I will say I was as surprised as anyone yesterday morning when I heard the news. And I think that goes for anyone that had any sort of connections or sources. NO ONE saw this one coming. Rosebowl can tell everyone that he knew about it, but I believe that about as much as I believe he has sources in the athletic dept anymore. Just a few things:

1. Arnett is an improvement over Hutzler, and a big one at that. I do not see how that is even debatable. His worst defense was ranked 62nd. He had Landon Guidry starting at safety, who would make Hunter Washington look like Ed Reed, and finished 54th.

2. You have to separate Arnett the HC from Arnett the DC. I think I have made my thoughts known on how I feel about him in that capacity. He sucked. He was in over his head, he took bad advice, he tried to overhaul an entire program in 3 months instead of gradually over time, and then he got pissy when we held him accountable for his actions. All they can be true and have nothing to do with Arnett the defensive coordinator. The guy is a good play caller and we will be aggressive on D, which is what Lebby wants.

3. I am not going to pretend to tell you that I had a clue how we did this under the cover of darkness like we did. And anyone who tries to tell you they knew this was coming is blowing smoke up your ass. Like I said earlier, Rosebowl is trying to tell people he knew and he was on his board shooting down the idea Friday afternoon. No one knew. Now do I know if Lebby went behind boosters backs to do this? I do not. That is a rumor out there. I have spoken with 6 or 7 people about this in the last 24 hours. NONE of them, including one national guy, had a clue this was even a remote possibility.

4. As far as a staff, I fully expect Matt Brock to be brought in. Outside of that, no clue. I do think McPhee ends up DL coach. That just continues to gain steam. And before anyone asks, NO. No decision has been made on Corey Bell one way or the other. If anyone tells you differently at this point, they are just speculating. It is true that he and Kelley Jonee are very close. But that does not mean we are just stock keeping him as a CB coach. We could move him to an analyst role for a season and continue to pay him and bring in a CB coach.