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Houston, you have a problem

In a story posted on the Arkansas Democrat Gazzette's web site (Link to storyNo. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Oregon - Nutt: Malzahn ‘has taken off'

Rivals.com's Tom Dienhart is quoting Houston Nutt about Gus Malzahn success and I have some issues with HDN's quotes

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First: ""I knew when I first hired him from high school that he had an excellent mind, great ideas and did a really good job," said Nutt, the Ole Miss head coach who was Arkansas' boss from 1998-2007. "Everyone was thinking he was all pass. But the one thing he got from us and has helped him is you have to be able to run it. You can't just do one.""

No Houston, if you watched any of Gus's playcalling at Springdale you would know better. He didn't get "from you" that you have to run the ball. The Wildcat was part of Gus's offense and it has changed football from the peewee level up to the NFL. You would still be doing your off-tackle dive in a base 2-2 set if it weren't for Gus.

Next: "I am proud that I was able to hire him from the high school level and name him coordinator," Nutt said, noting that some fans in Arkansas "kind of ruined that situation more than anything. ... But I have no animosity toward him whatsoever."

Hmm, the FANS ruined it? How spineless of a coach are you? You hired him because (well Frank hired him) to save your job. You knew that if you didn't get the Springdale kids you would be gone. You thought you would get two big things off your back 1) get the kids and 2) have someone else be OC, when you "hired" Gus. If you would have let Gus run the offense, you might still be in Fayetteville and the Razorbacks might have played in a few more SEC Championship games.

Houston, your days at Ole Miss are numbered. You are nothing but a small school coach and a used car salesman. I hope you are enjoying the limelight, regardless how unfocused it is, about the "hiring" of Gus Malzahn at Arkansas. You did have something to do with his success at Auburn, if you didn't run him off at the UofA then the rest of the world may not have known exactly how good of a football mind Gus is.

I may still be bitter about how you left the Razorbacks and the condition that you left them.  Your grab for attention should not surprise me.  I hope you get some credit for the success that Auburn had this year, without your efforts they would not have those great kids from Arkansas and their OC.

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I am glad

that they didn’t even mention HDN in the MNC game last night

by TX_HogFan on Jan 11, 2011 11:19 AM CST reply actions  

You just had to do it, didn't you?

You just had to bring up another example of what an idiot that guy really is. (just kiddin)
I used to let this kind of stuff get under my skin, mainly because Nutt hadn’t quite hit his proverbial ceiling at Ole Miss his first 2 seasons, (even though I absolutely knew his falling apart was all but garanteed) beating the Hogs both times with someone elses recruits (again)
Some of the most arrogant, idiotic and predictable things will never sieze to come from this guy’s mouth. In the end, (as I mentioned years ago) his final destination will end up settling somewhere like Tulane, SMU, Memphis or the like. What a joke for an SEC head coach.

by GonzoHog on Jan 11, 2011 4:26 PM CST reply actions  

Houston's final resting place

With what June Jones is doing at SMU, I think HDN would be a downgrade there…

by TX_HogFan on Jan 12, 2011 10:18 AM CST reply actions  

I wonder if the teachings went in both directions?

Guess what, Houston? Everyone was thinking you were all run. Too bad Gus couldn’t make you understand “you can’t just do one”.

by GonzoHog on Jan 12, 2011 7:24 PM CST reply actions  

lol

"I solemnly swear to tell the truth as I know it, the whole truth as I believe it to be, and nothing but what I think you need to know."

by TX_HogFan on Jan 13, 2011 10:34 AM CST reply actions  

i used to get upset

when people posted bad things about hdn because i went to high school with one of his daughters and was even really close to asking her to prom. but after several years of no contact, i found out she had deleted me from facebook. so i’m totally ok with these kinds of posts now.

by rumilb on Jan 16, 2011 1:28 AM CST reply actions  

Come on now, fess up.

You were just mad for several years after she went to the prom with someone else, right? (lols, just jerkin your chain)

by GonzoHog on Jan 22, 2011 10:37 AM CST up reply actions  

sorry

"I solemnly swear to tell the truth as I know it, the whole truth as I believe it to be, and nothing but what I think you need to know."

by TX_HogFan on Jan 17, 2011 12:14 PM CST reply actions  

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