Arkansas didn't ask for Wisconsin permission

Breach of gentleman's protocol.....that's a good one. Alvarez just wanted a shot to offer a raise. I definitely wouldn't like new job offers to have to go by my current boss. Makes no sense to me.

You know, I went to the press conference on Weds and had a chance to visit with BB and his wife afgterwards........he did well in the presser. I came away much more-impressed than I was going in. He said oll the right things.

Base concerns are still there....can he recruit, can you win at smash-mouth football if you are Arky and playing in the SEC W.....but I'll give him the benifit of the doubt at the start.

Time will tell if this was a bad fit or a good hire....bottom line, I'll still support my Hogs

Whoa Peggy Sue.

FWIW, who gives a czhit if we asked permission to talk? That's life...you think Miles asked permission to talk to us?

It's all about the $$$...if you can get fired as a HC 2 yrs after a national championship, you have the right to chase the $$ anyway/anywhere you can.....loyality is dead and CFB is a a big business now, deal with it

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 09:16 AM ET  12.07 by .5 48-8

Wife is hot. IWHI and PIIHBNothing wrong w/ trying to convince yourselfAs you should, good and bad

Wife is unbelievable......

Still not convinced, just learning to deal with it. Like the discipline he's gonna bring, tired of players getting arrested.

Recruited 51 kids to Wisky from Fla in the last 4 years....didn't know that. 3 of his starting secondary this yr at Wisky were from Texas.......didn't know that.

Tenpenny's gonna flip back to Arky. We needed a complete change from BP, we got it. Took less $$ to have more to spend on assistants......like that.

Time will tell, not officially on the BB bandwagon, but still on the Arky/WPS bandwagon.

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 09:10 AM ET  12.07 by WPS

You know, I went to the press conference on Weds and had a chance to visit with BB and his wife afgterwards........he did well in the presser. I came away much more-impressed than I was going in. He said oll the right things. Base concerns are still there....can he recruit, can you win at smash-mouth football if you are Arky and playing in the SEC W.....but I'll give him the benifit of the doubt at the start. Time will tell if this was a bad fit or a good hire....bottom line, I'll still support my Hogs

Glad to hear it, WPS. It sux mightily to have your school coached by a guy you just cannot stand. It's bad enough to get to that point after year(s) of poor performance, to have that from the get-go would just be awful.

Not surprising.

Jeff Long is one of the bigger pieces of crap in college athletics

Not surprising.

Jeff Long is one of the bigger pieces of crap in college athletics

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 09:10 AM ET  12.07 by WPS

You know, I went to the press conference on Weds and had a chance to visit with BB and his wife afgterwards........he did well in the presser. I came away much more-impressed than I was going in. He said oll the right things. Base concerns are still there....can he recruit, can you win at smash-mouth football if you are Arky and playing in the SEC W.....but I'll give him the benifit of the doubt at the start. Time will tell if this was a bad fit or a good hire....bottom line, I'll still support my Hogs

Still think, as you've said before, they need to take the aTm approach. Spread it around and make those big guys make a play in space.

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Originally posted 09:47 AM ET  12.07 by Brats

Not surprising.Jeff Long is one of the bigger pieces of crap in college athletics

OK...I'll bite.

Why do you think so? He was nationally applauded for the way he handled the BP fiasco. He has little old Arky opertating as only one of about 25 profitable athletic programs in America, and the profit margin % of total reveune (or efficiency ratio) was third-best nationally. The department he was in charge of showed a $68 million profit in 2011.

He continues to be a target of other schools needing an AD & has turned down numerous jobs in the last 18-months.

What, in your mind defines him as "a piece of crap"?

QUOTE(#14):

Originally posted 09:50 AM ET  12.07 by SL Guido

Still think, as you've said before, they need to take the aTm approach. Spread it around and make those big guys make a play in space.

I wanted Briles.....

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 09:47 AM ET  12.07 by Brats

Not surprising.Jeff Long is one of the bigger pieces of crap in college athletics

Take a Midol and apply some Monistat to that nasty itch.

QUOTE(#16):

Originally posted 09:56 AM ET  12.07 by WPS

I wanted Briles.....

He'd of definitely made those big guys tackle in space!

Poor coach John L Smith is getting passed around again, keep smiling coach.