Malzahn jumping ship

According to ESPN's Joe Shad, Gus Malzahn is leaving Arkansas to join Todd Graham's staff at Tulsa as co-offensive coordinator.
Of all the Springdale imports who might leave Arkansas, I didn't think Malzahn would be one of them. However, I guess we should have seen this coming. The parents are pissed that the Razorbacks won't throw the ball, Damian Williams (one of the Springdalers) has transferred to USC, and rumors are that he won't be the last to tranfer out of Houston Nutt's program. Maybe Malzahn saw the writing on the wall. That's all well and good. It's natural for a guy to go somewhere where he'll be appreciated. But let's look at this a little more closely. He is leaving an SEC school loaded with young talent coming off a ten-win season, and he is heading to Tulsa which is, well, Tulsa. Not only that, but he's going to be a CO-offensive coordinator. It's hard to know what that means in this day in age when the title a coach has may or may not truly describe what he actually does (example: Bobby Bowden is listed as the HEAD COACH at Florida State). Whatever the case, if Malzahn is leaving the SEC for C-USA, the situation at Arkansas must be more freaked out than any of us think, so freaked out that he would be willing to leave his home-state school for TULSA!! As far as the future of the Arkansas program, this basically means that Mitch Mustain is outta there, whether it be for Tulsa (though Mitch's mommy says there is no truth to the rumor that Malzahn and Mustain are "tied at the hip"). All of the other Springdalers are probably going to explore options elsewhere as well because, let's face it, they went to Arkansas because of Malzahn. This is all so exciting! It's better than Passions, way better than Rosie vs. Trump. It blows Belichick vs. Mangini out of the water. Keep your eye on this freak show as the next couple of weeks pass because there could be some serious shake-ups in Razorback Nation.