Yeah, all that 26-30 talent he left him. Nice try phuk face. Danny Ford was under an NCAA eagle eye from his Clemson days on and didn't get anywhere near the talent he reeled in at CU. Danny Ford was NOT a bad coach by any means, which shows even more so the talent was lacking. If you go with the argument that the talent was not lacking, just for argument's sake, then you are saying Nutt and Ford had the same crop of talent/players for a couple of years although Nutt's record was light years ahead of Ford's at Arky. Could that be implying that Nutt is not a bad coach and possibly a better coach than Ford - who has a NC at Clemson? No way. Way.
Good to see you like comparing Apples and Oranges with Arky and Louisville. Going to Fayetteville from Atlanta is not greener pastures in a general sense. It was at the time because Atlanta was in turmoil. And please refrain from calling someone on here stupid. You are an Arky - remember that. Your program had been in ruins since Broyles stepped down until Nutt came along. The guy exceeded all of your historical averages and you guys start acting like your phuking Notre Dame all of a sudden. We can post stats if you would like to. The same stats that shut titz up about a month ago. Yeah, they hurt.
Way to have a civil discussion. I get called Fuck Face while the worst that I called you was uninformed (specifically about the Arkansas program). When Ford was at Arkansas he was about as interested in coaching as you are in listening to factual information from some more familiar with the Arkansas program and the history of HDN.
The fact is that HDN's first two years. both at Ole Miss and Arkansas, were improvements over the previous coaches records. If you did some research it would reveal at both places the majority of the talent was in the Jr. and Sr. classes when HDN took over meaning that Ford was playing in the SEC his last two years with talented Fr. and Sophs. That allowed him to mix his special brand of Rah-Rah coaching with talent acquired from the previous coach and post good but not great seasons. Ford said his greatest regret at Arkansas was not getting to coach the team in 1997-1998 when he knew the talent was there.
You also seem confused about Ford at Clemson. Was he a poor/good coach that cheated to get great talent at Clemson or was he a good/great coach that just couldn't get the talent at Arkansas?
Also while you are at it could you explain the apples and oranges thing to me when I only mentioned Louisville and the re-ranking of classes. It is a fact that UL classes that were ranked between 40-60 at the time were re-ranked 4 years later in the 10-15 range or better. Research would show that HDN's classes show the opposite trend.
As for the Arky and stupid comment, I assumed it would be beneath an Aubie to post that. I live in Alabama, so I have knowledge of both places, and if you think there is that much difference then once again you are uninformed