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Football Staff Shuffle Just Part of College Football Now

Razorbacks add Dan Enos as offensive coordinator, fans, former players rejoice

Andy Hodges

Football Staff Shuffle Just Part of College Football Now
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With a new offensive coordinator in Dan Enos coming on board, Arkansas fans are squealing with new hope.

We'll see how it plays out.

About the only thing we know for sure is Kendal Briles is officially the new offensive coordinator for TCU and Enos is taking his place with the Razorbacks.

It has been fun listening to all of the talking heads droning on about the play calling with Briles, which usually just mentions the plays that blew up. Every coach who calls plays has a few they would love a do-over with.

"After the play, we all know," Mal Moore, the longtime play caller for Bear Bryant at Alabama, once said.

Enos got the job because he was a familiar face, interested in the job and affordable.

In today's world, coaches shuffle all the time right along with the players. It's part of the new world head coaches have to deal with sort of figuring out constantly on the fly.

Nearly all of the time the only people jumping up and down about play calling are some fans and the talking heads who don't know any better. It's the most over-rated thing in football these days.

On most plays, the coach doesn't know which of the options the quarterback has in front of him is going to happen and that won't be decided until after the ball is snapped.

Hopefully, that's where Enos has the biggest impact if he gets them to buy into what he's pushing if it's that different from Briles. I'm not in the staff meetings and have no idea.

All of Enos's former players hit the social media platforms and were enthusiastic about the new hire. The only news in any of that would have been if they threw him under the bus.

He'll have Jefferson back for a final year as he's about out of ways to add any more playing time.

Jacolby Criswell from Morrilton transferred from North Carolina and could be the future after this season unless incoming freshman Malichi Singleton is SEC-ready when he steps on campus.

Honestly, this season didn't stumble and fall strictly on the offense. The defense couldn't stop much of anything on a consistent basis.

Yes, Alabama won big when Enos coached quarterbacks there and they played a huge role in that, but it's really the only place where they competed for a championship in his only season there.

Sam Pittman probably didn't encourage Briles to go to Fort Worth because of play calling or that other stuff. He likely got tired of him flirting with every high-profile opening out there.

None of that really matters now.

We'll find out if the Hogs can do better than a .500 record with Enos as the offensive coordinator.

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HOGS FEED:

WHAT MIKE NEIGHBORS LEARNED IN CLOSE LOSS AT LSU HE WILL PROBABLY WANT TO USE WITH HOGS

SEC ADMITS THEY MESSED UP REVIEW, BUT NOTHING ELSE AND NO MENTION OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HOGS

HOGS STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLOSE OUT A WIN, FALLING TO MISSOURI

A COUPLE OF POSSIBILITIES FOR RAZORBACKS' OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR OPENING

BRILES REPORTEDLY HEADED TO TCU, BUT WHO MIGHT FOLLOW?

MUSSELMAN SAYS LARGE SEC CROWDS POSSIBLY THE ISSUE WITH HOGS

WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR RAZORBACKS TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT TO REACH NCAA TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR?

HOGS TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND BY SEC TEAMS

RAZORBACKS LOSING IS ONE THING, BUT BEING CLASSLESS ABOUT IT IS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY

WATCH: VANDERBILT PLAYERS ATTRIBUTE WIN TO WHAT HAPPENED AT END OF FIRST HALF

WHAT SHOULD FANS EXPECT AS FAR AS RAZORBACK LINE-UP AGAINST VANDERBILT?

EXIT DOOR SWINGING OPEN SO MUCH FOR SECONDARY MIGHT BE GOOD NEWS

BACKSTORY MAKES TESLAA, RAZORBACK FOOTBALL THE PERFECT MARRIAGE

MORE GOOD NEWS ABOUT PEYTON HILLIS' RECOVERY AFTER RESCUING HIS KIDS IN FLORIDA

DID JALEN GRAHAM DO ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF ERIC MUSSELMAN'S DOGHOUSE?

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Andy Hodges
ANDY HODGES

Sports columnist, writer, former radio host and television host who has been expressing an opinion on sports in the media for over four decades. He has been at numerous media stops in Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi.