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Heath or Pelphrey?

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you think arkansas would really want an unproven guy over stan heath?  or is it a desperate hire?

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10116441

   

South Alabama coach John Pelphrey has reached an agreement to be the next coach at Arkansas, CBS SportsLine.com learned Sunday. The development should end a tumultuous search for Stan Heath's replacement that first featured either official or unofficial offers to Billy Gillispie, John Calipari, Bill Self, Tim Floyd and Dana Altman.

A press conference is tentatively scheduled for Monday afternoon.

Altman took the Arkansas job last week and was formally introduced at a press conference. But less than 24 hours later the Creighton coach opted to return to Omaha while citing family issues, though sources have told CBS SportsLine.com the situation was more complex, specifically that Altman wasn't comfortable with the culture he was inheriting considering two players had recently tested positive for marijuana while another was in serious academic trouble.

Pelphrey is a 38-year-old former college star from Kentucky who spent a combined eights years on Billy Donovan's staffs at Marshall and Florida before taking the South Alabama job in 2002-2003. He just completed his fifth season at the school, leading the Jaguars to a 20-12 record and regular season Sun Belt title, though they were upset in the league tournament and consequently relegated to the NIT.

Arkansas should return all five starters from an NCAA Tournament team. The star of the group is Patrick Beverley, a 6-foot-1 guard who averaged 13.9 points per game last season and was named the SEC Freshman of the Year.

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its clear that is not the guy they wanted when they let Heath go.

They thought it was a done deal getting Gillispie from Texas A&M but he used their interest as a way to get more money from A&M...which he ended up going to kentucky anyways.

but Pelphrey was not the guy they thought they were getting when Heath was fired.

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you think arkansas would really want an unproven guy over stan heath?

Do you mean had they known they weren't going to get Gillespie would they have kept Heath? Interesting question...

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you think arkansas would really want an unproven guy over stan heath?

Do you mean had they known they weren't going to get Gillespie would they have kept Heath? Interesting question...

its crazy, no way Arkansas would have fired Heath if they knew before hand they were going to land Pelphrey, imo.  

personally i take heath over pelphrey anyday.

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What a disaster for the Razorbacks...

They are literally hiring the guy that woolard passed on.

So you turn down the Izzo assitant that took Kent State to the elite 8 and has brought in three top 15 recruiting classes for John Pelphrey at South Alabama...?

What a joke.

They don't know thier head from the asssesss

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They are literally hiring the guy that woolard passed on.

Do we really know what happened there ...

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We should all love Arkansas dearly. When someone does you a GREAT favor, you owe them for the kindness. Thanks, Arkansas!

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BG contacted arkansas after last years final four saying he was interested in the job.Our AD didn't have the backing of the board of trustees.  Then, their was contact again in Jan. He was interested and said he would take the job but the xfactor was that the kentucky job opened up. Wish you guys the best with heath. 60-54 in the sunbelt but you work with what talent you have.

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Pelphrey will be a very good coach..... i think its a lil early for such a high profile job, but he will do well.

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