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New Arkansas coach

I would say Mizzou is the lesser of two evils, I mean yeah, its Mizzou (blah) but at least its not Arkansas.
 
Fetz86 said:
Yeah, isn't it weird for a coach to go from one school to another in the same conference? I would say Mizzou is the lesser of two evils, I mean yeah, its Mizzou (blah) but at least its not Arkansas.
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Umm they arent in the same conference.... Arkansas is in the SEC and Mizzou is in the Big 12.

Anderson won a national title at Arkansas as an assistant. He knows the area and is well liked in Fayetteville. That being said, he is LOVED in Columbia. I could see him going either way, he has a good thing at Mizzou, but Arkansas is kinda his dream job, since he was an assistant there for so long.
 
Fetz86 said:
Good call, I don't know why I was thinking they were.
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No problem, and honestly, Arkansas has a better basketball pedigree than Mizzou. National champs in 1994, national runner up to UCLA in 1995. Mizzou hasnt really been a major player in the NCAA basketball scene since Norm Stewart was the coach there.

Kinda biased, have a family connection to the Nolan Richardson Arkansas basketball program, which also has a slight Bradley connection in there :)
 
jrish12 said:
No problem, and honestly, Arkansas has a better basketball pedigree than Mizzou.
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Yes! Those fans are CRAZY about their basketball (football too)...... to the point of sometimes making hasty hirings (Altman) and firings. I can't wait to see how much money they threw at Anderson. :eek: I think they've finally got a winner!
 
Braves4Life said:
Yes! Those fans are CRAZY about their basketball (football too)...... to the point of sometimes making hasty hirings (Altman) and firings. I can't wait to see how much money they threw at Anderson. :eek: I think they've finally got a winner!
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They are crazy about all of their sports in Fayetteville. The baseball stadium is nicer than most AAA minor league fields, track and field has won numerous national titles, football program is solid, basketball program has a pretty good tradition.

But I will say this about Mizzou, I can relate them to Arkansas since there is really only one flagship university in the state to rally around, ie. Illinois has Northwestern and Illinois in the Big 10, Kansas has Kansas and K-State, Kentucky has UK and Louisville, etc. Missouri and Arkansas have Mizzou and U of A and thats it. Its amazing how much those towns rally around a school when its winning.
 
Hmmm, Bruce Pearl's Vol's lost by 30 to Michigan amidst the Pearl firing rumors.

Anderson's Tigers lost by 15 to Cincinnati when he was under turmoil.

At least we went 1-1..
 
Hre are some confusing articles and quotes-


Yesterday, Mike Anderson quoted as saying he had no plans to leave Missouri.
"I plan on being at Missouri for a long time, retire here," Anderson told the Columbia Daily Tribune. "I'm happy. I think that's the most important thing. It's always about being happy."
http://www.swtimes.com/week-in-review/sports/article_29dac918-523b-11e0-bdc5-001cc4c002e0.html

But just a couple hours later, CBS Sports was reporting that the deasl was being finalized.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ansas-close-to-naming-anderson-its-next-coach

And some media people in Fayetteville, Arkansas were tweeting that is was a done deal.

However, this Missouri guy thinks it is all premature, and that Anderson prefers to stay at Missouri, but he is using this as a means to get a salary boost.
http://mizzourahblog.com/2011-artic...kansas-rumors-picking-up-unfounded-steam.html
 
Mizzou's Mike Anderson isn't exactly worried about being in the middle of a fierce bidding war..

seems I recall the last time Arkansas hired a coach some of the reports of who they landed were a bit premature, as he changed his mind and went back to Omaha
 
Anderson has once again leveraged his position to angle for a raise at Mizzou. He seems to be very good at letting schools think there's a chance to get him...then dangling that in front of his AD to get paid.

At least, that's the perception. I'm sure they're coming to him, too.

He'll be making nearly $2 million after this extension/raise is completed, according the the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/article_2147397c-eef8-55fd-a305-b1a798cb3bb9.html
 
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