Folks on Hogville say he was in LR today and others claim he was on the UAF campus. Those claims seem like BS. However, I'm not as sure he won't dump Ole Miss and move on to Fayetteville. We'll see soon enough if he has any loyalty to anyone other than himself.

So it looks like Beard to Arkansas and then Ole Miss hires another disgraced coach, Will Wade. I guess winning is all that matters.

Will wade to Arkansas would make more sense then Beard to Arkansas. It’s a bigger jump and moving from Ole Miss to Arkansas doesn’t feel like much of a step in my opinion. I think Beard would leave Ole Miss for a job like Kansas or Kentucky. Not Arkansas.

But it’s also likely that Arkansas will try to take Kansas State’s coach too and I think that’s more likely too.

(04-05-2024 11:35 AM)TrojanTeen2 Wrote:  Will wade to Arkansas would make more sense then Beard to Arkansas. It’s a bigger jump and moving from Ole Miss to Arkansas doesn’t feel like much of a step in my opinion. I think Beard would leave Ole Miss for a job like Kansas or Kentucky. Not Arkansas.

But it’s also likely that Arkansas will try to take Kansas State’s coach too and I think that’s more likely too.

You were right. Beard just tweeted "hotty toddy". I'm sure they'll get a fine coach. Just didn't want it to be Beard.

(04-02-2024 06:04 PM)TrojanTeen2 Wrote:  If they take Darrell, I wouldn't mind. Beard won't coach for them.

I would think Yurachek would at a minimum give DW an interview.
Moser got an interview (token) from Broyles in 2002 after Nolan was fired.
If the "Swine on the Hill" truly take care of their own they would hire him and give us a buyout for padding his retirement since they nixed the Josh Schertz deal one day after Chase Conque made it.

Darrell isn't getting an interview in Fayetteville. The hogs have now managed to get raises for Chris Beard and Jerome Tang (KState). Tang got a bunch of additional promises to turn down the hogs. They reportedly have now moved on to Will Wade, but supposedly a few boosters aren't thrilled about hiring a known cheater. They were fine with a woman abuser. Interesting that the best the hogs can do is 2 coaches with a checkered past and a 57 year old coach with 2 years of head-coaching experience. I guess Yurachec might still pull a rabbit out of a hat. But, fans are still stunned about losing a coach to a school with almost no history of basketball success and Sun Belt level fan support (at least, attendance-wise).

This is getting more and more bizarre. This just was tweeted out:

AR Democrat-Gazette
@ArkansasOnline
NEW: Mississippi State Coach Chris Jans and University of Arkansas-Little Rock Coach Darrell Walker are scheduled to interview for the vacant Arkansas men’s basketball coaching job Sunday, sources told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette late Saturday.

The above still looks like a "smoke screen", although Jans is a high level coach. Really don't know why they would invite Darrell up there.

Additionally, a national coaching search "guru" claims Arkansas has "re-engaged" with Chris Beard. Believes boosters have given Yurachek more "ammo".

It has been confirmed that Darrell Walker is interviewing in Fayetteville today. Is there even a 1% chance that he would be offered the job? I really don't think so. I remember they interviewed Porter Moser, many years ago, when he was our coach. I thought that was a joke as well. On the positive side, maybe it gives Darrell some more credibility with recruits when they see a high major program "interested" in him. Speaking of Moser, OU would pay for his flight to Fayetteville after 3 years without an NCAA tournament bid.

(04-07-2024 09:17 AM)mjs Wrote:  It has been confirmed that Darrell Walker is interviewing in Fayetteville today. Is there even a 1% chance that he would be offered the job? I really don't think so. I remember they interviewed Porter Moser, many years ago, when he was our coach. I thought that was a joke as well. On the positive side, maybe it gives Darrell some more credibility with recruits when they see a high major program "interested" in him. Speaking of Moser, OU would pay for his flight to Fayetteville after 3 years without an NCAA tournament bid.

Also, if that less than 1 percent thing happened, not sure many LR fans would be devastated. Yes, he was OVC coach of the year, but many wanted him fired with about a month left in the season.

This is comical. A lot of their fans were convinced that Beard was so sure to jump ship from Ole Miss to go to a basketball program that's maybe 10% better. The main thing in Arkansas' favor is the 1994 championship but that's 30 years ago. It's history now. Beard is only going to leave for a Texas, UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas, or a Duke-like program at this point and Arkansas ain't that.

As for the chances of Walker leaving, the one thing that's guaranteed is that Walker wouldn't ever leave that job. So there's longevity (so long as he's successful). As much as we had a good season, we still didn't win the championship and we had 4/6 bad years with him. He's inconsistent and I wouldn't really miss him. In a perfect world, I would prefer a coach like a Ron Hunter at Georgia St. or a Dusty May at FAU. A coach who will get us success relatively quickly and stick around for a few years. That could jump start us into being a really good mid major and perhaps a dynasty in the OVC.

(04-07-2024 09:59 AM)TrojanTeen2 Wrote:  This is comical. A lot of their fans were convinced that Beard was so sure to jump ship from Ole Miss to go to a basketball program that's maybe 10% better. The main thing in Arkansas' favor is the 1994 championship but that's 30 years ago. It's history now. Beard is only going to leave for a Texas, UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas, or a Duke-like program at this point and Arkansas ain't that.

As for the chances of Walker leaving, the one thing that's guaranteed is that Walker wouldn't ever leave that job. So there's longevity (so long as he's successful). As much as we had a good season, we still didn't win the championship and we had 4/6 bad years with him. He's inconsistent and I wouldn't really miss him. In a perfect world, I would prefer a coach like a Ron Hunter at Georgia St. or a Dusty May at FAU. A coach who will get us success relatively quickly and stick around for a few years. That could jump start us into being a really good mid major and perhaps a dynasty in the OVC.

I believe Josh Schertz would have been that guy. Still, he would have been long gone by now so I'm not sure it really matters at this point. Darrell does appear able to recruit well enough to be near the top of the OVC on a yearly basis.

Now days coaching searches are done in secret, behind closed doors. There is a reason today's interviews with Jans and Walker were "leaked" to the media. What the reason is, I have no clue. I do believe the Walker interview is the result of pressure by a specific booster. Probably the same one who pressured our Chancellor to hire him. Fayetteville will go along as far as giving him an interview, but no way they will hire him. I think the leaking of Jans' name was to give UAF a day or two of cover while they try to sign who they really want. If that doesn't work out, Jans is really not a bad option.

(04-07-2024 11:35 AM)mjs Wrote:  Now days coaching searches are done in secret, behind closed doors. There is a reason today's interviews with Jans and Walker were "leaked" to the media. What the reason is, I have no clue. I do believe the Walker interview is the result of pressure by a specific booster. Probably the same one who pressured our Chancellor to hire him. Fayetteville will go along as far as giving him an interview, but no way they will hire him. I think the leaking of Jans' name was to give UAF a day or two of cover while they try to sign who they really want. If that doesn't work out, Jans is really not a bad option.

Jans would be extremely pissed if his name was leaked and he is not getting Arkansas job. Mostly because fans at MSU would not look favorably on his interviewing for another SEC job (that's an understatement). Maybe he really is the guy.