The Elephant in the Room Part II

[Feral]

Maybe Yurachek is Markuson. He's always going UA when the going gets tough.

Exactly. Yurachek is a gutless coward.

I've hated him since the Morris years when he went AWOL for 2 years while our football program circled the drain, save for his stupid ass "real Hog fans" tweet after one of Chad's many embarrassing losses.

He's a loser who runs away whenever times are tough, yet he's front and center in any Hogs+ content the moment we win.

I'm glad DVH keeps his ass away from the baseball program, otherwise he'd bring his stupid performative bullshit to the baseball postgame huddles.

[The Whyte Boar]

If he sticks around another year, he is going to have to find another lake house in another state when he retires.

[Thin Red Swine]

This really is starting to play out eerily similar to the end of the Nutt error era.

Sam just isn't as narcissistic or arrogant. Unfortunately, we won't be so lucky to have Ole Miss take the guy off our hands this time.

[Thin Red Swine]

And I just remembered it's Markinson from the movie, not Markuson.

Those MSM hangers-on come at you so fast it just messes you up.

[Feral]

This really is starting to play out eerily similar to the end of the Nutt error era.

Sam just isn't as narcissistic or arrogant. Unfortunately, we won't be so lucky to have Ole Miss take the guy off our hands this time.

I said this in a different thread (or maybe this one, whatever), but can we ever make a coaching change in football without having to burn the fucking program to the ground in the process?

And Sam is exactly like Nutt, down to the vocal supporters in the media (led by Chuck and Bo) who assure us he's the best we can get and we need to be happy with 6-6.

[The Whyte Boar]

I said this in a different thread (or maybe this one, whatever), but can we ever make a coaching change in football without having to burn the fucking program to the ground in the process?

We are never proactive, only reactive.  And our fucking reflexes are really slow and bad.

[Sus-Scrofa]

If someone really wants to take Hunter out at his knees, now would be the perfect time to go after his recent announcement that he's taking basketball seats away from regular fans next year.

Publicize that the right way, and he may not be able to dig out of the hole.

[Thin Red Swine]

I said this in a different thread (or maybe this one, whatever), but can we ever make a coaching change in football without having to burn the fucking program to the ground in the process?

And Sam is exactly like Nutt, down to the vocal supporters in the media (led by Chuck and Bo) who assure us he's the best we can get and we need to be happy with 6-6.

Pounding Dirk's drum, no doubt Sexton is a common denominator. Is S(limiest)CD a math term?

Sam probably would've honored his original word that we wouldn't have to get rid of him if that worm wasn't in the picture.

[Thin Red Swine]

If someone really wants to take Hunter out at his knees, now would be the perfect time to go after his recent announcement that he's taking basketball seats away from regular fans next year.

Publicize that the right way, and he may not be able to dig out of the hole.

And double down with the new 3% tariff.

[piglosopher]

SEC has figured out William's defense. It hasn't been the same since the bye week.

I think the offense is gradually improving even though the oline is still trash. I'm not ready to give up on Petrino yet, we knew it would take time.

I'd be okay with Odom coming in and retaining Petrino.

And hiring a GM to take care of NIL since they're not great recruiters, but I think they're good enough X and O coaches to make-up for lack of talent.

[Feral]

SEC has figured out William's defense. It hasn't been the same since the bye week.

I think it's one of those defenses you can decipher easily after a few games.

Same thing happened last year. Outside of a scant few games our defense was warmed over shit, culminating in giving up 116 combined in our last 3 games (all of which were at home).

[Thin Red Swine]

I think it's one of those defenses you can decipher easily after a few games.

Same thing happened last year. Outside of a scant few games our defense was warmed over shit, culminating in giving up 116 combined in our last 3 games (all of which were at home).

I still would like to have seen us at least try more pressure today. Maybe I missed it if it happened again, but the only time we tried it was their only three and out of the game.

[bigpig]

We have the worst coach in the conference don't we?

If not, he's bottom 2 or 3

[The Whyte Boar]

Who is worse, Freeze?  That's the only possibility.

[Feral]

Who is worse, Freeze?  That's the only possibility.

Freeze has at least won a bit, has a Sugar and Peach Bowl, and beat Bama twice.

He's miles better than Pittman.

[The Whyte Boar]

Freeze has at least won a bit, has a Sugar and Peach Bowl, and beat Bama twice.

He's miles better than Pittman.

I agree. 

[vegashog]

Freeze has at least won a bit, has a Sugar and Peach Bowl, and beat Bama twice.

He's miles better than Pittman.

ask auburn fans what they think about those games. doesn't mean a fucking thing to them.

or kentucky fans about stoops going 17-18 since his raise.

[buff2.0]

I think it's one of those defenses you can decipher easily after a few games.

Same thing happened last year. Outside of a scant few games our defense was warmed over shit, culminating in giving up 116 combined in our last 3 games (all of which were at home).

But is it his scheme or do we not have the talent or IQ for him to do what he really wants?

[HOGSRUNWILD]

Whoever we hire can NOT be an "Oh gosh darn, you tried hard"...That shit does not work.  It doesn't.  it simply breeds corner cutting and laziness.

You can see it on the field and know what our practices look like.  When was the last time we were GOOD?  It was under a fire breathing micro-manager that demanded everything be perfect.  The whole "Aim small, miss small".  Demand perfection and if you fail, you typically end up pretty fucking close.  Aim for mediocrity and you more than often fail and end up with pig shit.  That is what we are in now.

Does Petrino have full control over the line coach?  This year has been such a fail that I don't even notice if we do the alternating line thing that he did before.

[FNG]

My preseason prediction was 4-8 with wins over the usual suspects plus MissState.

The close loss to eATMe and the win at Auburn gave me a glimmer of hope and the win over the Vols gave me visions of Hope her own damnself.

Then LSU and Ole Miss pulled our pants down, took off their belts and whipped our ass in front of God and country.

So, now I'm back in the land of reality with a raw ass and the slightly comforting thought that--unless we step on our own dick against LaTech--we'll finish 6-6 and get to go to Fred's Discount Furniture Bowl on December 9th.

All this to say, I'm grateful to Sam for bringing us from where we were to where we are but he has long since banged his head against his own ceiling and it's time for him to move on.