Papa Hawg

Way to bury the lead, SDS

It has to be signed off by one of the faculty heads. I don't remember which one, but IIRC, they're not attached to the athletic department.

He's not concerned because it won't matter either way at this point. I think he's accepted his fate in either case. I certainly don't think it's because he feels his job is secure.

I was fine with the hire when it was announced. Enos isn't a terrible coordinator or coach, but he has a very rigid system that requires pocket passers who can sell the play action. The MSU game was the first failure that the firing would have made a difference. It's easy to play armchair QB, but when do you have a legitimate reason to fire Enos? The toughest 4 game stretch in possibly all of football? Nah. But when you effectively lay an egg against the softest defense in the league? Absolutely. Enos lost his players and, no matter how smart or good of a coach you are, once you do that, it's over.

Enos hasn't changed either his playbook or play calling since he was here before. He never adjusted anything from his prior tenure and you're right, he never adjusted his offense for his personnel. I think Pittman's trying to be a nice guy by just leaving it at "I don't know". There's no way he doesn't know. I also don't think he's just trying to save his job. Enos was the problem, but he tried giving him benefit of the doubt through that rough 4 game stretch. To come out the other end of that and score 0 TDs against a weak MSU defense was just solidifying what he feared was true.

Yeah, I agree. Bielema was not beloved at all. I didn't have any major issues with him early on, but his "woo pig" always caused me an irrational amount of anger. It felt lazy and disconnected from the base. Given that he was fired before he even got to the locker room, I'd say he was much closer to being despised throughout his time here. With that said, I wonder if Pittman might have more success since he's done what Bielema couldn't: fire Enos. We have the same issues on offense se that we did back then.

Position coaches being the issue is a real possibility, probably more likely than what I was thinking: that Briles told his players he was leaving at some point. This was bad. It feels like somebody has lost their players and I'm not sure it was the defensive side. They actually played better than our offense. But it was seriously probably a position coach.

I would go so far, somewhat poetically, that Petrino would have lost. He could build an offense but his defense was never solid. As much as I dislike the man, he has been quite possibly the best offensive mind in football for nearly 20 years. He knows how to make 5 yards into 20 and 20 into a TD and he teaches that to his players. I came very close to talking noise on A&M this week, but I'm not sure you can ever discount the man and his influence.

Don't buy players? No problem! Terrible hire! Big problem! Peed on money. It is clear.

You do you. I cannot do you. Yay, haiku!

I think he's Jake Bequette's dad, but I'm not sure. He was before my time

@ESAD Yeah, come 2013-14 it became obvious that the cupboard was a bit bare at WR. He had some stuff in place, but he left us hanging pretty bad. But, he did what he had always done: coach 3-4 years and leave.

At the time, Bret was a good hire. He had done well getting players to play above their rating at Wisconsin. The extension and buyout was of course ridiculous, but I'm not mad that we hired him. I'm mad that we kept him.

Not to mention that when he left, all he did was tape a note to the locker room door. He didn't even man up with his players or the organization.

I would be more grateful for Petrino putting us on the map if he didn't leave Fayetteville on schedule with every other school he ever coached prior. 4 years. A lot was said about how he left the Falcons, but he left Louisville for Atlanta the same way. He has never graciously left a program and even if he regretted losing the Razorback job, he should have conducted himself with more character during the investigation. For all the good he did us those 2 years, he's the lowest quality man and we're better for having fired him.

This bounced out to the main thread for some reason, so enjoy it as a reply instead: You keep losing games like this or get blown out a few times, that number one class is going to start reopening their recruitment. It won’t stick around just to finish 8-4 and miss the Playoff again.

You keep losing games like this or get blown out a few times, that number one class is going to start reopening their recruitment. It won't stick around just to finish 8-4 and miss the Playoff again.

I'm about as big a fan as anyone, but the Hogs probably shouldn't crack the top 10 just yet. Maybe top 15, but 8 just feels like pandering.

None of this is what we asked for.

Geez. With fans like this, who needs Kentucky?

Give him a break. He was just winging it

An intelligent person would point out that these coaches who don't have success after Auburn were still hired at Auburn. That's bad decision making on the board/boosters. Sounds like the article was spot on.

Positive sarcasm, man. Positive sarcasm.

The cap opened up free agency. If players income was going to be restricted in City A, then their agents were going to negotiate shorter contracts or free agent clauses that would take effect after a few years. I will always stand by NIL because it allows students to make money even though they're on scholarship, something that only athletes were heavily restricted on. With that said NIL, and to a greater extent the portal and 1 free transfer, will bring more parity to college football. There will be more teams competing for those transfers and recruiting could get somewhat easier. With more teams being competitive, it will inevitably lead to a larger playoff with the dreaded "qualifiers". It'll be more in line with a spirit of competition and less determined by 100 something media voters.

*feet*

...and mayo

Long wasn't a bad AD. He just didn't really fit in Fayetteville. As far as Petrino went, he waited until he was 100% caught before being honest with Long. He probably should have gotten fined and suspended rather than fired, but Petrino was/is completely unethical so I don't really blame Long for firing him.

My favorite part of this article is knowing that we were the "1" in their 4-1 start. WPS

The general fanbase is fine. We've had an extremely toxic segment for a loooong time, though. Most of us recognize where we are, but there's that large percent that's probably also angry that we didn't score in the second half. We've progressed though, since not that long ago (but pre-Morris) they would already be casting doubt on Pittman.

Of course. We're not known for accepting anything less than perfection, regardless of reality.