As I tell more people about my new blog (it's sorta new) one of the most common responses is: how do you come up with something to write about every day? In the soap opera that UA Athletics has become, it's not that hard.
Like Will Rogers once said "it's easy being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you" and it's the same with the "gang that couldn't (wouldn't) shoot straight", otherwise known as the UA administration. John White has to be the most out of touch individual in the universe, unless George W. Bush or Frank Broyles trumps him. UA has come to stand for Under Achievers in athletics, with only the facilities, fan support, and salaries of the coaches being more than mediocre.
Like Will Rogers once said "it's easy being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you" and it's the same with the "gang that couldn't (wouldn't) shoot straight", otherwise known as the UA administration. John White has to be the most out of touch individual in the universe, unless George W. Bush or Frank Broyles trumps him. UA has come to stand for Under Achievers in athletics, with only the facilities, fan support, and salaries of the coaches being more than mediocre.
I never have been one to keep up with soap operas, but even I know who Victor of The Young and the Restless is. It seems to this blogger that he is the most like Houston Nutt of any of the male soap stars. Nutt's ability to escape accountability at any and every turn in spite of mediocre records in 5 of his 9 seasons, with 2 good records and 2 bad ones, shows he is even more of a broken field runner than DMac. And that's plenty impressive, unless you're a Hog fan.
By that I mean, DMac and the other players only have to put up with him for 3-5 years, while we fans are wondering if his is a lifetime appointment like the Supreme Court. If Daddy Frank hadn't been pushed out, it may well have been. Or at least until Houston ran out of chapstick or the inclination to kiss the Head Hog's backside.
You may think that's harsh unless you're a hardcore "Nutt-Hater", but how else do you explain Nutt's being the only coach in well over half a century to survive 2 consecutive losing seasons with not only his job intact, but getting raises as well? The way he and his flesh-peddler agent played Lindsey and Broyles for that 2 year "free pass" should prove beyond any doubt that the Used Car Salesman comparison often used to describe Nuttcase is valid. Sorry, salesmen. Pre-Owned car salesman. See what I mean?
That phrase has taken root in our sensibilities in this PC world we live in, where like 1984, up is down and down is up. In fact, the UA was one of 229 Colleges and Universities nationwide cited for suppressing First Amendment rights in a recent study. I wrote an article last January on the subject if you would like more information. It is a disgrace that an Alma man was treated like a criminal last season for wearing a T-shirt unflattering to Houston Nutt on the parking lot. Especially since the shirts contained only facts about Nutt's record at UA and a cartoon of Nutt.
As if that wasn't enough, Thomas McAfee of Searcy was given the gestapo treatment over requesting Nutt's phone records under the FOI, which is anyone's right to do, regardless of motive
By that I mean, DMac and the other players only have to put up with him for 3-5 years, while we fans are wondering if his is a lifetime appointment like the Supreme Court. If Daddy Frank hadn't been pushed out, it may well have been. Or at least until Houston ran out of chapstick or the inclination to kiss the Head Hog's backside.
You may think that's harsh unless you're a hardcore "Nutt-Hater", but how else do you explain Nutt's being the only coach in well over half a century to survive 2 consecutive losing seasons with not only his job intact, but getting raises as well? The way he and his flesh-peddler agent played Lindsey and Broyles for that 2 year "free pass" should prove beyond any doubt that the Used Car Salesman comparison often used to describe Nuttcase is valid. Sorry, salesmen. Pre-Owned car salesman. See what I mean?
That phrase has taken root in our sensibilities in this PC world we live in, where like 1984, up is down and down is up. In fact, the UA was one of 229 Colleges and Universities nationwide cited for suppressing First Amendment rights in a recent study. I wrote an article last January on the subject if you would like more information. It is a disgrace that an Alma man was treated like a criminal last season for wearing a T-shirt unflattering to Houston Nutt on the parking lot. Especially since the shirts contained only facts about Nutt's record at UA and a cartoon of Nutt.
As if that wasn't enough, Thomas McAfee of Searcy was given the gestapo treatment over requesting Nutt's phone records under the FOI, which is anyone's right to do, regardless of motive
As for the soap opera that has gone on at UA for the last 6-8 years, the administration has only itself to blame for allowing Nutt free reign while his boss was asleep at the wheel. For all Broyles' accomplishments, and they are considerable, the only worthwhile thing he has done since the dawn of the new millenium is the overhaul of the football stadium. Once that was completed JFB would have been better served to ride off into the sunset. And so would Razorback fans.
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