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For the second straight year, Arkansas Razorback fans are bemoaning how far their once great basketball program has fallen. Fans remember the glory years of the late ’80s and early ’90s — a 1994 National Championship, a 1995 NCAA Tournament second place finish, nine straight NCAA Tournament appearances — and are stunned the Razorbacks are a middling team in a middling college basketball conference.
Although Coach John Pelphrey posted a winning record in his first season in 2007-08, including a first-round NCAA Tournament victory, the Razorbacks have suffered losing overall and conference records the past two seasons, including a 14-17 overall and 7-9 conference record this year heading into today’s first round of the SEC Tournament. Pelphrey is only six games above .500 in three season at Arkansas.
So, heading into tonight’s first round SEC Tournament game against the Georgia Bulldogs, should Coach John Pelphrey return for another season with the Razorbacks?
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YOUR survey questions SUCK, keep Pelphrey PERIOD, he will get the program going again,
Give him a chance to build a great team, he’s a very good coach. We’re lucky to have him.
I voted “no hire Mike Anderson”, but I wonder what it would feel like if someone put a poll out on a Web site asking if I should be fired or not. I guess I’m not following the golden rule because I definately would not want someone to do this unto me.
Pelphrey isn’t the problem. The players are. Fire them and keep him. They don’t learn what he is teaching. They don’t improve. They survive on (rare) bursts of brilliance. I’d keep only Clark, Powell, and (maybe) Fortson. The rest should play in the Sun Belt.
I had difficulty in your test item construction. The fourth item had two possibilities: I could choose “decent” coach only if I chose that UA’s glory days will never return. I had no choice on this item unless I chose both so I voted undecided just so I could see the results.
Pelphrey isn’t the problem. The players are.” Err… Pel hired these players.
“Pelphrey isn’t the problem. The players are.” Err… Pel hired these players.