247Sports sources say Sam Pittman to return as Arkansas football coach, as Razorbacks AD Hunter Yurachek informs team: 247sports.com/college/arkansas/article/arkansas-football-ad-told-team-sam-pittman-will-return-to-team-next-season-per-matt-zenitz--220803077/
And I wish I could say that I'm super-excited and pumped that Pittman will be back next year...but I can't say that. Like I said, stuck between a rock (keeping Pittman--meh) and a hard place (starting over again--ugh.) I guess "meh" is better than "ugh." I guess.
I'm not investing anymore time and money on the Football team. Thanks Hunter! Im curious what happens if the economy gets worse how are you going to fill the stands? Real question
Combine that with the fact that they completely Miss evaluated the offensive line Talent we had on campus and you have a problem we're seeing right now
He runs like Fred Talley use to. We had Cedric Cobbs that was super muscular and could run sub 4.4 forty. Ced was either hurt or dancing in the hole and not making big yards. Talley would hit the hole hard and bounce around like a marble occasionally breaking a huge run but always getting at least 5 yards. Rocket w b great on a team with a big O line that creates an initial lane, but can’t run with this type of line.
@@NikolaiG8There were not 61K people there. Maybe 61K tickets sold, but not physically there. Interesting to see if they release how many people actually scanned to enter the game…my guess is more like 25-30k.
Trey, this W&T pretty much sums up a lot of the fans' feelings right now. It's all beyond our control at this point, we have no input on any solution, and there's nothing left to express but apathy towards where the football program is.
@@JRC_86 Apparently, the SEC money is now enough to balance out the half-empty stadium, unsold merchandise, dwindling donations,, etc. For sure, the fan support has less importance to a program than it once did.
I don't know if I agree with the fact that one side costs a lot of money in one side doesn't. If we have 30 to 40,000 at the games next year and have a season like this again some of those fans might not come back for quite some time or not at all
It’s hard to believe how this season went and the outlook of the team being where it is. The fans really like Pittman for who he is as a person generally speaking. Losing can turn everything against someone so fast. I know a lot of people are resigned and have their minds made up, but I think whether or not Pittman returns depends on if they beat Missouri, and the way things look in terms of recruiting. Arkansas has and I can’t stress enough they absolutely H A V E to start leveling up to other schools NIL incentives. There is abundance but very few decide whether or not that’s worth spending
I’m with you Trey. Poor play and bad decisions and not winning hurts recruiting. A head coach saying “He got out coached on more than one occasion” is hurting recruiting. It’s not the sports media. Hunter & Sam need to do a joint statement with no questions and say that Sam is our coach and he won’t be fired and then walk off. Sam blaming the news media is wrong on his part.
One thing to remember about attendance is that a lot of students are home. My daughter’s classes were cancelled for the upcoming Thanksgiving week so she was home and we (her parents) weren’t going to go to the game with her home. I love seeing Bud Walton Hall on the Walk and Talk. I lived and was an RA there while I was in school (Graduated 1999). It’s cool hearing kids give you the “I love you! I love the show!” That’s who we are. That’s what we’re about as Hog fans.
@@LrTiger24 Where in my statement did I allege that if more students had been there it would have been a 60k + crowd? I think I only commented that it had some impact on attendance. In our situation, our daughter not being there meant that 4 people weren’t there (her, my son, my wife, and me). Multiply that by other families and it had some impact.
@@KingofDiamonds85🤣😂 Put that crack pipe down. Based on what? Our "thrashing" of FIU? Or was it last week's beatdown at the hands of Auburn that is leading you to this delusional thinking. Don't set yourself for the disappointment bro
Nobody wants instant gratification, i think we just want improvement. This team has slid backwards the past 2 years with no indication of getting better.
Well stated. As a guy like myself whose been around since the 1950s, played football since the 60s and 70s...seen a lot of coaches. And I know what is a good head coach, and one who is just not . And this fan base is so excuse ridden and undiscerning it is just why it is the way it is; mediocre. That's what next year will look like.
It's what does it mean by blowing it up. Like if he can fix some things up front on offense and have many key players back, especially on defense, what could next year look like? 23 of the 24 starters have eligibility left. Or is he just not the guy and it won't matter.
@@HawgSports Do you think Auburn regrets firing Harsin and bringing in Freeze? Is Tennessee better with Heupel than the guy he replaced? Dykes took TCU to title game. Hard to believe a new coach would do worse than 4-8 as long as you don't rehire Morris.
Love Sam.....have zero idea whats going to happen at this point. Auburn game changed alot of things for me...the lack of effort....the laughing etc with opposing players after they just beat you down at your place...made we wonder what is going on exactly. I assume your opinion is the same Trey on job security ....we will see I guess. Id say if he beats mizzou hes def back....another auburn performance and hes gone....jmo. WPS
I agree. My concern would be if he's the one keeping Sam from being fired and things don't go well he could be collateral damage. TV $ from football pays for other sports. Fans of each school want to see all of their teams games, but the general public and TV wants interesting, competitive games. At some point weaker conferences members may be pushed out of the picture. And how long are we going to be able to keep Muss? @@mrwoods12
Pittman has to go. There is no need need to tie the next coach up with Sam's players. If we are being honest Sam took steps backwards in year three and four it's time to end this experiment.
We are also going to struggle next year with Pittman. Teams quit on Pittman. We have clearly seen that the last two years. They quit because the team has no discipline. Pittman may now be spurring the team with rhetoric about saving him as their coach. If so, I hope that spurs them next week past Missouri. However saving Pittman's job will not work very long next year with this team. Then it is again back to mediocre bad football. Bad football is the future with Pittman.
I think there's a couple ways to look at it. Do they get thrashed at home by Missouri Friday or do they battle? Next season needs to be special or there won't be any 'what should be done?' Everyone will without a doubt know.
@@HawgSports Who would possibly expect Ark to have a satisfying year next year if Pittman returns? At the very best it would be about 6-6 but I'd wouldn't even bet for that.
Arkansas is finished like alot of schools... college football has changed forever with the portal and NIL.. Pittman needs to stay and you die hard need to accept a 7-5 season as a great year.. You've never gotten 5 🌟 players and it's definitely not happening now with you wanting to fire a coach every 2-3 years because you didn't go to 6 bowl
@@brianstewart9470 Maybe so. Time will tell. The NIL & Transfer Portal are innovations very new to college football. Not time yet where judgements as you make can be set in stone. Whatever? This fan base will never be satisfied with 7-5 seasons as great years. Pittman will be fired next year by Yurachek or a new AD. Yurachek has now publicly backed Pittman for another season. Yurachek has made a Jeff Long type bad decision.
I don’t buy the theory that hiring a new coach automatically dooms you to failure the first year. Look at what Lou Holtz, Kenny Hatfield, Houston Nutt did their first years.
Yah he is. It’s crazy how the announcers said Pittman was told by Yurachek he has another season. Then he says in the presser that he has not talked to Yurachek about his job security and he did not have a 2 hour conversation with him like the guy said. Hmmm
@@brettwalker4915 I might have to listen to it again, but I don't think he said he didn't have the conversation with Hunter. I think he said he never told those announcers anything (They said he told them)
@@brettwalker4915 Yurachek was sitting in on that press conference after the game. If Pittman was definitely returning, Yurachek could have just stood up and said so. I still expect him to be fired next Saturday after the Missouri game on Friday.
I’ve been wanting a change with our head hog since I watched Liberty come in here and whoop us. The BYU game sealed it for me this season regardless however finished. If we get blown out Friday Sam is gone. Danny Ford vibes with Sam and of course old Bert. I’m still scratching my head why we didn’t hire Mike Norvell 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Thanks again for the walk and talk I always enjoy it I was glad to see the younger players come in and show what they can do I hope we beat missouri but will be hard to do
During Norvell's interview it was brought up about him sending a lady D pics and Mike got pissed and abruptly walked out, he believed it to be a personal matter, he had wanted the Arkansas job for several years at the time.
I want to say this only 3 teams have been able to satisfy their fans this season and two of those could have went badly if not for 61 yard field goal and the return of benched QB. So hang in there and support Sam I'm a Kentucky fan nobody's happy about our season, it's been tuff year for most others in this league just look around.
Gee all we got to look forward to is being frickin spoilers AAgain ! I’ve been an Arkansas razorback fan for over 30 years and I’ve come to the realization that as far as football is concerned, we can only compete on a national level about every 11 years…. Thank the good Lord --basketball season is upon us !! WPS 🐷 Alumni ‘87
What bad ass offensive coordinator would come to this situation to work under this coach amid this toxic attitude in the fan base with a program that is only 3 games better than Vandy over the past 11 year sample size? It would take some unprecedented guarantee for an assistant coach and even that might not be enough. How much money do you need in salary to put your entire career in jeopardy?
Sam needs to take responsibility for this team. Fans doesn’t want to see what happened last week and then you expect that stadium to be full the next. No! The fans deserve better. It’s their hard earned money that’s being spent and wasted to see a team with no heart and a coach that doesn’t know what he’s doing. Coaches are being paid to win, not look what I did 2-3 years ago. He was supposed to be the best O-line in the country and a great recruiter and none of that has happened. I don’t keep spending money on something that doesn’t work and neither does anyone else.
We need two separation receivers and an improved o line. The Isiah’s can be quality players. Health of the team is a key issue. Lost 2 running backs in one quarter. Get that stupid trophy back.
Sam’s biggest fault is his favoritism, playing Dubinion instead of Augustave, playing Latham and Clark as starters, ad nauseum. Retaining Cody Kennedy as OL despite his inability to field even a mediocre offensive line. We all get that Sam is a good human being but he is in way over his head as a head coach.
With a move to the 12 team playoff next year, the “next level” is more attainable than ever. So if Pittman isn’t the guy, then you’re just delaying any shot you have at getting in the field. Based on the current talent level and recruiting class, it’s pretty clear Arkansas isn’t close to the top tier schools in this league.
It's been a strange and disappointing season to say the least, but win or lose if they make a good stand against Missouri, I think Sam Pittman will be the coach next season, and it'll probably be for the best right now.
I wanted to keep Sam before this game I still want to keep him after I hope he gets another year I don't want to watch a new coach come in and be trash for 2years before we have a chance to be even decent again this is my opinion I know most ppl want him gone
You did fine, Trey. Not a lot to say about the game. Nice that we won, but it was kinda empty & anticlimactic. Sam is not the guy, but you can't say that.
The culture with the team and the lemon coaching our O line currently just aren't doing it, and Sam doesn't have the IQ to be the HC when the games need him to have it.
Usually the year where everyone says it’s the year. Usually aren’t. Next year will be better. Arkansas will be fine and Sam Pittman will get us to the next level. I believe in him. Go Hogs!!! Beat Mizzou!!!
There is no next level. Hog football is at the very bottom already. Pittman is a disgrace! Way worse than Chad Morris. Why do think NOBODY gave this Bozo a head coaching job in the last 30 years of his coaching career! They all knew he is not head coaching material!! Hope the AD wakes up next year after another clown show team wins 4 games and finally fires this good ole boy Bozo. FIRE PITTMAN. FIRE PITTMAN. FIRE PITTMAN.
I think we just overvalued the team this year. KJ being people’s pick for the best SEC quarterback and a sneaky heisman before the season started is a prime example of that.
I always laugh when nearly every SEC fan base (excluding Georgia and Alabama) starts screaming “FIRE THE COACH” after a few bad games or one bad season. Okay! Great! Let’s fire the coach!! Now… who are we going to hire? “Uh…. well we didn’t think about that.” Exactly. Other than Kirby Smart and Nick Saban, there isn’t a single football coach in America that would be a guaranteed successful hire. Literally no one. Lincoln Riley was supposed to make USC a super power again. How’s that going? Hugh Freeze is a genius!! Oh really? Why did they lose as a 25 1/2 pt favorite at home to New Mexico State 31-10 yesterday? Lane Kiffin!! Lane led his Rebels into Athens last week and got absolutely DESTROYED. I believe in Hunter Yurachek and if he thinks that Sam Pittman is the right coach for our Hogs, I trust him.
This defense is worth building on. To keep those coaches you have to keep coach. And defense like that don't come often. Yes, they could be better. And the offense well come. These young ones- linemen well be better. And coach can get some ,he knows what he's looking for. Just hope they can be found and come. This team isn't that far away from being a very good team. Like the back up quarterbacks and the running backs. A reciever or two and those returning ends can be strong. NOT THE TIME FOR CONFUSION! Time to see the future.
Hate to say it given all of Pittman's negatives this year but I have to agree on this point... Aside from the Auburn game and second half against LSU, the defensive staff have had their guys fired up. If a new coach comes in (unless it's Malzahn, which seems unlikely) TWill and Woodson are almost definitely gone. Yurachek has probably taken that into consideration in making his decision on Pittman's status. Good defense is hard to come by in college these days, and a total house cleaning at Arkansas would make things worse on that side of the ball in 2024. Success on defense depends a lot on continuity and chemistry. Look at Colorado: Prime's totally rebuilt roster didn't really have time to gel in one off-season, especially on defense, and it showed in the miserable defensive stats all year. If Pittman gets canned and the defensive staff isn't retained by the new HC, we would likely be looking at a massive portal exodus and a defense in 2024 ranked in the low 100s nationally.
Coach needed this win, big time. And the players needed it too. In fact, we all did. Just glad the the PitBoss is gonna get another year to try and get it right.
The state of Arkansas doesn’t have the resources to complete with NIL . Plus the fan base and state are mostly disinterested due to 20 yrs od dismal teams
Of all the things that need to change I think you have to start up front. I don't know is it's the O Line coach or just the level of athletes on the line. But that has to change! We have a better O lIne a lot of this stuff will fix itself. As to coaching change. Who is out there. Firing the coach brings a whole nother set of problems. I will say Auburn getting whipped by NM state made me pretty mad. We are a mess; hope they can get it together for a good final game this year. Go Hogs Beat Mizzou!
As bad as the line was you lost 4 games by 7 or less...so each one of those games was winnable. You win those and you have 8 wins. That's the positive outlook. Go Hogs!
So now Pittman's getting snippy about the "fire his a** rumors" and how they're hurting recruiting blahblahblah. Yeah, well, too bad so sad for him but at the end of the day the results on the field are what count. Am I supposed to be impressed we beat a lesser team by 24 pts? We were SUPPOSED to beat them. And that first quarter...sheesh. (And Auburn, which completely throttled us last Saturday, turned around and got throttled at home by New Mexico State yesterday. New Mexico State!! How does THAT make us look?) Now we're 4-7. Big whoop. I'm must kind of apathetic about this team at this point. Even beating Mizzou--highly unlikely as they are rolling at 9-2 and have owned us for most of the past decade--won't undo this disappointing season. I was on the way to apathy after that Miss St game but that hideous performance last week against Auburn did me in. And keeping Pittman? Meh. I'm not in favor of it. I do not think he's an SEC-level coach. But getting rid of him means starting over...again. Ugh. We're stuck between a rock and hard place.
I have liked Coach Pittman from day one and still do. However, this year should have been our year… 1. Year 4 under Coach Pittman should been “The Year” for us to see exactly what he can produce with HIS players. 2. Year 4 of Coach Pittman just happened to line up with a year where the West was very winnable. Based I these two points, this should have been, “The Year Of The Hog!”… but it wasn’t. For these reasons I just don’t see Sam being successful by himself. I believe we are missing Odom way more than we may have ever thought. If we don’t hire an offensive coordinator that will be, or has been a head coach, we will not see success under Sam. I hate it for him, but after the major let down that was this season, I just don’t see Sam taking our program to a level of success that most Hog fans will be happy with.
I watch everything about the razorbacks. Love Hawg Sports and Trey BUT Sams recent comments about the press and him not being the coach etc and it hurting recruiting- my answer is what hurts recruiting is the win loss record
Arkansas should move to the Sun Belt conference they have proven they can not compete very well in the SEC which is only going to get stronger next year.
Time for a change in HC because if not there is fixing to be a mad exiting in the transfer portal. Go look at Rhett Lashley at Houston in what he’s done. Bring Rhett home back to the hill
I believe if Arkansas can play Missouri a close game and not look like a lethargic team like they did tonight against this bad team then Sam can hold his head up higher.
Fans don’t want instant satisfaction-we’ve been waiting 4 years for this coach to figure out how to coach…and coaching isn’t just about wins and losses. Coaching is also about motivation and heart-Pittman can’t do it. Pittman is too old and unmotivated.
Thank u trey i dont know what to say ethher hope they win this nxt game but mo.is good i will agree on what u said about the change with someone new coming .look forward to ur nxt walk and talk.
Hyped up running backs, and they usually turn out to be like we see in him. A stall of running backs need to be used so they are reluctant to get the BIG Head
I realize my opinion on who’s coaching the Hogs matters not to the people in charge of hiring and firing. However, despite what a nice guy Sam is, he’s made some crap decisions in several games that were glaringly bad; looking completely lost at times. I’m not against Sam, but I want, we all need, him to step up and do more if he is to remain our coach.
Sam has a bad history of losing to byu and liberty. Plus playing in the sec you just cant afford that. Fire him and get new blood. He needs to be fishing on the lake everyday instead of coaching a sec team. 😮😮
My prob with Sam is...i dont think he is FULLY realized as a head coach even after four years.....IF!....IF!...he can get a SLAM BANG HUMDINGER of a Offensive Coordinator AND...win at the portal and at recruiting AND!...AND!...construct outta this year 4 mess AT LEAST an 8-4 regular season next year....then....maybe....🤕
How many schools will be leaving the SEC. In a couple years because of NIL. Now that Texas and Oklahoma will be coming in next year. The rich get richer everyone else will be suffering.
One more thing: In last 13 seasons, Arkansas has had the least SEC wins besides Vandy. We are Vandy. Fans need to realize that and understand this is a low population state and as long as Ark is in the SEC, Nick Saban couldn't win in the SEC here. 7-5 and 3-5 is the average year, if that, over last 13 seasons. Stop thinking this is the 1960s and 1970s with Broyles and Holtz. Ark hasn't been at that level in over 30 years consistently and that coincides with Ark joining the SEC. Ark is a small fish in a huge ocean.
@@dougwilliams4745 Intelligent people use the spread as a measure of how well-informed people expect a team to play against another team compared to how well they actually performed. Intelligent people can use it to tell, for instance, how well a coach prepared his team tp play the other team.
I'm praying Pittman gets a new motorcycle and a blonde for Christmas!!!!! Thats our only chance for the future. Feel sorry for the football team next year because it's gonna get worse!
Auburn lost at home to NM St by 3 TDs. Our asst coaches cannot coach consistency. Just because someone does their job well one year does not mean they will the next year or the year after that. The O line is terrible and the O line coach has not done his job well. The D has not been consistent either. The special teams is terrible and has been most of the year. Pittman better find good assistants or he will be fired after next year.
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247Sports sources say Sam Pittman to return as Arkansas football coach, as Razorbacks AD Hunter Yurachek informs team: 247sports.com/college/arkansas/article/arkansas-football-ad-told-team-sam-pittman-will-return-to-team-next-season-per-matt-zenitz--220803077/
And I wish I could say that I'm super-excited and pumped that Pittman will be back next year...but I can't say that. Like I said, stuck between a rock (keeping Pittman--meh) and a hard place (starting over again--ugh.) I guess "meh" is better than "ugh." I guess.
I'm not investing anymore time and money on the Football team. Thanks Hunter! Im curious what happens if the economy gets worse how are you going to fill the stands? Real question
HY is trying to get them off the pendulum and stabilize the program a little more. The right OC hire will go a long way as well.
Where has Isaiah Augustave been all year? His vision running the ball is by far the best I've seen on the team this year.
Combine that with the fact that they completely Miss evaluated the offensive line Talent we had on campus and you have a problem we're seeing right now
That's exactly what i thought way back at the beginning of the year. Reminded me of Eric Dickerson.
And still ran better then the other backs.
This is the same thing I was going to say. I was just wanting to see him get the ball every play that guy is explosive
He runs like Fred Talley use to. We had Cedric Cobbs that was super muscular and could run sub 4.4 forty. Ced was either hurt or dancing in the hole and not making big yards. Talley would hit the hole hard and bounce around like a marble occasionally breaking a huge run but always getting at least 5 yards. Rocket w b great on a team with a big O line that creates an initial lane, but can’t run with this type of line.
The BYU game set the tone for the entire season. But I will die a Hog.
BYU almost beat Oklahoma tonight too
BYU almost beat Oklahoma today...
And Liberty last year
@@EricFox-t5tBYU is 5-6
Me too......but we still stink. WPS
Crowd looked, on TV, better than I thought it would all things considered.
Yeah there were 61,000 people there surprisingly.
@@NikolaiG8There were not 61K people there. Maybe 61K tickets sold, but not physically there. Interesting to see if they release how many people actually scanned to enter the game…my guess is more like 25-30k.
@@theb0sshog741 the stadium looked more than half full
Trey, this W&T pretty much sums up a lot of the fans' feelings right now. It's all beyond our control at this point, we have no input on any solution, and there's nothing left to express but apathy towards where the football program is.
When is it ever within our control?? This whole thing is about money and Yurachek's ego.
@@JRC_86 Apparently, the SEC money is now enough to balance out the half-empty stadium, unsold merchandise, dwindling donations,, etc. For sure, the fan support has less importance to a program than it once did.
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Trey this one of your best W&T I’ve seen in a long time. It sounds better when you speak from the heart instead of your job. Keep it real.
Maybe because it’s one of the few game we’ve won?
Go Hogs. Love 'em since 1973 as a freshman.
Always good! Thank you for taking the time and effort to do the Walk & Talks.
A win this week could really be a big boast. A loss would be devastating. Thanks for doing the walk and talks. Makes me feel better.
Thank you for always being so measured. I needed to hear a level-headed Hog after all the nonsense Hog "fans" have been saying lately.
Sunbelt Sam finally got him one from a 4 win CUSA team! WPS! it'll be a struggle next year with Sunbelt Sam too.
It's pretty sad when the best things we can look at this season are close losses
Pray that Arkansas beats Missouri. The whole team should pray on the field like Alabama at the beginning of the game. God will hear them.
God doesn't like Arkansas unfortunately
I don't know if I agree with the fact that one side costs a lot of money in one side doesn't. If we have 30 to 40,000 at the games next year and have a season like this again some of those fans might not come back for quite some time or not at all
It’s hard to believe how this season went and the outlook of the team being where it is. The fans really like Pittman for who he is as a person generally speaking. Losing can turn everything against someone so fast.
I know a lot of people are resigned and have their minds made up, but I think whether or not Pittman returns depends on if they beat Missouri, and the way things look in terms of recruiting. Arkansas has and I can’t stress enough they absolutely H A V E to start leveling up to other schools NIL incentives. There is abundance but very few decide whether or not that’s worth spending
Pittman needs to hire an elite OC for next year
I’m with you Trey. Poor play and bad decisions and not winning hurts recruiting. A head coach saying “He got out coached on more than one occasion” is hurting recruiting. It’s not the sports media. Hunter & Sam need to do a joint statement with no questions and say that Sam is our coach and he won’t be fired and then walk off. Sam blaming the news media is wrong on his part.
Oink! Too little, too late. Bye Sam.
Looks like Rocket is hurt again. Maybe he can showcase this last game. Augustiv really wants the job and has the energy. Give him the ball.
God bless u trey thanks for the good work
My favorite part of the walk & talk is watching Trey find his way out of the stadium
One thing to remember about attendance is that a lot of students are home. My daughter’s classes were cancelled for the upcoming Thanksgiving week so she was home and we (her parents) weren’t going to go to the game with her home.
I love seeing Bud Walton Hall on the Walk and Talk. I lived and was an RA there while I was in school (Graduated 1999).
It’s cool hearing kids give you the “I love you! I love the show!” That’s who we are. That’s what we’re about as Hog fans.
Ok? Students don’t turn that crowd into 60k+ lol
@@LrTiger24 Where in my statement did I allege that if more students had been there it would have been a 60k + crowd? I think I only commented that it had some impact on attendance.
In our situation, our daughter not being there meant that 4 people weren’t there (her, my son, my wife, and me). Multiply that by other families and it had some impact.
Is she hot?
Dorkywitz is licking his chops!
Arkansas beats Mizzou, mark it down.
@@KingofDiamonds85🤣😂 Put that crack pipe down. Based on what? Our "thrashing" of FIU? Or was it last week's beatdown at the hands of Auburn that is leading you to this delusional thinking. Don't set yourself for the disappointment bro
Nobody wants instant gratification, i think we just want improvement. This team has slid backwards the past 2 years with no indication of getting better.
Very good observation on the whole.
Well stated. As a guy like myself whose been around since the 1950s, played football since the 60s and 70s...seen a lot of coaches. And I know what is a good head coach, and one who is just not . And this fan base is so excuse ridden and undiscerning it is just why it is the way it is; mediocre. That's what next year will look like.
I think Augustave needs the ball way more, he is hungry and had a special spark
Jumped OFF Pittman's wagon 2 yrs ago. AR fans deserve so much more than what he can deliver. Also, NIL has destroyed college sports. It's a shame ...
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Lol you jumped off pittmans wagon 2 years ago. So you jumped off after a 9-4 season? Go on somewhere
Also by waiting till the end of the season. We are limiting the coaching pool we can dip into
Other schools are already out interviewing coaches. Pittman should have been fired after Auburn loss.
I don’t care either way if he gets fired or stays but what is the difference in a rebuilding year or Sam only winning 4 games?
Good question
It's what does it mean by blowing it up. Like if he can fix some things up front on offense and have many key players back, especially on defense, what could next year look like? 23 of the 24 starters have eligibility left. Or is he just not the guy and it won't matter.
@@HawgSports Do you think Auburn regrets firing Harsin and bringing in Freeze? Is Tennessee better with Heupel than the guy he replaced? Dykes took TCU to title game. Hard to believe a new coach would do worse than 4-8 as long as you don't rehire Morris.
And now we know no matter what happens next week Pittman won't be fired. Which is crazy to me that they have already made that decision.
Love Sam.....have zero idea whats going to happen at this point. Auburn game changed alot of things for me...the lack of effort....the laughing etc with opposing players after they just beat you down at your place...made we wonder what is going on exactly. I assume your opinion is the same Trey on job security ....we will see I guess. Id say if he beats mizzou hes def back....another auburn performance and hes gone....jmo. WPS
If Sam is back, I think the AD is putting his job on the line. He'll get a good job, though if things don't work out.
Fortunately for him football isn't our only sport and every other sport is a big time competitor.
His job is far from at risk he's a great AD
I agree. My concern would be if he's the one keeping Sam from being fired and things don't go well he could be collateral damage. TV $ from football pays for other sports. Fans of each school want to see all of their teams games, but the general public and TV wants interesting, competitive games. At some point weaker conferences members may be pushed out of the picture. And how long are we going to be able to keep Muss? @@mrwoods12
TV $ pays the bills. They don't care about anything but football and basketball at tourney time. @@joshuacarr1720
Pittman has to go. There is no need need to tie the next coach up with Sam's players. If we are being honest Sam took steps backwards in year three and four it's time to end this experiment.
We are also going to struggle next year with Pittman. Teams quit on Pittman. We have clearly seen that the last two years. They quit because the team has no discipline. Pittman may now be spurring the team with rhetoric about saving him as their coach. If so, I hope that spurs them next week past Missouri. However saving Pittman's job will not work very long next year with this team. Then it is again back to mediocre bad football. Bad football is the future with Pittman.
I think there's a couple ways to look at it. Do they get thrashed at home by Missouri Friday or do they battle? Next season needs to be special or there won't be any 'what should be done?' Everyone will without a doubt know.
@@HawgSports Who would possibly expect Ark to have a satisfying year next year if Pittman returns? At the very best it would be about 6-6 but I'd wouldn't even bet for that.
🤡🤡🤡 next year Arkansas will be legit
Arkansas is finished like alot of schools... college football has changed forever with the portal and NIL.. Pittman needs to stay and you die hard need to accept a 7-5 season as a great year.. You've never gotten 5 🌟 players and it's definitely not happening now with you wanting to fire a coach every 2-3 years because you didn't go to 6 bowl
@@brianstewart9470 Maybe so. Time will tell. The NIL & Transfer Portal are innovations very new to college football. Not time yet where judgements as you make can be set in stone. Whatever? This fan base will never be satisfied with 7-5 seasons as great years. Pittman will be fired next year by Yurachek or a new AD. Yurachek has now publicly backed Pittman for another season. Yurachek has made a Jeff Long type bad decision.
Miserable competition to be as close as it was
Yeah, a good team would have beaten that team 59-7 or something similar.
@@dhornjr1 yeap
@@dhornjr1 Even a mediocre team would have beaten the crap out of FIU.
I don’t buy the theory that hiring a new coach automatically dooms you to failure the first year. Look at what Lou Holtz, Kenny Hatfield, Houston Nutt did their first years.
Sam’s press conference was lifeless. Regardless of the outcome today the man is defeated.
Yah he is. It’s crazy how the announcers said Pittman was told by Yurachek he has another season. Then he says in the presser that he has not talked to Yurachek about his job security and he did not have a 2 hour conversation with him like the guy said. Hmmm
@@brettwalker4915 I might have to listen to it again, but I don't think he said he didn't have the conversation with Hunter. I think he said he never told those announcers anything (They said he told them)
@@brettwalker4915 Yurachek was sitting in on that press conference after the game. If Pittman was definitely returning, Yurachek could have just stood up and said so. I still expect him to be fired next Saturday after the Missouri game on Friday.
Trey, it would be neat if you did a walk and talk after certain Diamond Hog baseball series next spring. Thanks again for your time and thoughts.
Thinking with logic and not emotions is how we weather this storm
I’ve been wanting a change with our head hog since I watched Liberty come in here and whoop us. The BYU game sealed it for me this season regardless however finished. If we get blown out Friday Sam is gone. Danny Ford vibes with Sam and of course old Bert. I’m still scratching my head why we didn’t hire Mike Norvell 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Thanks again for the walk and talk I always enjoy it I was glad to see the younger players come in and show what they can do I hope we beat missouri but will be hard to do
During Norvell's interview it was brought up about him sending a lady D pics and Mike got pissed and abruptly walked out, he believed it to be a personal matter, he had wanted the Arkansas job for several years at the time.
Norvell told us no because he felt disrespected when we hired Morris and now he won't come cause he is a playoff contender at FS
A&M had the balls to make a change. We need to have the balls to make a change as well
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Hell, even Mississippi State fired their coach and he beat Ark in Fayetteville
I want to say this only 3 teams have been able to satisfy their fans this season and two of those could have went badly if not for 61 yard field goal and the return of benched QB.
So hang in there and support Sam I'm a Kentucky fan nobody's happy about our season, it's been tuff year for most others in this league just look around.
Gee all we got to look forward to is being frickin spoilers AAgain ! I’ve been an Arkansas razorback fan for over 30 years and I’ve come to the realization that as far as football is concerned, we can only compete on a national level about every 11 years….
Thank the good Lord --basketball season is upon us !!
WPS 🐷 Alumni ‘87
What bad ass offensive coordinator would come to this situation to work under this coach amid this toxic attitude in the fan base with a program that is only 3 games better than Vandy over the past 11 year sample size? It would take some unprecedented guarantee for an assistant coach and even that might not be enough. How much money do you need in salary to put your entire career in jeopardy?
A lame duck coach would ruin the program for a year
It's not different than any other fan base. If someone doesn't want to get a better opportunity because of fans, don't need to be a coach period.
Sam needs to take responsibility for this team. Fans doesn’t want to see what happened last week and then you expect that stadium to be full the next. No! The fans deserve better. It’s their hard earned money that’s being spent and wasted to see a team with no heart and a coach that doesn’t know what he’s doing. Coaches are being paid to win, not look what I did 2-3 years ago. He was supposed to be the best O-line in the country and a great recruiter and none of that has happened. I don’t keep spending money on something that doesn’t work and neither does anyone else.
Fans are being ignored…we need a new AD
Exactly, Trey. Winning 4 games and going 1-7 in SEC kills recruiting. You reap what you sow. Nobody's fault but the coaches'.
Winning is all about the coaches under the head coach. Will always be that way. Ask Kirby Smart
We need two separation receivers and an improved o line. The Isiah’s can be quality players. Health of the team is a key issue. Lost 2 running backs in one quarter. Get that stupid trophy back.
Sam’s biggest fault is his favoritism, playing Dubinion instead of Augustave, playing Latham and Clark as starters, ad nauseum. Retaining Cody Kennedy as OL despite his inability to field even a mediocre offensive line. We all get that Sam is a good human being but he is in way over his head as a head coach.
With a move to the 12 team playoff next year, the “next level” is more attainable than ever. So if Pittman isn’t the guy, then you’re just delaying any shot you have at getting in the field. Based on the current talent level and recruiting class, it’s pretty clear Arkansas isn’t close to the top tier schools in this league.
We need to go after FIUs Kris in the portal lol
It's been a strange and disappointing season to say the least, but win or lose if they make a good stand against Missouri, I think Sam Pittman will be the coach next season, and it'll probably be for the best right now.
I wanted to keep Sam before this game I still want to keep him after I hope he gets another year I don't want to watch a new coach come in and be trash for 2years before we have a chance to be even decent again this is my opinion I know most ppl want him gone
They are trash this year. As long as they don't rehire Chad Morris, I don't know how it could get much worse.
From watching the game on TV, it sure didn't look 2/3rd full. MIGHT have been half full, maybe
You did fine, Trey. Not a lot to say about the game. Nice that we won, but it was kinda empty & anticlimactic. Sam is not the guy, but you can't say that.
The culture with the team and the lemon coaching our O line currently just aren't doing it, and Sam doesn't have the IQ to be the HC when the games need him to have it.
Usually the year where everyone says it’s the year. Usually aren’t. Next year will be better. Arkansas will be fine and Sam Pittman will get us to the next level. I believe in him. Go Hogs!!! Beat Mizzou!!!
There is no next level. Hog football is at the very bottom already. Pittman is a disgrace! Way worse than Chad Morris. Why do think NOBODY gave this Bozo a head coaching job in the last 30 years of his coaching career! They all knew he is not head coaching material!! Hope the AD wakes up next year after another clown show team wins 4 games and finally fires this good ole boy Bozo. FIRE PITTMAN. FIRE PITTMAN. FIRE PITTMAN.
The University of Arkansas has a con artist pretending to be a head coach. Pittman a spoiler my ass!
I would rather at this point deal with a rebuild struggle than going down the same road knowing full well what we have type struggle.
A hearty Amen to that.
I think we just overvalued the team this year. KJ being people’s pick for the best SEC quarterback and a sneaky heisman before the season started is a prime example of that.
Not sure how to feel about this one, we’re suppose to win. But, we all had that “ here we go again” thoughts in the first quarter. #wps
I always laugh when nearly every SEC fan base (excluding Georgia and Alabama) starts screaming “FIRE THE COACH” after a few bad games or one bad season. Okay! Great! Let’s fire the coach!! Now… who are we going to hire? “Uh…. well we didn’t think about that.” Exactly. Other than Kirby Smart and Nick Saban, there isn’t a single football coach in America that would be a guaranteed successful hire. Literally no one. Lincoln Riley was supposed to make USC a super power again. How’s that going? Hugh Freeze is a genius!! Oh really? Why did they lose as a 25 1/2 pt favorite at home to New Mexico State 31-10 yesterday? Lane Kiffin!! Lane led his Rebels into Athens last week and got absolutely DESTROYED. I believe in Hunter Yurachek and if he thinks that Sam Pittman is the right coach for our Hogs, I trust him.
😂 it was good Trey! Slack cut man 🤣🤣🤣
You’re lucky you can do your “Walk & Talk” in Fayetteville … anywhere else you would have been mugged!
Another great job … see you after Mizzou.
Next week is gonna be a bloodbath...
You know Drinkwitz will run up the score a little if he has the chance
@@elmerfudpucker5387 Oh yeah, just to twist the knife a bit more than it needs to be
So who will be the next QB1?
So it came out today they are not firing sam. Ok so how they fixing this issue with football more NIL?
This defense is worth building on. To keep those coaches you have to keep coach. And defense like that don't come often. Yes, they could be better. And the offense well come. These young ones- linemen well be better. And coach can get some ,he knows what he's looking for. Just hope they can be found and come. This team isn't that far away from being a very good team. Like the back up quarterbacks and the running backs. A reciever or two and those returning ends can be strong. NOT THE TIME FOR CONFUSION! Time to see the future.
Hate to say it given all of Pittman's negatives this year but I have to agree on this point... Aside from the Auburn game and second half against LSU, the defensive staff have had their guys fired up. If a new coach comes in (unless it's Malzahn, which seems unlikely) TWill and Woodson are almost definitely gone. Yurachek has probably taken that into consideration in making his decision on Pittman's status.
Good defense is hard to come by in college these days, and a total house cleaning at Arkansas would make things worse on that side of the ball in 2024. Success on defense depends a lot on continuity and chemistry. Look at Colorado: Prime's totally rebuilt roster didn't really have time to gel in one off-season, especially on defense, and it showed in the miserable defensive stats all year.
If Pittman gets canned and the defensive staff isn't retained by the new HC, we would likely be looking at a massive portal exodus and a defense in 2024 ranked in the low 100s nationally.
Coach needed this win, big time. And the players needed it too. In fact, we all did. Just glad the the PitBoss is gonna get another year to try and get it right.
Beating FIU a 4-6 team is a big win ?!😭🤦🏾♂️
@@brandonjackson5907who said this was a big win?
Trey certainly didn't say Pittman would be returning next year. He's said before practically everyone he's talked to wants and expects change.
God let's hope not.
bradleylewis9698 stated that with a exclamation and question mark. Did you miss that?
The state of Arkansas doesn’t have the resources to complete with NIL . Plus the fan base and state are mostly disinterested due to 20 yrs od dismal teams
We have more resources than 90% of the country. We just aren't tapping into them
Do they have more resources than Mississippi?
Not in state talent . Another crucial resource.
@@HawgSportsyes
Of all the things that need to change I think you have to start up front. I don't know is it's the O Line coach or just the level of athletes on the line. But that has to change! We have a better O lIne a lot of this stuff will fix itself. As to coaching change. Who is out there. Firing the coach brings a whole nother set of problems. I will say Auburn getting whipped by NM state made me pretty mad. We are a mess; hope they can get it together for a good final game this year. Go Hogs Beat Mizzou!
Is it like the NFL where they have salary caps and contracts?
As bad as the line was you lost 4 games by 7 or less...so each one of those games was winnable. You win those and you have 8 wins. That's the positive outlook. Go Hogs!
So now Pittman's getting snippy about the "fire his a** rumors" and how they're hurting recruiting blahblahblah. Yeah, well, too bad so sad for him but at the end of the day the results on the field are what count. Am I supposed to be impressed we beat a lesser team by 24 pts? We were SUPPOSED to beat them. And that first quarter...sheesh. (And Auburn, which completely throttled us last Saturday, turned around and got throttled at home by New Mexico State yesterday. New Mexico State!! How does THAT make us look?) Now we're 4-7. Big whoop. I'm must kind of apathetic about this team at this point. Even beating Mizzou--highly unlikely as they are rolling at 9-2 and have owned us for most of the past decade--won't undo this disappointing season. I was on the way to apathy after that Miss St game but that hideous performance last week against Auburn did me in. And keeping Pittman? Meh. I'm not in favor of it. I do not think he's an SEC-level coach. But getting rid of him means starting over...again. Ugh. We're stuck between a rock and hard place.
I have liked Coach Pittman from day one and still do. However, this year should have been our year…
1. Year 4 under Coach Pittman should been “The Year” for us to see exactly what he can produce with HIS players.
2. Year 4 of Coach Pittman just happened to line up with a year where the West was very winnable.
Based I these two points, this should have been, “The Year Of The Hog!”… but it wasn’t.
For these reasons I just don’t see Sam being successful by himself. I believe we are missing Odom way more than we may have ever thought. If we don’t hire an offensive coordinator that will be, or has been a head coach, we will not see success under Sam. I hate it for him, but after the major let down that was this season, I just don’t see Sam taking our program to a level of success that most Hog fans will be happy with.
I watch everything about the razorbacks. Love Hawg Sports and Trey BUT Sams recent comments about the press and him not being the coach etc and it hurting recruiting- my answer is what hurts recruiting is the win loss record
Arkansas should move to the Sun Belt conference they have proven they can not compete very well in the SEC which is only going to get stronger next year.
Time for a change in HC because if not there is fixing to be a mad exiting in the transfer portal. Go look at Rhett Lashley at Houston in what he’s done. Bring Rhett home back to the hill
With the A&M and Ms state jobs open, I don't think he's gonna get fired.... I don't like the idea of fighting for top choice hires
I believe if Arkansas can play Missouri a close game and not look like a lethargic team like they did tonight against this bad team then Sam can hold his head up higher.
Depends on who you hire Trey
Fans don’t want instant satisfaction-we’ve been waiting 4 years for this coach to figure out how to coach…and coaching isn’t just about wins and losses. Coaching is also about motivation and heart-Pittman can’t do it. Pittman is too old and unmotivated.
Come on QUICK HOG BASEBALL ⚾️
100% losing is what hurts recruiting Trey
Thank u trey i dont know what to say ethher hope they win this nxt game but mo.is good i will agree on what u said about the change with someone new coming .look forward to ur nxt walk and talk.
Mus has no problem with NIL neither does VAn Horn. should not be a problem for football.
Big difference in the number of players and number of dollars needed for football vs basketball & baseball.
Trey. You did not use the word fettle correctly. Good word though!
Such expectations for rocket sanders what a let down he’s been.
Hyped up running backs, and they usually turn out to be like we see in him. A stall of running backs need to be used so they are reluctant to get the BIG Head
Ya know, I’ve heard this Mark Stoops crap about keep a guy around and he’ll succeed….nope. Mark Stoops is not succeeding.
I realize my opinion on who’s coaching the Hogs matters not to the people in charge of hiring and firing. However, despite what a nice guy Sam is, he’s made some crap decisions in several games that were glaringly bad; looking completely lost at times. I’m not against Sam, but I want, we all need, him to step up and do more if he is to remain our coach.
Sam has a bad history of losing to byu and liberty. Plus playing in the sec you just cant afford that. Fire him and get new blood. He needs to be fishing on the lake everyday instead of coaching a sec team. 😮😮
Well Razorbacks supporters we just can’t be consistent ever in football 😔😔😔 but maybe we get right !!!
Better tighten up that secondary play.
My prob with Sam is...i dont think he is FULLY realized as a head coach even after four years.....IF!....IF!...he can get a SLAM BANG HUMDINGER of a Offensive Coordinator AND...win at the portal and at recruiting AND!...AND!...construct outta this year 4 mess AT LEAST an 8-4 regular season next year....then....maybe....🤕
AUGUSTAVE!!!!!!!! He is going to be a problem
How many schools will be leaving the SEC. In a couple years because of NIL. Now that Texas and Oklahoma will be coming in next year. The rich get richer everyone else will be suffering.
One more thing: In last 13 seasons, Arkansas has had the least SEC wins besides Vandy. We are Vandy. Fans need to realize that and understand this is a low population state and as long as Ark is in the SEC, Nick Saban couldn't win in the SEC here. 7-5 and 3-5 is the average year, if that, over last 13 seasons. Stop thinking this is the 1960s and 1970s with Broyles and Holtz. Ark hasn't been at that level in over 30 years consistently and that coincides with Ark joining the SEC. Ark is a small fish in a huge ocean.
Bring Bobby Petrino back, even if only as OC.
Maybe the offense has passed him by in this time and era , texas am wasn’t lighting it up offensively just saying
You can't because he was fired with cause.....big dummy
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It wasn't THAT IMPRESSIVE BEATING THAT TEAM😂 BUT A WIN IS A WIN! BEAT SOMEONE THAT GETS ATTENTION IN SEC . 😮
44-20 is not a good final score. FIU beat the spread. We didn’t look good. I think we’re just done.
Who gives a crap about the spread. Oh wait gambler's do 😂😂😂
@@dougwilliams4745 Intelligent people use the spread as a measure of how well-informed people expect a team to play against another team compared to how well they actually performed. Intelligent people can use it to tell, for instance, how well a coach prepared his team tp play the other team.
They don't have an offensive coordinator and that matters.
I'm praying Pittman gets a new motorcycle and a blonde for Christmas!!!!! Thats our only chance for the future. Feel sorry for the football team next year because it's gonna get worse!
Auburn lost at home to NM St by 3 TDs. Our asst coaches cannot coach consistency. Just because someone does their job well one year does not mean they will the next year or the year after that. The O line is terrible and the O line coach has not done his job well. The D has not been consistent either. The special teams is terrible and has been most of the year. Pittman better find good assistants or he will be fired after next year.
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