re: Arkansas Basketball Quad Breakdown

Yeah I really don't get the complaints I've seen online about the Kentucky gameplan. If they had shot their tendencies we would have crushed them. Game preparation was obviously spot on. You might could complain that we didn't adjust to that, but I'm sure he was thinking like the rest of us that they would cool off. I know not everyone is on the bus yet, but i see serious potential in what Muss is building, assuming he stays. I only say that because he has definitely been a bit of a journeyman.

Muss is in his middle 50s. I just don't see going from place to place for the rest of his life. I think he wants to stay here and make a name for himself. If he succeeds here then he can make this job one of the best in the nation. So I don't see him taking another job unless it is an NBA job. But I think he wants to stay here and make it work.

Calipari is kinda the same way, UK fans were killing him for being so defensive in the postgame PC. I think most good coaches have a bit of that trait.

I still think we need to be patient. Bruce Pearl didn’t even have a winning SEC record at Auburn until year 4. Granted he took over a much worse program than we are now, but sometimes for whatever reason it takes a while. Took Scott Drew a very long time at Baylor too. If you keep recruiting well every year eventually it all just clicks.

I do believe we would wait until year 4 if needed. I don't think it will be necessary however.

Folks will get perplexed and upset at his transfer portal moves constantly. But I believe he is ahead of the curve. It is becoming more of this type of game. FWIW!

I seriously doubt anyone would wait til year four to make the tournament. This isn't football and it shouldn't take that long for that type of progress.

But that isn't going to happen as this team has a really good shot of making the tournament.

If Muss was a class c or d hire then yes if would be wise for patient. But he was not and if he is the slam dunk hire the media says he is then it shouldn't take four years to squeak into the tournament. The bigger the hire, the higher the expectations.

Arkansas basketball isn't Arkansas football where we are the bottom feeders of the conference for 30 years. The basketball program has never reached that level of dumpster fire of terrible. Muss inherited a good situation unlike Sam who was left with a team coming off a multiple SEC game losing streak.

But just making the the tournament each year and not taking half a decade to do so are not only modest but realistic expectations here.

Muss won’t be on the hot seat for missing the dance this year. If he doesn’t make it this year or next his seat will be very hot.


The standard for the program should be not missing the dance 2 years in a row and make the 2nd weekend at least once every 5 years.

The question is not how many highly rated players we couldn't get out of state but the many highly rated players we couldn't keep instate for so many years. The state of Arkansas produces enough talent just a bout each year that could change the direction of the program. But the problem is we didn't have the coaching that could do it here.


No one expects Muss to have Eddie or Nolan results but we should expect him to do better than what Anderson did here. If we fired Anderson for another Anderson then I guess we have don't have expectations but schools need to have some if they want to take the next step.

College basketball has always had parity but that didn't stop us in the past and it certainly won't stop us if we try.

Heath was a PR hire from the Nolan meltdown. He only had one year of coaching experience. It was a very risky hire and it turned out to be a dud. They could have hired better candidates and they had a list that were more deserving than Heath. But no because we like shooting ourselves in the foot.

Pel would never be here had they given Altman what he needed but instead something caused him to leave in 24 hours. That doesn't happen in the real world unless someone screwed it up. You know they did.

Anderson was hyped too much as the next Nolan by the Arkansas media and fans took the bait. I didn't believe in the hype and I expected him to be another disappointment. Well he didn't do anything special here but it doesn't matter as he wasn't good enough.

We aren't what we were years ago because of the repeat terrible hire after hire from the administration that had no idea what they were doing. Lack of care? Maybe but utter incompetence is a better answer.

Now with a better hire or we think a better AD hire in Hunter Yuracheck. He already made a better basketball hire than our terrible previous AD and an 80 year old AD that should have long retired.

Our problem was never talent in basketball but the very poor decision making from individuals at the top. That will sink you faster than anything else. Of course no one held them accountable here and so they further damaged the basketball program.

I have no doubt that Muss will put the pieces together and get it done here. If he keeps recruiting at a high level here then we will be rolling here sooner than later.

I didn't really want to argue and you have the right to your opinion. That is fine with me. But I believe that Muss is too motivated and because of that he will meet those expectations and do better than what the previous coaches did here.

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I have no doubt that Muss will put the pieces together

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I get the feeling we are going to see a largely different team every year. 2 years in, 2 different teams so far.
I wonder about continuity...
I think it's going to be more like drawing a good poker hand every year. Depend on the luck of the draw in transfers and recruits.