybody.  It could even be Bobby Petrino!"

"We'll take B..."

"We'll take the Mystery OC Box!"

Has he told 90% of the defense to GTFO yet?

Just leave a pink slip in their lockers. They need to prepare for the real world. Or lock them out of the facilities like on Hard Knocks.