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re: Reasons Arkansas will end up making the best HC hire.
Posted on 11/29/12 at 8:30 pm to DaleDenton
Posted on 11/29/12 at 8:30 pm to DaleDenton
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Are you saying Arkansas should have been able to snag a top coach in April during the middle of our Spring practice?
Sorry, I can't remember if you are a typical rantard, I don't think you are...
I'm just saying that at any time in the year, y'all should be able to secure the services of a head coach other than John L. Smith.
I get that you might not snag the "top" choice for a coach, due to the timing. But there's levels. And IMO, from day one, JLS was not EVER the level coach that should be chosen by an SEC team. Not even a Kentucky. I honestly never got that.
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Posted on 11/29/12 at 8:33 pm to Festus
So we should've hired a worse coach than what we could get with a full coaching search just because we might get 3 more wins this year but be shittier in the long run?
How about no
How about no
Posted on 11/29/12 at 8:34 pm to Festus
It was either hire JLS as an interim for 10 months or hire a shitty coach for 3-4 years,who would probably be the only type to leave his school in April.
I'd gladly take the interim route.
I'd gladly take the interim route.
Posted on 11/29/12 at 8:34 pm to Festus
quote:
I'm just saying that at any time in the year, y'all should be able to secure the services of a head coach other than John L. Smith.
I get that you might not snag the "top" choice for a coach, due to the timing. But there's levels. And IMO, from day one, JLS was not EVER the level coach that should be chosen by an SEC team. Not even a Kentucky. I honestly never got that.
because I'm sure coaches were lining up to be an interim head coach. Even with this season one year of John L would be better than multiple years of whoever we would've gotten in the spring.
Posted on 11/29/12 at 8:37 pm to Festus
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I'm just saying that at any time in the year, y'all should be able to secure the services of a head coach other than John L. Smith.
I get that you might not snag the "top" choice for a coach, due to the timing. But there's levels. And IMO, from day one, JLS was not EVER the level coach that should be chosen by an SEC team. Not even a Kentucky. I honestly never got that.
He was hired brought in as an Interim, mainly because he has over a decade of head coach experience and had been on staff for three years, added continuity since we replaced both coordinators in the off-season, he was never a long term solution.
There was not another option on staff to be promoted to an interim, no one else had HC experience on any level. The pool out there of available HC consisted of Butch Davis who wasn't clear of the UNC scandal and Phil Fulmer who wanted a long term deal.
So the thought was JLS would handle HC duties, media mainly and the assistants would do their job and salvage the season the best we could and re-evaluate at this time. Yea, it didn't work, hindsight works this way.
Ohio State wasn't able to replace Tressel in the spring time either and went through a season with an interim, so I don't see why this is such a big deal.
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