Tweet by Mike Anderson Jr about Monk

[Mike Irwin]

I'll do my best to find out.

[Pumbaa]

May be a dumb question, but is Mike Anderson Jr. Coach Anderson's son? I didn't realize he had a son.

[jgphillips3]

I played with Marcus on the hill and while I wouldn't say we were close friends, I'd call us associates and we know a lot of the same people.  He's a good dude. I can't speak to the business deals etc but I can truly believe this scenario. 

Dang it.  Not only can we not win we can't even cheat well!!  😉

[PorkRinds]

I'm going to take a guess because it's the only thing that makes sense given the nature of both tweets. Maybe some Arkansas boosters crossed the line. Mike Anderson found out about it and informed Malik that he had no choice but to withdraw his offer.

Marcus confronted me about a year ago insisting that I didn't know the real story. He was pretty convincing though he never offered to tell me his version of the real story.

One more thing: Marcus and Malik don't seem to have any issues hanging out in NWA. It's almost like certain people know what happened and realize there's no reason to bash them.

Or it could be that he found out about any number of shady things that could have went down while he was being recruited by KY and decided to take back the offer.  You never know. But the tweets do make it seem like the narrative most of us believe is not how it went down.

[The real Hogules]

Evidently his son is saying it's not that Kentucky paid him it's something that he thinks is funny..Something bad about Arkansas but he thinks it's really funny??

Maybe he's saying that it would offend/hurt Razorback fans to know that Malik (sp?, but at this point who cares, right?) was planning on attending the UofA, but Marcus (an ex-Hog) talked him out of it and into heading to Kentucky?

[checkraiser88]

Not a good tweet at all. Lets show a little class.

[AlmaHog2011]

Anyone that thinks Jr. is taking a shot at Arkansas or his dad is a bit confused.  He's linking it with this current scandal. Marcus was up to his neck in it, obviously.

Or we can simply read.

[HognotinMemphis]

https://twitter.com/mike_andersonjr/status/967269667319566337

"If it ever got out about how Monk really landed at uk.... mane I'm not gonna tell that tell.. but it would hurt a lot of the Arkansas fanbase's feelings if you knew. Better to let bygones be bygones sometimes 🤷🏾‍♂️"

Worldwide Wes, baby.

[AlmaHog2011]

Maybe he's saying that it would offend/hurt Razorback fans to know that Malik (sp?, but at this point who cares, right?) was planning on attending the UofA, but Marcus (an ex-Hog) talked him out of it and into heading to Kentucky?

That was a rumor going around. Heard it many times. Man I don't have a clue and at this point couldn't care any less about Monk. He's from Kentucky.

[Swinesong1]

I'm not saying the Hog staff was involved, but I think we are being naive if we think the Monks ending up in Bentonville didn't come with a quid pro quo. 

[razorback1829]

I'm not saying the Hog staff was involved, but I think we are being naive if we think the Monks ending up in Bentonville didn't come with a quid pro quo.

Hogs weren't responsible for the family moving. Somebody with deep pockets did though. Know that for a fact.

[mbgrulz]

No such thing as an Ex-Razorback...

In a unanimous statewide vote, we made an exception.

[Mike Irwin]

I'm not saying the Hog staff was involved, but I think we are being naive if we think the Monks ending up in Bentonville didn't come with a quid pro quo.

I'm sure it wasn't the staff but boosters are hard to control.

Somebody close to the program told me that the day the FBI probe broke Mike called a staff meeting and said something like, I know you've been frustrated when we've lost recruits to people that don't follow the rules. I kept telling you that they would pay the price someday. Well someday has arrived. Tonight when your heads hit the pillow you will have no trouble sleeping. There's a whole bunch of coaches out there who won't be able to say that.

That was months ago and believe me there are a lot of big name coaches who are still sitting around sweating with their fingers crossed.

[Dr. Starcs]

I'm sure it wasn't the staff but boosters are hard to control.

Somebody close to the program told me that the day the FBI probe broke Mike called a staff meeting and said something like, I know you've been frustrated when we've lost recruits to people that don't follow the rules. I kept telling you that they would pay the price someday. Well someday has arrived. Tonight when your heads hit the pillow you will have no trouble sleeping. There's a whole bunch of coaches out there who won't be able to say that.

That was months ago and believe me there are a lot of big name coaches who are still sitting around sweating with their fingers crossed.

But will anything happen, Mike? It's frustrating to me that apparently these teams are just going to continue to play these players and the coaches are going to claim ignorance.
How do you think this will all play out? I have ZERO confidence in the NCAA.

[Swinesong1]

I'm sure it wasn't the staff but boosters are hard to control.

Somebody close to the program told me that the day the FBI probe broke Mike called a staff meeting and said something like, I know you've been frustrated when we've lost recruits to people that don't follow the rules. I kept telling you that they would pay the price someday. Well someday has arrived. Tonight when your heads hit the pillow you will have no trouble sleeping. There's a whole bunch of coaches out there who won't be able to say that.

That was months ago and believe me there are a lot of big name coaches who are still sitting around sweating with their fingers crossed.

And I love it! 

[HognitiveDissonance]

I've been saying forever that the Monks packing up and moving from little Lepanto, AR to Bentonville, AR made no sense at all and smelled shady to me from the get-go.
My gut feeling is usually right. It didn't pass the smell test.

Bentonville has zero basketball tradition.
There are also maybe 100 black people in Bentonville.

At the time, I thought it was great news because to me it said the next year Malik was simply going to stay in NWA and matriculate down to Fayetteville to the UA. So I was surprised he picked UK. I was actually on the Hill the weekend he took his official visit to the UA. I remember Mrs. Monk having a red jacket on. I was thinking we had a better than 50/50 shot, still, at that point.

Notice I'm NOT saying the UA or the Hog staff orchestrated all of this. I'm just insinuating that the Monks moving to NWA, her getting a job, a house, and basically getting 'setup' never smelled good to me.

I say let sleeping dogs lie. It's just my gut feeling but I don't think we want to know what all happened here, on either UK's or UA' side. Just let it go. He was only there one year anyway.

[ArkansasI]

This thread is full of so much rationalization. Malik had 3-4 years to commit to Arkansas, but never did. The Monks could have declined any inappropriate gift from "well meaning" fans of any school. The idea that Mike may have withdrawn his offer infers culpability, or a failure to reach a kid and his family with whom he was closely intwined. He took the entire team to Malik's high school game.  I understand and respect that Malik's offer may have been withdrawn, but all I'm reading is noise. 

[BoarEd]

I'm sure it wasn't the staff but boosters are hard to control.

Somebody close to the program told me that the day the FBI probe broke Mike called a staff meeting and said something like, I know you've been frustrated when we've lost recruits to people that don't follow the rules. I kept telling you that they would pay the price someday. Well someday has arrived. Tonight when your heads hit the pillow you will have no trouble sleeping. There's a whole bunch of coaches out there who won't be able to say that.

That was months ago and believe me there are a lot of big name coaches who are still sitting around sweating with their fingers crossed.

And Calipari is absolutely, 100% one of them. He will never show it, but there's a good chance he ends up like Petino through all this.

What's impressive is that Anderson's teams have remained more than competitive despite seeming impossible odds, all things considered.

[AHiD]

Hogs weren't responsible for the family moving. Somebody with deep pockets did though. Know that for a fact.

Is it possible you could PM your evidence to me, or someone who we all trust, who would confirm in this thread you're telling the truth?

[theFlyingHog]

But will anything happen, Mike? It's frustrating to me that apparently these teams are just going to continue to play these players and the coaches are going to claim ignorance.
How do you think this will all play out? I have ZERO confidence in the NCAA.

For now let's forget the NCAA and hope the Feds nail these bastards. They have the power to do so

[TheJoeyBucketz]

I'm sure it wasn't the staff but boosters are hard to control.

Somebody close to the program told me that the day the FBI probe broke Mike called a staff meeting and said something like, I know you've been frustrated when we've lost recruits to people that don't follow the rules. I kept telling you that they would pay the price someday. Well someday has arrived. Tonight when your heads hit the pillow you will have no trouble sleeping. There's a whole bunch of coaches out there who won't be able to say that.

That was months ago and believe me there are a lot of big name coaches who are still sitting around sweating with their fingers crossed.

Cant lie, that gives me a justice boner that a sharp-clawed cat couldn't scratch.

[BoarEd]

For now let's forget the NCAA and hope the Feds nail these bastards. They have the power to do so

The NCAA are essentially being forced to act or they will be viewed as part of this entire racket that the FEDs are investigating. They have no choice.

[HognitiveDissonance]

But will anything happen, Mike? It's frustrating to me that apparently these teams are just going to continue to play these players and the coaches are going to claim ignorance.
How do you think this will all play out? I have ZERO confidence in the NCAA.

Exactly.
Zero confidence in the NCAA.
Full confidence in the FBI.

The FBI doesn't have an agenda to favor anybody. They also have subpoena powers the NCAA doesn't have.

Let the dirt flow. It doesn't mean we'll become a Final 4 program just because, but all this dirt will nothing to hurt us, for sure.

[BoarEd]

Exactly.
Zero confidence in the NCAA.
Full confidence in the FBI.

The FBI doesn't have an agenda to favor anybody. They also have subpoena powers the NCAA doesn't have.

Let the dirt flow. It doesn't mean we'll become a Final 4 program just because, but all this dirt will nothing to hurt us, for sure.

LMAO
They don't have an agenda to favor anybody.

LMAO

[theFlyingHog]

The NCAA are essentially being forced to act or they will be viewed as part of this entire racket that the FEDs are investigating. They have no choice.

Just remember the entity that is "the NCAA" may very well burn to some degree in all this. There's no telling what these wiretaps turn up!

[theFlyingHog]

LMAO
They don't have an agenda to favor anybody.

LMAO

There's a politics board further down the screen if you want to go down that rabbit hole






My apologies if you aren't referencing the political scandals the fbi has taken part in

[Dr. Starcs]

Is it possible you could PM your evidence to me, or someone who we all trust, who would confirm in this thread you're telling the truth?

Hogs weren't responsible for the family moving. Somebody with deep pockets did though. Know that for a fact.

Pm?

[liljo]

LMAO
They don't have an agenda to favor anybody.

LMAO

Yes sir, that one made me laugh out loud, too!

[AHiD]

Pm?

Are you asking for him to PM you? If so, I'll agree that your word would essentially prove what he's saying true

[Dr. Starcs]

Are you asking for him to PM you? If so, I'll agree that your word would essentially prove what he's saying true

Yes

[HognitiveDissonance]

Yes sir, that one made me laugh out loud, too!

The context here is college basketball, so my statement stands.

[AHiD]

Yes

Any chance you're seeing this, Razorback1829?

[Danny J]

Exactly.
Zero confidence in the NCAA.
Full confidence in the FBI.

The FBI doesn't have an agenda to favor anybody. They also have subpoena powers the NCAA doesn't have.

Let the dirt flow. It doesn't mean we'll become a Final 4 program just because, but all this dirt will nothing to hurt us, for sure.

And unlike the NCAA if you lie to the FBI that's a felony.

[HognitiveDissonance]

Being reported that Sean Miller not coaching Arizona tonight at Oregon...

[synthartist69]

Monk will be forgotten at Kentucky, sooner than later. He could have went down in the history pages of Arkansas basketball, especially if he would have came here and stayed for a few years. He would have landed in the NBA whether he came here or went to Kentucky. Really was a stupid choice. I still say he is a punk.

[Rbill]

I'm going to take a guess because it's the only thing that makes sense given the nature of both tweets. Maybe some Arkansas boosters crossed the line. Mike Anderson found out about it and informed Malik that he had no choice but to withdraw his offer.

Marcus confronted me about a year ago insisting that I didn't know the real story. He was pretty convincing though he never offered to tell me his version of the real story.

One more thing: Marcus and Malik don't seem to have any issues hanging out in NWA. It's almost like certain people know what happened and realize there's no reason to bash them.

Wow that would be amazing. Mike would somehow prove to be an even greater man than we knew. That would absolutely make me feel very bitter if something like that was true and Malik actually did want to come. We certainly wouldn't want to call out boosters. Very plausible.

[247Hog]

Is it possible you could PM your evidence to me, or someone who we all trust, who would confirm in this thread you're telling the truth?

You serious Clark? LMAO

Didn't realize all you had to do to get the scoop and receive evidence was ask on Hogville for a PM.

I'm gonna go ahead and ask the CIA to PM all evidence regarding UFOs. Then i want to know who really shot JFK. Thanks in advance.

[Tusks]

Not buying it.  So a hog booster/s may have gotten a little excited with things and Mike had to rescind the offer while KY boosters/agents/institutionalized cheating/world wide wes/ was ok with their usual cheating and signed him.

Nope.

[AlmaHog2011]

Exactly.
Zero confidence in the NCAA.
Full confidence in the FBI.

The FBI doesn't have an agenda to favor anybody. They also have subpoena powers the NCAA doesn't have.

Let the dirt flow. It doesn't mean we'll become a Final 4 program just because, but all this dirt will nothing to hurt us, for sure.

The FBI is nothing but agenda driven and corrupt at the top. The most corrupt organization maybe as corrupt as the mafia.

[AlmaHog2011]

I'm sure it wasn't the staff but boosters are hard to control.

Somebody close to the program told me that the day the FBI probe broke Mike called a staff meeting and said something like, I know you've been frustrated when we've lost recruits to people that don't follow the rules. I kept telling you that they would pay the price someday. Well someday has arrived. Tonight when your heads hit the pillow you will have no trouble sleeping. There's a whole bunch of coaches out there who won't be able to say that.

That was months ago and believe me there are a lot of big name coaches who are still sitting around sweating with their fingers crossed.

I hope the FBI does something the NCAA won't touch any of the top programs never have and never will.

Every one of those coaches will just take a commentator job at ESPN..Cheating has to be attacked and don't let the cheating ass coaches just take sweet jobs on TV.

[michaels]

The FBI is nothing but agenda driven and corrupt at the top. The most corrupt organization maybe as corrupt as the mafia.

what they did to the black panthers & w/ cointel pro was despicable

[Dr. Starcs]

I liked what Georgia coach Mark Fox said about it after today's game.

[247Hog]

I liked what Georgia coach Mark Fox said about it after today's game.

What did he say?

[Dr. Starcs]

What did he say?

https://www.dawgnation.com/mens-basketball/georgia-coach-mark-fox-disgusted-recruiting-scandal/amp

I agree with him.

[247Hog]

https://www.dawgnation.com/mens-basketball/georgia-coach-mark-fox-disgusted-recruiting-scandal/amp

I agree with him.

Thanks for the link. Hard to disagree with him.

[natelepain]

Maybe the tweet has more to do with Former HC Pelphrey and this looming pay to play scandal.

nlp

[Pig in the Pokey]

Exactly.
Zero confidence in the NCAA.
Full confidence in the FBI.

The FBI doesn't have an agenda to favor anybody. They also have subpoena powers the NCAA doesn't have.

Let the dirt flow. It doesn't mean we'll become a Final 4 program just because, but all this dirt will nothing to hurt us, for sure.

lol. this is hogville. they went from loving the fbi to hating them this year, didnt ya hear?

[ShadowHawg]

Not buying it.  So a hog booster/s may have gotten a little excited with things and Mike had to rescind the offer while KY boosters/agents/institutionalized cheating/world wide wes/ was ok with their usual cheating and signed him.

Nope.

Is this sarcasm?

[hogginbama]

Exactly.
Zero confidence in the NCAA.
Full confidence in the FBI.

The FBI doesn't have an agenda to favor anybody. They also have subpoena powers the NCAA doesn't have.

Let the dirt flow. It doesn't mean we'll become a Final 4 program just because, but all this dirt will nothing to hurt us, for sure.

Could it be that someone in the NCAA got tired of the cheating and not being able to subpoena the records so they requested the FBI get involved?

[RedBird5]

Not buying it.  So a hog booster/s may have gotten a little excited with things and Mike had to rescind the offer while KY boosters/agents/institutionalized cheating/world wide wes/ was ok with their usual cheating and signed him.

Nope.

You serious Clark?