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Like it is : Media not responsible for Razorbacks’ mess
Posted on Friday, February 9, 2007
URL: http://www.wholehogsports.com/adg/181358/
So, it was not Houston Nutt’s fault that his latest recruiting class ranked No. 9 in the SEC.
According to him, it was the media’s fault.
Well, no one in the media was continuously rude to Gus Malzahn.
No one in the media promised Malzahn and every Razorbacks fan that there would be a passing game.
No one in the media overruled Malzahn’s play calling.
No one in the media tried to hire David Lee as co-offensive coordinator behind Malzahn’s back (after a 10-victory season ).
No one in the media had anything to do with Malzahn’s decision to quietly leave the UA, take a cut in pay and go to a smaller school.
No one in the media said we only want kids who want to be Razorbacks. We know that is not recruiting.
No one in the media told Damian Williams last August he would be the first freshman to ever start the first game as a receiver for the Razorbacks.
No one in the media held Williams out for the very first play and then inserted him into the game and made him a starter thereafter.
No one in the media played Williams an incredible four games with a separated shoulder.
No one in the media told Williams that if he would change his commitment from Florida that the Razorbacks would run some hurry up no huddle (which, incidentally, was used only once and went for 80 yards and a touchdown in 1: 18 ).
No one in the media suggested Williams transfer.
No one in the media insinuated Williams was a quitter for leaving, and no one in the media transferred to Oklahoma State.
No one in the media arranged for two defensive seniors to call a players-only meeting and demand that Mitch Mustain apologize to Nutt for comments Mustain made a year earlier that were published in a book.
No one in the media had earlier met with Mustain and Malzahn and accepted an apology for the comments in the book and then kept that meeting a secret.
No one in the media benched Mustain so hard that he would get only three snaps in the next five games.
Also, no one in the media ignored a two-minute offense and called four Miracle on Markham bombs in hopes of an upset over LSU.
No one in the media played a single down in the loss to Wisconsin, when the defense owned the Badgers but the offense was boring and predictable.
No one in the media ran an injured Darren McFadden 19 times against Wisconsin.
No one in the media forced a player after his second and career-ending surgery to drive himself home from the hospital.
No one in the media had anything to do with Casey Dick’s back injury not healing until his dad insisted that he see a physical therapist in Little Rock, who had him throwing in three weeks.
No one in the media had anything to do with the Razorbacks ranking No. 27 last season in recruiting coming off a four-victory season.
No one in the media had anything to do with the Razorbacks’ Rivals ranking of No. 29 (Scout had them at 35 ) in recruiting this season after a 10-victory season.
No one in the media convinced Kodi Burns to choose Auburn long before all the turmoil in the football program came to light.
No one in the media made Auburn a top-10 recruiting class, which was helped tremendously by Burns and Lee Ziemba inking with the Tigers.
No one in the media had anything to do with the Razorbacks signing zero of the top 250 players ranked by Rivals.
No one in the media claimed they were going to build a fence around Arkansas and keep all the good players at home.
Some of the media, certainly not all, did what real reporters do. They reported.
So whose fault was it that Arkansas was ranked No. 9 in the SEC ?
Apparently no one’s.