I don't disagree with any of that, but his offensive game is really bad. It's hard to play a guy at that position that isn't much of a threat. He may develop that, but I don't see him fitting in with the way our roster wants to play. Can't have a guy like him and Amari out there at the same time.
OT: Thiero available Thursday for Arkansas
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JUST THINK, We were just a few years off from NIL and Shaedon Sharpe and handlers/co could have been convinced with an NIL package to let him play that one year here. In an alternate universe, How would that have changed Cal's post season success that year and eventual coaching change?
Funny how differently slmeone behaves when they FINALLY realize 5 years too late how much damage they are doing to their own reputation.
It’s quite a statement about Cal’s intelligence that it took until halfway through this season for him to catch on.
What choice did you or anyone have but reading tea leaves and rumors to figure out what might be going on with Thiero? Do we really think the players asked Calipari not to say anything? If not, then Calipari's super-secret approach and (intentional?) misdirection with player injuries was always nonsense. The apologists claimed that HIPPA prevented him from talking about injuries, which was never true and espoused by people who had no real understanding of how the law worked - of course, when has lack of knowledge ever been a hinderance to the loudest and most sure proclaimers of (their) truth.
He actually also reminds me a bit of Kid Gilchrist from our championship team. length and athleticism with a wonky jump shot
Cal must be really desperate to win for him to bring two players back from injuries. This is so unlike what we experienced from Cal at Kentucky. He was always more worried about players' draft status than winning.
Fland is 100 and Thiero must be to be playing.
Richmond made a clutch shot against SJ and scored like 15 points. Mostly slasing and scraping. Those players that get thiers without being the focal point are great to have. Hes been nails on the line also.
The three I hope we get back , well 4, are DJ, Richmond, Knox and Brazile. Z can be replaced or upgraded easily.
I think Fland is gone and Thiero maybe a chance at coming back.
Chicken man fixen to put out some money on next years roster.
Richmond made a clutch shot against SJ and scored like 15 points. Mostly slasing and scraping. Those players that get thiers without being the focal point are great to have. Hes been nails on the line also.
The three I hope we get back , well 4, are DJ, Richmond, Knox and Brazile. Z can be replaced or upgraded easily.
I think Fland is gone and Thiero maybe a chance at coming back.
Chicken man fixen to put out some money on next years roster.
There is no way Thiero is coming back. For most of the year he was your best player. Considering he is coming off a knee injury, he really would be making a huge mistake coming back. I think he has clearly demonstrated that he is NBA material.
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I think he'll give it try tomorrow night and if he can, probably play a total of 15 minites or so. Apparently, he and Fland both want to try to contribute. We shall see
Cal didn't do a great job at the beginning of the year with this team, but this board is really acting like that team wasn't plagued by injuries for like half the year. Davis was a shell of himself while he was recovering from a wrist injury, their front court was very injured and couldn't get into a good rotation, and then Fland was thought to be lost for the year.
Thiero playing is low risk, High reward.
Tech is probably gonna win anyways so I don't see how playing thiero some is a big risk for Arkansas.
Tech is probably gonna win anyways so I don't see how playing thiero some is a big risk for Arkansas.
This is accurate. If Thiero is available tomorrow, it will be one of only a very few times this season that all scholarship players would be available.
If my memory is correct, Wagner, Knox and Richmond are the only ones that have not missed any games this season due to injuries.
Me either really, it was more Cal’s fault. He would never take him off the court but he brought Dillingham and Shepard off the bench. Another in a long line of ridiculous things Cal does.
Davis sucked because Cal planted him in the corner to be the invisible guard for some dumb reason. Fland injury forced him to use him correctly.
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Why don't all of you join ThreeHogNight on an Arkansas Blog?
Surprisingly NOT , I have a take that not many may agree with , only us hoops gurus and Cal haters .. ha ha , anyway I think Adou coming back may mess up Arky's good chemistry and player rotation .. it doesnt take but a grain of sand to mess up the finely oiled Johny C machine . I think Ado plays and plays poorly and Big Bennie's run is over . I hope .
I hate to say it, but Arkansas has a real chance of getting past Texas Tech if Thiero does return. And who knows after that as anything can happen.
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The DJ hate is 90% Coach Cal fault . It’s mainly because he started over two lottery picks . You can sort of justify Rob coming off the bench but the Reed one made no sense at all . All because Cal didn’t want Edwards and Wagner to lose confidence . Starting them made the confidence worse to me. Also Wagner was the youngest player on the team .
Also fans just expected a lot more from DJ offensively . He is a good quiet kid though so I hate he didn’t live up to the hype because he’s never acting cocky even when he was ranked 1. I think he is the only former player that didn’t post about the win on social media after the game .
Yeah this year is honestly how we expected him to play last year with the minutes he received. He was definitely a player I wanted back this year because everyone knew he had talent and the ability if he put it together and he has.
Which was like his first good production game that I've seen all year. Only 5 games in double figures. 19 games 4 points or less.
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Fland's injury was the best thing that happened to Arkansas. If not for his injury, Cal would have kept Fland at the point instead of DJ. DJ is best at dishing the ball and Fland is best at shooting. Clearly, Arkansas started playing better once DJ moved to the point because he is no shooting guard.
I think so as well. It also forced Davis into action because he was playing horrible being Cal’s dreaded figure in the corner only.
He just started playing a lot the last month really. He was Cal’s typical In for defense only guy most of the year.
Cal got all kinds of breaks in his time here and screwed them all up except one
Where has this DJ been throughout his collegiate career? This is the Wagner that everyone thought he would be. Happy for the kid.
Since apparently this thread is the de facto Arkansas forum, I'll say it here. I hope you enjoyed your season, because it will end the exact same way every single year as long as Calipari is your coach.
Do you guys remember how Arkansas fans were running their mouths back in the fall before the season began?
Those same fans are drinking themselves to sleep tonight in misery. I love it! Welcome to Calipari Land!
Those same fans are drinking themselves to sleep tonight in misery. I love it! Welcome to Calipari Land!
Except for crunch time. Man he was hurting at the end. He should have tried to set someone up though.
A lot of them are happy about the turnaround and I get that but it sucks because they had everything needed to keep going. Some of them are starting to understand though. No lead is safe and even with all the talent in the world he needs more.Do you guys remember how Arkansas fans were running their mouths back in the fall before the season began?
Those same fans are drinking themselves to sleep tonight in misery. I love it! Welcome to Calipari Land!
It doesn't help either when all four of your teammates just stand there and watch the ball, not doing anything and not even trying to get open.
Pre NIL there is not one single person who logged serious minutes for Arkansas who would be returning for next season. With NIL you may get a couple back. Also....I think Cal feels the heat and will need to win a few years at Arky before he goes into complete cruise control to where he is just a rest stop for HS kids heading to the NBA. I think he actually twists arms to keep players for once in his career.
Fland, Thiero and Knox are gone. If Arky has a mass exodus they are going to be at best UK over the last 4-5 Cal years. Lots of talent, head scratching losses and a lot of early outs.
Fland, Thiero and Knox are gone. If Arky has a mass exodus they are going to be at best UK over the last 4-5 Cal years. Lots of talent, head scratching losses and a lot of early outs.