re: Good news Hog fans

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Now, flash forward to Pel. He wanted run the up tempo hawgball as well, so he recruited the correct kind of players for MA to come in and plug and play. Nolan did not have that luxury.

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This roster would not stack up very well against the teams in the Sunbelt. MA has the exact same hindrance in Year 1 as NR did. Add to it that we started the year with 9 scholarship players and lost one to injury before Game 3.
The players to run MA's system are NOT here. We don't have the long guys at the 2/3 like Todd Day, Lenzie Howell, Roger Crawford, etc...guys who could play the top of that press and frustrate opponents into turnovers in buckets. We don't have the inside presence like Mario Credit, Oliver Miller, Dwight Stewart, Corliss, Alonzo Lane, who could play with their backs to the basket and get the tough rebounds and points in the paint. We don't have a sharpshooter like Dillard, Thurman, Day, Mayberry, Pargo, or even Warren Linn or Cannon Whitby to shoot over zones. We don't have a defensive stopper with a huge heart like Corey Beck, Clint McD, Truck Bowers, Robert Shepherd to clamp down the opponent's top scorer. There is very, very little on this roster to work with. Getting 18 wins out of this group was a good season. BJ Young, Hunter Mickelson and Marshawn Powell are the only guys who could start on any of the other 10 teams in the league not named Kentucky.

Depth and talent were just not there. Look at the roster. Notice I didn't blame youth. KY is winning with youth, so the right youth can win.

MA's system will win today. As will any system with superior players. He's just got to get them here. That's where his legacy here at Arkansas will be set. Get the talent and watch him win. Keep failing on talent and commence the coaching search.