Morning YouTube your ghost is gonna...

by Todd on Dec 6, 2007 8:27 AM CST in Humor Comment 6 comments

...wear them rattlin' chains.

Your coaching carousel rumor of the day:
No one wants the Arkansas job, apparently. After Fisher's name was floated yesterday, he's now out of the running, preferring instead to stick around at FSU until Bowden retires. Today's candidate? Jim Grobe, which I hate to see considering I have a lot of respect for Grobe and what he's done at a school like Wake. Also, go check out this post over at FanBlogs.com that breaks down how much each win cost a program in relation to the coaches salary. Alabama comes in second place of the most expensive wins at $583,867.

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just so ya know

grobe is not going to fayetteville. i think this guy is very average anyway, so maybe i should have been hoping the hogs got him.

clicky for story

by gerry dorsey on Dec 6, 2007 10:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

ps

the arkansas coaching search is now officially funny.

by gerry dorsey on Dec 6, 2007 10:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

F-U-N-N-Y

Makes me feel better about our processes lately. Price, Shula, Rod...

"FAILURE" - When your best just isn't good enough

by BamaReturns07 on Dec 6, 2007 11:16 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Last Year

I almost feel bad for Arkansas. Everyone had a great time ripping Alabama last year. I think we remember ESPN coverage ad nauseam from last year.

Of course, then I remember a bunch of Arkansas fans making comments about Alabama. So, I guess I do not feel that bad. What comes around goes around.

By the way Grobe is a good coach. The team plays with excellent discpline. He has also started recruiting better at WF. I think it is important to remember WF is a school of about 7,000 people with high academic standards. I definitely think he would have been a good hire.

by kennybk483 on Dec 6, 2007 12:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

he may be a good coach...

...in the acc...but this ain't the sec. not only based on talent level/level of competition, but in terms of scrutiny. do you think this attitude would ever fly in the sec?? much less in a place that isn't afraid to invoke the freedom of information act??

by gerry dorsey on Dec 6, 2007 1:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Grobe

I have read that link. I have no idea how legitimate that is. You are not going to get an argument from me that coaching in the SEC is much more difficult than the ACC. I am not saying think that he would have made Arkansas the next great team in the SEC for a number of reasons. I think if he had gone to Arkansas though, he would quite probably have been able to replicate Nutt's success. Again, there is not much of an argument that needs to be made. I will say that I think Arkansas is going to have trouble finding a coach that is going to replicate Nutt's success. Let's go down the list:

Alabama: Obviously improving vastly

Auburn: Still should be a competitive team. If they are going to doing anything, next year should be their best opportunity

LSU: Still has a lot of talent

Ole Miss: Nutt should be a vast improvement over the Ogre

Mississippi State: I am sure a lot people will not agree with me, but I do not buy into the fact that are going to continue to improve. Their offense still has little to no production. Both their two biggest wins UA and AU were a product of turnovers. That is usually not indicative of future success.

Arkansas: Where do the fit on this list? The obvious answer would be that they should be the 4th best team in the West. I would not be surprised if they slide further for the immediate future.

by kennybk483 on Dec 6, 2007 2:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs