Haters & Huggers

[jabber71]

Ok lets talks facts and records, how about compare the last 7 seasons of each coach

Eddie Sutton last 7 seasons at Arkansas:
166-51, 7 tournaments, 2 sweet 16s, an elite eight

Nolan Richardson last 7 seasons at Arkansas:
137-87, 5 tournaments, a sweet 16

Mike Anderson last 7 seasons at Arkansas:
149-83, 3 tournaments

I find it pretty funny that you tried to use selective years to prove your point. Nolan in his worst stretch was just as good as Mike currently is for post season success.

ok so to be accurate wouldn't we compare the 1st 7 seasons for each coach?
Eddie
1974-75   Arkansas   SWC   26   17   9   .654   2.38   -2.67            
1975-76   Arkansas   SWC   28   19   9   .679   9.27   -1.21            
1976-77   Arkansas   SWC   28   26   2   .929   11.91   -0.13   6   18   NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion;
1977-78   Arkansas   SWC   36   32   4   .889   15.97   3.57   7   1   5   NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF
1978-79   Arkansas   SWC   30   25   5   .833   13.63   2.57      5   5   NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf.
1979-80   Arkansas   SWC   29   21   8   .724   7.90           2.04      19      NCAA Tournament
1980-81   Arkansas   SWC   32   24   8   .750   12.06   4.76   20   11   20   NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion

Nolan
1985-86   Arkansas   SWC   28   12   16   .429   1.99   2.99            
1986-87   Arkansas   SWC   33   19   14   .576   9.54   5.17      20      
1987-88   Arkansas   SWC   30   21   9   .700   11.18   0.61            NCAA Tournament
1988-89   Arkansas   SWC   32   25   7   .781   17.26   2.76            NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
1989-90   Arkansas   SWC   35   30   5   .857   19.79   3.99   9   3   7   NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA FF
1990-91   Arkansas   SWC   38   34   4   .895   27.27   8.62   2   2   2   NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
1991-92   Arkansas   SEC   34   26   8   .765   19.20   8.20   3   2   9   NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion

Mike
2011-12   Arkansas   SEC   32   18   14   .563   5.76   3.63            
2012-13   Arkansas   SEC   32   19   13   .594   9.82   4.97            
2013-14   Arkansas   SEC   34   22   12   .647   14.34   5.57            
2014-15   Arkansas   SEC   36   27   9   .750   14.07   6.79      18   21   NCAA Tournament
2015-16   Arkansas   SEC   32   16   16   .500   10.23   6.76            
2016-17   Arkansas   SEC   36   26   10   .722   14.04   8.60            NCAA Tournament
2017-18   Arkansas   SEC   30   21   9   .700   16.36   9.56      22           NCAA Tournament

Thanks this proves my point even hall of fame coaches start out slow and should be trending up, I forgot even from one Hall of Fame to another there was a noticeable dip, and even you will have to admit taking over from a HOF is a lot easier then taking over for our last 2 coaches.

[Illinihog]

Mike seems hell bent on not playing zone.  Especially in the instances where we SHOULD be playing it.

I'm not a hater, just a realist.  Mike is a good step above Heath and Pelphrey, though not quite in the league of Sutton or Nolan.  Arkansas is a program that can and should expect a coach that can bring consistent success like Sutton and Nolan did.

Heath is a prime example that recruiting stars don't mean squat.  Go look at some of his class rankings.  I got bored and did this the other night. His 1st class with Brewer and Olu was 12 Nationally.  His 2nd class was 4.  Now Jefferson never go to campus, but Thomas and Townes did well here. '05 was god awful only signed 2 players. '06 was 19th with Weems and Beverly leading the way. 

My point is Heath could acquire talent but couldn't coach it up.  Mike hasn't assembled nearly the same amount of talent in 7 years, & he's an average coach.  Would he have done better with Heath's guys than Heath did?