(08-08-2019 09:53 AM)ez272 Wrote:  It happens all the time.
Wally had a line in his column today saying Jeff Long was told to hire Bobby Petrino. A UA board member told me the same thing back in 2010.

(08-12-2019 03:50 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Talking to a UALR booster Saturday got an earful of unhappy about DW. Was surprised by the intensity of it.

(08-12-2019 03:50 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(08-08-2019 09:53 AM)ez272 Wrote:  It happens all the time.
Wally had a line in his column today saying Jeff Long was told to hire Bobby Petrino. A UA board member told me the same thing back in 2010.

Talking to a UALR booster Saturday got an earful of unhappy about DW. Was surprised by the intensity of it.

(08-16-2019 09:15 AM)ez272 Wrote:  How does this put MORE pressure on DW? Isn't D1 college coaching inherently high pressure? Flannigan was fired after just 2 seasons. The pressure to win is always there wouldn't you say?

(08-16-2019 11:01 AM)mjs Wrote:  

(08-16-2019 09:15 AM)ez272 Wrote:  How does this put MORE pressure on DW? Isn't D1 college coaching inherently high pressure? Flannigan was fired after just 2 seasons. The pressure to win is always there wouldn't you say?

I think many long-term boosters are very upset about Chasse leaving. The money folks who allegedly supported Darrell are Johnny come latelies who really don't care much, if any, about our program. The opinions of the "real" Little Rock" boosters will take precedent as Darrell's boosters quietly disappear if he doesn't win. I have never supported firing a coach after just 2 seasons, and I doubt we see that happen again. I'm just saying his seat is likely a little hotter than it would have been if everything was hunky-dory in the athletic department.

(08-15-2019 10:39 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(08-12-2019 03:50 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(08-08-2019 09:53 AM)ez272 Wrote:  It happens all the time.
Wally had a line in his column today saying Jeff Long was told to hire Bobby Petrino. A UA board member told me the same thing back in 2010.

Talking to a UALR booster Saturday got an earful of unhappy about DW. Was surprised by the intensity of it.

I don't know a UALR fan that didn't like Chasse. Not just the fact that he was extremely personable and likeable, but that he was extremely competent and hardworking. When the news of his leaving first broke I thought it was likely because Darrell's hiring was forced on him. I've talked to enough people now that I am 100% sure that is why he left. I would think this increases the pressure on Darrell. While there is a lot more to a chancellor's job than just sports, I'm not sure the ice is not a little thinner for him as well.

(08-16-2019 03:49 PM)Karl B Wrote:  

(08-16-2019 11:01 AM)mjs Wrote:  

(08-16-2019 09:15 AM)ez272 Wrote:  How does this put MORE pressure on DW? Isn't D1 college coaching inherently high pressure? Flannigan was fired after just 2 seasons. The pressure to win is always there wouldn't you say?

I think many long-term boosters are very upset about Chasse leaving. The money folks who allegedly supported Darrell are Johnny come latelies who really don't care much, if any, about our program. The opinions of the "real" Little Rock" boosters will take precedent as Darrell's boosters quietly disappear if he doesn't win. I have never supported firing a coach after just 2 seasons, and I doubt we see that happen again. I'm just saying his seat is likely a little hotter than it would have been if everything was hunky-dory in the athletic department.

If we are not .500 this year he should be gone. That is not asking to win the conference or something unrealistic but if you can't do that its over in my opinion. That is just asking to be completely average. Beard showed what a great coach can do in 1 year, If year 2 comes and you're not average, find someone else. I have watched coaches for the last 35 years and if they weren't decent by year 2, they were never going to make it.

(08-16-2019 04:53 PM)PTJR Wrote:  

(08-15-2019 10:39 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(08-12-2019 03:50 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(08-08-2019 09:53 AM)ez272 Wrote:  It happens all the time.
Wally had a line in his column today saying Jeff Long was told to hire Bobby Petrino. A UA board member told me the same thing back in 2010.

Talking to a UALR booster Saturday got an earful of unhappy about DW. Was surprised by the intensity of it.

I don't know a UALR fan that didn't like Chasse. Not just the fact that he was extremely personable and likeable, but that he was extremely competent and hardworking. When the news of his leaving first broke I thought it was likely because Darrell's hiring was forced on him. I've talked to enough people now that I am 100% sure that is why he left. I would think this increases the pressure on Darrell. While there is a lot more to a chancellor's job than just sports, I'm not sure the ice is not a little thinner for him as well.

I agree that Chasse was universally liked and respected. Thankfully, he was able to limit DW’s length of contract and amount. Maybe that might not be relevant after this year, but I wouldn’t bet on it. And has anybody seen any evidence of monetary support from the money people who demanded this hire?

(08-16-2019 05:27 PM)Karl B Wrote:  Agreed. I would assume we will have a new AD by Christmas break and by that time we will have a pretty good idea how the season is going to go.

(08-16-2019 03:49 PM)Karl B Wrote:  

(08-16-2019 11:01 AM)mjs Wrote:  

(08-16-2019 09:15 AM)ez272 Wrote:  How does this put MORE pressure on DW? Isn't D1 college coaching inherently high pressure? Flannigan was fired after just 2 seasons. The pressure to win is always there wouldn't you say?

I think many long-term boosters are very upset about Chasse leaving. The money folks who allegedly supported Darrell are Johnny come latelies who really don't care much, if any, about our program. The opinions of the "real" Little Rock" boosters will take precedent as Darrell's boosters quietly disappear if he doesn't win. I have never supported firing a coach after just 2 seasons, and I doubt we see that happen again. I'm just saying his seat is likely a little hotter than it would have been if everything was hunky-dory in the athletic department.

If we are not .500 this year he should be gone. That is not asking to win the conference or something unrealistic but if you can't do that its over in my opinion. That is just asking to be completely average. Beard showed what a great coach can do in 1 year, If year 2 comes and you're not average, find someone else. I have watched coaches for the last 35 years and if they weren't decent by year 2, they were never going to make it.

(08-17-2019 02:25 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  20 losses and he is gone. .500 and he stays. In between those, I could not say.

(08-07-2019 12:11 PM)mjs Wrote:  Don't know anything about Chicago State. But, they probably have more basketball talent within a 5 mile radius of campus than we do in the whole State of Arkansas. Also, I just looked and they have a beautiful, relatively new (2007) 38 million dollar basketball facility that seats up to 7000 (maybe a little less for basketball). Winning in baseball and golf might be tough, but I would think the right coach could do okay there in men's basketball.

(08-18-2019 10:48 PM)Macho America Wrote:  

(08-07-2019 12:11 PM)mjs Wrote:  Don't know anything about Chicago State. But, they probably have more basketball talent within a 5 mile radius of campus than we do in the whole State of Arkansas. Also, I just looked and they have a beautiful, relatively new (2007) 38 million dollar basketball facility that seats up to 7000 (maybe a little less for basketball). Winning in baseball and golf might be tough, but I would think the right coach could do okay there in men's basketball.

They would also be competing with DePaul and Northwestern for that talent just within their city, plus Loyola-Chicago and any major conference teams from outside Chicagoland.

Also keep in mind that Chicago State is a tiny school that is constantly under threat of shutting down entirely. Last I saw, they were getting less than 100 freshmen enrolling in a given fall.

From just a basketball perspective, they're pretty much just the worst. In the past ten seasons, they've had double-digit wins twice (topping out at 13). Over the past three seasons they've won a total of 12 games, over half of which were against non-D1 competition.

It would take a concerted effort to be worse off than Chicago State, and even then you'd probably fail.
Even if you were to set a goal to be wor

(09-03-2019 07:56 AM)RBL Wrote:  Molly Castner, Chasse’s senior Women’s administrator at Little Rock has followed him to his new university in Texas. Wonder if anyone else will be going.


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