ElDawgHawg

quote:

---

Say what you want about Bazzel but what dude has done with the Little Rock TD Club is impressive.

---

Yes I agree.

quote:

---

There is no will to win. The people calling the shots and the entire ecosystem built around it have nestled into a comfort zone of failure. They know they will sell tickets no matter what.

---

SO..... I've been just silently marinating on all of this for two weeks now.

my meager thoughts:
1. There is clearly no drive from within the BOT, Gov, AD, Fortune 500 execs, to fix this thing.... that's a clear leadership issue. We can't vote all of those folks out but we can 1.
Give me someone to run this state that takes pride in being a HOG.
2. I have no idea if RS can get this done or not, but I know dang well Cramsey is not a high level OC. He needs to go NOW. SOOOO Freaking BAD!!!!!!
3. I think we have 1 legit offensive weapon.... Marshall.
Not a fan of S. Smith, Russell, Settles, Parker, etc... run game isn't all thier fault but they aint helping either. Of course with a line that can't move a Jr. High LB, they all look bad. And OBVIOUSLY we have less than average QB play. At this point give Hendrix a chance.... can't be much worse.

4. Goes with 3.... NIL money was clearly not spent in the right places... OL is awful. D Line is servicable and so are LB's. Think we are bad at WR and Safety. Whoever evaluated this bunch swung and missed!

Time for a big overhaul... starts with Yuracek but it's a BOT issue as well.

quote:

---

The AD does this shite to Hog football but gives Calipari a sweet deal with guaranteed NIL $$ AND tells Cal he doesn’t have to waste his valuable time fund raising for NIL, he can just focus on coaching and recruiting. WTF kind of operation is this?

---

You realize that HY didn't pull this off, right? The chicken man got the Cal deal done. HY just rode the coattails and puffed his chest our like it was all him.

In less than 2 games I have lost all confidence in Cramsey. Listening to him talk you can tell he wants you to think he's the smartest guy in the room but we are running a freakin PeeWee offense... and NOT WELL at that.

quote:

---

you are offering up food in the woods and you’re surprised animals are eating it? Did you put up a sign that says “no coons allowed”?

That’s what I would try first

---

WOW... thanks for all that.

quote:

---

I used to be that way as well but having sustained success at Illinois is no easy task. Maybe being connected to Bert would hurt him but hell, I figure he'd kill for the job.

---

At this point we have 2 options assuming RS doesn't get it done.
1. Throw a crap ton of money at a "name" and hope we can lure them.
2. Give the job to someone like Lunney or Lashlee(might take more $$$) and let someone who would consider this a destination job take a shot at it. I think our job is unique in that you almost need a homegrown guy to have success.

Having major issues with raccoons in my protein feeders.
I've snuck out there and sniped a few but I'm not making much of a dent.

Besides fly bait and traps, anyone got any useful tips to keep them away without messing up my deer?

I'm about to a point where I am going to resort to trapping them but I was hoping someone might have had success with something else.

When I say issues, I mean upwards of a dozen at a time sometimes.

quote:

---

We need to go get Barry Lunney Jr

---

Be careful.... I get stoned every time I mention his name.....

Funny thing is you cannot convince me we would have seen a worse crap show in game 2 under BLJ than this.

quote:

---

Crazy thing is Memphis fans actually liked Cramsey. Just seems like a weird fit with our roster currently.

---

We don't have Zone scheme running backs. That's why they are trying to force Sutton Smith down our throats. Russell and Settles are both gap-scheme backs. Parker is kind of a hybrid from what I can tell in his limited time so far.

Square peg, round hole at it's finest.

And it's also not lost on me that KJ has regressed. If he was functioning well in BP's complex offense, why can't he run a simple RPO style?
My guess from what I can see is that rather than just read it and throw it, they try to kill the run or check the RPO instead of just building in a dual call and rolling with it.

It can be simple.... example we go zone read right with a hot.... KJ keeps, pulls the corner and dumps it off to the WR in the flat for a big gain.
Simple, would have been there all night. I don't think we ever went back to it.
RPO offense is about repetition and making defenders be wrong. We aren't sticking with anything long enough to get consistent reads.

Sorry guys..... I coached for 22 years, got into Admin.... and MAN do I miss ball!!!!

I repent. I was trying to be cautiously optimistic.

Clearly, I thought that the GM thing and at least Roberts at DC were good moves.
Cramsey at OC was an awful hire. He is not a high level OC and it's already showing.

It's got to be someone connected in state. I joke about HDN but lots of folks love him. I don't think he's an AD but I do think he could work in some capacity with the university and help raise money.