Dick Booth out at Arkansas

Get rid of the BUM!!!

Sad day in Fayetteville. Future recruits be warned. Stay away. Stay away!!!!!!!!

Is it not possible that Booth was still upset about not getting the head coaching job that he was undermining the new coach?

Bucknam HAD to have had a good reason for this, it was not an easy decision, especially politically.

Arkansas had been slipping the last few years in track and cross under McDonnell, especially if you consider the illegal sprinters they had under Brauman(sp). Bucknam is doing just fine with this group.

You can question Bucky all you want. I am sure he can take it. If you ever had the guts to walk into his office and talk to him you might be amazed at what you would learn about him.

But you are a real ***** pulling anything about Dorian into this topic. What Dorian does or doesn't do has nothing to with Dick Booth having his contract renewed or being fired or whatever arrangement was made last year between he and Bucky.

Maybe there was something, maybe Coach Booth was brought in and fired for no reason at all. But you bringing Dorian's name into this? If you are an alum of Arkansas - then you are definitely a piece of shit.

Coach with a Brain wrote:

You can question Bucky all you want. I am sure he can take it. If you ever had the guts to walk into his office and talk to him you might be amazed at what you would learn about him.

But you are a real ***** pulling anything about Dorian into this topic. What Dorian does or doesn't do has nothing to with Dick Booth having his contract renewed or being fired or whatever arrangement was made last year between he and Bucky.

Maybe there was something, maybe Coach Booth was brought in and fired for no reason at all. But you bringing Dorian's name into this? If you are an alum of Arkansas - then you are definitely a piece of shit.

Shh...logic not allowed in Arkansas when it comes to dat dare track pergram. Dey know all down dare.

WOOO PIG SOOIE!

Shocked wrote:

Who does Bucknam think he is?

He thinks he's the head coach.

Booth will be coaching at Florida

thats not even how it happened Tarik made that decision on his own. I was sitting near the press box where the coaches office was and could hear booth and coach case saying "what the hell is he doing" none of those guys knew why Tarik skipped it was his own decision. Booth knew that wasn't going to cut it and make the finals. So don't go blaming booth for the decision that his own athlete made.

Dick Booth to coach for FLORIDA GATORS!!!!!! Was only out of a job for 4 days!

See, with a little patience everything will work out for all parties involved.

Four days of being "unemployed" shouldn't have affected Coach Booth too much. He is going to a great program and I am sure he and his family will be fine.

Now Arkansas will hire another field event coach and all will be good for everyone.

This is a process that happens all of the time in College Athletics. That it happened at Arkansas should not be such a surprise. Dick Booth never seemed to be too upset by all of it, so why should everyone else be?

Cause we love coach Booth and loathe little wee wee bucknam.

Coach with a Brain wrote:

See, with a little patience everything will work out for all parties involved.

Four days of being "unemployed" shouldn't have affected Coach Booth too much. He is going to a great program and I am sure he and his family will be fine.

Now Arkansas will hire another field event coach and all will be good for everyone.

This is a process that happens all of the time in College Athletics. That it happened at Arkansas should not be such a surprise. Dick Booth never seemed to be too upset by all of it, so why should everyone else be?

You're joking, right?

Put this little incident in the back of your mind. When you're 65, imagine having to up and move to a new community, give up all your friends, and start a whole new life over. See how that thought sits not only with you, but the rest of your family.

You're right, being unemployed for four days may not affect him .... but having his entire life uprooted might.

Oh, and not what I think means a damn thing .... but I'll be rooting for Arkansas to not win a single title in any of the three sports until this guy Bucky moves on.

Some Coach wrote:

Oh, and not what I think means a damn thing .... but I'll be rooting for Arkansas to not win a single title in any of the three sports until this guy Bucky moves on.

AMEN!

I might have to find some blue and orange!

Has Bucky made himself into the equivalent of Martin Smith during his Oregon days...just a placeholder? Sounds like most of the Alums say yes...OUCH!

Booth chose the business of track and field coaching. When you enter the world of big-time sports, these are the hazards. Most don't have the stomach.

Hyman Roth (Godfather II) says it well:

Hyman Roth: There was this kid I grew up with; he was younger than me. Sorta looked up to me, you know. We did our first work together, worked our way out of the street. Things were good, we made the most of it. During Prohibition, we ran molasses into Canada... made a fortune, your father, too. As much as anyone, I loved him and trusted him. Later on he had an idea to build a city out of a desert stop-over for GI's on the way to the West Coast. That kid's name was Moe Greene, and the city he invented was Las Vegas. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn't even a plaque, or a signpost or a statue of him in that town! Someone put a bullet through his eye. No one knows who gave the order. When I heard it, I wasn't angry; I knew Moe, I knew he was head-strong, talking loud, saying stupid things. So when he turned up dead, I let it go. And I said to myself, this is the business we've chosen; I didn't ask who gave the order, because it had nothing to do with business!

Bucknam is just a figurehead in this situation for you. This day was coming, regardless of who is the Head Coach when #1 - John McDonnell retired and #2 - Dick Booth was not hired to replace him.

You can put it all on Bucknam if you want, but it is the way it is. Once #1 and #2 happened it was only a matter of time - would be immediate or in a year. That is just the way it is. You can blame the AD if you want also. But this is a series of events that was coming from over a year ago.

First of all, at least his move to Florida is now being reimbursed by the Univ of Florida and not on his own dime. It happens all of the time. Secondly, at least for Dick Booth he was not a $35,000 a year Asst. Coach with 3+ kids between 4th and 10th grade.

Coach Booth is going to be fine and you will hate Bucknam regardless. So really you should be happy this happened because now you have been given another reason to hate Bucknam. If Dick would have left on his own and gone to Florida you wouldn't be able to have this to reinforce your negative opinion of Bucknam.

But Dick Booth is not really all that much of a victim in this, and Bucknam is not really the villian. The "villian" was going to be the figurehead who the AD hired to replace McDonnell, when Booth wasn't hired.

Coach with a Brain wrote:

The "villian" was going to be the figurehead who the AD hired to replace McDonnell, when Booth wasn't hired.

Fail. Not if it had been someone with very close ties to the program, OR a winner at the national level like McDonnell. That would have been hard, it would have had to have been someone like a Pat Henry, or an upstart like the coach at Florida State. Maybe even the coach at Arizona State. They could have even gone with Edrick Floreal in sprints and hurdles(even though he is a jumps coach), as Booth transitioned out into retirement. Edrick could have then picked a distance coach from within the family, there are several that could do it, OR he could have gone with a winner at the NCAA level, then hired a sprint coach. Just hypothetical, and who knows, it may be the next scenario if the current one doesn't work out.