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Except that Mike Anderson had not done that hence Haith having to go the transfer route to have any chance of an experienced roster at all. CMA had screwed us so bad that there were only 3 scholarship players returning for Haith's second year. Anderson had let Otto Porter, a Missouri kid with two Mizzou alum parents who had us as his leader for a long time and had never so much as even been on an airplane before his senior year of high school, go off to Georgetown without even trying b/c Anderson knew at that point he was gonna take the job with you guys.

I think Haith probably rode the transfer train a little too long bleeding into this past 2014 season and that was a big part of what turned the fanbase against him, but initially at least I do understand why he did it for 2013 b/c Anderson had left a barren wasteland of a roster.

What is funny is Mike was being blasted in the media for having to pull an offer to a kid because he didn't have an open scholly on the team during the off-season before his final year at Mizzou.

So Mizzou went from a full roster to a depleted roster because of Haith's decision to take transfers instead of recruit, that was Haith's decision to handle the roster in that matter not Mike's.

We do not blame Heath for leaving Pelphrey with 7 seniors or Pelphrey's decision to sign a kid from Georgia (the country) during the summer instead of taking a JUCO or blame Heath for Pel signing freshmen players who were either kicked off the team or transferred out after one year to total 33 signees in a 4 year period.

We do not blame Heath for this, we place the blame at the feet of the one responsible, Pelphrey, which is why you will not get any sympathy from us for Mike not leaving behind a perfect roster and situation for the next HC.

Funny how Mike inherited a worst situation than Haith, roster and program wise from Pelphrey, yet in the same amount of time has been able to add stability to the roster for the first time in 7 years and improve the talent level on the roster while having to suffer APR sanctions due to the previous two HCs.

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Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:54 am to DaleDenton

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What is funny is Mike was being blasted in the media for having to pull an offer to a kid because he didn't have an open scholly on the team during the off-season before his final year at Mizzou.

So Mizzou went from a full roster to a depleted roster because of Haith's decision to take transfers instead of recruit, that was Haith's decision to handle the roster in that matter not Mike's.

This really makes no sense. When Haith took the job in 2012, Anderson left him with a roster that would have had only 3 scholarship players coming back for the 2013 season. Haith proceeded to add several talented transfers in Alex Oriahki, Jabari Brown, Earnest Ross etc, and after going 30-5 and making the NCAA tournament with Anderson's senior class in 2012, Haith took his group of transfers and made the NCAA tournament AGAIN in 2013. Haith did not deplete the roster, he took a vacant roster and turned it into an NCAA tournament team in one year's worth of recruiting.

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Funny how Mike inherited a worst situation than Haith, roster and program wise from Pelphrey, yet in the same amount of time has been able to add stability to the roster for the first time in 7 years and improve the talent level on the roster while having to suffer APR sanctions due to the previous two HCs.

Funnier still that Haith went to the NCAA tournament twice in that time span at Mizzou while Anderson and Arkansas have continued to wallow in NIT-or-worse mediocrity every single year. Funnier still how Haith won 75% of his games against Anderson in that span with the lone loss coming by 2 points or so on a controverial home cookin' call at Arky. There's nothing objectively or subjectively that can rate Anderson's performance at Arky as better in any way than Haith's performance at Mizzou, just nothing. Haith made NCAA tournaments and raised conference trophies. Anderson's done none of that at Arky in the same time period.

You defend CMA staunchly, which is brave and loyal, and I'm not sure if that makes you unusual for Arky fans or if your fanbase as a whole is just back in offseason rose colored glasses mode.

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