chiefsfan wrote:Okay, since I am the only one here who has experienced Houston Nutt (Been a razorback fan my entire life, 2nd favorite team) I figured I would let you know what you would get with Houston Nutt
The Good
he has lost only 1 game to a non BCS school in 9 years (UNLV, 2000)
He has a winning record against Texas
He wins the conference games he's supposed to win, generally. 8-1 vs Miss State. 6-3 vs South Carolina, 6-3 vs Ole Miss.
Considered by most to be a good recruiter
Good Motivator.
The Bad
Losing Record against Kentucky. Has a home loss to Vandy recently
Good for the occasional big conference win, but often times falls flat on his face in "big games" 0-5 combined vs Florida and Georgia. 2 embarrasments against Southern Cal
He Has never won in Baton Rouge, LA, Knoxville, TN, Athens, GA, or Gainsville Fla
Not a very good play caller. Very run happy. Often gives up and plays field position rather then passing on 3rd and 10. The saying in Arkansas is that he has 5 plays in his play book. Run Right, Run Left, Run middle, Pass and Punt
Clock management at the end of game doesnt exist for him.
Does not develop Quarterbacks. Casey [deleted] has been a joke ever since he got to Arkansas. We have at least 1 game a year where our quarterback goes 3 for 17 passing with 2 picks. Big Name quarterbacks have passed Arkansas up for fear they wont get developed properly
The Ugly: (And believe me its ugly)
He has a giant ego. Quick to take credit for wins. Once took the time after a big win to talk about what wonderful plays he called during the postgame show. At the same token he will blame players for losses. Its his fault when they win, but never his fault when they lose.
He was forced to hire an offensive coordinator 2 years ago (springdale saga) Gus Malzhan came from high school and brought 4 of the best athletes the state has ever seen with him.. Nutt was clearly not happy he was forced to hire Malzhan and made life difficult for him the entire year. It finally came to a head last year when he pulled undefeated starter Mitch Mustain, for Casey [deleted] in the South Carolina game. [deleted] led the team to 3 straight losses to close the year. Mustain has since transfered to Southern Cal. And is expected to be named the Starting QB next year. Malzhan lost his play calling duties during the Carolina game as well, and has since moved to Tulsa where he is leading the 3rd ranked offense in the country
Nutt has been accused of having inappropriate relations with a female newscaster. His Wife has physically threatened to beat a players mother with a 2X4.
In addition he has been accused of illegally recruiting players for the last several year, offering promises of money and other gifts. it is believed that this will come out when he leaves Arkansas
Nutt has gone against the fan base this year, he has taken several shots at fans during news conferences, and has made several ridiculous quotes that make no sense
Nutt has been physically threatened by fans. Fans have threatened to kill the man over message boards. A fan actually attacked him at practice one day. His kids have been threatened repeatedly at school supposedly. Fans are beginning to openly boycott games. A group of us have actually paid for banners to fly before games threatening to fire the coach. There have been fights before between fans over Houston Nutt. Some fans still love him to death, Other fans want him dead.
I have no doubt that he can lead SMU to wins. But honestly I question whether or not the man has the character to lead the mustangs. I question the mans morals, his ethics, and honestly whether or not he can lead a program to the next level
Just thought you fellas should be aware with what you are getting with Houston Nutt
You're knocking a good guy, I think. He wasn't strictly run happy when he had good receivers in the past, or before they had Matt Jones at QB. If you had those kids they have now in their backfield, or Jones before that, would you run or pass? You shouldn't let a bunch of disgruntled blowhards like those Arkansas fans skew your thinking. I mean, he won 10 games last year, and the only 4 losses were to Top 5 teams!
As far as your The Ugly section, well, get the word out and get it out in 2.6 seconds flat, those are all just rumors and lies. There are those of you up north that are nothing but haters, and I think Nutt and his family have endured enough from your evil forces.
We have something to truly get excited about here, and posts like yours are worse than a trip to Debby Downer's house. Let's get on board for the 'Stangs!