re: Arkansas outbidding Kentucky

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This.

I think it was a win win for everybody involved.

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It was.

Now, depending on how things shake out by the end of the portal, Kentucky fans might not think so. We seem to have missed on a couple of guys already, both players and coaches, so a bit of a slow start.

Seems maybe all the guys won't go with Cal, but I guess that is not determined yet, so we might both be figuring out some things.

As a Kentucky fan, I suspect this season might be a bit rocky depending on whether Pope can possibly bring back a couple of guys that are still out there (thiero and Burks), and get the one 5* guy left, and then 3-5 solid portal upper classmen, things might be alright. If we end up with at least 8 guys then I think this season will be similar to the last, which would be a win overall.
I think it's going to take a couple of years for Pope to get in a groove.

I have no exposure to Arkansas, but if Cal missed on a couple of the recruits transferring, not sure what that means. I still think he gets DJ to move, and that would bring Billy Richmond with him, and I suspect DJ will be phenomeonal in his second season. Z will be much improved, but I have no idea who else he is reaching out to.