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How do you guys feel about us going after Jay Wright @ Villanova ?
I was hoping he would be considered when we hired Pelphrey but his name wasn’t in the mix then.
Personally I like Tim Floyd. Pro experience, great recruiter, charismatic. Somebody mentioned Bruce Pearl. That might be more doable than you think. But he’s got lots of baggage right now. I think Anderson is the favorite, followed by Buzz.
Here are other names being mentioned:
Missouri’s Mike Anderson: “I don’t see why he wouldn’t be the perfect choice. He’s a coaching star, he’s got that dominant personality, he’s got the charisma, he was there during the glory days. If they want to pack the place, that’s the guy.
“I know there are people saying Arkansas doesn’t want to go back to the past. But Nolan Richardson is the past, Mike Anderson is the future.”
Marquette’s Buzz Williams: “A great coach, a dominant personality and is going to be a star and one of the best in profession whether it’s at Marquette or somewhere else.
“He is one of the most relentless workers and recruiters that you can be around. In fact, he carries around a book during (the) July (recruiting period). People call it Buzz’ Bible. It pretty much has everything in there – scouting reports, every bit of information you could ever want about a kid or the people around him, his travel plans.
“Basically he took what Billy Gillespie was doing and took it to a whole new level. He wants to be prepared for everything and never be caught off guard and he never is.”
Texas A&M’s Mark Turgeon: “He basically has taken what Billy Gillespie did there at Texas A&M and continue to build on it. He adapts to the talent that he has and seems to have great success in doing that. He is one of the rising stars out there in the profession.”
Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall: “The guy is just a flat out winner, has been wherever he has been and will be wherever he goes. He will fight like crazy for his team and his fans. Winning follows guys like him because he does the right things and gets results. He just gets it done.”
Kansas State’s Frank Martin: “Nobody in the country does a better job at taking kids with chips on their shoulder and getting them to play to the best of their ability. Obviously he is very intense and gets the best out of his players and is going to continue to do that because he demands it.”
VCU’s Shaka Smart: “Yes, he is young (33), but age is just a number. When he took over at VCU, he made a plan and a mission statement on how he was going to do things and he has stuck to that. His players love him, his fans love him and he is going to be one of the nation’s best coaches when it is all said and done. I can’t say enough good things about him.”
Xavier’s Chris Mack: “He was one of the nation’s best recruiters when he was an assistant and has kept that going as a head coach. He is a great coach and I have no doubt he is going to be called one of the best in the country very soon.”
Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin: “I think he is a guy that isn’t getting enough credit for the job he has done there.
@ Ima Hog
Ima Hog says “My top five choices are Tim Floyd, Bruce Pearl, Steve Fisher, Baby Face Nelson, and Al Capone” Nice choices
Here’s a funny read and a pretty good story.
http://arkansas.scout.com/2/1057120.html
Kentucky and Florida advance to the sweet 16
Not that it matters our that anyone souls care, but I finally feel comfortable making my official prediction/endorsement and Buzz is both. There’s too much risk with Anderson concerning the recruiting class staying together.
or that anyone should care.
Dang phone.
I’m watching SDSU and Temple play and Fisher has his team doing well. I’m not sure how old Coach Fisher is but his teams are fun to watch and that is something we have been missing in Arkansas for quiet a while. I wouldn’t mind seeing that style being played on the hill.
They aren’t looking at anyone that’s been in trouble with the ncaa. Fisher had a booster that paid the fab five and got ousted as a result. As a result, he’s not a candidate.
@ bigdaddyd
Can you read? I never put Steve Fisher on my list. Everyone else is okay.
@ bigdaddyd
Can you read? I never put Steve Fisher on my list.
Like me Fisher is old as dirt.
Can you believe that Pitt – Butler game, dangest thing i ever seen.
Coach, I beg to disagree with your take on Mike Anderson.
I don’t see him as a “coaching star” or “dominant personality.
I don’t see “personal charisma”. Even Nolan does not have those. All he has is his closeness to Nolan that he might be able to bring back ” 40 minutes of hell” That is what the nostalgic clamoring is all about. However, despite his closeness to Nolan, he is no Nolan.
Chris Lincoln Reports
http://twitter.com/Chris_Lincoln
he could be nuts
Why are people still chasing past glories? There were two awesome guards right there in St. Louis and Anderson didn’t land either one of them. That doesn’t sound like someone we should be pursuing. If Pel had failed to side Madden and Mickelson, he would have been vilified. Come on Long, turn the page and move on. Hire Buzz Williams or Gregg Marshall.
I put he could be nuts just found it and posted it, but its been on the news but they don’t know either.
Gary Parrish Reports
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/14834119/arkansas-close-to-naming-anderson-its-next-coach
Ima hog, can YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES? I put Steve Fisher on my list because he’s a crook like the other four guys! Duh
belpa
What coach posted was actually an article by scout a couple of days back. He must’ve forgot to post where he got it from. Coach is a plagiarizer! LOL!
http://arkansas.scout.com/2/1056942.html
I noticed where Dudley Dawson reported that Aaron Ross’s family called him to discuss his academic situation.
Aaron took his ACT test on Feb. 12th. He HAS NOT recieved his test score yet and if needed, is scheduled to take the test again in April.
It was also stated that Aaron has all of his core classes from high school in tact.
It looks like the academic rumor on Aaron turned out to be false. This is good.
NICE ! ! !
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1201324&utm_term=football+recruiting+rivals&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
http://mizzousportswriters.com/2011/03/19/mizzou-basketball-mike-anderson-on-the-move/
mudhog says:
March 20, 2011 at 1:26 am
belpa
What coach posted was actually an article by scout a couple of days back. He must’ve forgot to post where he got it from. Coach is a plagiarizer! LOL!
==================================
Thanks for having my back ! If you can call a person a “plagiarizer” as having my back ! LOL
Honestly, I didn’t mean to pass it off as mine. I really don’t agree with all of it. I thought I wrote something at the top saying here was some reported possibilities. If not I apologize. Also I guess I did forget the link which I usually do put in there.
Thanks for posting the link mudhog.
Yep that’s all you can see this morning he’s comlng he’s not coming it’s getting a little boring.
IMHO Anderson is a huge upgrade over Tubby and Pelphrey.
May be something to it i found it about 8:40 last night and finally put it on here, S Sulliavn was talking about it on facebook.
Stacey also posted it on her facebook. It seems to make more sense than alot of other rumors.
Missouri or Oklahoma could come out with the best end of the deal in the coaching merry-go-round. Buzz Williams would bring NEW life to the hog program, but if we hire OLD life to the program with Anderson. Missouri . or OKLA may have their shot at the Marquette coach. The knock on Anderson ‘s team this year is it can’t shoot or rebound.
I sure like the Butler coach. I think he would be 1a after Buzz.
Also I think Tim Floyd is 1b.
If these rumors about Anderson turn out to be true, I think it’s pretty clear that this thing had been decided before Pel was fired (probably on both sides). All Long’s talk about looking at coaches from across the country would certainly turn out to be B.S. as most have not been available to even gauge interest in the job.
I bet Long took the Cincy game pretty hard, although had Mike progressed deeply into the tourney, I guess it’s possible that could have hurt our chances to land him, since it is easier to hire a coach that his fan base does not want.
When it comes to Anderson, I think we should defer to the experts, that being the die hard Missouri fans, most of whom are also ready for a change, so I guess that makes it a good fit.
I’m not comfortable taking a coach that his own fan base does not want, but maybe that is all Long can get and we’ll just have to cross our fingers. It’s 90% talent anyway, all he needs to be able to do is hold on to Pel’s players and recruits and then get some momentum with those players to be able to recruit more top level talent down the road.
Look at Butler’s win over Pitt. Butler has two players that will be in the NBA, Mack and Howard.
Mike Anderson might be an upgrade over Pel (although that’s debatable), but he isn’t what we need. If it wasn’t for the Rollin with Nolan years, we wouldn’t be talking about him at all. Some people are still chasing past glories like they are the only way we can be successful. We can do better. There were two awesome guards right there in St. Louis and MA didn’t land either one of them. That doesn’t sound like someone we should be pursuing. If Pel had failed to side Madden and Mickelson, he would have been vilified by the fans and the press. I seriously doubt that Young stays if we hire MA. Come on Jeff Long, turn the page and move on. Hire Buzz Williams or Gregg Marshall.
Texas Tech hires Billy Gillispie
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/Texas-Tech-hires-Billy-Gillispie-to-coach-its-mens-basketball-team-032011
Coach, Can you tell us what Otis is reporting on The Razor’s Edge message board?
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/102849/julius-randle The #1 recruit for the class of 2013, according to ESPN, is considering the Missouri Tigers
Otis says:
My sources say Reply
If Mike Anderson has been hired it’s news to me. Take that FWIW. They still say it’s 90 percent likely they hire Buzz Williams. I don’t know, I could see Mike or Buzz and not disputing anyone’s sources, just telling you what 2-3 sources just told me. They did say Ben Howland or his agent one had told Long they would be very willing to listen.
Trey Biddy and Danny West wrote articles detailing, the coaches believed to be in the mix.
Thx Coach.
Really hope we take a look at Ben Howland. He’s been a winner everywhere he has been. His style of play isn’t fast pace but people pay for winner.
jamhog, Randle sounds like a beast ! Thanks for the link.
anytime bigboi, glad to help
I say we just put them all the best coaching choices in a lineup and let them pick.
By them, i mean the recruits.
The five recruits aren’t that important.
We only lose Jemal Farmer and Delvon Johnson.
If Ross makes the grades he is a Hawg.
If the rest leave he can find another recruit or JC big and put his class together for next year.
I’d love for all of them to stay but they can’t decide our next coach.
We also lose Britt who, IMO has become a pretty good player compared to where he started. He was our best perimiter defender. He is a bigger lose than Farmer IMO.
We may lose Young but we will be ok in the long haul.
Unless we hire a coach I haven’t heard mentioned yet, if we don’t keep the talent that’s coming in, we’ll be watching a mediocre team get beat by good teams and play weak non conference schedules for at least two more years.
Given that fact, I’d have no problem letting them decide between our top 2 or 3. It’s be an awesome galvanizer and an awe inspiring story to be able to tell recruits.
I’m thinking outside the box here. I don’t expect many to agree.
Is their good teams in the SEC West?
It only takes one skilled 6’8″ – 7′ post to turn you into a winner.
Why can’t we let then decide, big boi? Is there really that big of a difference in coaching ability between Buzz and MA?
I’m not pushing for one over the other?
Just we couldn’t wait on firing CJP just to keep the recruits.
I think we would be in better hands (then CJP) if the job fell to Shaka Smart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_Smart
I gotcha, big boi. I’ve heard nothing but rave reviews about Shaka. I don’t think there’s a coach we’re seriously targeting right now that we couldn’t get though, and he’s probably too low to get any real consideration.
I hope ever who they hire that he runs a up tempo offence, i don’t want to set and watch paint dry and the recruits sure dont so why get a turtle offence minded coach. let em loose.
If things with MA went south then I expect for things to get pretty tense whenever Marquette loses. Oklahoma and maybe more schools have Buzz Williams as their #1 guy, so I’m anxious to see how all of this is going to play itself out if in fact we’ve shifted our focus to Buzz.
If Texas was smart then they would get rid of Rick Barnes and then it would be all she wrote for whoever is after Buzz!
Rumor is MA wants more then AD Long expected.
With Oklahoma and Tenn open the price just went up for Buzz and others.
Not with you there Bigboi that the recruits don’t matter. If this was Pel’s inherited recruiting class of Britt, Rakestraw, and the European player that never made it, then I would agree with you.
The best coach out there cannot win with mediocre talent, and MA sure as hell can’t.
Marq 51 Syrracuse 53 5:30 left
Come on syracuse! Get it done so we can finish our search and save some cash in the process.
Tied at 59 with 1:26 left.
Marquette 66 Syracuse 62 Buzz stock is going up.
Marquette plays tough defence i enjoy watching them play.
I like watching them play too. I just wish we didn’t have to sit through another week of purely speculative journalism. If anderson isn’t announced as our coach tomorrow, this is going to get unbearably annoying.
Marquette was lucky to draw syracuse . Their run and gun style is the kryptonite to syracuse’s normally stout zone. I had unc going to the elite eight for that same reason, thinking they’d be playing syracuse. Now i’m not so sure if they’ll advance. Marquette will be facing their mirror image offensively in unc and unc’s strong man defense along with their size advantage will likely spell their defeat. That being said, unc has laid a few eggs this year and it wouldn’t surprise me to see them do it again. Their two leaders (barnes and marshall) looked like the freshman that they are today. They will get beat if they come out looking like that next weekend. It should be a circus act of a basketball game and very fun to watch.
I believe it was ll cool j that said “don’t call it a comeback, just cal it a win.” In this case, don’t call it an upset, just call it a win, if marquette get’s the w next weekend.
With Marquette beating Syracuse, we lost out again because with that win, the Coach price tag just possibly get out of Long’s reach. With the money they are demanding, we might as well go for Self, Pitino, Roy Williams and Coach K. These 4 coaches I mentioned above are truly great major talents, been there, done that. I won’t mind paying more for tickets to see the game. Let’s not hire wannabes.
To start off, pay the new coach as salary higher than what Calipari is making at Kentucky. See if we have any takers from the great major talents i mentioned above. Make him the hightest paid coach in college.
But please NO MIKE ANDERSON.
Self, Pitino, Roy Williams and Coach K I think that is a dream, I don’t think Arkansas would pay a bball coach more than they do CBP, to get one of them 4 you’re talking around 4 million.
This has been a great day! Notre Dame loses, Texas loses, if only Duke has lost too.
Report: Mike Anderson Offered 5-Year Deal By Arkansas
http://kansascity.sbnation.com/missouri-tigers/2011/3/20/2062770/mike-anderson-agent-arkansas-missouri
Coaches in the 2 – 2.25 miliion range: Ben Howland, Bob Huggins, Rick Barnes, Mike Krzyzewsk, and Rick Pitino
Thanks for the link bigboi.
To me this news leaked by Sexton screams “Mo Money”. Why else would he talk about terms publicly. I think we should tell Anderson we will think it over and then try to get a deal with Buzz. If that dont happen then come back to Anderson. After all, Anderson won’t go anywhere right now except Arkansas.
I found this article that seems to back up what my gut has been telling me from the start.
http://kansascity.sbnation.com/missouri-tigers/2011/3/20/2062636/mike-anderson-arkansas-coach-mizzou
Am I the only one who is interested in the VCU coach? First of all, they’re in the Sweet 16 this year with subpar talent even for them and they barely snuck in. He’s young, like 30 or so, but that could help with recruiting. Also, he’s proven that he could do great things at a small school, even without a legit NBA talent like Eric Maynor. If we don’t get this guy now, I’m sure he’ll get swooped up by an even bigger program in the next few years.
his name is Shaka Smart.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/ncaa-tournament-vcu-coach-shaka-smart-has-a-method-to-march-madness/2011/03/19/AB3jPfx_story.html
“At 33, Smart is the second-youngest coach in the NCAA tournament, and consequently, Jones said, he is better than most in the profession at relating to the mind-set of his players. Smart constantly searches for unique motivational tactics, but his general disposition and the style of play he promotes does the job about as well as any wisdom-infused quote.
Smart and his assistants are known to play pickup games with one another, and when the players walk by and see their head coach calling his shots and talking trash, a pervading sense of buoyancy washes over them. “It’s just something that moves naturally from him to the team,” Jones said.”
I’m with you on that one, Coach. I think Buzz is attainable and more than likely going to leave Marquette after the tourney. Here’s an excerpt from a Milwaukee paper. The “i’m just a small town boy” quote makes me think he’s looking for a “small town” like Fayetteville to coach in if he’s truly shopping his services and the incredibly genius way he squelches the rumor talk make me think he’s truly got his feelers out. Combine that with the fact that he’s coaching like a pro in a contract year and that he’s supposedly only getting $1.4mill per year right now and what do you get?
A perfect fit, IMO. Right around $2mill per year for five-six years.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/118052929.html
start quote –
Williams was asked on Tuesday, just prior to MU’s departure for Cleveland, in general terms about the current rumors. With a second-round matchup with the Xavier Musketeers just three days away, it obviously wasn’t something he’s spent a lot of time thinking about.
Nevertheless, he offered a response.
“I don’t read that stuff. I know that it’s going on,” he said. “This is not to dodge any question; I think that I am the most accessible and honest coach that there is, and that’s what I want to be about. But I do think that it’s unfair for me to make it about me relative to all the work that we have done and that our kids have done. I would rather the attention be on them.
“I think that’s the way that it should be. And I don’t think there’s any right or wrong way to answer a question, but I do think that it’s always right to make sure that the players are first. Considering that it was probably perceived that I couldn’t coach six weeks ago, nobody ever asked me, ‘Can you coach?’ So now, somebody on the Internet says I can coach, now everybody wants to say, ‘Well, where are you going to coach?’
“I think my track record relative to who I am speaks for itself. That’s not to be arrogant; that’s just what I believe to be true. Six weeks ago nobody in the world thought that we would be playing in the NCAA Tournament. So I would appreciate — you’re doing your job; I’m doing mine — that all of the focus be on our guys.
“I’m not reading the Internet. I’m not reading Todd’s stuff, I’m not doing Facebook. Not Twittering. I’m just a country kid from a little small town, and I don’t think you have to do all that.” – end quote
http://arkansasnews.com/2011/03/21/basketball-anderson-arkansas-chatter-continues/ The latest on Mike Anderson
Thanks VH, I saw Buzz on TV when he said some of those things.
About their fans … They say … (One mans trash is another mans treasure).
Marquette fans can talk all the trash they want about Buzz. They don’t realize they have a treasure on their hands.
Milwaukee, like Fayetteville seems to be a stop and not a destination although I believe we are more of a stop kinda place now. We have great facilities, Small Town atmosphere, and an entire state starved for a winner on the court. Build that winner and they will come (back)
Well, here’s what I think, if we somehow miss out on MA and BW then things will get very interesting. I would like to think Shaka Smart would give us a look but for those who may not know, Shaka is a product of the Billy Donovan coaching tree. He was an assistant with the gators for one season (08-09) before becoming head coach at VCU when Anthony Grant left for Bama. The way Billy D talked about Arkansas in letting Pel go I would imagine he would tell Shaka “anywhere but Arkansas”, I don’t know.
Even looking at the possibility of Shaka Smart, it may seem like an okay hire but I would see that as us taking a few steps back from Pel, so that would be a letdown imo, as far as firing Pel and getting a proven winner but when you’ve exhausted all of your options then I guess you have no choice. Jeff Long would just have an egg on his face if he misses out on our top 2 targets!
fayettville arkansas is more of a stop kinda place now? outdated facilities that has left past recruits to go to baylor, and ok. st. (udoh, anderson, both cited the facilities in thier reason for not choosing ark). dont kid yourself, fayettville is the posterchild for flyover state. what is making it so appealing, the recruits that we are going to lose anyway? long better already have his coach lined up, or he should be fired too.
Buzz, Butler,or Tim.
Pearl is officially out as coach at Tennessee.
http://www.newschannel9.com/articles/pearl-999561-press-ncaa.html
Thanks for the link VH.
Pearl had a great situation. What a shame to throw it all away. Such a waste.
For those fans who want Pearl here. He will most likely be suspended from coaching by the NCAA for 1 year.
We don’t need him. Besides, Jeff Long and the BOTs have already decided to go after a head coach that doesn’t come with baggage. Pearl has plenty.
So much for that “DONE DEAL” for Anderson. First Tubby, then Anderson. These reporters are throwing their credibility (or lack of) out the window just to be the first one who could say: I scooped the story.
They are starting to sound alot like …… Dare I say …… politicians
Hats off to Long for his secrecy !
I agree Gonzo
Buzz Williams will be our next head coach. Wait and see.
Mizzou preparing deal to keep Mike! No real big news there and as the saying goes, “it never hurts to listen.”
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/article_28525b44-53f6-11e0-b074-00127992bc8b.html
please not Anderson, i have seen a lot of names mentioned on this site and i can take buzz and be happy. but i cannot believe we would do all of this for Anderson. why dont we just suspend the basketball program if this is the best we can come up with. its like we dont really exist anyway
There are several possibilities on the Anderson front. He could just be taking some time off to deal with the death of a friend, or Jeff Long may have offered him an inflexible “deal” hoping he would not take it (if the word is true that certain powerful people are dead set against Anderson because of his Nolan baggage), or maybe the deal was good and Anderson is just trying to lobby for more money. The other option is that Anderson’s agent is just feeding a lot of disinformation to the press so that Anderson can turn the rumors into a bigger Mizzou paycheck. I certainly hope that is not the case.
And…here is more evidence that Pel was literally ruining our program and costing us much more than his piddling salary. http://www.arkansassports360.com/24113/arkansas-business-financial-losses-loomed-large-in-pelphrey-firing
Here’s a good read from MA’s flirtations last year. Lot’s of similarities to this this year. Seems like Arkansas is the perfect leverage for him to get his retirement contract out of them.
http://www.rockmnation.com/2010/4/18/1429030/welcome-to-jimmy-sextons-world
Marquette fans were carrying “fire buzz” signs to their home games down the stretch. While they have likely put left them in the garage while watching from home, Buzz will not forget that and will seize his opportunity to get closer to his home and accept our offer if Tennessee doesn’t out-bid us. Oklahoma’s just too big of a project at this point.
I’m afraid Buzz Williams is too big of a project.
Anderson would be a grand-slam hire. Buzz Williams would be a decent hire.
@PHFTW – That article uses easy math that doesn’t exactly tell the whole story. He lost money relative to what, exactly? Relative to Nolan’s era? Relative to the year before he arrived? The story claims losses relative to a packed house every night which hasn’t happened since 97′-98′. Average attendance during the Heath era was 15409. Average attendance during the Pelphrey era was 14680. The economy didn’t have a massive meltdown during Heath’s tenure either and Heath got one more year than Pelphrey. Pelphrey would’ve closed the gap next year.
I’m not saying he didn’t lose the university money (because he did), but saying that the money he was failing to generate for the university usurped his annual salary is not true. The figure is actually closer to $400,000.
Buzz might be the hardest working coach in college basketball. His personality body slams MA’s.
My guess is that Jeff Long is not sitting around waiting for any one coach to decide. He is working the phones and no doubt talking to numerous coaches and agents. in the end the right guy will be found
Mike A. only had one senior on the roster this year. Buzz has 4.
I can’t imagine MA being the coach here and letting 5star Archie Goodwin get away from us like he let Beal and Young get away.
there was a reason that MA did not recruit Young.
i’ve read all the stories about Buzz Williams and he’s undoubtably a great story and orator, but we just got done with a long-winded coach without any real proven experience.
He inherited arguably one of the best backcourts in the country (at that time) and since those vets have gone to pasture his win totals has declined annually.
They have made a good run thus far in the tourney, but don’t forget some had them as a bubble team going in…
Too Bad we didn’t keep Pel a year longer, Secure our 2011 class, then bring Bruce Pearl (and memphis recruiting along with him)
and buzz will run into a buzz saw against UNC.
PeytonHillis_FTW, Can U (or anyone with a rivals account)tell us what Trey Biddy reported today on The Razor’s Edge message board?
Report: Mike Anderson Close To Extension, Raise With Misssouri.
http://www.arkansassports360.com/24163/report-mike-anderson-close-to-extension-raise-with-misssouri
no, but judging from the clothes that Buzz is wearing in that picture, he is just as bad at wearing horrible suit/tie/shirt patterns as Pel was.
Peyton’s personal hatred for Pel is showing here. He even hate the way Pel wear his suit and patterns,
Phftw, I hope we’re right about unc. Not only do I wasn’t to get our search over with, but I’ll be at my step mother in law’s birthday party during the game and they’re some of the biggest carolina fans around. They aren’t used to losing to teams like marquette. I’ll be the black sheep of the family if buzz beats them and then becomes a hog.
I am amazed, astonished, and frankly disappointed that some of you guys actually want Bruce Pearl. I don’t want a liar and a cheater as the coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. I would rather be number two with a clean conscious, than to be number one, having cheated, and getting all of our wins and titles stripped away.
I think we can find a very good coach, without having to go after Bruce Pearl or Tim Floyd! Has it been so long since we were good, that some of our fans are ready to BUY a championship? disturbing…
I object — my despise for Pelphrey’s patterns has nothing to do with my despise for his coaching ability. LOL.
“I am amazed, astonished, and frankly disappointed that some of you guys actually want Bruce Pearl. I don’t want a liar and a cheater as the coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. I would rather be number two with a clean conscious, than to be number one, having cheated, and getting all of our wins and titles stripped away.”
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your mistake is that you think it is possible for a Top Tier basketball program to have a “clean conscious” that includes not even secondary violations.
secondary violations mainly occur because of the rediculous rules that the NCAA has. Lying and covering up for cheating is not secondary violations! Paying players is not a secondary violation.
There’s always going to be minor violations going on. That is not what I’m talking about, and “minor violations” are not why Bruce Pearl was fired either. He was fired because he violated rules, then covered it up, then lied to the NCAA about it, and then a week after he met with them and promised to be good, and cried on TV about how he was gonna do things right, he then violated the rules again! Dumb, and blatant!
Bruce Pearl will also probably be slapped with a “show-cause” that will keep him from coaching anywhere for a while. BTW I think he’s a great coach, i just wish he was honest.
I guess I will get thru this week until Spring Foobaw starts up again. groan….I dont really care who is the Arkansas basketball coach. But to a disinterested person like me Buzz does look refreshing
Pearl will probably end up with a punishment like Kelvin Sampson’s: 3 years probation. Sampson won’t be reinstated until 2013. Pearl will be coaching the Under 20 Guatemalan basketball team if he’s lucky.
No way Arkansas looks at Pearl.
Missouri’s boosters haven’t dried a bead of sweat according to this article. Sorry,phftw. I’m sure you’ll learn to love buzz. I just hope tennessee doesn’t get us into a bidding war we can’t win. They plucked their last great coach from a lesser power in milwaukee. Then again, tennessee isn’t exactly close to home for him. Oklahoma just isn’t as good of a job right now, so i’m not really worried about them.
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/21/2743167/some-mu-boosters-calmed-as-school.html
The cluster is starting and we may be lucky to get a good up and coming mid major coach, so far Arkansas has been a good steping stone to get D1 coaches a pay raise.
I would have liked M Anderson but it looks like he will be a tiger, and I don’t know about Buzz we’ll have to wait on him.
I just hope this don’t turn out like it did when we got Pel. I don’t like loseing the recruits and being the butt of all jokes like last time.
First i love the Hogs and love being a Hog fan, and nothing makes me anymore mad than someone running down or school and our sports programs, useing a title from a song IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE RAZORBACKS YOU CAN KISS MY ***, so i’ll support who we get and hope for the best.
MA spurns arkansas and stays a tiger
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6245054&campaign=rss&source=NCBHeadlines
Vantage thanks for the link. well another one bites the dust.
No problem, beasley.
I can see Billy D & Pel sitting back laughing & putting back a few cold ones when they get word that were turned away by one of our own.
Whevever this job comes open again MA’s name better not be mentioned! If he did all of that for a raise then it’s obvious he doesn’t want to come back as bad as I thought! We as Razorback fans have got to stop living in the past and move on because “40 minutes of hell” has moved on and it ain’t looking back!