...when he got 3 or 4 terrific players from Baton Rouge and another from not too far away in Louisiana. Not very often a coach has that much talent available from the same town/area as the university. Those local boys took them to the Final Four.Coach34 said:
What is up with Arkansas basketball lately?
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It is quite possible that Stansbury sitting Kodi down last season actually made Kodi realize he needed to be more of a team player and that actually made him a much better player. It may have helped him get motivated to work out and get in great shape in the off season like he did. Kodi may still be the little **** *** ***** that he was when he first got here if Stans did not give him a wake up call. Or it didn't matter. Who knows. But at least you need to consider that Stans sitting Kodi last year may have actually helped him.Coach34 said:
First of all, Arkansas fans are delusional. That must be noted before discussing this topic.
Heath had a bad run at Arkansas and failed to win with talented upperclassmen. They basically got into the Tourney twice (I think) on their performance in the SECT. Now we have done that once, but when you have the facilities, tradition, fanbase of Arkansas and talented upperclassmen, that shouldn't happen. The, when they go there they lost. I agree with DAA, they got rid of Heath too early, again Arky being delusional, but there is no way he would be there today had they hung onto him for an extra year. He wasn't going to cut it. Put him at State and I would hate to see the record he put up.
Brady was not a good coach. When Louisiana superstars fell into his lap, he did well. When that didn't happen, he didn't do a thing. Again, put him at State and he would have a horrendous record.
Now, take Stansbury and put him at Arkansas and LSU and he would have a better record than both coaches. This is a harder place to win than either Arkansas or LSU, or Bama for that matter, yet they have all fired coaches Peaches considered as better than Stansbury and Rick is still making NCAA appearances in Starkville. I'm not saying Stans is great, but the guy can obviously run his program well.
Heath had a bad run at Arkansas and failed to win with talented upperclassmen. They basically got into the Tourney twice (I think) on their performance in the SECT. Now we have done that once, but when you have the facilities, tradition, fanbase of Arkansas and talented upperclassmen, that shouldn't happen. The, when they go there they lost. I agree with DAA, they got rid of Heath too early, again Arky being delusional, but there is no way he would be there today had they hung onto him for an extra year. He wasn't going to cut it. Put him at State and I would hate to see the record he put up.
Brady was not a good coach. When Louisiana superstars fell into his lap, he did well. When that didn't happen, he didn't do a thing. Again, put him at State and he would have a horrendous record.
Now, take Stansbury and put him at Arkansas and LSU and he would have a better record than both coaches. This is a harder place to win than either Arkansas or LSU, or Bama for that matter, yet they have all fired coaches Peaches considered as better than Stansbury and Rick is still making NCAA appearances in Starkville. I'm not saying Stans is great, but the guy can obviously run his program well.
it was a level of effort thing. kodi was lazy, not playing defense, and not playing team ball. stans knows how talented the guy is (he is the one that offered him the scholly after all - or was that you Ex-C34?). he had to do the same thing with Rhodes and Walter Sharpe early in their careers too. with Rhodes, it took, with WS, not so much. it looks like it took with Kodi too, and now stans has nothing but good things to say about him.
it's like talking to a child with you Ex-C34, you 17ing moron.
it's like talking to a child with you Ex-C34, you 17ing moron.
