Monday, November 26, 2007
He's gooone, oh oh ah
Apologies to Hall and Oates. I certainly don't feel as bad about AR's coach leaving as they felt in their song of 1983 from the Rock N Soul Part 1 album. In fact, if there were a nice sparkling wine in the fridge, I might have had it today and sang "Ding dong the witch is dead". Everything that was mentioned in the press conference as "hardships" the coach had to overcome were completely brought on BY THE COACH. I have less than no sympathy for Mr. HD Nutt. He did very little with the program, took the team to largely meaningless bowls, didn't win those.
Frank Broyles will be sad to see HDN leave. The circumstances tarnish a long legacy which should have been over years ago. I'm sure he planned on the hiring of Nutt to be the jewel in the crown of his story at UA. The mythic coach who led the team to it's only national championship hires the coach who leads them to another. Here's the thing. The world has changed since 1964. There are many MANY more powerhouse schools who back up their programs with work, good recruiting and don't rest on 40+ year old laurels. I fear Frank may be one of the few who is concerned. HDN leaves Arkansas with nearly $3 million in his pocket. I don't feel sorry for him. Heck, Big Faceless Corp could let me go for one third less and I'd be quiet as a mouse about it. Many Arkansas citizens (and non-citizens) will never make a million bucks total in their lifetimes. Why should we feel sorry for a coach who walks away from a job with a bucket of money?
"It's a tough job" coach said yesterday. Uh huh. Try teaching kids to read. Working on highway repair. Catching chickens to process. Planting a crop before the rain sets in. Getting a crop out before the rain sets in. Timber processing. Building buses in a factory. All tough jobs, Houston. None pay what you'll make for doing nothing but cleaning out your desk.
Good riddance.
Frank Broyles will be sad to see HDN leave. The circumstances tarnish a long legacy which should have been over years ago. I'm sure he planned on the hiring of Nutt to be the jewel in the crown of his story at UA. The mythic coach who led the team to it's only national championship hires the coach who leads them to another. Here's the thing. The world has changed since 1964. There are many MANY more powerhouse schools who back up their programs with work, good recruiting and don't rest on 40+ year old laurels. I fear Frank may be one of the few who is concerned. HDN leaves Arkansas with nearly $3 million in his pocket. I don't feel sorry for him. Heck, Big Faceless Corp could let me go for one third less and I'd be quiet as a mouse about it. Many Arkansas citizens (and non-citizens) will never make a million bucks total in their lifetimes. Why should we feel sorry for a coach who walks away from a job with a bucket of money?
"It's a tough job" coach said yesterday. Uh huh. Try teaching kids to read. Working on highway repair. Catching chickens to process. Planting a crop before the rain sets in. Getting a crop out before the rain sets in. Timber processing. Building buses in a factory. All tough jobs, Houston. None pay what you'll make for doing nothing but cleaning out your desk.
Good riddance.
