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Pelphrey is out at Arkansas. He had a winning record, and he finished the season on the plus side with an 18-13 mark--despite a loss to the Vols in the tourney. AD Long says 4 years is enough to mold a championship team in the SEC. I say it was the boosters and the alumnis talking--like at any school. Sure he missed the Dance for three straight seasons, and sure the attendance was falling. Fans were even sponsoring anti-Pelphrey newspaper ads, including pictures of him with an underclassman recruit. So, he's gone and the Hogs still look forward to one of the best recruiting classes in the nation next year.

Being a sports coach at a major program is kinda like driving an ice-cream truck through Anchorage in February. Or being the nurse in a trauma ward who runs out of morphine. Either way, Pelphrey is out and owed more than a million. How much is enough? Who knows.