Coaching Hot Seat and Searches

[The Whyte Boar]

Here in Arkansas we call that play the Wish in One Hand, Shit in the Other.  Mastered by Jeff Long in April, 2012. 

Their success was 99.999999% Lane Kiffin and the rest a bunch of nouveau riche boosters maxing out their lines of credit to buy a roster for him.  They are about to learn a hard lesson about the relative value of a coach to the success of a mid to low tier SEC program...just like we did. 

Here in Arkansas we call that move the "Pull Jack Crowe off the plane and offer him the job" move.

[DirkPiggler]

Here in Arkansas we call that move the "Pull Jack Crowe off the plane and offer him the job" move.

Also a good comparison as Hatfield's departure was beyond our control. 

Deep down I don't think Frank believed we would just keep rolling on the way Long believed we would without Petrino.

[bigpig]

Also a good comparison as Hatfield's departure was beyond our control. 

Deep down I don't think Frank believed we would just keep rolling on the way Long believed we would without Petrino.

Frank believed that because he was drunk on power and arrogance.

Long believed that because he was a moron with a vindicative spirit against the best coach the program was ever going to have at the time.

[Barton Fink]

Did get a chuckle out of this. Especially with the Louisiana angle.

https://x.com/PaulPabst/status/1995291991249416475?t=A5lKrRdm_6iP3rgI875E_A&s=19

[HTL]

Sounds like Kentucky may be interviewing Hartline.

[animal]

As bad as Mark Stoops is relatively speaking to expectations I'd still take him over the guy we just hired. Way to go Mr. Panic AD.

[vegashog]

kiffin gets $91 million for seven years. no mitigation clause.

[vegashog]

chesney to ucla and will let him coach at jmu if he makes the playoffs. that's going to be a bit of culture shock for the guy. thought he could have done better.

[jdcatty]

As bad as Mark Stoops is relatively speaking to expectations I'd still take him over the guy we just hired. Way to go Mr. Panic AD.

I don't understand that at all.  Stoops has obviously maxxed out;  Silverfield at least has a chance.

[vegashog]

I don't understand that at all.  Stoops has obviously maxxed out;  Silverfield at least has a chance.

he stopped giving a shit. we fired a coach for that a few months ago.

[Gambler]

If OM goes out and lays an egg in the first playoff game, it will be pandemonium. 

You know Kiffin would laugh his ass off.

[buff2.0]

he stopped giving a shit. we fired a coach for that a few months ago.

Which is the more "Arkansas" move? 

A. Hire a guy with SEC experience who just got fired from an SEC team?
2. Hire a G5 coach and hope he figures it out?

[Show-Me Hog]

Another dominoes explanation, from Paul Finebaum.

He claims Auburn really wanted Sumrall and thought they had him, but Sumrall chose Florida in the end. That caused Auburn to pivot to Golesh.

Finebaum didn't add the next step but it's easy enough to deduce:  this caused Golesh to choose Auburn over Arkansas and the Hogs pivoted to Silverfield.

animal has said it already, right now it's all a crapshoot and we won't know which of these coaches have "worked out" for a couple of years at least.

[jethro]

Kiffin is set and he knows it for the playoffs.  IF they win a game or two he can say, "That is my team, right there.  Imagine if I was there with them.  We could have won it all."  IF they lose immediately, he says, "See, they cheated you boys out of your chance by not letting me be there.  We could have won if they had let me be with you."  Either way he can play victim and not lose a playoff game, so he doesn't suffer any real or imagined blemishes.

[BASS]

Kiffin is set and he knows it for the playoffs.  IF they win a game or two he can say, "That is my team, right there.  Imagine if I was there with them.  We could have won it all."  IF they lose immediately, he says, "See, they cheated you boys out of your chance by not letting me be there.  We could have won if they had let me be with you."  Either way he can play victim and not lose a playoff game, so he doesn't suffer any real or imagined blemishes.

and lsu agreed to pay him whatever bonuses he would have gotten for each game ole miss wins.

[TC]

and lsu agreed to pay him whatever bonuses he would have gotten for each game ole miss wins.

If there was ever a dysfunctional program and head-case-coach with daddy issues meant for one another, it's those two.

Holy shit the fall is going to be epic.

[buff2.0]

If there was ever a dysfunctional program and head-case-coach with daddy issues meant for one another, it's those two.

Holy shit the fall is going to be epic.

I'm waiting for Whit Weeks to hit the transfer portal

[HTL]

https://x.com/patkraftpsu/status/1995535206619468077?s=46&t=Z4r2QIiNNsZM5Lty4ufQXQ

[buff2.0]

They're handling this with such grace and class

https://x.com/GratefulKeg/status/1995504531816452290?s=20

[Feral]

kiffin gets $91 million for seven years. no mitigation clause.

With as much of a hound as Kiffin is, it won't be hard for them to dig up enough dirt to fire him for cause in a few years if/when he starts losing.