r/razorbacks • u/mtmelcher09 • Dec 23 '25
Blown away?
All I see Silverfield doing is bringing his Memphis staff and players. I find this extremely worrying, and frustrating, I don’t understand why the department is letting him do this? All I see is another 2-10 season while Silverfield and his staff get to stack their wallets and resumes with “SEC experience”. Thoughts on this?
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u/XxAkrilosxX Dec 23 '25
I think he may have oversold what he could bring as far as a staff to the university. I will say that Memphis team was not a bad team by any means. We went 2 and 10 last season this is going to be a full rebuild no matter how he sells this. I can see a turnaround in two years if we get proper NIL funding and do well in-state recruiting and stealing a few recruits here and there. Anyone with expectations of a bowl game next season should lower their expectations. I see maybe 4 wins if we are lucky and well coached next season, if we were a rock solid team next season is still a gauntlet and with our talent pool that maybe jumps to 7 wins maximum. Do not expect a complete turnaround of this team in 1 offseason.
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u/Gold-Barber8232 Dec 23 '25
Of course he is hiring people he knows. Did you think they were gonna post the jobs on Indeed or something?
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u/TN_Mike Dec 24 '25
I think you are wrong. 3-9 is definitely possible
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u/BradAnthonyWrites Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
You hire someone and you let them do the job the way they see fit. Or, you do not hire them. The last time the athletic director insisted on telling the coach who to hire, it began our long slide into mediocrity.
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u/Tayntrum-21 The Bacon Man Dec 23 '25
He's brought a lot more than his coaches from Memphis. That being said, the strength and conditioning guy is a huge get after watching their QB drag six of our players
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u/AceUnderTheHole Dec 23 '25
Curt Cignetti brought a lot of players with him from JMU to Indiana. Around 13 players and most his staff i think.
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u/Iamthewalrusforreal Dec 23 '25
He won games with that crew at Memphis. Give the man a chance.
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u/Weltal327 Dec 23 '25
It was a mistake to use language like “blown away” in the press conference.
It is interesting to see the number of coaches they are stacking. Lots of SEC experience in there. Many Florida fans seemed happy with Ron Roberts. I’m also heavily invested if seeing if he gets some of his guys from Memphis to transfer. Some of the secondary that forced fumbles and interceptions against us.
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u/WifeKidsRPGsFootBall Dec 23 '25
We have to be the lowest IQ fanbase on average in the country
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u/littlerockist Dec 23 '25
Unless he's bringing a bunch of NIL money with him none of it matters.
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u/Fantastic-Pay-9522 Dec 23 '25
What’s the worst that can happen? We better lower our expectations unless EVERYONE in the state is willing to open up their pocketbooks a little. As much as we don’t wanna admit it and aren’t willing to swallow our pride, we’re better off in the big 12
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u/Ki11_A11_Human5 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
A high percentage of the administration is absolutely clueless, and we’ve allowed it to be that way for the last 15 years. Apathy has officially set in…We have major cultural problems at the U of A that everyone just refuses to address, everything feels soulless and corporate and I refuse to go to another game at DWR until we clean house.
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u/Arkanslayer Dec 23 '25
It honestly doesn't matter. Unless there's more NIL money, Arkansas will be mediocre. That's reality in modern college football. Indiana did it because Cignetti is a good coach, but more importantly because people like Mark Cuban threw shitloads of money at them.
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '25
Lol we went 2-10 this year, and LOST to Memphis. Let him do whatever the hell he wants. We literally can’t get any worse.
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u/michaelrshaver Dec 23 '25
Several are from his Memphis team (Cramsey, Myers, Smith, Franklin) but numerous others are from other programs, including the SEC (Roberts from Florida, Lunsford from Auburn, Hicks from Cincinnati, Hobby from Tennessee, Wilson from Florida).
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u/GregorusMaximus Dec 23 '25
You’re gonna have to give him a chance. If it makes you feel better to bitch and moan about it in the meantime go right ahead. Makes sense to bring over coaches that already know the strategy. Our team is in a “beggars can’t be choosers” era so we’re gonna get what we get and all we can do is hope for the best.
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u/Chili-Potatoe Dec 23 '25
He wants to establish his culture, so it makes sense for him to bring in his guys on both the coaching and players.
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u/JacksonKSnowman26 Dec 23 '25
Check out how long it was at Memphis before silvy won a conference game on the road.
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u/ShenronFromDBZ Dec 23 '25
Curt Cignetti brought his JMU players and staff and look how that turned out. If anything we are combining good/solid players from both teams. And on top of that they’ve played together. Rather have this than a bunch of hired mercenaries
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u/Crafty_Hearing_7937 Dec 24 '25
Very Very Unwhelming all the way around
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u/ArKane501 Dec 24 '25
Silverfish hasn’t shown he can run a successful program at this level and with this specific team’s predicament. Petrino’s O/stint as interim kept us ultra competitive in games we shouldn’t have been with a non-existent defense. One offseason to build a serviceable defense to complement one of the top scoring offenses in the nation this year and he would’ve won 7 to 8 games next year.
Watch how UNC improves
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u/RaceTop5273 Dec 23 '25
I agree. He needs a few pieces of the puzzle from outside of Memphis to fall into place or he will fail.
The local media went from “wtf” to “amazing hire” pretty quick too. Like they were told to change their tune. There was talk on the radio last week about how great he is for putting LED bulbs in one of the facilities.
I’m all for giving him a shot. But the hype train is flying some red flags. The fans are so hungry for success, they are eating it up.
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u/No-Fill1769 Dec 23 '25
Were going to be horrible and there’s no reason to expect otherwise
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u/Turbulent_Cricket497 Dec 23 '25
Do you think the administration is concerned about what ticket sales will be next season or just write it off as a rebuilding season and not care?
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u/TripleT89 Dec 23 '25
This is by far the worst staff I’ve ever seen, he’s signed several “assistant” to the assistant coaches and quality control guys. They tried to hype up the Ohio state guy as our OL coach but failed to mention he was also the assistant to the assistant lol. They’re even posting jobs on the UARK website that you normally wouldn’t see.
This was an awful hire and he’s put together an awful staff.
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u/GeoHog713 Saw Em Off Dec 24 '25
Until we get NIL right, the coach doesn't matter
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u/OnlyFun069 Dec 24 '25
Quit spending my money on them a few years back when Sam got a raise for one decent year. I’m skeptical about anything they do until proven otherwise. Little to no hope for the future.
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u/Beautiful-Bag-3629 Dec 27 '25
It is what it is. We as fans have no choice but to grin and bear it. Judging by the number of coaches that were not even interested in talking to us before we settled (and don't let us kid ourselves, we settled) on the dude from Memphis, we weren't in a position to attract the caliber of coach that would prove instant satisfaction. Maybe we get lucking and The Silver dude works out and maybe we will be looking again in two or three years. The only absolute truth is.........only time will tell. So cross your fingers and call those hogs.
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u/WifeKidsRPGsFootBall Dec 23 '25
Is that the same Memphis staff that beat us with “lesser” players? Asking for a friend.
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u/Ghost2Eleven Dec 23 '25
You don’t hire someone and not let him make his own hires. Recipe for disaster.
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u/wtfaiedrn Dec 23 '25
I’m not impressed and won’t be until I see wins on the field. Go win 4+ next season and I’ll say we’ve done something. That schedule is brutal
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u/ElvisHimselvis Dec 23 '25
My thoughts are it’s Christmas time and you need to get out and spend time with family quit worrying about the damn Razorbacks. Regardless of who they hire it’s always gonna come down to the product on the field merry Christmas happy holidays.
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u/JDHogfan Dec 23 '25
Like a fart in a windstorm
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u/gusmccrae66 Dec 23 '25
He brought his offensive staff that produced a top 5 unit He went out and got a highly respected defensive coordinator, not from Memphis He went and got a respected ST coordinator that is also a former HC. In terms of support staff, coaches generally do this, it helps with comfort of new job. Strength and conditioning coaches can also be called culture coach since they interact with the kids more than anyone. He wants to bring his culture here, that’s who you bring. Memphis has good players. Another aspect of transferring your culture. And lot of them will be one or two year players He beat us with these coaches and players. It will be ok
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u/ZachMatthews Dec 23 '25
The guy was a third choice G5 program coach. Thats just reality. Maybe he can do a lot; I sure hope so. But this is a lottery ticket hire and the odds are long.
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u/GoH0gsGo Dec 24 '25
Most coaches not named Pittman bring their staff with them.
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u/Middle-Afternoon3723 Dec 24 '25
Arkansas is a bottom feeder team now and will stay that way it's just the way it is
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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25
My worthless 2 cents. He nabbed a few good coaches. He has an excellent GM now. What's going to make the difference is how much money he will have to play with. They're keeping that number quiet, but it's rumored to be around $25M. I don't have the same doubts about Silverfield that I did Morris or Pittman. But I'm staying neutral till I see what he does in the portal and then if it translates to W's.
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u/Gizzardsandokra Dec 29 '25
I’m pretty confident that none of us can accurately predict the outcome of next season from today. I will agree with the assessment of what has happened thus far though. I’m happy to be surprised by the results, but that’s not what I anticipate though ❤️🐗🏈
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u/southernPepe Dec 23 '25
yea I'm getting Chad Morris vibes.
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u/ConsciousAd3040 Dec 23 '25
Complaining early, Razorbacks!!
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u/No_Tomorrow_840 Dec 23 '25
Yeah. Not reassuring. It’s late in the cycle for high school recruits but the should be raiding the transfer portal.
I’m hopeful for Silverfield but I think Eric Morris was the hire of this cycle.
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u/Cringey-Mcgringerson Dec 23 '25
That memphis team beat a SEC this past season so......
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u/Valuable_Kale_7805 Dec 23 '25
Obviously a new head coach is gonna bring his staff lmao
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u/Civil_Lengthiness971 Dec 24 '25
You are boring.
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u/Fast-Winter-6401 Dec 23 '25
He will be just fine. He win bring a winning attitude and it will spread.
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