JFB Scheduled To Speak @ Dallas Alumni Chapter Thursday Night

[shortstop6]

http://arkalum.org/DallasChapter/events.php?id=381

Any bets on how much Kool-Aid he'll be passing out?

[WPFM]

Tape that aMm for me.  Or at least, take some hardcopies of the alleged Teresa email with you, give him one, and ask him to comment on it.  Take a bunch of copies with you and just pass them around to everyone there... especially the big donors.   

[TheOtherWhiteMeat]

I wonder if Bill Montgomery will be there?

[Aporkalypse_Now]

I'll be out of town or I'd seriously think about going just to ask him uncomfortable questions.

[ColdPork]

Brotha', the old man 's got balls.

[WPFM]

Brotha', the old man 's got balls.

NUTTS.
The old man's got NUTTS.

[WPFM]

Let us know how the gig tonight went - wish I could make it.

[Stephen Colboar]

Yes, I am very interested in how this event goes.

[Loma]

Tape that aMm for me.  Or at least, take some hardcopies of the alleged Teresa email with you, give him one, and ask him to comment on it.  Take a bunch of copies with you and just pass them around to everyone there... especially the big donors.   

I wouldn't be surprised if that hasn't already happened.

[3rd_down_draw]

That's about 15 minutes from my office.

What occurs at these galas? Booze? Food? Strippers?

I have a digital recorder in my desk.

[WPFM]

That's about 15 minutes from my office.

What occurs at these galas? Booze? Food? Strippers?

I have a digital recorder in my desk.

I think The Spin Doctors are the opening act.

go.

[Sanglier]

Any bets on how much Kool-Aid he'll be passing out?

I am on my way there now.  I'll let you know if it was grape or cherry...

[WPFM]

Shortstop6 just called on his drive home from the Dallas Alumni meeting with Broyles tonight & gave me an overview of what happened tonight.  He will be posting a detailed report Friday morning.  It sounded choice.

[Razorshaq]

Shortstop6 just called on his drive home from the Dallas Alumni meeting with AD for life tonight & gave me an overview of what happened tonight.  He will be posting a detailed report Friday morning.  It sounded choice.

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I hope someone asked this "expert" if he thinks a team that has 3 punts blocked in the last three games, has double the number of penalty yards than your opponent and gives up 28 points on special teams, is a well coached football team?

[The Cowboy Tiger]

Frank called himself the "expert" that thought that Gus's offense wouldn't work.

[shortstop6]

Frank's speech was pretty much as expected.  All positive spin and all about the money.  How much money the program makes and how much more we need.

He told us about the rumors of the parents' meeting.  Told us there was no discussion of playing time or the offense or any of that.  Told us that the discussion was about where the parents' seats were located, why wasn't curfew more strictly enforced and why wasn't tutoring better.  Oh and he and one dad talked a little football.

He told us about how Arkansas would rank 7th or 8th or 9th in the SEC in terms of resources: population base, revenue, facilites, etc.

He had two handouts which I will scan and post when I get to my office Friday AM.  One was a bar graph of budgets of the SEC schools.  The other was a bullet point list of how hunky-dory everything is on the hill.

At the end of his speech, he actually offered to take questions.  I waited to see what would happen before I jumped in...crickets.  I'm telling you a frikking tumbleweed blew through that banquet room.  So, I raised my hand...

Me:  Who EXACTLY are the experts who told you that a spread offense would not work in the SEC?
JFB:  I never said it wouldn't work.
Me:  Yes sir, you did.  You are on record in interviews that it won't work without a running quarterback.
JFB:  Well, I've been coaching 60 years and I know that no matter what your offense, if you have the best players, any offense will work.

There was little bit of back and forth, then JFB told us that we lost to the #1, #3, #5 and #6 teams.  I said "When can we expect to win those games?  Hooten Colonel Reb was 2-4 against ranked opponents this year and 12-25 since he got here."

JFB answered by saying that in the LSU, Florida and Wisconsin games that our offense and defense played welll enough to win, but our special teams failed and that's why we lost.  To which I said, "Then will there be a change at Special Teams Coach position?"

JFB said, "I hope he'll make a change."

JFB went on to say that because we rank so low among SEC schools in resources (again the 7th, 8th or 9th thing) that Arkansas will never be able to attract a top coach.  I jumped back in with, "We got YOU.  You were the number one coach in the country."

About this time some guy jumped in and said, "Let someone else ask a question."  I said, "Jump in anytime, folks."

So another guy did jump in and got after JFB about how could we let Malzahn go, how could we let Mustain go, etc.  This quickly degenerated into the questioner (I'll let him identify himself if he so chooses) saying that Gus was lied to and that everyone at the GDRC golf tournament was lied to when Colonel Reb pointed at Gus and said 'that man right there will be calling the plays.'

JFB said Gus called 100% of the plays.  The questioner said he thought that was a lie, it was obvious who was in charge of the offense.  At this point JFB pretty well blew.  He was pointing his finger at the man saying "You are the liar, You are the liar!  I was there I know who called the plays!  Were you there?  I was there!"

And here a lady jumped in with words to the effect of "Are tyhese boys getting an education?  Are these boys being taugt to be men and to be fathers?  Yes, they are."

And right there, Nolan Duck, the MC for Dallas Alumni Chapter, jumped in and shut it down.  He tried to move the program forward, but JFB was off the stage, mic off his lapel, still arguing with the guy.  Duck fially got it back on the tracks and they proceeded with handing out the awards.

I will say this:  During the social hour before the dinner, during the dinner and in the minutes after the program ended, there was a lot of talk about all these problems, etc.  But, not surprisingly, when the floor was opened for questions, few had the stones to jump in.

That's about as much as I remember right now, as clearly as I remember it.  It got pretty exciting, so if anybody else that was there remembers anything else, please help me out.

I'll try to post the handouts by around 8:30 Friday.

WPS

[Bane]

That...is... awesome... were there any video cameras anywhere?  I'm sure that's not going to make the DFW evening news, but...

[HogEnRaged]

Wow!  I sit here in total shock.... but, Wow! 

thanks for the play-by-play.....

[Cerdo]

I appreciate your effort in going to the meeting and asking Fr.ank these questions.  Kudos to the other fellow as well.   

It isn't 5% anymore (never was) and it is becoming time that the doddering old fools who run the BOT and the AD office come to realize this. 

[Phat_Hawg]

He basically came out and said Houston is not a top coach. 

[PorkRyan]

nice work

[Bane]

He basically came out and said Hooten is not a top coach. 

Huh...I didn't even realize that until you said it.  Nice subtlety Frank...wonder if he challenged the guy to a fistfight outside...

[Cerdo]

You want to see how scummy our sports media is?
Wait and see, seriously, if any mention is made of this in a local paper, where the masses can read it.  You all know the answer.

[Phat_Hawg]

Also interesting that he made a point of saying that the parents never said a thing about playing time when all we seem to hear from the Mustain haters and national media is that these parents went in there demanding changes to the offense and more playing time.

Of course I doubt you'll hear any of that on the national talk shows and the same old myths about 60 passes a game and such will continue.  It's a lot easier than actually digging into what's truth and what's bullshit.

[WPFM]

Outstanding - thanks shortstop.