I thought it was the other way around: Drake was not recruited until Petrino became the OC and got interested and made a late push. At any rate, Drake himself said Arkansas was never really interested, even late in the process, despite the rumors.
I will say, I'll be nervous if Arkansas hires Gus Malzahn.
I thought I read Bobby Petrino was firing all kinds of people today. So that made me think he was given the keys to Arkansas again. Which I doubt would work out.
I don't think it's about money. The Lindsey family is absolutely loaded. Like old-school money, running NW Arkansas type shit. There is a corner of the stadium named after their donations.
From what I hear, it will not be Petrino as the next coach. But I hope you're right.
All this and he still came here. That says a lot. Ark football has been sort of a dumpster fire for a good decade.
Agree, think Laslee is #1. Harder to win at Arkansas than SMU though, and plenty of money at SMU too.
If Drake leaves, Arkansas would 100% seem like the most likely place for him to end up given his family connections to the school. Hopefully he is happy here and wants to carve out his own legacy but with the way QBs move around these days it is tough to feel confident about anything.
The big thing is also that he is having a lot of success here and my kid was in Drake's shoes, I wouldn't want any change of scenery.
Bielema made the same mistake as PJ and now Schiano. He hired Robb Smith as his defensive coordinator at Arkansas. I have no idea why people keep hiring the guy, but here we are.
That second B is transfixing. It makes men do unreasonable things.
Never happen. PJ is not an SEC guy nor do I see Heather wanting to go to Arkansas.
Arkansas fans say he had a drinking problem and some of his better coaches left. Also, the SEC West was a gauntlet.
NW Arkansas is definitely not like the rest of the state.
Agree on that. But its still not the easiest place to get to or from. It is beautiful country. We were married on Table Rock Lake so know area a little.
Yeah, this popped up on a Reddit thread yesterday. Allegedly his boozing was seriously out of control in Fayetteville and was hard to even try to cover up. Seems like he's really cleaned up his act at Illinois. I don't like the guy, but hopefully that's true and he's taking better care of himself. He certainly looks healthier.
Might be wishful thinking to think Drake will be anywhere but the NFL after next year.
You seem to know California for obvious reasons. Can you give your thoughts on the second part of GopherGrit's question? Should we have taken Cal instead of UCLA? We would have locked down another huge TV market. UCLA's situation could improve, but it really sucks right now with the debt, the stadium across town, etc., and with USC, we didn't really even need them.
I stated this in another thread too that it's not a guarantee that he'd have as much freedom and control of the offense at another school as he currently does. Being able to successfully make audibles and checks at the LOS certainly helps his chances for the next level.
I knew he was a massive legacy at Ark, I did not know that about the old money. Good points.
If Arkansas hires Malzahn there is a zero percent chance they want Lindsey
