Arkansas Hires John L. Smith As Interim Coach

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If he wins 11 games next year then I'm guessing he will be the permanent coach?
 
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vols-1 said:
If he wins 11 games next year then I'm guessing he will be the permanent coach?
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If he wins 11 games next year it'll be because every SEC team on Arky's schedule will be getting busted for massive recruiting infractions between now and August.
 
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orangeblood79 said:
Wow.

aaaaand now I know how the rest of the SEC felt when DD was hired. (Sorry, it had to be said)
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GatorBill said:
DD had not proved that he could win in a bigtime program
JLS has already proved that he cannot.


There is quite a difference in the two.
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This is also an interim hire, not fully HC

You could sub in placeholder if you wanted, it'd likely end up working just the same
 
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bamawriter said:
If he wins 11 games next year it'll be because every SEC team on Arky's schedule will be getting busted for massive recruiting infractions between now and August.
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I can see Ark beating every team but LSU and Bama again this year.
 
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vols-1 said:
Fulmer couldn't beat this guy out? lol

22-26 at Michigan State, 1-6 in bowl games
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You actually think Phil would go somewhere with an interim tag?

I will be the first to admit maybe it was time for him to go, but our fans that like to poke fun at him are just ignorant.
 
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jp1 said:
You actually think Phil would go somewhere with an interim tag?

I will be the first to admit maybe it was time for him to go, but our fans that like to poke fun at him are just ignorant.
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Yes, any unemployed coach would. It's basically a job interview, win 10 games and you get the job full time.
 
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vols-1 said:
Yes, any unemployed coach would. It's basically a job interview, win 10 games and you get the job full time.
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You can win 10 games there and they decide there's a bigger name/better/bigger deal coach they'd rather have and choose to go that route.

It's not just so simple. There's no real guarantee at all that you're there longer than that 1 year.



(also sidenote: the guy's not really under that same general unemployed coach category)
 
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vols-1 said:
Yes, any unemployed coach would. It's basically a job interview, win 10 games and you get the job full time.
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That makes sense for a regular guy like you or me, but for a guy in his position it makes zero sense. Think about it a little bit.
 
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TrueOrange said:
This is also an interim hire, not fully HC

You could sub in placeholder if you wanted, it'd likely end up working just the same
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OH, dont get me wrong, I think that this is a great move by Arkansas. Definitely a placeholder. Good move

They may still end up going with someone else next year. And maybe Fulmer gets hired then, and has a chance to put a decent staff together. No assistant worth having is making a jump right now.

But right now it was best for Arky to stick with a known commodity. I like JLS, just never want him coaching my team again.
 
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GatorBill said:
OH, dont get me wrong, I think that this is a great move by Arkansas. Definitely a placeholder. Good move

They may still end up going with someone else next year. And maybe Fulmer gets hired then, and has a chance to put a decent staff together. No assistant worth having is making a jump right now.

But right now it was best for Arky to stick with a known commodity. I like JLS, just never want him coaching my team again.
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If fulmer was their guy it would have already happened. No chance now.
 
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TrueOrange said:
You can win 10 games there and they decide there's a bigger name/better/bigger deal coach they'd rather have and choose to go that route.

It's not just so simple. There's no real guarantee at all that you're there longer than that 1 year.
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But there is no home run hire out there for Arkansas. They are stuck with up and comer coaches at this point.
 
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