NUTT!

[huskerblutch]

ESPN reporting Nutt's resignation makes no mention of him as a possibilty for NU. WHY NOT?

 

Ol' Miss or Baylor?? why would he go there before NU? I'm impressed with this guy.. i wish to hell we had hired him instead of Clownahan in the first place.

 

Can someone explain to me why he isn't on the radar?

 

B

[HuskerNation57]

ESPN reporting Nutt's resignation makes no mention of him as a possibilty for NU. WHY NOT?

 

Ol' Miss or Baylor?? why would he go there before NU? I'm impressed with this guy.. i wish to hell we had hired him instead of Clownahan in the first place.

 

Can someone explain to me why he isn't on the radar?

 

B

 

Quite simply...because he is a "NUTT" case!

[HSKRNOKC]

What did he do at Arkansas?? No way . Rather have Bozo the clown.

[Dundermifflinite]

"franks and beans!!! franks and beans!!!"

[Danimal]

Footballrumormill.com has him as a strong candidate for the Ol' Miss job, maybe SMU.

[huskerswrkhavoc]

he wasn't impressive at Arkansas.. if he was, he'd still be there.. he had the same amount of time BC had.. although, outside urban meyer who was OBVIOUS.. look at Stevie P's candidates.. Nutt? fired.. Cally? fired.. hmmmmm interesting

[AR Husker Fan]

He's accepted the Ole Miss job - thank God. There is a link here in Rumorville about it.

[hskrmama]

He's accepted the Ole Miss job - thank God.

 

 

[junior4949]

Wow, I never in my wildest dreams ever thought we'd sink so low that we were wishing we had hired this clown!

[knapplc]

Can someone explain to me why he isn't on the radar?

It's a moot point now that Ole Miss hired him, but I would like an explanation regarding why you thought he would be a good fit here at UNL.

[huskerblutch]

Can someone explain to me why he isn't on the radar?

It's a moot point now that Ole Miss hired him, but I would like an explanation regarding why you thought he would be a good fit here at UNL.

 

Good question. I must admit I am somewhat ignorant about Nutt's past. I was very impressed with Ark in the LSU game last week. I was particularly impressed with the play calling and his style of doing things in that game. I'm sure there are things about him that I don't know which are undesirable based on the comments here, but he sure kicked the sh#t outta Bo's defense. *ducking and doning flame suit*

 

B

[AR Husker Fan]

Can someone explain to me why he isn't on the radar?

It's a moot point now that Ole Miss hired him, but I would like an explanation regarding why you thought he would be a good fit here at UNL.

 

Good question. I must admit I am somewhat ignorant about Nutt's past. I was very impressed with Ark in the LSU game last week. I was particularly impressed with the play calling and his style of doing things in that game. I'm sure there are things about him that I don't know which are undesirable based on the comments here, but he sure kicked the sh#t outta Bo's defense. *ducking and doning flame suit*

 

B

It would take quite a while to detail everything, so I'll hit the high points...

 

1. Despite what you may have seen from the LSU game, Nutt has had 10 years in which his offense has consisted almost entirely of a running game only. There has been one exception - when he first arrived at Arkanasas and his quarterback was a guy named Clint Sterner. Clint had a cup of coffee in the pros - he wasn't a bad quarterback. A friend of mine had a son that was a tackle on the team at that time, and according to him, Clint routinely checked out of running plays and into passing plays - against Nutt's wishes. However, since it worked more often than not - and since there was no viable backup - Nutt let him do it. This year has been only marginally better - but only marginally.

 

2. Related to Number 1, Nutt absolutely does not trust his quarterbacks. There has not been a single one - again, other than Sterner - that did anything other than hand off to the running backs. Latravis Jackson - with the Vikings - was on the Arkansas team for a while, then transferred to an Alabama school because Nutt kept the offense locked into a run-only mode.

 

3. Lackluster recruiting. Arkansas produces limited numbers of D-1 talent - and Nutt has lost a lot of it. A few years ago, he lost all but one of the so-called "Springdale 5" (Mitch Mustain, Dameon Williams, Ben Cleveland, etc.). He eventually managed to get 4 of them - but Mutain and Williams (the highest rated of the 5) transferred to USC when it was clear that the offense would remain one-dimensional. Last year, two of the three highest rated players (a quarterback and an offensive tackle) committed to Auburn. A 5-star running back committed to USC. This year, the highest rated player - a receiver named Adams, another 5-star, I believe, committed to USC. This has been a pattern. In addition, his out-of-state recuits have been servicable, but hardly stellar.

 

4. He has a poor record against most teams in the SEC. His 0-fer against Georgia and Florida in the SEC East. He has had some good wins over SEC West teams - but mostly when those teams were a bit down. He has a good season about every 5 years, usually because the line consists of mostly 5th year seniors. When they lack that, their running game is dead in the water because Nutt insists on retaining as his line coach a guy that does a lousy job (sound familiar?).

 

The list goes on and on, but that's a start.

[joekun]

On top of all that, he turned us down before, why would he want to come now? He also turned down $2.4 mil per year to stay at Arkansas, and it's been said that TO wants to keep the salary for our coach closer to $1 mil than $2 mil.