Yea I don't really see a huge downside here for Arkansas. If Cal doesn't get a second wind, they don't have the same eternal deal to deal with that Kentucky did. They can just move on. The downside to firing a college basketball coach these days is pretty minimal outside of money. Rosters change so much each year that you really don't risk a ton.

The thing will Cal is I'm just not sure he's very good at coaching basketball in 2024. Maybe those things the last 5 years were due to lazy coaching, but it just seemed like Kentucky wasn't as well prepared or crisp at what they did as other teams were.

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Posted by Robot Santa

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Posted on 4/8/24 at 4:07 pm to Temple of the Dog

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The thing will Cal is I'm just not sure he's very good at coaching basketball in 2024. Maybe those things the last 5 years were due to lazy coaching, but it just seemed like Kentucky wasn't as well prepared or crisp at what they did as other teams were.

I don't think he is. There are so many programs that are able to load up on good, experienced college players with pro futures overseas these days via NIL and the portal that it's basically impossible to overwhelm them with a bunch of 18/19 year olds with draft lottery potential like it was circa 2009-2018. Unless he suddenly makes some wholesale changes to his recruiting strategy I bet his results at Arkansas will be similar or worse to the last few years at Kentucky. His biggest saving grace is that the one and done recruiting plan will never fall victim to doubts about his longevity.

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