re: Did Petrino jump the gun?

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I think you are terribly misinformed on the subject of Petrino

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Once again, I was a fan under him during his rather brief tenure in Atlanta. I know what is needed to know about him.

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Arkansas's potential in the SEC

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You've already just about peaked. Sorry, but you're becoming of vast delusions if you ever think you'll be consistently among the Big 6 in the SEC. There is a reason it is called the Big 6, and not the Big 7 or Big 6+1. Like I said, the evidence is clearly there - you cannot recruit consistently on with the top dogs in the SEC therefore will never be there conisstently with the top dogs in the SEC.

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You say you don't care, yet you continue to post.

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I said I don't care where Bobby Petrino goes or stays. I'm just here to give some (better) insight than what I've already read.

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Obviously, there is no way for either of us to win this pissing contest.

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It's not a pissing contest unless you make it out to be that way. It's called a discussion.

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1)Petrino leaves before he has been our coach for at least 3 years

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Once again I don't care. I was just bringing facts to the table and saying it's extremely delusional to believe there's "No way" he's going anywhere anytime soon when that's all he's ever done his entire coaching career. I'm not saying he will go somewhere else, just saying believing he definitely won't is clearly ignoring his past and the facts.

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2) we fail to ascend to top 6 status during his tenure as our coach.I'll return the favor.

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I never said you won't be in the Top 6 of the SEC. I said you'll never be a consistent Top 6 team in the SEC. You'll continue to have years like 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005 and this year while in the SEC. Why? Because the talent just won't consistently be there and on top of that you're never going to be great depth in terms of talent.

Sure, you'll have years like 2006 when you had a decent bit of good starting talent out there on both sides of the ball and have a good season where maybe even one day you can win the conference. But that will be a more rare occurance than .500 and losing seasons (and has been). The problem for you isn't as much as yourself as it is the competition you must face now. You're not in the SWC anymore. Keep in mind since joining the SEC you're 61-74-2 against SEC teams. Not exactly great, in fact, that's quite a bit below .500.

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Petrino may do well but don't think he will meet expectations of those at Hogville.

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I dunno, after all Atlanta is winning with Petrino's talent

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I don't blame anyone for placing us as a tier two FB program. It is up to us to change that perception and bias.

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Just saying, but you were a tier-two FB program when you joined the SEC.

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some around her think that these "top-tier" or "top 6" designations are permanent.

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Nobody believes the Top 6 will be the Top 6 every year What I'M saying is they got that way for a reason. They've CONSISTENTLY been up there under the entirety of the SEC. Sure, they'll have SOME down seasons (like TN and AU are this year), but in more years than not, they're in the Top 6, and have won substansial things before. I don't believe Arkansas will ever get to that consistency in the SEC, because it's just too tough for a FB program like Arkansas.

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There are more than a few mis-perceptions in the SEC about what Arkansas was in the past

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Like what? You did much better in a much weaker conference. I think that's pretty much fact. However, the one very good program that was in the conference, still dominated you pretty well (Texas won what - about twice as many SWC titles, a few more natl. titles and beat you about 2 out of every 3 matchups during the SWC years?)

Arkansas is a Big 12 program stuck in the wrong conference.

Arkansas > Atlanta Falcons. Pro football sux, period.
I think Petrino will make noise every year, I think he'll be battling it out for at least 3rd spot in the SEC West before long and possible a little bit higher, some years. My guess on the next few years and the SEC west by tier:

tier one
Bama
Lsu


tier two
Auburn
Arky
Ole Miss

and I think any of the tier two could easily be tier one at any time. Gotta love the SEC.