Mike Anderson's coaching philosophy does not work

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The Mizzou game made me a little numb but I don't think I really understand how pathetic and embarrassing this performance at home was tonight. This is suppose to be one of those "bounce back" games and was the complete opposite.

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Icing on Mike's cake will be a loss to LSU

That man can coach and has his team play defense

Mike's teams are losing game that they should not in year 6.

Just an observation...

Tire them out... Energy!

Mike was a premier coach at the time of his hire, he had turned down several power 5 jobs to stay at Mizzou, his pay reflects the fair market value for his services. You always seems to be hung up on his pay, sorry he makes more than you ever will.

Tell me who these Xs and Os genius coaches are, until you do then your rhetoric for someone who actually believes your rubbish, not asking if they would or would not leave their current job to coach at Arkansas. I'm asking for some substance to be put behind your drivel. You've been spewing the same none sense for years on this board the more successful Mike has been the more you have spewed and celebrated the losses, your problem with him is a personal problem you're going to have to deal with some day...

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Tell me who these Xs and Os genius coaches are,

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There's at least 64 of them every year.

There's probably 150 coaches who wouldn't lose to mizzou with the talent we've got and im not exaggerating

MA makes more money than 99.5% of the worldwide population. So, wow. You showed me. Return on investment is one way to gauge relative success. I've learned that making well under 2.5MM, but still being pretty successful. Of course, none of this changes the FACT that he's not a top 25 coach.

And, Hmmm, I continue to say the same shite every year about his frickING PHILOSOPHY? REGARDLESS of what our record is? It's almost like I don't have a PERSONAL frickING PROBLEM WITH MIKE ANDERSON, but his system. It's almost like people who AREN'T close with him can not give a shite how nice a guy he is and simply point to the 2 most glaring weaknesses. But above all, it's the half court defense, stupid.

Edit: Do us all a favor, Dale. Spell out exactly what makes MA a premier coach in 2017. Which elememts of his philosophy are championship attributes... Say if we just got the right players in.

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I don't see how anybody can see improvement with another recruiting class or two without a change in coaching philosophy.

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And just to clarify MY POSITION: I would have a lot more confidence in MA if he simply recognized when things weren't working. No one's saying, "Never press." No one's saying, "Never hedge, then double, on a pick and roll." But those should be change-ups, not status quo (particularly around PnRs). Dare a team to beat you by making pull-up 3's instead of kick-out 3's. In the NBA, most of the time, you can't go under the pick because it'll give the ball handler a wide open pull-up 3 and those guys are almost always great/competent shooters. But in college? Sure - there are definitely some great shooters. But it's not anywhere NEAR as consistent as a kick-out 3/catch and shoot. Look at Dusty. He's a much more deadly shooter on a catch and shoot than pull-up situation.

That's a little thing. They know how to do it. They just, seemingly, don't (every time I watch anyway). But they know how and it would be easy to implement.

I'd LOVE to see our offense actually utilize player movement and set effective screens. And, obviously, use the screens appropriately. We still don't get the ball into the middle of a zone defense, either.

None of those things are items that can't be taught. And rebounding can certainly be reinforced if you stop rewarding guys with PT if they aren't boxing out.

Little things would add up to a world of good. Then I wouldn't care if MA stayed on as coach, because he would have demonstrated an ability to adapt.