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For reasons beyond my understanding, it appears that the University of Arkansas has offered Houston Nutt a contract extension through 2012. Oboy. Six more years of astonishing mediocrity.
ESPN.com reports that Nutt earns a base salary of $329,644 and has a total compensation package of $1.05 million annually — not including $412,000 per year in tax-deferred annuities that will be paid at a later date.
Nutt is just barely 60% in his nine seasons at Arkansas, 67-43. I like Houston as a person, but I think he needs to move on to other pastures so that Fayetteville can pursue excellence. Unfortunately, Arkansans just seem content to settle.
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The most discouraging thing is that a college football coach should not be making that much money. After all, his salary is paid by an institution of higher education (a public one at that)! $200,000 of that salary (at least) should be stripped away and put back into educating UA students, which is the mission of a university.
Ias you will probably agree, UA could bring in a BETTER coach that Nutt-ball with a “meager” $120,000 salary, don’t you think?
I agree with Mark (WHAT?!!!). Is there an educator who’s making this kind of money at UA? Better yet, I wonder how much less expensive it would be to attend a good college if they didn’t blow so much money on these kind of things?
hmmmm!
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It all boils down to: What makes this university more attractive for the “paying students” to bring their money to and spend. Everyone knows that the athletics will get paid more than the professors, because that’s what brings in millions of $$$$$$. When it’s all said and done, it’s a business. Should they be paid more? Heck no… The teachers of this nation should be given a shrine, or at least the good ones. But when it comes to money, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. As far as Houston Nutt, Jeff, there is a reason why he keeps getting extensions. No, he is not the best coach in the nation, but he is a great politition for the school. There are many underlined situations that we never see that goes on at the university. With this new offence, I still believe that Arkansas is heading for the BCS in the next few years.
Kevin, for as long as I’ve been alive, Arkansas fans have had the “Wait Till Next Year” disease. Unfortunately, I missed the ‘64 championship by four years. I’m glad you were there with unquestioning allegiance. ;)
Seriously, I wonder if one of the reasons Nutt is there is that he’s easy for the Broyles-meister to control? He’s a good, average coach. He won’t excel to the point of being able to upset the applecart of the existing dictatorship.
Hey, we missed the BSC by 10 pts. We soared to #5 in the nation at one time, and if the cards had fell for us right, we would be playing OHIO st instead of Florida.
I don’t think that’s too bad….
Please don’t lull yourself into thinking it was anything having to do with bad luck (i.e., “the cards”). The reason the Hogs didn’t finish better is because of some poor coaching decisions. In fact, some of their wins this season, we all know, were not so much victories as they were narrow escapes from losses.
It is apparent that even if the Hogs were to go to the nation championship game and lose by 1 point, you would find a way to critisize Houston Nutt for the loss. 10 wins in a milestone in my book. But not good enough in yours. I wasn’t expecting such a good season this year. Maybe 7 or 8 wins. Come on Jeff, give some credit somewhere. We did not have a dismal season. Be a little more optimistic. You say that “Arkansas Fans” settle. Well to tell you the truth, I would settle for this kind of season any year.
I think it is kind of ignorant that Houston is getting paid that much. I do know that coaches put a lot of time and effort into kids and ultimately kids determine the outcome of any game. Yes, coaches have a huge impact. But kids play the game. Did anyone of you ever see Nutt on the field or any of his staff on the field with uniforms on participating in the game. No. They called the plays. And different situations call for different strategies and different plays. Every play called is not intended to score a T.D. Some philosophies are different about that but in all reality the perfect play is the one that is run to perfection. The outcome of any game is decided upon the players performance. If our players out perform the opponents then most of the time we will win. I’m glad AR has won 10 games. We would have won 12 games had the players not made some unfortunate mistakes. But hey thats life we all make mistakes. Thank goodness that God is all about grace.
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