re: OFFICIAL Arkansas Coaching Search Thread

My gut feeling is telling me that Paul Rhodes is rising. I haven't included him because I just didn't see him leaving Iowa St. and the majority of this coaching experience was at Iowa St and he was Pitt's DC for 8 seasons (also the time Jeff Long was at Pitt).

Rhodes is from Iowa and I have a feeling that ISU is a dream type job for him. He doesn't really have ties in Arkansas' recruiting pipelines, but honestly unless you're doing things dirty that doesn't mean as much as people make it out to be.

If you're doing it shady then yes, people you know and can trust and will take the cash and do what you need is important. I think Rhodes would bring the toughness that we've been lacking to the team. One thing Arkansas fans enjoy is a fiery coach on the sidelines that fights for his guys and Arkansas. (This is how Nolan won the fanbase over as the teams were getting better, and it's the most sickening thing about JLS, is apathy on the sidelines)

I'm adding Paul Rhodes to the list, I'm just not sure that Jeff Long would dip back into his Pitt network when we really need to continue this national recruiting and strengthen our profile in the south.