Mitch Mustain’s Mom, Beck Campbell told Frank Broyles that Dana Altman was the wrong man to coach the Arkansas Basketball team.  Broyles surrendered. Campbell, continues to hold the  Arkansas Athletic Program hostage through her son former Parade All-American Mitch.  After another private  meeting with Broyles, Campbell apparently advocated the rehire of former coach Nolan Richardson and as a fallback plan former LSU Coach Pokey Chapman.

Broyles and Campbell believe that Richardson, who was recently hired as the Mexican National Team Coach, can split  his time between the Mexicans and the Hogs and never leave Arkansas.  It is believed that over half of the  Arkansas Chicken Farmer population hail from Juarez anyway.  [USA Today Link] Campbell’s plan to  reverse the coaching hire  as “40 minutes of Hell” as tribute to Nolan Richardson’s style of play.

(A point guard and his posse)

Altman then changed (with a little “help”) his mind, and will leave Arkansas and return to  Creighton. Dana Altman was introduced as Arkansas coach with pomp and circumstance — cheerleaders, a cheering crowd, even one of those famous “Pig Sooie” calls. Link

It is rumored that Campbell changed the Altman motorcade route from the airport to an apocalyptically horrific drive through the local Arkansas countryside (Healing Springs) that scared the bejesus out of him and his family. One can speculate that gutted mobile homes and abandoned autos are not his cup of tea.  If the sight of cow pastures and chicken farms don’t scare you away first, the Healing Springs Rite of Passage will.

(The trailer above was shown to Altman’s wife as their future home in Arkansas)

My stomach is so sore from laughing so much as “good ole Frank” once again has egg on his face. All of the efforts of Arkansas based business to get the rest of the country to take Arkansas seriously are down the drain as Frank tries to hire a coach. It could be worse, Houston Nutt could be the AD trying to find a coach.

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