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		<title>By: GonzoHog</title>
		<link>http://www.razorbloggers.net/2007/09/tens-not-a-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-27203</link>
		<dc:creator>GonzoHog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>if Frank isn&#039;t involved with it, it will probably seem like we achieved the impossible.   I don&#039;t  think a lot of people realize how Frank has effected the area of hiring a quality coach, with the way he&#039;s handled the firing process over the years.   If I were a coach, knowing that Lou Holtz turned this program completely around, the way he did in his first year, with Frank Broyles recruits, and then witness the destruction of it just a short 5 years later, mainly because Frank found an exscuse to start a scwabble with Holtz over in-state recruits, I think, maybe, as great as a coach as Lou was, what would be the chances of this same thing happening to me?  After Lou left, everyone knows how he turned the Minnesota program completely around, with less than steller athelets.  After that, He got his dream job at Notre Dame, where he could just sell the heralded name of the school to top ranked athelets, and 3 national titals later, the rest is history.   This sounds a lot like the relationship between Houston Nutt and Gus Malzahn.  When you have that kind of a creative mind, that far exceeds your own, you will try and do whatever nessesary to get that guy away from you, and try to bring in someone else who isn&#039;t so inferior.  From that point on, Frank made sure no other coach under his watch, made strides that would exceed his own.   know stop and think about that for a minute.  How many coaches in the past actually showed little or no interest at all, to this university, because of the dictatorship that was in place?  If it were you, and you knew full well the possible complications at hand, what would you have done?  I know what I would have done.   If I&#039;m a hot comodity as a coach, and my name is out there, and I,ve pretty much got my choice of several different schools I could go to and coach for good money, I won&#039;t put un-needed stress on myself, much less my family, to coach a team that isn&#039;t stable at the top, because of super-duper ego issues.  Hopefully, those days don&#039;t exist anymore. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if Frank isn&#039;t involved with it, it will probably seem like we achieved the impossible.   I don&#039;t  think a lot of people realize how Frank has effected the area of hiring a quality coach, with the way he&#039;s handled the firing process over the years.   If I were a coach, knowing that Lou Holtz turned this program completely around, the way he did in his first year, with Frank Broyles recruits, and then witness the destruction of it just a short 5 years later, mainly because Frank found an exscuse to start a scwabble with Holtz over in-state recruits, I think, maybe, as great as a coach as Lou was, what would be the chances of this same thing happening to me?  After Lou left, everyone knows how he turned the Minnesota program completely around, with less than steller athelets.  After that, He got his dream job at Notre Dame, where he could just sell the heralded name of the school to top ranked athelets, and 3 national titals later, the rest is history.   This sounds a lot like the relationship between Houston Nutt and Gus Malzahn.  When you have that kind of a creative mind, that far exceeds your own, you will try and do whatever nessesary to get that guy away from you, and try to bring in someone else who isn&#039;t so inferior.  From that point on, Frank made sure no other coach under his watch, made strides that would exceed his own.   know stop and think about that for a minute.  How many coaches in the past actually showed little or no interest at all, to this university, because of the dictatorship that was in place?  If it were you, and you knew full well the possible complications at hand, what would you have done?  I know what I would have done.   If I&#039;m a hot comodity as a coach, and my name is out there, and I,ve pretty much got my choice of several different schools I could go to and coach for good money, I won&#039;t put un-needed stress on myself, much less my family, to coach a team that isn&#039;t stable at the top, because of super-duper ego issues.  Hopefully, those days don&#039;t exist anymore.</p>
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		<title>By: Razorhorn</title>
		<link>http://www.razorbloggers.net/2007/09/tens-not-a-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-27198</link>
		<dc:creator>Razorhorn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a long time Nutt supporter, I must say that if he can&#039;t pull this season out of the gutter (read only one more loss and that includes the bowl game), it may be time for him to go.  I say &quot;may&quot; because I remember when we ran off another successful coach who couldn&#039;t win the big game or a bowl game.  His name was Ken Hatfield.  Now I&#039;m not longing for the days of Ken Hatfield but I&#039;m not longing for the days of Jack Crowe, Joe Kines, or Danny Ford either.  If we think we had a hard time getting a big name coach in basketball, what makes us think we&#039;re going to lure a big name coach in football.  We are without question one of the top 3 basketball programs in the SEC.  Can you really say that about our football program? 
 
My point:  Be careful what you ask for! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a long time Nutt supporter, I must say that if he can&#039;t pull this season out of the gutter (read only one more loss and that includes the bowl game), it may be time for him to go.  I say &quot;may&quot; because I remember when we ran off another successful coach who couldn&#039;t win the big game or a bowl game.  His name was Ken Hatfield.  Now I&#039;m not longing for the days of Ken Hatfield but I&#039;m not longing for the days of Jack Crowe, Joe Kines, or Danny Ford either.  If we think we had a hard time getting a big name coach in basketball, what makes us think we&#039;re going to lure a big name coach in football.  We are without question one of the top 3 basketball programs in the SEC.  Can you really say that about our football program?</p>
<p>My point:  Be careful what you ask for!</p>
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		<title>By: Dieing Hog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dieing Hog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is always funny to hear player after a loss. They are interviewed and  they all seem to say the same thing which is obviously what the coach just told them as to why they loss and the last loss seem to be because they can&#039;t put a full game together and they were out of place never the coaches just made bad calls or the coaches didn&#039;t have us prepared. I use to coach an AAU basketball team and I always felt it was my job to prepare my team for what they were about to face in an upcoming game and if by chance what we have practice was not working then we made adjustments and called plays to help us score or maybe do a full court press to try to cause a turn over but the coaches have placed the blame on the kids which seems to be the trend on the hill. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is always funny to hear player after a loss. They are interviewed and  they all seem to say the same thing which is obviously what the coach just told them as to why they loss and the last loss seem to be because they can&#039;t put a full game together and they were out of place never the coaches just made bad calls or the coaches didn&#039;t have us prepared. I use to coach an AAU basketball team and I always felt it was my job to prepare my team for what they were about to face in an upcoming game and if by chance what we have practice was not working then we made adjustments and called plays to help us score or maybe do a full court press to try to cause a turn over but the coaches have placed the blame on the kids which seems to be the trend on the hill.</p>
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		<title>By: BlindHog</title>
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		<dc:creator>BlindHog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bluff, I know this has been tougher on you than some of us. I think it must be tough on Dale and the coaching staff as well to watch themselves blow two very winable games in a row. But, as you say, when you call plays like that and manage the game like that you don&#039;t give yourself much of a chance to win, almost none. This bunch has run out their string, they are at the end of their rope, practically bankrupt of energy and ideas. 
 
I bet Houston is even a bit shocked, even at the depth of his denial. Mike Cherry left Arkansas to tranfer to Murray St. just as he arrived. He comes to Arkansas to find Joe Ferguson and Clint Stoerner and Anthony Lucas in place. Cedric Cobbs is recruited his first year and then Matt Jones appears out of the blue. The boy&#039;s luck ran hot for a long time. His skills were never pushed to the limit long enough to see what they really were. In his mind he probably took a great deal of credit for all of that success and was shocked that others could question his skill. 
 
Life is funny. I hope he saved some of his money. I know Lee and Herring are leaving with a cool million. Frank is very generous with our money. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bluff, I know this has been tougher on you than some of us. I think it must be tough on Dale and the coaching staff as well to watch themselves blow two very winable games in a row. But, as you say, when you call plays like that and manage the game like that you don&#039;t give yourself much of a chance to win, almost none. This bunch has run out their string, they are at the end of their rope, practically bankrupt of energy and ideas.</p>
<p>I bet Houston is even a bit shocked, even at the depth of his denial. Mike Cherry left Arkansas to tranfer to Murray St. just as he arrived. He comes to Arkansas to find Joe Ferguson and Clint Stoerner and Anthony Lucas in place. Cedric Cobbs is recruited his first year and then Matt Jones appears out of the blue. The boy&#039;s luck ran hot for a long time. His skills were never pushed to the limit long enough to see what they really were. In his mind he probably took a great deal of credit for all of that success and was shocked that others could question his skill.</p>
<p>Life is funny. I hope he saved some of his money. I know Lee and Herring are leaving with a cool million. Frank is very generous with our money.</p>
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		<title>By: Bluffhawg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bluffhawg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I sat in the stadium with about 7 minutes left to go in the game in total disbelief at our lack of ability to move the ball on offense.  At that point the sick feeling in my stomach had turned to laughter at what I was seeing on the field.  I actually tried to start the &quot;wave&quot; after we made the brilliant time out call on their two point conversion try. 
 
 &quot;Let&#039;s see were 4 points down and need a touchdown to win if they miss, if they make it were 6 points  down and need a toucdown to win, Hmmm, let&#039;s call a timeout and think about this.  Good Grief!!! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I sat in the stadium with about 7 minutes left to go in the game in total disbelief at our lack of ability to move the ball on offense.  At that point the sick feeling in my stomach had turned to laughter at what I was seeing on the field.  I actually tried to start the &quot;wave&quot; after we made the brilliant time out call on their two point conversion try.</p>
<p> &quot;Let&#039;s see were 4 points down and need a touchdown to win if they miss, if they make it were 6 points  down and need a toucdown to win, Hmmm, let&#039;s call a timeout and think about this.  Good Grief!!!</p>
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		<title>By: GonzoHog</title>
		<link>http://www.razorbloggers.net/2007/09/tens-not-a-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-27192</link>
		<dc:creator>GonzoHog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To say money is an issue, would be untrue.  We were ready to pay between 2 to 21/2 million $$$$$$$, to hire a basketball coach, before we got a bargain with John Pelphrey, so as far as I&#039;m concerned, it shouldn&#039;t be an issue to get another quality coach, to coach the football team as well.  2.5 mil. ought to be good enough to draw interest from a good coach.  Fayettville is a good place to live, and the A.D. who will be in place come January won&#039;t be Frank Broyles.  That in itself ought to be worth about a mil.  Times are changing on the hill.  I can feel it.  Hopefully, it will be for the better!!    GO HOGS!!! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To say money is an issue, would be untrue.  We were ready to pay between 2 to 21/2 million $$$$$$$, to hire a basketball coach, before we got a bargain with John Pelphrey, so as far as I&#039;m concerned, it shouldn&#039;t be an issue to get another quality coach, to coach the football team as well.  2.5 mil. ought to be good enough to draw interest from a good coach.  Fayettville is a good place to live, and the A.D. who will be in place come January won&#039;t be Frank Broyles.  That in itself ought to be worth about a mil.  Times are changing on the hill.  I can feel it.  Hopefully, it will be for the better!!    GO HOGS!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Hogsdill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hogsdill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks HogBlogger for the shot.  That&#039;s cool.  I&#039;ll just keep the comments to myself from now on. 
 
We&#039;re just terrible.  That&#039;s the bottom line.  I&#039;m with Bluff.  It might be time for a change at the top.  But does Long have what it takes to do it?  I&#039;m not so sure. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks HogBlogger for the shot.  That&#039;s cool.  I&#039;ll just keep the comments to myself from now on.</p>
<p>We&#039;re just terrible.  That&#039;s the bottom line.  I&#039;m with Bluff.  It might be time for a change at the top.  But does Long have what it takes to do it?  I&#039;m not so sure.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Daly Sr.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Daly Sr.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What I gather from these responses is that fans are really hacked off at Houston (Nooo!, Really)?.  I thought Nutt&#039;s coaching philosophy was off base a long time ago.  Jurassic in time,  I think.  I thought that they should have gotten rid of him after the Minnesotta debacle in Nashville.  Talk about a team that wasn&#039;t prepared.  At Half time in the pissoir you could cut the fan&#039;s anger with a knife.  However, Nutt did recruit these guys and the one&#039;s that left last year, so he should get credit for that.  Those players have given the Hogs some national and SEC recognition.  Hopefully, Nutt can  right the ship and redeem himself in the next two games. Hey, look at Michigan.  If he loses to either NTU or Chattanooga then we should contact Mickey Rooney about coaching the &#039;Backs  til the end of the season..  He couldn&#039;t do worse and he&#039;d be cheap.. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I gather from these responses is that fans are really hacked off at Houston (Nooo!, Really)?.  I thought Nutt&#039;s coaching philosophy was off base a long time ago.  Jurassic in time,  I think.  I thought that they should have gotten rid of him after the Minnesotta debacle in Nashville.  Talk about a team that wasn&#039;t prepared.  At Half time in the pissoir you could cut the fan&#039;s anger with a knife.  However, Nutt did recruit these guys and the one&#039;s that left last year, so he should get credit for that.  Those players have given the Hogs some national and SEC recognition.  Hopefully, Nutt can  right the ship and redeem himself in the next two games. Hey, look at Michigan.  If he loses to either NTU or Chattanooga then we should contact Mickey Rooney about coaching the &#039;Backs  til the end of the season..  He couldn&#039;t do worse and he&#039;d be cheap..</p>
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		<title>By: Reason Rules</title>
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		<dc:creator>Reason Rules</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Defense, 
 
Keep preachin, eventually you&#039;ll have a congregation. You have been so incredibly enlightened. I feel a little brighter just reading your posts. </description>
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<p>Keep preachin, eventually you&#039;ll have a congregation. You have been so incredibly enlightened. I feel a little brighter just reading your posts.</p>
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		<title>By: Reason Rules</title>
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		<dc:creator>Reason Rules</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Carolina, 
 
Fans are left to classless actions when AD&#039;s don&#039;t do there job. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Carolina,</p>
<p>Fans are left to classless actions when AD&#039;s don&#039;t do there job.</p>
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		<title>By: Defense Wins Champio</title>
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		<dc:creator>Defense Wins Champio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been enlightened!  I never knew that the Letter of Intent that recruits sign each year contained a clause that says that fans do not have to be courteous once you enter the playing field.  Same logic...I suppose that PeeWee parents take to their kids&#039;s games back home when they yell, kick, and scream at junior when junior embarasses them by not consistently catching that ball.  I suppose that logic works for some folks.  What is scary is that people like this actually may be voters! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been enlightened!  I never knew that the Letter of Intent that recruits sign each year contained a clause that says that fans do not have to be courteous once you enter the playing field.  Same logic&#8230;I suppose that PeeWee parents take to their kids&#039;s games back home when they yell, kick, and scream at junior when junior embarasses them by not consistently catching that ball.  I suppose that logic works for some folks.  What is scary is that people like this actually may be voters!</p>
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		<title>By: HogBloggerJr</title>
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		<dc:creator>HogBloggerJr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If all the booing and banners and fireronzook.com got Florida Urban Meyer and consecutive #1 recruiting classes then I don&#039;t see what the big deal is.  Every one of the players I have talked to knew exactly who the booing was directed to and they said he deserves it.  I&#039;m surprised no one has brought up our failure to win despite having an additional coach in the booth.  That Danny Nutt is a sneaky guy but those ESPN camera&#039;s are everywhere so fast it messes you up. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If all the booing and banners and fireronzook.com got Florida Urban Meyer and consecutive #1 recruiting classes then I don&#039;t see what the big deal is.  Every one of the players I have talked to knew exactly who the booing was directed to and they said he deserves it.  I&#039;m surprised no one has brought up our failure to win despite having an additional coach in the booth.  That Danny Nutt is a sneaky guy but those ESPN camera&#039;s are everywhere so fast it messes you up.</p>
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		<title>By: Walking on Sunshine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Walking on Sunshine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bluff, I appreciate your comments.  That should tell a lot of folks where we&#8217;re at right now&#8230;when someone like Bluff, who stayed as positive about HDN as I&#8217;ve ever heard for so long, has turned.  It took me a while to get there too&#8230; </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bluff, I appreciate your comments.  That should tell a lot of folks where we&rsquo;re at right now&hellip;when someone like Bluff, who stayed as positive about HDN as I&rsquo;ve ever heard for so long, has turned.  It took me a while to get there too&hellip;</p>
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		<title>By: NielsBoar</title>
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		<dc:creator>NielsBoar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I completely agree with Carolina Hog. The behavior of HDN or Broyles does not justify FOIs, flying banners, etc. When your actions start reflecting negatively on the school you profess to love, especially when we are most likely on the verge of a coaching search, its time to take a step back.  Boo if you must, but that affects the players (and recruits) every bit as much as it does the coach. Is that really your intent?  
 
We are so close to the end of the Nutt and JFB era. Please, just let this season play out and Nutt will go quietly into the night after wasting the most talent we have had in years. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I completely agree with Carolina Hog. The behavior of HDN or Broyles does not justify FOIs, flying banners, etc. When your actions start reflecting negatively on the school you profess to love, especially when we are most likely on the verge of a coaching search, its time to take a step back.  Boo if you must, but that affects the players (and recruits) every bit as much as it does the coach. Is that really your intent? </p>
<p>We are so close to the end of the Nutt and JFB era. Please, just let this season play out and Nutt will go quietly into the night after wasting the most talent we have had in years.</p>
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		<title>By: HogBlogger</title>
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		<dc:creator>HogBlogger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People!  Fans sometimes boo.  That&#039;s their right.  Comes with the ticket.  To stand up, yell, scream, wave blue cotton candy, shout instruction from the 50th row to coaches, players, officials, and even airplanes pulling banners.  When you sign up to walk on the field at a major college or professional level you sign up for all of that. 
 
While I personally don&#039;t care for the booing, I&#039;ve been known to express my displeasure in many other ways (usually involving the use of the word &#039;stupid&#039; or &#039;idiots!&#039;).  The only standards of behavior that I feel should be enforced on Razorback fans (beyond those expressed on the ticket stub) are that you must wear current (meaning Adidas) official Razorback logo wear, never wear anything to a game that has previously been at a losing Razorback game, and that all such logo wear should be purchased through the RazorBloggers Fan Shop so that I get a cut.  However, from the looks of the crowd on game day, results on the scoreboard, and our monthly statements, few agree. 
 
Stop moralizing to fans for acting like fans have a right to.   We lost the last two games.  Hardly a time to have a competition about who&#039;s the most right.  Nothing&#039;s right when you lose. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People!  Fans sometimes boo.  That&#039;s their right.  Comes with the ticket.  To stand up, yell, scream, wave blue cotton candy, shout instruction from the 50th row to coaches, players, officials, and even airplanes pulling banners.  When you sign up to walk on the field at a major college or professional level you sign up for all of that.</p>
<p>While I personally don&#039;t care for the booing, I&#039;ve been known to express my displeasure in many other ways (usually involving the use of the word &#039;stupid&#039; or &#039;idiots!&#039;).  The only standards of behavior that I feel should be enforced on Razorback fans (beyond those expressed on the ticket stub) are that you must wear current (meaning Adidas) official Razorback logo wear, never wear anything to a game that has previously been at a losing Razorback game, and that all such logo wear should be purchased through the RazorBloggers Fan Shop so that I get a cut.  However, from the looks of the crowd on game day, results on the scoreboard, and our monthly statements, few agree.</p>
<p>Stop moralizing to fans for acting like fans have a right to.   We lost the last two games.  Hardly a time to have a competition about who&#039;s the most right.  Nothing&#039;s right when you lose.</p>
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		<title>By: BlindHog</title>
		<link>http://www.razorbloggers.net/2007/09/tens-not-a-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-27177</link>
		<dc:creator>BlindHog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t get your point Carolina, you are going to have to explain it to me. 
 
Mine was that if Dale had come out earlier and taken responsiblity for his poorly coached teams rather than blame the kids (he recruited and coached) as he has always done, people would have a higher expectation from he and Frank that this will not continue without proper action being taken, whether that is noticeable improvement, resignation, or termination. But since he and Frank continue to blow colored smoke and act as if nothing is wrong the fans feel a need to make the statement that they disagree. 
 
Perhaps your side is simply that things really are fine. Frank and Dale know that things really are fine and the more they tell us that the quieter we should be in hopes they will be right or change on their own. I don&#039;t really see that working. Sure we could all just stay home quietly. It hasn&#039;t come to that yet. So there is room for disagreement on both sides. 
 
Maybe that is the next question. Why do the boo birds still attend. Will they? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#039;t get your point Carolina, you are going to have to explain it to me.</p>
<p>Mine was that if Dale had come out earlier and taken responsiblity for his poorly coached teams rather than blame the kids (he recruited and coached) as he has always done, people would have a higher expectation from he and Frank that this will not continue without proper action being taken, whether that is noticeable improvement, resignation, or termination. But since he and Frank continue to blow colored smoke and act as if nothing is wrong the fans feel a need to make the statement that they disagree.</p>
<p>Perhaps your side is simply that things really are fine. Frank and Dale know that things really are fine and the more they tell us that the quieter we should be in hopes they will be right or change on their own. I don&#039;t really see that working. Sure we could all just stay home quietly. It hasn&#039;t come to that yet. So there is room for disagreement on both sides.</p>
<p>Maybe that is the next question. Why do the boo birds still attend. Will they?</p>
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		<title>By: OwassoHog</title>
		<link>http://www.razorbloggers.net/2007/09/tens-not-a-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-27176</link>
		<dc:creator>OwassoHog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry but embarrassment came long before the fans starting booing! </description>
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		<title>By: Carolina Hog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carolina Hog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blind, 
Its a little hypocritical to criticize a coach for failure to take responsibility and then give fans a pass.  If its a higher standard we wish to hold our coaches to then you have to behave like it.  Fans can blame Houston for the performance of the team, but you can&#039;t blame him or Broyles for your own behavior.  That&#039;s a cop out.   
 
Look at the big picture and realize how you harm the program that you profess to love when you do things that embarrass us at the national level. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blind,</p>
<p>Its a little hypocritical to criticize a coach for failure to take responsibility and then give fans a pass.  If its a higher standard we wish to hold our coaches to then you have to behave like it.  Fans can blame Houston for the performance of the team, but you can&#039;t blame him or Broyles for your own behavior.  That&#039;s a cop out.  </p>
<p>Look at the big picture and realize how you harm the program that you profess to love when you do things that embarrass us at the national level.</p>
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		<title>By: BlindHog</title>
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		<dc:creator>BlindHog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Carolina, 
 
I know you want the fans to represent Arkansas with class but, that train left the station years ago when they were lied to and played for fools. If you ignore people and treat them poorly long enough they will eventually act out to get your attention. 
 
Look at Dale&#039;s ridiculous PR after this loss, acting as if it was actually a well played contest between to evenly matched, well coached teams and we just made a couple of simple mistakes and had a bad break or two. Dale accepts no responsibilty for this team in any real sense and is not held responsible by his supervisors. It makes people sick, as it should. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Carolina,</p>
<p>I know you want the fans to represent Arkansas with class but, that train left the station years ago when they were lied to and played for fools. If you ignore people and treat them poorly long enough they will eventually act out to get your attention.</p>
<p>Look at Dale&#039;s ridiculous PR after this loss, acting as if it was actually a well played contest between to evenly matched, well coached teams and we just made a couple of simple mistakes and had a bad break or two. Dale accepts no responsibilty for this team in any real sense and is not held responsible by his supervisors. It makes people sick, as it should.</p>
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		<title>By: Carolina Hog</title>
		<link>http://www.razorbloggers.net/2007/09/tens-not-a-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-27172</link>
		<dc:creator>Carolina Hog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reaganite, 
I think I&#039;m going to puke.  What is or isn&#039;t done will be done based on what happens on the field not because some classless fools fly a banner around during the game.  That makes our whole program, fan base, and state look like a joke and again it isn&#039;t fair to the players to have be surrounded by that.  Those that hate Nutt will get their way.  Its time for our own fans to stop adding insult to injury.  This is all depressing enough, don&#039;t you think.  The way this trasition goes will depend to some degree on how idiotic our fan base behaves. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reaganite,</p>
<p>I think I&#039;m going to puke.  What is or isn&#039;t done will be done based on what happens on the field not because some classless fools fly a banner around during the game.  That makes our whole program, fan base, and state look like a joke and again it isn&#039;t fair to the players to have be surrounded by that.  Those that hate Nutt will get their way.  Its time for our own fans to stop adding insult to injury.  This is all depressing enough, don&#039;t you think.  The way this trasition goes will depend to some degree on how idiotic our fan base behaves.</p>
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