I'm of the opinion that Stackhouse could have lots of NIL to work with, and his issues with player evaluation, recruiting effort, etc., would have meant that it wouldn't have been used that effectively.
BUT - I was listening to a reporter on the Arkansas beat talking about how it's been out there for months from reliable sources that Musselman is looking around for a better situation - and he stated that he's been told that Arkansas has minimal NIL money for basketball - "next to last in the SEC, ahead of only Vanderbilt".
So, if true - how big an issue might that be in recruiting the next coach? You've got the highest academic standards in the conference, and the lowest "salary pool" to work with. It would seem to limit your coaching candidates to people that may run the Stackhouse play again - don't put too much time or effort into it, I won't succeed anyway, but I'll take the money, thank you very much.
And if true, is there any chance to change that, the way it's reportedly happened in football?
BUT - I was listening to a reporter on the Arkansas beat talking about how it's been out there for months from reliable sources that Musselman is looking around for a better situation - and he stated that he's been told that Arkansas has minimal NIL money for basketball - "next to last in the SEC, ahead of only Vanderbilt".
So, if true - how big an issue might that be in recruiting the next coach? You've got the highest academic standards in the conference, and the lowest "salary pool" to work with. It would seem to limit your coaching candidates to people that may run the Stackhouse play again - don't put too much time or effort into it, I won't succeed anyway, but I'll take the money, thank you very much.
And if true, is there any chance to change that, the way it's reportedly happened in football?
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