I laughed my ass off the first 30 seconds! What a guy.
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OT- John L press conference yesterday: "SMILE!"
September 18th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
#1
OT- John L press conference yesterday: "SMILE!"
September 18th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
#2
Man
he is crazy, isn't he.
So far it is: Alabama 108 Opponents 14
Your welcome Opponents.
September 18th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
#3
God, he is so weird.
He and
God, he is so weird.
He and MSU were a perfect match for each other. They should have never split up.
September 18th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
#4
I was just thinking the same
I was just thinking the same thing! MSU is a goofy program and he is a goofy guy. It was a match made in heaven.
September 18th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
#5
Not So Sure About That
While I loved having JLS at MSU, and saw it as a solid match, it's best that they split up. Arkansas is his soulmate, and far be it from us to get in the way of true love:
September 18th, 2012 at 4:57 PM
#6
(No subject)
September 18th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
#7
agreed.
Thought I would never miss another coach as much as I missed John Cooper.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:16 PM
#8
Do you remember?
George Perles?
September 18th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
#9
What was that?! The first 30
What was that?! The first 30 seconds was just painful to watch...
September 18th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
#10
WTF
was Arkansas THINKING!?! That guy is a clown.
September 18th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
#11
Do you not know what happened
Do you not know what happened with Bobby Petrino this off season? They really didn't have much of a choice in going with John L. Smith.
September 18th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
#12
I disagree
bear in mind I'm not aware of their OC/DC situation, but either would've been preferable. Give them the "head coach" tag, 2 year contract, and if it didn't work out, can them and start a search.
You have a semblance of continuity internally, and avoid bringing in the biggest ass-clown in coaching short of Billy Gillespie.
On 2nd thought, JLS probably trumps Gillespie.
September 18th, 2012 at 5:39 PM
#13
He Slapped a QB On The Face...
...at a press conference one time. I think it was Drew Stanton. Then I think he slapped himself.
September 19th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
#14
Accurate
Except the QB he slapped was Jeff Smoker.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:16 PM
#15
Arkansas's OC
is Paul Petrino.
Hiring Bobby's brother maybe wouldn't have been ideal, under the circumstances.
Paul Haynes is the DC. He has no head coaching experience as far as I know and they just hired him for this season (he coached in their bowl game last year) but now that I think about it, maybe he's why they thought of JLS in the first place? He coached for him at MSU, and again at Louisville.
September 19th, 2012 at 7:41 AM
#16
Haynes
should have been the guy. He would've been the same price for 2 years as JLS for 1, without the ridiculousness.
September 18th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
#17
Ha!
The NCAA has a rule saying that no school shall ever be forced to hire John L. Smith.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:10 PM
#18
Deliverance took place in Georgia
but your point is noted...
September 19th, 2012 at 6:40 AM
#19
I thought it took place
in West Virginia.
Well at least that is what we used to think while kayaking on the Shenandoah ...
September 18th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
#20
The First 30 Seconds
The only thing that I could think during those painfully awkward and uncomfortable opening seconds of this presser is that, as was the case in the past, the haloperidol is not working for John L. Smith and they need to try something different.
I think the next logical step, at the next presser, is for Smith to go "gangnam style" in response to a question.
September 18th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
#21
He looks and sounds like a
He looks and sounds like a man who understands his place in the universe.
September 18th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
#22
My one dog looked at my iPad
My one dog looked at my iPad befuddled the first 30 seconds or so, even he thinks John L is missing something upstairs.
September 18th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
#23
Dogs
They have a sixth sense that way.
September 18th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
#24
I'm glad he's back in
I'm glad he's back in coaching. College football needs more weird coaches like him. There are too many Saban wannabes.
September 18th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
#25
John L Smith: modern day oracle
September 18th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
#26
Brian tweeted this during (or
Brian tweeted this during (or just after) the U L-M v. Arkansas game:
Piss: Tepid
LOL! Still very true. XD
September 18th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
#27
It's a very strange mixture
It's a very strange mixture of amusing and frightening.
September 18th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
#28
He is just too weird...makes
He is just too weird...makes everyone in the room uncomfortable.
September 18th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
#29
He was like a Sparty fan
He was like a Sparty fan incarnate as a Head Coach. He wasn't perfect for winning, but he was perfect for the fanbase.
September 18th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
#30
At MSU or Arkansas? I don't
At MSU or Arkansas? I don't know anyone at MSU that likes/liked him. The couple of people I talk to (family) wanted him gone a good year or two before the school decided to boot him.
September 18th, 2012 at 3:16 PM
#33
lol, I miss beating up on
lol, I miss beating up on him.
Oh wait, he's still coaching and we can still beat up on him!!
September 18th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
#34
wheres a QB to slap
when you need one
September 18th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
#35
Who needs a QB?
September 18th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
#36
(No subject)
September 18th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
#37
It's hard to imagine how that
It's hard to imagine how that guy walks into a room with an AD for an interview and then gets hired for anything, let alone a head-coaching job. He is just so wierd. And yet it has happened over and over again.
September 18th, 2012 at 4:02 PM
#38
The guy is nuts
Anyone else immediately think John L. Smith fell into a vat of green acid and came back as the Joker? (embed fail)
Uh-oh, the press don't look happy. Looks like they have been using Brand X. But with new John L. Smith brand, I get a grin, again and again...
September 18th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
#39
Arkansas football 2012. Feel
Arkansas football 2012. Feel the excitement!
September 18th, 2012 at 4:06 PM
#40
if ever there was a week
to root for Rutgers, this is it. His postgame presser following a loss to RU would be EPIC
September 18th, 2012 at 4:19 PM
#41
Wow. That guy is crazy. Why
Wow. That guy is crazy. Why couldn't msu keep him. Lol
September 18th, 2012 at 5:02 PM
#42
Miss you JLS!!! XOXOXO!!!
Miss you JLS!!! XOXOXO!!!
September 18th, 2012 at 5:08 PM
#43
(No subject)
September 18th, 2012 at 5:37 PM
#44
Inexplicable that this guy
makes large money while the guy painting my house is more equable and bright, let alone that AK hires him. Strange and often stupid planet, no?
September 18th, 2012 at 6:07 PM
#45
He is so odd.
I laughed out loud, but didn't understand at all what was going on during that first thirty seconds. Then I started over two more times and had the same reaction both times.
September 18th, 2012 at 7:27 PM
#46
Mind-boggling
I really want to know how he gets hired. I guess it has to be terrible decisions by ADs combined with extraordinary interview skills. But man, there are terrible decisions, and then there are terribler decisions.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:17 PM
#47
It's like a train wreck.
Awful to look at but I couldn't look away.
He Crazy!
September 18th, 2012 at 11:30 PM
#48
My guess:
My guess is that when Petrino was fired they looked to their current staff for suggestions. Both coordinators were new hires, one is Petrino's brother, the other is Paul Haynes from OSU.
Haynes was John L.'s secondary coach for three years at Louisville and MSU. Maybe he gave a strong rec?
And of course Smith had been a Petrino assistant at Arkansas for a year (and wasn't Petrino Smith's assistant at one time?). He may well have been the only person associated in any way with the staff who'd ever been a head coach at any level.
September 19th, 2012 at 2:43 AM
#49
Ill say it
I admire John L for taking this gig. He knew it was a temp. gig, knew it was a train wreck because of how big of a scumbag Petrino is, and he is just trying to buy Arkansas time to find their permanent coach.
And his attitude in this video is admirable. After the worst heating of your life, he's telling the reporters of all people to chin up. Love coaches like that.
September 19th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
#50
Petrino is a scumbag, but why
Petrino is a scumbag, but why was the Arkansas job a train wreck? They were in the preseason top 10.
