Add Arkansas to coaching carousel

SabreHorn said:
Malzahn is the guy. Like I said before, Kristi and Gus are members of The Cross/Pinnacle Church/First Baptist Springdale, and Kristi has been a pulpit guest with Ronnie on multiple occasions.

Johnny Tyson has tried to make The Pinnacle into the Arkansas version of "The Country Club", which has lost some of its luster leaving an opening for Tyson to have the premier club in the SEC. I do not believe that Tyson ever offered to sell Bielema a lot in The Pennacle, but I promise you that he will offer the Malzahns one.
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Sabre, you continue to amaze me with how much history and knowledge you have. Thanks for sharing each time. I enjoy the behind the curtain look you provide. Hook em!
 
Badass said:
Sabre, you continue to amaze me with how much history and knowledge you have. Thanks for sharing each time. I enjoy the behind the curtain look you provide. Hook em!
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Agree. Like Farmers Insurance, Sabre knows a thing or two, cause he's seen a thing or two!
 
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I see Charlie's name on the list. Wouldn't that be the irony of all ironies? Charlie could go all borderline erotic while kneeling on Bulimia's former desk. I could get more graphic, but you get the idea.
 
SabreHorn said:
Where did you get that list?
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List is a Vegas bet line.

Leach at top of list.

SB Nation:
That’s according to a person with direct knowledge, who requested not to be named, in order to speak freely.

Malzahn’s roots are deep. He’s a Natural State native, played for a smaller Arkansas college and walked on for the Hogs, met his wife in the state, made his name as a high school coaching legend in the state, spent a year as Arkansas’ OC (the less said about Houston Nutt’s willingness to actually run Malzahn’s offense, the better), and went 9-3 in one year as Arkansas State’s head coach.

Wait, the head coach of the No. 6 team might leave, despite a Playoff shot?

Well, Auburn’s No. 6 with a playoff shot right now. Auburn welcomes No. 1 Alabama Thanksgiving weekend. With a loss then, Auburn would no longer be No. 6 nor have a playoff shot.

At that point, Malzahn would have lost four in a row to Nick Saban’s Tide, with Saban making three (and counting?) Playoff trips. The Kick Six, Malzahn’s only win over Saban as a head coach, will have felt like a million years ag
 
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LonghornCatholic said:
t that point, Malzahn would have lost four in a row to Nick Saban’s Tide, with Saban making three (and counting?) Playoff trips.
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That would do it. Go home; pay homage to Jerry Jones; have a winning record against the $EC except LSU and Alabama (and be competitive with them); and enjoy retirement after 10-15 seasons.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
That’s according to a person with direct knowledge
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A person who has never met John Tyson, much less knows him. I doubt seriously that the person has ever traveled to Washington County, eaten ribs at Herman's, been around any of the Tyson or Hunt families, much less the Murphy brothers or the mattress boys.

Again, I would love to see Leach get the Arkansas job, but this is a Christian school (primarily Baptist with a sprinkling of Assembly of God). Do you really think they would hire a Mormon, even one that loves wine?
 
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Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn is interested in returning home to take that position once it’s open, though his status might depend on this week’s Iron Bowl. He’d also have a hand in picking Arkansas’ new AD.

Memphis coach Mike Norvell will also be a candidate for the Arkansas job, once it’s open. Norvell is from the state and his two years recruiting for Memphis are considered a plus to boosters.

If Malzahn leaves, expect Auburn people to push for Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher. If Fisher were to land at Auburn, he’d hope to retain at least current Tigers defensive coordinator Kevin Steele and associate head coach Rodney Garner.

If Fisher stays at FSU (Texas A&M and Tennessee are also interested), expect him to change at least half of his coaching staff.​

https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...ebraska-florida-tennessee-arkansas-auburn-fsu​
 
Deloss' tenure was a surprise, but after years I learned that he is the consummate politician. It was my understanding that Erwin brought him in to limit DKR's interfering and put a buffer between Fred and DKR, and to keep DKR from making it a position for life.

That said, religion is a huge part of XNA.
 
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