Arkansas’ athletic director Jeff Long is officially out the door as of Wednesday morning, and it looks like the collapse of the Bret Bielema’s Razorbacks is in full swing.
Multiple reports lit up the internet in the early Wednesday hours. Details remain sparse, but it’s clear that Long is no longer part of the equation.
BREAKING: AD Jeff Long is out at #Arkansas per multiple sources.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 15, 2017
BREAKING: Jeff Long is out as the Athletic Director at The University of Arkansas according to sources.
— Trey Schaap (@trey1037TheBuzz) November 15, 2017
Can confirm Jeff Long is out as Arkansas Ad according to source. @THV11
— Hayden Balgavy (@HaydenBalgavy) November 15, 2017
Breaking: Reports out of Fayetteville that Jeff Long is out as Athletic Director at U of A. Stay with @KATVNews for more information.
— Melinda Mayo (@KATVMelinda) November 15, 2017
This is a really bad sign for Bielema. Nobody likes to play with somebody else’s toys, especially athletic directors. New athletic directors often clean house, unless a coach is really good.
Bielema has been getting his butt kicked up and down the SEC for the past five seasons, and no athletic director on the planet is getting hired to put up with him. It looks like Bielema’s fate at Arkansas just got officially sealed.
I honestly never thought my genius master plan of destroying Arkansas would come together this nicely. It’s been a little over a year since I implemented this scorched-earth plan. In that time, the football program has been destroyed, Bielema can’t buy a win, the athletic director has been tossed and there is no end to the misery in sight.
I hate to say, but I’m going to: props to me for successfully destroying a major division one athletic program.