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Arkansas hiring Travis Williams as DC?

Posted on 12/17/22 at 1:35 pm
Posted by TTsTowel
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 1:35 pm
Subpar.
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 1:51 pm to
Apparently he’s a good recruiter?
Posted by tigerbait2010
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 1:54 pm to
I like the hire. If he can get a nice staff around him pittbaw might not be dead
Posted by TTsTowel
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 1:56 pm to
Good recruiter, good LB coach, not good as a DC.

I would expect Arkansas to land some good LB and get better play there, not that it was bad to start with.

Gus Malzahn has now lost his OC and DC. Ouch.
Posted by AUWDE
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 2:10 pm to
TWill is a great person, players will love him.

With that being said when it was rumored he could be coming to AU to be the DC most AU fans were melting hard. Under a strong defensive minded coach…sure. But on his own? Not much experience there.
Posted by TigerintheNO
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 2:33 pm to
Should have gone with Hampton from Tulane
Posted by Weagle25
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 3:01 pm to
Good recruiter but just not experienced enough to be DC at a SEC school to me.

Hope he’s successful though so we can take him off your hands. Glad he gets tested out somewhere else
This post was edited on 12/17/22 at 3:02 pm
Posted by Vidic
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 3:13 pm to
And it’s a hell of a lot easier to recruit to Auburn than Arkansas. If true, good luck Pittman
This post was edited on 12/17/22 at 3:14 pm
Posted by PorkSammich
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 3:28 pm to
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Subpar


Freeze tried to hire him too. Just fyi.
Posted by Toptigerfan86
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 3:36 pm to
Good hire for Arkansas. Congratulations

Continue to dominate the liberal pussies of Missouri
Posted by blzr
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 3:37 pm to
quote:

Freeze tried to hire him too. Just fyi.


if he wanted him he’d be at Auburn
Posted by AUWDE
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 3:39 pm to
quote:

Freeze tried to hire him too. Just fyi.


No. No he didn’t

He was the “if everyone else turns us down” option that we ended up not needing.
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 3:50 pm to
It’ll be fun to laugh at auburn when Williams does better than old man Roberts, then doesn’t leave Arkansas until he takes a head coaching job like Odom.
Posted by PorkSammich
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 3:55 pm to
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He was the “if everyone else turns us down” option that we ended up not needing.


T Will >>>>>>>>>>>>> fired dinosaur Ron Roberts
Posted by TrueLefty
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 4:18 pm to
quote:

Subpar.


What?!
How can you say that if he went to Auburn as a player? Then saying he's not good enough to be a DC for any team in the SEC.
This post was edited on 12/17/22 at 4:25 pm
Posted by TrueLefty
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 4:21 pm to
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Should have gone with Hampton from Tulane


Maybe Hampton didn't want the job?
Posted by lowspark12
nashville, tn
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 4:22 pm to
They’re different hires… Williams is much more of an unknown, but has the higher ceiling. He’s also a good recruiter.

Twill is higher risk higher reward than Roberts.
Posted by Jon Ham
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 4:31 pm to
quote:

Good recruiter but just not experienced enough to be DC at a SEC school to me.



Defense is 90% recruiting. Doesn’t matter what D you call if you’re getting beat physically. I’ll take an A level recruiter with light experience over a known entity who’s not known for recruiting. Arkansas needs players.
Posted by pdfield34
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 4:57 pm to
Good thought process by Pittboss. My only reservation would be not getting a recruiter that knows Texas. LOL at people upset that he didn't get a carbon copy of Barry Odom. That's not what Ark needs.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
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Posted on 12/17/22 at 5:21 pm to
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if he wanted him he’d be at Auburn
Yall act like Auburn has this massive appeal that can get anyone that want from anywhere.
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