Jimmy Dykes for Mens BBALL head coach

Honestly when he was first hired i was wondering if it was a sort of "tryout"

I think that generally Mike has done ok in player development with many of the lightly recruited 3 star players that he has to work with.

Problem is, he's the reason he only has mostly 3 star players to work with. (in state players like Portis who would have committed to Kim Jong-un if he were the head coach of the Razorbacks don't count)

From day one, I was always worried that he wasn't going to be a great recruiter and so far those fears have been substantiated.

Oh, and I guess it's nit picking to mention that he can't employ an effective defense.

It's year four. He's had time. Criticism is warranted.

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It's year four. He's had time. Criticism is warranted.

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I've said it before (before I became a member here) that our men's team will be nothing more than a mediocre, middle of the road basketball team with MA at the helm. I'm just not particularly fond of his coaching style.

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I was always worried that he wasn't going to be a great recruiter and so far those fears have been substantiated.

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he can't employ an effective defense.

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My sentiments exactly.




ETA: I'd give him one more season. If we don't make it to at least the sweet sixteen of the NCAAT by year 5, then JL best start looking for someone else who can get us to that level.

It isn't so much losing on the road, it happens, and the Iowa State game was the classic running into a buzzsaw scenario. Nothing to be done for it.

The end of the Clemson game was inexcusable. On the road, neutral site game, home court, aircraft carrier parked in a hurricane, whatever. If we are going to be an NCAA tourney team in a fairly weak conference we have to win those type of games.

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5-33 outside of Arkansas since 2011.

that's a 13% road win rate while not being in a basketball conference.

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Thats legitimately mind numbing, especially with as bad as the SEC is.

Just no excuse there, and what it comes down to is poor preparation and offensive execution.

They rely almost entirely on the home crowd to pump them up, demoralize the opponent, and keep them in the game via defense and running the floor. Its just piss poor.

Thats the difference between Mikes teams and Nolans teams. Nolan had his guys ready to play every night, and they executed. You just dont see that with Mike.