SOOOOOOWEEEEEE BOOOOOOM MOTHERSCRATCHER!
Boom, motherfucker! The creeping rumor is Will Muschamp, the defensive coordinator at Auburn, acolyte of Nick Saban, and occasional affront to FCC broadcasting standards, will be the next football coach at Arkansas. This is still in the realm of creeping rumor, of course, but it’s an odd hire for one reason: having just gotten rid of a spastic, yeah-rah offensive guy, Arkansas will have gone out and grabbed a spastic, yeah-rah defensive guy.
Admittedly, this is a very, very good yeah-rah guy, and it seems less of a conscious decision to hire one guy in particular than an commitment to hiring the person they felt to be the best coach out there after Jim Grobe turned them down.
Again, purely speculative, but here in the blogosphere that flies like Kevin Everett out of a hospital.
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Lars says:
You obviously mean at Arkansas
December 11th, 2007 at 11:08 am
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Orson Swindle says:
I do. That is correct. Arkansas.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:11 am
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Odell 51 says:
BOOM MOTHERFUCKS YEAH! KNOCK THESE FUCKERS OUT!
.You’re not hurt.
I would totally want this guy as my head coach.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:16 am
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Scalz1 says:
D-Mac got that BOOM !!!!
December 11th, 2007 at 11:19 am
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cjjags says:
good hire. his name has been a high one on a lot of lists.
if piggies get this one… where will leach go?
December 11th, 2007 at 11:21 am
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TIGERinATL says:
ugh… Borges is INFINITELY more replaceable than Muschamp.
We are SCREWED unless Tubs hits a home run with a DC.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:23 am
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Biggus Rickus says:
Muschamp reeks of unfulfilled promise.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:24 am
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Jerkwheat says:
I sincerely hope that this one actually happens. We demand a certain level of insanity in Arkansas and I think Will fits the mold nicely.
Especially since the Pirate King fell off of the coaching prospect list quick, fast, and in a hurry.
And if Muschamp also decides to spurn the Hogs, please just promote Reggie Herring already. He curses just as much.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:25 am
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Warthen says:
One last time–why is Arky completely overlooking an Arkansas native; who played his college ball in Arkansas; has coached at A&M, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Ole Miss, and Florida; and who has 3 more years of DC experience than Muschamp?
Could someone please explain that to me?
December 11th, 2007 at 11:26 am
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Jerkwheat says:
I can’t explain why Charlie Strong is getting overlooked, although it’s my understanding that he was interviewed. At this point, I have to believe that Charlie is the worst interviewee in the world considering how many times his name has been linked to an opening in the past.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:35 am
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Edsall is God says:
10 – Isn’t Charlie Strong black? I’ve read online that colleges don’t hire black coaches.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:40 am
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Warthen says:
Bad interviews…pfft.
We’re talking about a conference where Huston Nutt and Ed Orgeron both managed to get head coaching jobs. Could you imagine how those sessions went?
December 11th, 2007 at 11:42 am
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Jerkwheat says:
You are correct Edsall – those pesky negroes can’t be given control of a collegiate football team in the south! Where do they think this is? The west coast?
December 11th, 2007 at 11:43 am
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Jerkwheat says:
I’m with you Warthen – and I hope that when Charlie does get a HC gig that he fields a consistent winner. He was high on my list for the reasons you mentioned above, but my list is about as relevent as the Grammys.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:45 am
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Coop says:
Strong has problems with subjects, predicates, and conjugations.
Doesn’t perform well with ADs and Presidents and speaking in public.
If you need an example check out his interviews as the interim HC for Florda, post Zook.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:52 am
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Kecalf Bailey says:
#6
As long as Tommy has been at AU the defense has been good. I used to attribute that to Tommy himself being a defensive guy and putting an emphasis on it, but I suppose that the main advantage to this could be that Tommy know what to look for in hiring DC’s. Either way, I would be more worried about who will run the offense as that has been a bigger question mark over the past 10 years, in my eyes at least. Especially considering that there isn’t anyone on Auburns team that I see having success at the QB position in the SEC, but that’s just my opinion.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:57 am
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TIGERinATL says:
#12 – I think Nutt composes himself pretty well when not in the presence of dat wude.
Orgeron on the other hand, gets his job offers while tightening the headlock on the interviewer.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:57 am
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gerry dorsey says:
i’ve been a member of the “hire charlie strong” club for at least 5 years now. can’t figure it out…but maybe edsall is god has.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
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Sabanite says:
If true, Tubs is going to have a busy December recruiting an OC, DC and, oh yeah future players, all while hunting, attending banquets and playing golf…
December 11th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
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D-nice says:
Very good hire in this season of “meh” hires and non-hires (excepting Paul Jonson, which was also good).
December 11th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
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Troy says:
I always assume that teams are still holding the Peach Bowl against him. There’s really no other reason he hasn’t been hired yet. He’d have to not just be the world’s worst interview, but actually projectile vomit due to nerves all over the AD or something. I don’t get it.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
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Signal to Noise says:
Will Muschamp has the requisite insanity to coach in the SEC West. Arky better nail him down now before the FOIA requests are dry.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
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CharlieStrongvoter says:
Charlie Strong would be a very great head coach for the Razorbacks. Charlie R. Strong is a college football coach currently serving as co-defensive coordinator, assistant head coach, and linebacker position coach of the Florida Gators. Place birth Batesville, Arkansas. Why would you not want to look at him as a head coach. I bet you if he was to become the head coach for the Razorbacks he would say hell ya. We’re not living in the 1950s any more this is 2007. We need to get over that black coach thing. He is a coach not a black coach just a coach. Question for you that will reply to this comment… What do you call a white coach? A Coach or a Black Coach?
December 11th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
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PW says:
Isn’t Strong’s wife also white?
I mean, Wannstedt has a white wife and look how badly he sucks. No AD wants to deal with that.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
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PW says:
What do you call a white coach? A Coach or a Black Coach?
Not sure what you’re driving at there, sir, but I, for one, do not call a white coach a “black coach.”
December 11th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
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Dr. Ed PHD.XYZ says:
Regardless of skin color, you call them coach.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
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Rival says:
What do you call a white coach?
Coach Cracker or Honky Coach.
Oh, excuse me, Mr. Tolerance, but what else are you supposed to call him?
December 11th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
I call a white coach “cracker”.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
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James says:
Damn you arkansas! That’s our heir apparent you f@((ers!
December 11th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
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PW says:
I don’t think anyone on here is advocating for the exclusion of blacks from the coaching ranks, but a lot of programs are funded in part by old boosters who grew up in the south in the 50’s and, as unfortunate as it may be, race does play a role in the hiring process.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
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Joshua says:
Orson, that Onion article was funny, but it was missing a certain bit of awesome.
Dorsey, get Orson that Everett/wheelchair/recovery video that makes everyone piss their pants. Please. I love that video.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
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Rival says:
a lot of programs are funded in part by old boosters who grew up in the south in the 50’s
Is that also why I can still get a sodie pop & Cracker Jack for a nickel at Sanford Stadium on fall Saturdays?
December 11th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
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PW says:
31
No, because they’re also funded by corporate sponsors like Coca Cola who will not give you a sodie pop on a fall saturday for less than $3.
Well played, though.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
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CharlieStrongvoter says:
I meant to say White Coach but you get what im saying. If he has a white, black, yellow, alien type looking wife all is fine in my book. My issue is getting a head coach that can get the job done. Not just in between the lines, from goal line to goal line but the entire process of class room, staying focus on the goals of the team, and to continue the do great recruiting from the speed state, the big state and Arkansas. The Razorbacks have some issues NOW with keeping the current talent they have recruited. We have had problems with recruiting for the last 2 years.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
i’m on it joshy.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
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Steve says:
I think alot of the problems are due to the fact that the talent pool of black HC candidates just isn’t that large, and those that have been promoted haven’t done that well.
I’m all for hiring great minority coaches, but I damn sure don’t want my school hiring a guy because it’s the PC thing to do, I want them to hire the guy because he’s the right fit.
If Charlie Strong can win a NC every year, people would be lined up around the block for his coaching expertise, but if he sounds like Buckwheat from the Little Rascals, I can see the apprehension in hiring him, as head coach is a very public position.
I damn sure don’t want my new coach saying, “Everyting gonna be O-tay wit dis team now dat I’m he-uh!”
December 11th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
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drogue says:
Arkansas had black basketball coaches back to back with Nolan Richardson and Stan Heath (17 and 5 years +/-) and that didn’t cause the Mississippi to flow north; chickens still layed eggs, etc.
If a black HC candidate was a good fit I don’t think there would be any hesitation to hire; even at Arkansas.
December 11th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
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Beef says:
36: You just described Orgeron.
December 11th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
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Edsall is God says:
If Strong isn’t getting a job because of that Peach Bowl, that’s fucked up. The whole Florida team wanted no part of that game and Miami took great pleasure in whipping them. Almost too much pleasure because karma (and LSU in 2005) is a bitch.
December 11th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
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Reaganite says:
Orson,
It’s spelled Soooooie, Motherfucker!
December 11th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
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CharlieStrongvoter says:
Charlie Strong would be nice but Bobby will be better.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3150783
Updated: December 11, 2007, 6:26 PM ET
Bobby Petrino will resign his position as coach of the Atlanta Falcons and is close to an agreement to become the new coach at the University of Arkansas, multiple sources tell ESPN.
According to sources, Petrino and his agent have been talking with the Falcons about his preference to return to the college ranks. The former Louisville coach was looking for an opportunity to break into the Southeastern Conference ranks, and Arkansas was a natural fit.
There is no deal yet between Petrino and Arkansas, but once there is, Petrino is expected to be paid around $3 million a year, sources said.
Petrino signed a five-year, $24 million contract to be the Falcons head coach, so he will be taking a pay cut to re-enter the college ranks. The Falcons are 3-10 and have had their season torn apart by Michael Vick’s involvement in a dogfighting ring and subsequent 23-month jail sentence, which was levied Monday.
Petrino will succeed Houston Nutt, who was hired by Mississippi immediately after resigning at Arkansas. Tommy Tuberville and Tommy Bowden were both linked to the Arkansas opening, but they remained as coaches at Auburn and Clemson, respectively.
Arkansas flirted with hiring Jim Grobe — a private fundraising arm for the Razorbacks approved a salary supplement for the Wake Forest coach — but Grobe stayed with the Demon Deacons.
Information from ESPN.com senior NFL writer John Clayton was used in this report.
December 11th, 2007 at 6:38 pm