re: UPDATE Thunder hire Billy Donovan. Grant and Pelphery follow

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At this point, a tiny part of me wants us to hire Pelphrey just to see the Arkansas melt when he succeeds.

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No melt. Maybe some snickering from some.

Pelphry was all class (best I remember.)
Even in his exit he was nothing but gracious.

As a head coach, at that time of his life, he just was not ready for this level of basketball.

His recruiting choices were not the best and he never could get a true point guard. His recruits left us in serious academic trouble.

Maybe he's learned a lot more, maybe he's ready now.

Seemed like a good guy, just not a good coach at the time.

Good luck.