re: Why can't Arkansas be a football powerhouse?

There’s not that many of us. We only pump out enough talent to fill about a third of an upper echelon SEC roster. That means about two thirds of our roster HAS to come from out of state. Even with a staff that recruits well, we’re generally gonna settle on at least half of those guys.

In a situation like 2016-2019 where we go through a dry spell with the instate pool and our staff does a poor job of evaluating/developing talent, we’re completely screwed. We need the in state talent to be on the high end of the range and we need a staff that does a good job with what it has. On the other hand, LSU can lose half of its best in state guys, have a moron for a coach and still field a very talented team.