That's the rumor around Atlanta.

(09-10-2012 12:28 AM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  That's the rumor around Atlanta.

ohhhhh I'm sure stAte fans are salivating over the chance to have him roaming the visiting sidelines at their stadium.

It would be a huge hire for the SBC... Didn't he win the SEC west one year?

GSU has A LOT of money.... I'd be interested to see what they would pay him!

Would be one of the few hires that would raise eyebrows in this 24 hour news cycle town. Would do wonders for fundraising and recruiting. Best of all he's out of coaching this year so could easily be a Dec 1 hire.

(09-10-2012 06:25 AM)panama Wrote:  Would be one of the few hires that would raise eyebrows in this 24 hour news cycle town. Would do wonders for fundraising and recruiting. Best of all he's out of coaching this year so could easily be a Dec 1 hire.

And he sucks as a coach.. With your money, you can do much better.

Z

136-95 and 3 time sec coach of the year is "suck"?

(09-10-2012 08:05 AM)panama Wrote:  136-95 and 3 time sec coach of the year is "suck"?

Buddy, why is it essential that you get a retread?? Did you see how he lost that Ole Miss team last year??... They didint know whether to s**t or go naked..They didnt want to play for that guy...Hell they laid down against La Tech... It was almost funny.

He is a burnout.

IMHO...You guys can do much better.

Z

Within a year he will be the joke he was at the end in Arkansas and at Ole Miss. He left Ole Miss in a mess. Wow...Houston...well he is a name but there are better coaches out there.

(09-10-2012 08:17 AM)OsageJ Wrote:  Within a year he will be the joke he was at the end in Arkansas and at Ole Miss. He left Ole Miss in a mess. Wow...Houston...well he is a name but there are better coaches out there.

Whats Dick Nutt up to these days??

Z

He is the HC at Souteastern Missouri in Cape Gireadaue(sp) Mo. Its and OVC school.

Watching speculation and then hearing the selection in GSU basketball and football over the last 6 years is interesting. No one in the speculation makes it to selection. I suspect that this will again be the case.

I had ask on panthertalk.com why he was not coaching now and only received a comment that he was announcing. From the discussion above it sounds like he does not have what it takes to run a program. We learned with Rod Barnes, a highly decorated basketball coach, that a name from past success does not guarantee future success especially when he parted ways with previous school for failing to win. Sometimes there are other factors but more often than not it is what it looks like: a well groomed hunting dog that cannot hunt.

Barnes has a so so run at Ole Miss and one good year. I don't think that is the same as coaching at Murray State, Arkansas and Ole Miss. Its a silly comparison. Not saying Nutt is the guy but whoever the guy is better be at that level.

Nutt was the last coach at Boise to post a losing record
He had some pretty good success at Arkansas but much of it with Danny Ford recruits. Arkansas paid him $3 million to leave.
Ole Miss fell off the table. Two good seasons to start off then two terrible years. Ole Miss paid him $6 million to go away.

My impression of him has always been that he can get more out of what he has on hand than the average coach but isn't particularly good at bringing talent in.

(09-10-2012 09:26 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Nutt was the last coach at Boise to post a losing record
He had some pretty good success at Arkansas but much of it with Danny Ford recruits. Arkansas paid him $3 million to leave.
Ole Miss fell off the table. Two good seasons to start off then two terrible years. Ole Miss paid him $6 million to go away.

My impression of him has always been that he can get more out of what he has on hand than the average coach but isn't particularly good at bringing talent in.

He had six 8+ win seasons in his ten seasons at Arkansas. He stunk it up after 2 good seasons at Ole Miss. He can win, but I think you're right in that he is average at best.

The game is afoot. Sources say he is interested...

If Nutt is so damn good how come he is not coaching some place with a big name instead announcing.

Barnes my the way was a Nesmith winner and a SEC coach of the year so he had credentials.

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=582...pid8162924

Yep.

(09-10-2012 08:41 PM)RidgeRunner Wrote:  If Nutt is so damn good how come he is not coaching some place with a big name instead announcing.

Barnes my the way was a Nesmith winner and a SEC coach of the year so he had credentials.

Announcing is what college football coaches do while they wait for the next job. I am not saying that it has to be Nutt but it sure had better be a BCS OC, DC or former HC if its not. Period.

Barnes inherited a team at Ole Miss where he was an assistant and won 4 seasons before having 9 consecutive losing seasons at now 3 schools. Dude is still living off 2001.