First, I'm not a 'Nutt' Basher. Just calling things as I see it. You'd have had to been around here to have gotten the full story about what went down between Malzahn and Nutt. Nutt essentially labeled Malzahn as 'high school' and forced the guy out of the program. That comes from plenty of folks on the hill who were there for the entire soap opera. And once Malzahn was out, the Wildcat became the 'Wildhog'. Now it's the 'Wildrebel' or some nonsense. That's what I based my opinion on.
As for laying off Nutt, give me a break dude. I didn't whelp on him in the least. You want to see him get pounded? Wait until November when he strolls in with Ole Miss in Fayettville. Personally, I'm glad he's down there and I'm sure he'll do a better job than Ogeron did.
As for your 'informing' me about Malzahn's intention to use Hillis, I call BS, but appreciate that you are trying to 'educate' me.
There were also some Nutt people who also said that the formation had been in the book since 1999, you can look on nwaonline.com for the article. And yet, it wasn't introduced until Malzahn came onboard, and then they felt the need to rename it after he left. And what if Malzahn HAD wanted to use Hillis? It's still his formation all the same. Like I said, I kinda doubt the validity of that statement, unless you have a link or something where McFadden is quoted having said that. I know I listen to Drive Time sports here in AR every day, and it's never once been mentioned (and very little gets by them).
Nutt isn't evil, and the program is better off than when he got here. So don't call me a basher. On the other hand, he let alot of drama happen that didn't need to happen. He never got us over the hump, even with the best player in the nation, and ran off a OC that's getting national recognition for his work. He'll do fine at Ole Miss, where they'd just like to go to a bowl, and we'll be fine with Petrino--until he leaves for Penn State, Miami, or wherever. It worked out fine for everyone in the end.
Here's a link to the article I mentioned:
http://nwanews.com/blogs/slophouse/2...wildhog-style/