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Postby Insane_Pony_Posse » Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:30 pm

mrydel wrote:May be just a coincidence but Arkansas started their downward trend when Pittman left for Georgia.


"Pittman was the associate head coach and offensive line coach at Georgia and is widely viewed as one of the best recruiters and offensive line coaches in the SEC. Several former Arkansas players, some of whom have played in the NFL, sent letters of support to Arkansas officials expressing support for Pittman"

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Postby Arkpony » Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:52 pm

Good hire!
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Re: The Ben Hicks to Hogs thread locked & moved

Postby ALEX LIFESON » Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:50 am

Interesting....how old is he?
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Postby Arkpony » Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:59 am

He is 58.
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Re: The Ben Hicks to Hogs thread locked & moved

Postby mrydel » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:44 am

By far the favorite pick out of all the speculation. Fans and players both are happy by far majority. Kind of surprising with a man without major college head coaching experience, but everyone likes him.

I am very worried about our North Little Rock OL commitment. He is our highest ranked recruit and this is probably the only coach that Arkansas could have gotten that could flip him. Hopefully we can get him signed in the early period.
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Re: The Ben Hicks to Hogs thread locked & moved

Postby tristatecoog » Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:22 am

Wasn’t Bielema noted for OL prowess? He was also a successful head coach at Wisconsin.
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Postby mrydel » Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:10 am

DisGRUNTled hog fans will tell you Bielema’s predecessor (Alvarez) was responsible for the Wisconsin success. But yes, Bielema was very run oriented with big O linemen. But that did not seem to translate well to the SEC when it was sacrificed for speed.
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Postby gohogs14 » Mon Dec 09, 2019 12:43 pm

mrydel wrote:DisGRUNTled hog fans will tell you Bielema’s predecessor (Alvarez) was responsible for the Wisconsin success. But yes, Bielema was very run oriented with big O linemen. But that did not seem to translate well to the SEC when it was sacrificed for speed.


Bielema's downfall coincided with when Pittman left for Georgia. The OL has been one of the worst in college football ever since.

In 2015 under Bielema Arkansas was 2nd in the SEC in scoring and Brandon Allen broke a lot of Arkansas QB records. The offense wasn't as 3 yards and a cloud of dust as people assume. Sounds like Pittman will go with more of a power run RPO style offense instead of the old school pro style.
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