Allow us to introduce "HoopHog"

http://www.hogville.net/yabbse/index.php?topic=146371.msg2305466#msg2305466

He is one of Hogville's "finest" and by that, we don't just mean that he looks especially dapper with a sport coat, a t-shirt, a glass of chardonnay, and a booger. Here's some of his latest analysis:

OPEN YOUR EYES!

The negative vibes have not...nor did they ever originate with any of the fans -- whatsoever. Look at a coach who breeds contempt and discontent (from Orville Henry, Bill Montgomery, Joe Ferguson forward to John Tyson, Gus Malzahn, and a multitude of fans) because of his inability to get a grip on his own inferiority complex. It is no one person's fault that Houston Nutt feels -- for some reason, inadequate and therefore has to rely upon cheap stunts to validate himself.

WAIT! Why does he ever, ever feel he needs to validate himself to begin with? Why does he not simply just do his job? This is something that no Hog fan can answer or explain. Houston Nutt has to run out of the A first to feel validated. He has to tell the world he was being courted by LSU - even though Nutt's agent told me (face to face) that Nutt was never offered this job. Nutt has to prop Nutt up for some reason that no one can explain. BUT, his crutch does not need to be our crutch. WHY so many Hog fans feel we need to justify this type of codependency; this psychosis, simply reveals why we are so easily abused.

I am amazed at the fans who simply read beyond the body language and serve as Nutt apologists. He does not look at people when he talks to them, he speaks in cliches, he shifts on his feet and darts his eyes around when having casual conversation with people. The man speaks before thinking...like jokingly suggesting that he asked Wes Murphy's grandmother to move the family funeral so that Wes could play -- not funny in the very least.

ALL of these things culminate into a leader who is very suspect because he is very suspicious of himself -- for some reason. No one can help Nutt with this inherent problem because his strong defense mechanism is to be aggressively defensive about it...therefore, ignoring the problem. But, we do not have to be victimized by this or all the bullcrap it generates.

Now, look at an Athletic Director who does the exact same thing and has also alienated his share of quality people (from Lou Holtz, Orville Henry - with Nutt's hiring, Bruce James and many others who played under him). The man has demonstrated a passion for preserving his own legacy more than promoting a successful program.

A negative leader begets negative vibes. Two negative leaders beget chaos! We have it exponentially from both Nutt and Broyles at the moment. The contempt for Hog fans, demonstrated by the University of Arkansas, has been at an all time high even before this schism within the fan base ever occurred. So, you are stuck with this pervasive negative vibe and will have to endure this all through this season and for the duration of Nutt's and Broyles' stay upon the Hill.

So...enjoy. Even if fans collectively sewed their mouths shut, you would still feel the negative vibes from Broyles and HDN. Through some bastardized form of rationale, these two men believe that in creating adversity, it gives them a rallying point to unify and mobilize. How utterly pathetic.

Smarter Hogville Analysis: To stand out on Hogville, you merely need to speak broken English, but the lofty diction HoopHog chooses--"codependency," "culminates," "begets," "schism," "bastardized," "that," etc.--lets you know immediately that he's no run-of-the-mill simpleton.

It's not just that we have a wordsmith on our hands, but we've also got an amateur psychoanalyst who had a face-to-face with Jimmy Sexton. So listen up, because HoopHog is bringing the knowledge and bringing it hard, and when he's all-CAPSing and pontificating and gettin' all B.F. Skinner up in this bitch, you'd best heed a brother's words. He's eloquent and smooth, which is a refreshing departure from hSv, who can't figure out how to pluralize "post," or Douglas, who doesn't take kindly to pissing and moaning and will shut down the Hogville Arcade in an instant if you push the wrong buttons.

There is also, of course, the possibility that he's a dumbass, too, but we'll reserve judgment until we read a few more of his manifestos.