FAYETTEVILLE — From the day he was hired, any time would have been a good time for Arkansas to part company with Jeff Long.
The former Razorbacks athletic director’s 10 years diminishing Arkansas in general, and the Frank Broyles legacy in particular, from the Razorbacks and his jading longstanding relationships-inflicted program damage not yet repaired.
That said, the timing axing Long and soon afterward Razorback football coach Bret Bielema without an athletic director in place has proven unfair to those replacing them.
Chad Morris, the SMU coach, jumped at the chance to be a candidate for the Arkansas job after Bielema was officially was terminated in 2017 minutes after closing a 4-8 overall, 1-7 in the SEC season.