First, I am not a big Gus fan, but would be if he has a Hog on his visor (I will support any coach hired and I think he is a good coach). However, I hope we are not building our path forward just around him. The Malzahn people know the situation far better than me, but I am suspicious regarding whether or not he would like the opportunity to stick it to the University. I know the people have changed since his bad history, but have always thought he really enjoyed the opportunities we gave him to poke us, if only on the scoreboard. And yes I know it is his job to score and our job to stop him, but still felt he enjoyed it a bit much.
I am not a fan of anything about him, and agree totally with your assessment of his (real and perceived) putdowns and pouring it on when he could. But, it is probably a fact that the people in positions to influence this move may be more than willing to hire a guy who gleefully peed on our heads, simply because he might win a game or two more each year. That is sad!
If he were to come to Arkansas you can expect a slightly less successful run here than he’s had at auburn. Period.
We don’t recruit as well as auburn. Never have, never will and he won’t change that. He’ll be the same coach in the same division of the same conference with less talented players.
Good luck making a big jump with that. Would be a fiasco within 3 years.
I don’t have anything personally against him and will support him if he is named the next coach. But I don’t see him being any more successful at Arkansas than Auburn. Yes, he had the big run in his first year, but not much since. He could be putting together another run this year, but that will make his jump to Arkansas even more unlikely.