Just go listen to the Muss interviews at USC. One of the first things he said when he was asked why he came was "My mom gets to watch my games in person." How can you possibly be mad at somebody for that?
Musselman sought the Arkansas job. It is now common knowledge he had wanted to leave Arkansas the last two years. The way the team played this year, beating Purdue in pre season along with Duke in Fayetteville, then losing in Fayetteville to UNC-Greensboro and ultimately having a losing 16-17 record showed a bad problem with his team. He was ready to go, I have heard he wanted to go since 2021. Just looking for a west coast landing spot. Calipari will bring talent into the program that Musselman could never muster. Musselman couldn't get big men to the degree necessary to win big in the NCAA Tournament. Will Calipari get back the fire in his belly of old? That is the big question. He does know how to win big. I remember Calipari at UMass beating a powerhouse Richardson Razorback team up there to start a basketball season one year.
I promise you, Cal is coming to Arkansas because he can improve the program a little each year to keep them satisfied until he retires. They will never have a national title under him.
I promise you all this. In 3 years you guys will be overloaded with talent, have tremendous expectations, and hype. He will lose to teams he shouldn’t every year, he won’t win the SEC. Forget him caring about the SEC Tournament because he doesn’t care 1 bit about it. Be prepared to be a favorite in a ton of games you will lose along with some that are inexcusable. You also better hope no team plays a zone against you. He has no clue how to beat one. If he keeps relying on freshman you will have at least 10 losses a year. Don’t say us UK fans didn’t warn you. You will absolutely love him and his classes until he proves he underachieves year after year with them.
I like Cal, but his approach wasn't working the last five years. Hopefully, he will change things so he can end his coaching career successfully. That means he needs to mix in some older guys. Maybe he won't be able to get 6-7 five stars every year in Arkansas and only gets 3-4, so he is forced to have more older players to stabilize his program. That would make him a better coach again.
Having a chip on your shoulder doesn't magically turn someone into a good bench coach. The guy just doesn't prepare or bench coach. That isn't changing.
He’s pulling his salesman act in a new place, they will eat it up a couple of underachieving years. They will be happy with recruits because they aren’t used to winning anything.
I’m not wishing this on Cal, but wouldn’t it be weird if Arkansas had a 25-8 record, went to the NCAA tournament….then gets beat by Georgia Southern in the first round ? He has a Chip on his shoulder ??? Because Kentucky made him a multimillionaire? Rejuvenated YES, but a Chip ? Sorry, don’t see that.
He will never get Arkansas a National Title. He got one here in 2012 only because we had Davis. but never again. Arkansas thinks he will do it there...OK.
@@markwise2151not just that there was also Darius Miller from KY as the glue guy stretch 4 that he never would have recruited left over too. Absolutely no title without him either, as well as Jones who stayed because of the looming NBA lockout, again, NUMEROUS special circumstances that all came together for him. It was actually his perfect storm, the other 14 years have CRYSTAL clearly illustrated how abysmal his coaching is, especially 2015. He couldn't win with two NBA lineups on same team. Wrap.
So Cal is going to do what he did the first six years at UK, before he went full NBA development agent with no coaching? He shifted from about 60/40 coaching and NBA dev mix to 5/95. 5% coaching is not good.
No, he's not going to do what he did his first years at Kentucky. He was on fire going into that job already. The game is completely different than it was in 2009 and when he won that championship. He's a stubborn old man now who won't change for anything. That's exactly why most of the BBN is happy to see him go.
I'll have to agree with you ...bbn wants a winning program. We love star power players ....but...if you're focused on being a farm team for the NBA the fans of college sports and bbn are left short on the joy of what has been the best part of college basketball - winning your conference and going deep into the tournament. Arkansas experience will mirror his Kentucky tenure but I wonder if the Walmart/Tyson goodie bag will expose the grotesque side of NIL.
@@MGnKntkY100% true. No amount of talent will save him. He doesn’t care about the SEC titles, the SEC tournament or winning in the NCAAs. He only cares about making pros and has been the last 7 years.
@@BrandonGavin_EDChe literally said that HIMSELF!!! That he doesn't care about conference titles, and that his mission is greater than the school titles and conference victories. HE EFFING said it omg so glad to see him go. I could go on about the Oakland game, but the NBA analysts already did it for me, their scathing game tape videos show and tell all mistakes in great detail. Total defensive collapse and it was obvious.
Why is AR media acting like Cal is the 2nd coming of Christ? 1-4 in last 5 NCAA appearances is much worse than Muss’ and Cal had many more 5*s. 35 first round draft choices but only 1 championship! Bad hire. Past his prime.
Always the next year! Massive changes. Staff shake up. He’s practicing a zone guys! He may pull one out. He sure don’t know how to beat a zone. Hell he doesn’t even teach freshman how to get around a pick correctly anymore, no hands up on defense. Just sag off and recover late.
Coach Cal DID NOT WANT what you described which was the discussion to be about him during the Final Four. It wasn't "NEWS" to report it early. It was a sad move for attention by a reporter.
Your acting as if cal and Hunter called a press conference to inform everyone not to break the news until after the championship game. Know one outside of cal and Hunter knew that info until after the fact when cal was introduced as head Coach. U cant attack a reporter for doing his job reporting news
I know Coach Cal won't put up any funny business going on with players in and out of the locker room. He's just what the Hogs need at this point, great hire.
What!!!!???? That's the worst thing about him, 6 months out from a finger jam ( to protect a flailing high ranked recruits status like oh he played injured all year...) Sharpe...... Enough said there, most pathetic ish Iv ever seen.
@@BrandonGavin_EDC I think they really don't understand because they haven't seen how he operates like we have. It is absolutely amazing the culture that spiraled downward to the abyss of his last 5 years here
Coach cal 65 years old that's why they gave him a 5 year contract he want be coaching to much longer razorback fans understand that but he will have the razorback in a good position when he retires that's why he has his son coaching with him now so he can learn more in possibly take over what he starting at Arkansas good hire razorbacks dam good hire.
Cal may have a chip on his shoulder, but that still won’t influence him to win a championship. If you Arkansas fans didn’t catch it at his press conference, I’ll clarify it for you. He said “I’m a players first coach”, which means the fans come second, as well as the University or winning titles. He said he’s not changing, which means screw you and your wishes of winning titles.
Right? He had literally every resource possible at UK. He’s the one who offered the excuse that he was just an NBA development program rather than a national championship program.
Cal had the best talent in the country a few years and he can’t coach ! He was going to get fired next year at Ky. He didn’t just leave because things were great and he was winning SEC championships or going past the first round. He left because he knew what was coming. “ cold hard truth “
John Calipari is still going to do everything his way and never change. That's what got him where he is now, a loser that has 1 win in the tournament in 4 years. Hasn't won the SEC or won the SEC tournament since 2018. He's going to disappoint that whole fan base just like he has the BBN. I'm surprised Hogs fans are talking themselves into this being a good thing. You'll never win a championship as long as he is there.
@@larrytucker222 That was a good team...not a dominant team. They were going to be a 2 or 3 seed depending on how the SECT tourny went. That team had one great shooter and one great but super raw scorer and they were easy to guard cause the EJ Montgomery, Nick Richards, and Ashton Hagans couldnt shoot at all and they had absolutely zero spacing or ball movement. It was hope Quickley can get some shots off and Watch Maxey drive into double teams cause opposing coaches just completely let 3 of UKs player unguarded. If that team wouldve had a Reed Sheppard type and good stretch 4 to balance things out they wouldve been absolutely lethal but it wasnt meant to be.
Exactly! Robic was obviously the assistant that made everything work. His scouting and on court stuff helped Cal motivate and win. Without him Cal is nothing but a salesman.
Purdue lost to a 16 seed. Next season, they're in the finals. Virginia loses to a 16 seed. Next year, they win the tournament. Teenagers and barely adults in a single elimination tournament, sometimes upsets happen. Cal will be fine. All the pro players from Kentucky stand by him. Recruits value what the pros have to say, not fanboys. They'll come to Arkansas for one season. Get ready to get the best talent and always being a threat to win a national championship.
@markwise2151 Kentucky history explained. Its heyday was during Jim Crow. Four national championships during that vulgar period in American history. Point shaving and academic fraud too. UCLA was the big dog after Jim Crow. Indiana was Kentucky's superior in the 1970s and 1980s. Richardson won a championship and Pitino won a championship. Duke is the gold standard the past 40 years. Connecticut is the gold standard the past 25 to 30 years. Kentucky hasn't been the gold standard since Jim Crow. Fact.
And always underachieving with 10 losses, no conference hardware, no NCAA wins. Bank on it and don’t say we didn’t warn you. Sour grapes I know right? You will see. You guys will love the man and his classes until the season starts and is over.
@@randallmadison9910 haha yeah sure. We have more elite 8’s, final 4’s, and championships. Not to mention more SEC titles and tournament titles than the rest of the conference combined. Lmfao 😂
Go get them coach Cal. You will be just fine at ARKANSAS. 💪👊
Wess can finally relax again. These coaching searches can definitely go sideways. Arkansas fans know better than anybody. lol
Razorback Nation will be the juice Cal needs. We are excited to have him. The Ozarks are beautiful and he will enjoy being here. WPS Forever. 😎😎😎
good luck with that.
Just go listen to the Muss interviews at USC. One of the first things he said when he was asked why he came was "My mom gets to watch my games in person." How can you possibly be mad at somebody for that?
It’s not about the reason he left, its about how he left, disrespectful to Arkansas
Musselman sought the Arkansas job. It is now common knowledge he had wanted to leave Arkansas the last two years. The way the team played this year, beating Purdue in pre season along with Duke in Fayetteville, then losing in Fayetteville to UNC-Greensboro and ultimately having a losing 16-17 record showed a bad problem with his team. He was ready to go, I have heard he wanted to go since 2021. Just looking for a west coast landing spot. Calipari will bring talent into the program that Musselman could never muster. Musselman couldn't get big men to the degree necessary to win big in the NCAA Tournament. Will Calipari get back the fire in his belly of old? That is the big question. He does know how to win big. I remember Calipari at UMass beating a powerhouse Richardson Razorback team up there to start a basketball season one year.
hmmm I never thought of it that way. It seems like hogs could be fire let it be said.
Arkansas had top ranked classes and top ranked portal classes what are you talking about nick Smith and Anthony black say hello
I promise you, Cal is coming to Arkansas because he can improve the program a little each year to keep them satisfied until he retires. They will never have a national title under him.
I promise you all this. In 3 years you guys will be overloaded with talent, have tremendous expectations, and hype. He will lose to teams he shouldn’t every year, he won’t win the SEC. Forget him caring about the SEC Tournament because he doesn’t care 1 bit about it. Be prepared to be a favorite in a ton of games you will lose along with some that are inexcusable. You also better hope no team plays a zone against you. He has no clue how to beat one. If he keeps relying on freshman you will have at least 10 losses a year. Don’t say us UK fans didn’t warn you. You will absolutely love him and his classes until he proves he underachieves year after year with them.
I like Cal, but his approach wasn't working the last five years. Hopefully, he will change things so he can end his coaching career successfully. That means he needs to mix in some older guys. Maybe he won't be able to get 6-7 five stars every year in Arkansas and only gets 3-4, so he is forced to have more older players to stabilize his program. That would make him a better coach again.
Having a chip on your shoulder doesn't magically turn someone into a good bench coach.
The guy just doesn't prepare or bench coach.
That isn't changing.
He’s pulling his salesman act in a new place, they will eat it up a couple of underachieving years. They will be happy with recruits because they aren’t used to winning anything.
I’m not wishing this on Cal, but wouldn’t it be weird if Arkansas had a 25-8 record, went to the NCAA tournament….then gets beat by Georgia Southern in the first round ? He has a Chip on his shoulder ??? Because Kentucky made him a multimillionaire? Rejuvenated YES, but a Chip ? Sorry, don’t see that.
He will never get Arkansas a National Title. He got one here in 2012 only because we had Davis. but never again. Arkansas thinks he will do it there...OK.
@@markwise2151exactly
@@markwise2151not just that there was also Darius Miller from KY as the glue guy stretch 4 that he never would have recruited left over too. Absolutely no title without him either, as well as Jones who stayed because of the looming NBA lockout, again, NUMEROUS special circumstances that all came together for him. It was actually his perfect storm, the other 14 years have CRYSTAL clearly illustrated how abysmal his coaching is, especially 2015. He couldn't win with two NBA lineups on same team. Wrap.
So Cal is going to do what he did the first six years at UK, before he went full NBA development agent with no coaching? He shifted from about 60/40 coaching and NBA dev mix to 5/95. 5% coaching is not good.
No, he's not going to do what he did his first years at Kentucky. He was on fire going into that job already. The game is completely different than it was in 2009 and when he won that championship. He's a stubborn old man now who won't change for anything. That's exactly why most of the BBN is happy to see him go.
I'll have to agree with you ...bbn wants a winning program. We love star power players ....but...if you're focused on being a farm team for the NBA the fans of college sports and bbn are left short on the joy of what has been the best part of college basketball - winning your conference and going deep into the tournament.
Arkansas experience will mirror his Kentucky tenure but I wonder if the Walmart/Tyson goodie bag will expose the grotesque side of NIL.
@@MGnKntkY100% true. No amount of talent will save him. He doesn’t care about the SEC titles, the SEC tournament or winning in the NCAAs. He only cares about making pros and has been the last 7 years.
@@BrandonGavin_EDChe literally said that HIMSELF!!! That he doesn't care about conference titles, and that his mission is greater than the school titles and conference victories. HE EFFING said it omg so glad to see him go. I could go on about the Oakland game, but the NBA analysts already did it for me, their scathing game tape videos show and tell all mistakes in great detail. Total defensive collapse and it was obvious.
Why is AR media acting like Cal is the 2nd coming of Christ? 1-4 in last 5 NCAA appearances is much worse than Muss’ and Cal had many more 5*s. 35 first round draft choices but only 1 championship! Bad hire. Past his prime.
100%
Yeah, that’s him. Always about to happen or next time. We’re built for march!! Ha. Built for march but just not to win
Yep, he is best at doing the least with the most.
Always the next year! Massive changes. Staff shake up. He’s practicing a zone guys! He may pull one out. He sure don’t know how to beat a zone. Hell he doesn’t even teach freshman how to get around a pick correctly anymore, no hands up on defense. Just sag off and recover late.
Coach Cal DID NOT WANT what you described which was the discussion to be about him during the Final Four. It wasn't "NEWS" to report it early. It was a sad move for attention by a reporter.
Your acting as if cal and Hunter called a press conference to inform everyone not to break the news until after the championship game. Know one outside of cal and Hunter knew that info until after the fact when cal was introduced as head Coach. U cant attack a reporter for doing his job reporting news
I know Coach Cal won't put up any funny business going on with players in and out of the locker room. He's just what the Hogs need at this point, great hire.
So you think.
@@markwise2151exactly, he will however play favorites with his five star freshmen wether someone on the bench is better and deserves their time.
What!!!!???? That's the worst thing about him, 6 months out from a finger jam ( to protect a flailing high ranked recruits status like oh he played injured all year...)
Sharpe...... Enough said there, most pathetic ish Iv ever seen.
@@johnnycorn7225 I hope they get a high raked recruit that reclasses only to dip after taking their NIL. Cal is good with it happening too.
@@BrandonGavin_EDC I think they really don't understand because they haven't seen how he operates like we have. It is absolutely amazing the culture that spiraled downward to the abyss of his last 5 years here
Coach cal 65 years old that's why they gave him a 5 year contract he want be coaching to much longer razorback fans understand that but he will have the razorback in a good position when he retires that's why he has his son coaching with him now so he can learn more in possibly take over what he starting at Arkansas good hire razorbacks dam good hire.
The press thinks we give a crap about who broke a story.
Cal may have a chip on his shoulder, but that still won’t influence him to win a championship.
If you Arkansas fans didn’t catch it at his press conference, I’ll clarify it for you.
He said “I’m a players first coach”, which means the fans come second, as well as the University or winning titles.
He said he’s not changing, which means screw you and your wishes of winning titles.
Cal is going to do the same there as he did here.. the least with the most. Arkansas will never have a national title under Cal.
Why would he have a chip on his shoulder. He was the coach that’s performance was horrific the last 5 years. No one to blame but John.
Right? He had literally every resource possible at UK. He’s the one who offered the excuse that he was just an NBA development program rather than a national championship program.
Cal had the best talent in the country a few years and he can’t coach ! He was going to get fired next year at Ky. He didn’t just leave because things were great and he was winning SEC championships or going past the first round. He left because he knew what was coming. “ cold hard truth “
John Calipari is still going to do everything his way and never change. That's what got him where he is now, a loser that has 1 win in the tournament in 4 years. Hasn't won the SEC or won the SEC tournament since 2018. He's going to disappoint that whole fan base just like he has the BBN. I'm surprised Hogs fans are talking themselves into this being a good thing. You'll never win a championship as long as he is there.
I agree. I don't like him coming. There are many better coaches than him and word in the state is a five year contract for forty million dollars.
KY won the regular SEC season in 2019-2020. Quickly was the SEC player of the year. Covid canceled the 2020 SEC tournament. Cal's last dominant team.
@@larrytucker222 That was a good team...not a dominant team. They were going to be a 2 or 3 seed depending on how the SECT tourny went. That team had one great shooter and one great but super raw scorer and they were easy to guard cause the EJ Montgomery, Nick Richards, and Ashton Hagans couldnt shoot at all and they had absolutely zero spacing or ball movement. It was hope Quickley can get some shots off and Watch Maxey drive into double teams cause opposing coaches just completely let 3 of UKs player unguarded. If that team wouldve had a Reed Sheppard type and good stretch 4 to balance things out they wouldve been absolutely lethal but it wasnt meant to be.
dang that could be true but we have hope which is less than faith
@@larrytucker222 The point still stands
Wess is telling big stories. Have been following Razorback Sports for 4 decades and have never heard of him.
Cap
Cal has not been the same since John Robic left
Exactly! Robic was obviously the assistant that made everything work. His scouting and on court stuff helped Cal motivate and win. Without him Cal is nothing but a salesman.
Musselman did not play at SDSU
Yeah he went to University of San Diego.
coach leaving for usc is fine. Let it be
Purdue lost to a 16 seed. Next season, they're in the finals. Virginia loses to a 16 seed. Next year, they win the tournament. Teenagers and barely adults in a single elimination tournament, sometimes upsets happen. Cal will be fine. All the pro players from Kentucky stand by him. Recruits value what the pros have to say, not fanboys. They'll come to Arkansas for one season. Get ready to get the best talent and always being a threat to win a national championship.
lmao... What you explained above is not what Cal did here at KY and he will never do it at a lessor school like Arkansas
@markwise2151 Kentucky history explained. Its heyday was during Jim Crow. Four national championships during that vulgar period in American history. Point shaving and academic fraud too. UCLA was the big dog after Jim Crow. Indiana was Kentucky's superior in the 1970s and 1980s.
Richardson won a championship and Pitino won a championship. Duke is the gold standard the past 40 years. Connecticut is the gold standard the past 25 to 30 years. Kentucky hasn't been the gold standard since Jim Crow. Fact.
And always underachieving with 10 losses, no conference hardware, no NCAA wins. Bank on it and don’t say we didn’t warn you. Sour grapes I know right? You will see. You guys will love the man and his classes until the season starts and is over.
@@BrandonGavin_EDC Kentucky was trash before Cal. Will be trash once again.
@@randallmadison9910 haha yeah sure. We have more elite 8’s, final 4’s, and championships. Not to mention more SEC titles and tournament titles than the rest of the conference combined. Lmfao 😂
Rumor is Scott Drew is expected to be the new UK coach. So who will Baylor go after if that happens?
Woo Pig !
see how long you feel like saying that.. lol
You are ungrateful buddy.