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Gruden would be the name where you get the wow factor, and he might come in and try to keep the coaching staff somewhat in tact....but i think Garrick Mcgee will be the coach. If we try for someone else they will bring in their own staff and change offense and defensive schemes. In my opinion that would hurt us next year big time.

Chucky, Chucky, Chucky, Chucky!

Hey I'm going to dream it until he at least says no. If you're going to shoot for the stars you have to pull down the moon.

I like McGee or Paul Petrino.
I think the system will work fine without Bobby running it.

I agree.

I never thought, after BP signed the big contract, that we would ever have a conversation like this until the day he retired. In my mind, the field would be named Bobby Petrino field, and we'd have a National title.

I have to admit, I am scared stiff at the thought of where this search could end up.

We are not the same school we were back then. We have an established AD(Long was new at the time) We have a $40 Million football facility under construction, we have talent (can win now), and we have proven you can win at a high level.

Thanks for your input as well as being classy.

That's what I would like as well. I have been thinking and I came to the conclusion that Long is looking for the home run hire right now. I feel like he is looking for that Gruden, Patterson, Peterson, ect.. type hire right now, but if he doesn't get that he may go with Garrick McGee (basically an in-staff hire).

If McGee were to get it then I would be curious to see where that leads to after the season, I wonder if Long will hire for the long or the short term? I am very uncertain about this, because of how talented this team is, if McGee (pretending he get the job) does well, and with as much talent as is going to be on this team it will hard to screw up, then what will we say? Will it be because McGee did good or because the team was so talented?

This coaching search is not going to go the way many want it to, I feel, but It is not domed, because there are some good choices out there, however we are certainly not in the greatest situation. Jeff Long has done nothing, but make great decisions, in both the moral and business departments and I have confidence in him that he will make the best possible decision for Razorback Nation in the long-run.