If he gets some kind of offer, from Arkansas, on some such school, he better jump on it.
This is where I get confused on this stuff.
You say want Rattay to be HC, then say our QB has become stagnant or regressed.....knowing Rattay is the QB coach. Wouldn't this mean that Rattay is not doing a good job as QB coach, if our QB is regressing?
How does he get a pass on this? I say this being a Tim Rattay (player) fan.
This is the article I previously read. It says Skip is rumored for the head coach job, if it becomes available. Not the AD job, who knows if he would be good at that job. Nothing in his past indicates any ability to be an AD.
One of the names that’s been rumored this week to be a target for the Arkansas administration to replace Bielema has been Holtz, Louisiana Tech’s head coach. Bielema is the head coach. Long was the AD.
This is the article I previously read. It says Skip is rumored for the head coach job, if it becomes available. Not the AD job, who knows if he would be good at that job. Nothing in his past indicates any ability to be an AD.
One of the names that’s been rumored this week to be a target for the Arkansas administration to replace Bielema has been Holtz, Louisiana Tech’s head coach. Bielema is the head coach. Long was the AD.
Arkansas fired Jeff Long because back in early 2015 Long signed Bielema to a 6-yr contract extension that runs through the 2020 season. The new contract called for Bielema to earn $4 Million in 2015, with $100K increases in each subsequent year. That means Bielema is scheduled to earn $4.3M in 2018, $4.4M in 2019 and $4.5M in 2020. Per the terms of the contract, it will cost Arkansas over $13 MILLION to buy out Bielema's contract before the 2018 season.
From the last link below: "The most frequent argument that he’s safe is the massive size of buyout, which sits at $15.4 million throughout the calendar year (it drops to $11.7 million on January 1st). It’s a figure big enough that Long has been subject of criticism himself. Bielema’s original 2017 buyout from his initial 2012 contract was just $6.4 million, so Long more than doubled it following Arkansas’, let’s say, “memorable” 7-6 2014 campaign."
These are exactly the kind of decisions that should get an AD fired.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12292596/arkansas-razorbacks-extend-bret-bielema-contract-2020
https://www.arkansasfight.com/2017/9...-for-jeff-long
Long was fired for talking with Nebraska.