Photo: Arkansas fans call out Bret Bielema, AD in newspaper ad
Arkansas coach Bret Bielema is currently working hard on selling his vision for the future of Razorbacks football to high school recruits. One group of Hogs fans, however, are publicly campaigning to remove Bielema, athletic director Jeff Long and basketball coach Mike Anderson from their jobs.
An ad was taken out in Sunday’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette which calls out Bielema, Long and Anderson as overpaid considering the lack of success in recent seasons. The ad calls on Hogs fans to complain to Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson:
Long has been Arkansas’ athletic director since 2008. After he fired Bobby Petrino in 2012, Long hired Bielema as Petrino’s successor. In four seasons, Bielema is 25-26 at Arkansas, including 10-22 in SEC play.
The Razorbacks’ closed out the 2016 campaign with back-to-back losses. The regular season ended with a disappointing 28-24 loss at Missouri. Arkansas looked like it would bounce back in the Belk Bowl and end the year on a high note, but squandered a 24-point lead, falling to Virginia Tech 35-24.
Long took to Twitter after the Belk Bowl and said he rejected the notion that the “sky is falling.” He also said that the Razorbacks would “make changes to become stronger.”
Bielema recently promoted Paul Rhoads from defensive backs coach to defensive coordinator following the departure of Robb Smith.
#FireBielema
Jeff Long needs to go.
I told everyone years ago that firing Bobby Petrino was an epic mistake. I was banned from Hogville more than once for saying that firing Petrino was foolish and that Bert would be a failure in the SEC. How about that. I was right. Petrino was a much bigger asset than Jeff Long. As usual Arkansas’ leadership failed its fans. I’m glad to see that people are waking up. There’s no excuse for the level of incompetence that has gone on since the dismissal of Petrino. Jeff needs to go and we should BEG Bobby to come back.
Bobby Petrino is a fraud.
His record says otherwise.
The fraud who turned a 3 star QB into a Heisman winner ? The fraud who turned Arkansas into a top ten program in back to back seasons ? The fraud who coaches circles around fat Bert ? You are wrong. Bobby was the best thing to ever happen to Arkansas. Too many fans were too dumb to see it.
You are insane
Bobby is a pathetic piece of crap and is known for calling UK the slapd*cks
You must be a class act. Petrine is a scumbag and had to go. AR may need to fire Bret, but bringing back Petrino would be ridiculous. There’s better coaches out there. Obviously you’re the type that thinks winning is the only thing that matters. Some people like to claim their school has a little class and integrity. You’re as bad as ole miss fans.
Wish there was a like button here.
James Rogers should have gone to DC and marched with the cry babies. Need Milk?
Some Razorback fans are embarrassingly stupid.
Meanwhile Mike Anderson is 15-4……
Screw petrino! Hes a jackass why would you want someone with no moral compass to speak of? Oh yeah cause winning games is more important then the integrity of the university. But bret and long do need to go
There’s no way any AD could keep Petrino after that scandal. He might be employable again, but not likely at Arkansas. Some things just can’t be undone. As far as Bert goes…I never thought he would be able to win a title at Arky because of his offensive style. There’s just too much talent in the SEC to run a 3 yards and a cloud of dust offense…unless you’re Bama. He has opened it up now, but that defense has got to get more consistent.