Hank Murphy

re: Who could Arkansas have gotten?

Posted by Hank Murphy on 10/4/26 at 6:15 pm to New Money

I heard from.a couple of our talking heads that both Will Stein and Eric Morris were interested, but that HY didn't want to wait around for them to finish their seasons before coming onboard. I don't know how true those rumors are, but they were put out there.

It's not just our AD that is the problem, although he's a lot of it. The BoT allowed this problem to deteriorate over several years without doing anything about it. They seemingly didn't care how football went as long as it made money and to all of a sudden act like they're so concerned that they need to do a study about it is a joke.

SEC Rant

re: La Tech fans, how do ya'll feel this season will go?

Posted by Hank Murphy on 10/4/26 at 11:23 am to RougeDawg

I'm happy to see Tech doing well and it looks like Sonny has started to turn it around. They're now in the conference they should have been in years ago and these old regional rivalry games should be fun as heck. Those games against NLU, Arkansas State, and USL were always intense.

Arkansas won't win another game this year, so seeing Tech do well brings me a least a little football joy.

re: Perspective:

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/28/26 at 1:38 pm to FayetteNAM

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If a smaller, poorer state can fund two SEC schools, and we can’t fund one?

As I stated in my post, Ole Miss fans knew they had to step up with donations to be competitive and Lane was their coach. It was initially an investment to keep him and fund NIL so that he wouldn't leave for a bigger program if he could compete there. That was the thinking.

I doubt they would have gotten that involved if Matt Luke was still their coach. They've had a lot more to be excited about in recent years than we have and it's not that close.

re: If you aren't a fan of your local NFL team, who is it and why?

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/26/26 at 8:24 pm to southpawcock

Grew up in N. LA where we were effectively equidistant between Dallas and NOLA, but I've been a Steelers fan all my life.

Terry Bradshaw played at LA Tech and my dad taught Larry Anderson while he attended Tech, so I was raised to be a Steelers fan. Everything I got in my early childhood years that was football related was Steelers related. I grew up wanting to be able to hit like Jack Lambert and catch like Lynn Swann.

I wasn't even aware of the Saints until I saw a friend wearing a helmet and thought it was pretty cool, so I asked about them. I think this was when they were rarely ever on TV since they were just awful. I did adopt them as my "other" team during my junior high years and still root for them as long as they're not playing the Steelers.

re: Perspective:

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/26/26 at 7:43 pm to boogiewoogie1978

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There is no way Ole Miss should be raising more money than us.

They don't rely on a few big boosters. Their donations are often smallish donations from a lot of their fanbase. They knew they had to get involved in order to be able to compete and Lane was their coach at the time, so they bought into it.

No one here in the last several years has inspired any confidence at all for people to contribute in meaningful numbers.

re: Perspective:

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/26/26 at 11:13 am to DomesticatedBoar

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Money is certainly part of the problem.

However. Utah’s roster cost an estimated $18-22 mln. Sooooo. It’s not everything.

We’re failing everywhere. Coaching, player evaluation, recruiting, leadership, administration. Everywhere.

There's something about our culture that is just rotten. We don't have a system players buy into nor do we have inspiring leadership, you know like Utah or Ole Miss.

I don't know a lot about what has been going on up there these last few years, but it feels like most of the players are only here because it's the only SEC school they could get or it's just about the money. Most, not all, but enough to where it makes a difference, it seems.

re: John Curtis vs. St. Augustine today at Gormley

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/25/26 at 9:55 pm to Hank Murphy

It's now 63-28 Ruston as we decided to go for it on 4th and 5 from our 6-yard line.

I don't know why we wouldn't just kick a field goal as it's over. Our QB took a big hit on that drive, too, when dropping back to pass. Get the starters out.

re: John Curtis vs. St. Augustine today at Gormley

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/25/26 at 9:44 pm to GeorgeTheGreek

Ruston had over 600 yards of offense as of late in the 3rd quarter. That's a video game stat.

56-28 Ruston now. Wow.

re: John Curtis vs. St. Augustine today at Gormley

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/25/26 at 9:15 pm to REB BEER

49-28 Ruston

re: For you other losers out there, stop comparing yourself to Arkansas

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/20/26 at 3:23 pm to eaglegator92

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Never understood the Silverfield hire. Were the other candidates not interested at all?

No, we interviewed Eric Morris but our AD didn't want to wait until his season was finished. He was going to bring to Arkansas what he took to Okie State.

We also interviewed Will Stein (not sure what happened there) and Golesh. Sources here thought Golesh was the hire, but he chose Auburn once they found out that they weren't getting Sumrall. No surprise he picked Auburn over us as we don't have our shite together.

This is why everyone is so pissed about the hire. First one to fire a coach and last program to hire one.

SEC Rant

re: Arkansas fans have broken out the paper bags

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/20/26 at 12:26 pm to JamalMurry27

It was garbage time against their reserves. They could have made it much worse.

re: Arkansas fans have broken out the paper bags

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/20/26 at 10:22 am to NIH

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They haven’t made a “rich” hire since they hired Bielema away from Wisconsin 13 years ago. Each hire since has been from the bargain bin.

I said on our board that other schools' shitty hires were even better than our shitty hires. We have people who just are inept at picking football coaches. They just cannot do it.

re: Arkansas fans have broken out the paper bags

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/20/26 at 10:11 am to RB10

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I tried to tell their fans on the SECr that Silverfield was a terrible hire. He had a HUGE advantage over his contemporaries at Memphis and couldn’t even win that conference.

You tried to? Most of us said as much.

I don't know anyone who was excited about the hire. I personally wanted Morris, who's now at OK State, since I didn't think we would get Golesh and knew we weren't getting Lashlee or Sumrall.

re: Board of trustees passes resolution to review athletics & football financial resources

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/19/26 at 1:58 pm to hawgfaninc

Oh goody Maybe they will even create a blue ribbon panel for a study!

re: What was your favorite wrestling promotion?

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/16/26 at 11:24 pm to banone74

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Not one response of World Class Championship W

I didn't remember the name, but I did mention it. I wasn't able to watch it unless I was at my grandparents.

re: What was your favorite wrestling promotion?

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/16/26 at 7:33 pm to BuckI

Mid-South Wrestling and Georgia Championship Wrestling

That's what was on TV in LA back in the 80s when I was a kid. I also liked the Dallas-based wrestling show that I would watch when I would visit my grandparents. I stopped watching it regularly around 10 when my older cousins made fun of me for watching it and filled me in on the fact that it was staged/fixed/fake.

AWA was on ESPN but none of the wrestlers had any real gimmicks and just looked like a bunch of random dudes in tights with no interesting characters or backstories.

re: Darkesider Hugger War II

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/15/26 at 9:00 pm to HogX

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Time for somebody to bring back Woopig.net.

It was great until political feuds in the political forum spilled out over into other forums on the board. Ruined the place because of the non-stop political bs.

re: Coaching search thread

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/13/26 at 7:35 pm to dchog

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Yuracheck and his supporters fought NIL.

This alone should have gotten him canned.

re: BP wanted the job…

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/13/26 at 6:33 pm to dchog

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You still have the BOT and they will just put out another Yuracheck.

Both the BOT and the Chancellor support Yuracheck.

That is a problem.

Why do they support him? What is their support based on?

re: Coaching search thread

Posted by Hank Murphy on 9/13/26 at 5:38 pm to hawgfaninc

Anyone with any power at the U of A has to know that a successful football program has the capacity to lift all boats in terms of revenue, right? It also helps attract more students.

If that's the case, then we are the PTB allowing this nonsense? Is it just HY making these hiring decisions alone and if so, who is backing him and why?

Even other SEC teams' shitty hires are better than our shitty hires. Every damned time.