Razorback Update or Lack Thereof

Well, nobody seems to know what's going on with the Hogs. That's interesting in and of itself. I've been following the Hogs VERY closely on the Internet since I've been in MI. Never before, in the past 5 years, have I heard such a deafening silence regarding something so important as this BB hire.

The hot rumor over the weekend was that John Calipari, University of Memphis (a.k.a. Tiger High) head coach, was about to be the Head Hog. Some said that it was likely. My guy in Fayetteville who is usually spot on with this stuff said it was a REAL possibility. Some others said that there was no way he was leaving Memphis with the team he had coming back.

Looks like the latter was correct. Calipari came out yesterday and said he's not leaving and, in fact, was never offered the job. He WAS offered the job. John's telling a tall tale there. However, I don't think the UA nor Calipari ever really thought he would take the job. It looks like that was a smokescreen for something else (I'd say bigger but I'm not sure that's true) going down.

There have been rumors for the past few days that an unknown candidate exists who is interested in the job. All sources are saying something should be announced no later than Tuesday. Frank left Atlanta early, which leads one to believe he had a good idea of who he was going to get. There are a few rumblings that someone was signed this weekend and the final details are getting worked out (heard that one before?).

In sum: Nobody but Frank and a few powers that be know what's happening. Nobody's talking. Nobody's revealing the name of the unknown candidate for fear of screwing something up.

The silence probably means one of two things:

1) We got a big name coach and they don't want to trot him out to the public before getting all ducks in a row
2) We got another up and comer and they want to put off the backlash as long as possible.

The next few days are going to be interesting. There is one thing I know for certain: That is...I don't know anything and it seems many others are in the same boat.