Cody Kennedy has been at Arky 3 seasons. The OL immediately got better under him his 1st year, and they were good last year. Then they lost 3 starters and have been AWFUL this year- 12th in yards per rush, 14th in sacks allowed. They are starting a couple 2nd year players at the tackle spots.

So what do you make of that? Is he a really good OL coach that just had a fluky down year due to young guys? Or is he a good coach of other peoples players that can't recruit?

It's probably the former. Good OLs at Tulane and early Arkansas, so the 1 bad year is probably a fluke. In college football everything is so "what have you done for me lately" that a school will be ready to fire a good coach after 1 down year- that's the time to poach said coach. If you try to poach a coach that just had a good year, the boosters at that school will rally to pay him.

I like this hire if true. And of Cooper is anything other than OL coach (ie TEs or off field) then I like that hire too