[quote='insideualr' pid='11809099' dateline='1424958179']
Chris failed like jc pennys failed.
Jc pennys got ready to take on target and hired a ceo from apple. The new coe started changing pennys into a trip to the apple store.
He put in cashers walking around with ipads.
he quit sending out coupons.
He forgot the core customer was a soccer mom and tried to market to people that were never going to shop there when they had a successful business built.
Pennys had 2 billion in cash reserves when they hired him. They now have a 1/4 of that.
Chris marketed to the upper middle class and rich that are never coming to our games.
He hired a coach that plays big ten style ball in a league that cant recruit skilled bigs.
We are what we are a commuter school that needs to market to the city of little rock and then our alumina.
We play in a guard dominated league most years. Hire a coach that will play that style of ball.
We are a second choice school so Recruit jucos that are looking for a place to play instead of a destination.
Very insightful post. Maybe one of the best ever when it comes to explaining why we're in the situation we're in right now. The first thing a business has to do in order to be successful is to recognize their customer base. You can't sell champagne to a beer drinking crowd. And that's what Inside has pointed out so beautifully.
He's right that, although some of the beautiful people will attend our games, we need the common folk. As Abe Lincoln said, "The Lord must have loved the common folks, cause he made so many of them".,
A coach who plays Big Ten style who can't recruit skilled big men.
Absolutely true. How many skilled big men have we ever had? Practically none. It's definitely a guard oriented league.
As to the juco thing, that makes the most sense if we can recruit the right ones. However, if you look at our roster, we have some pretty good kids who we recruited out of high school. Josh, Ben, Marius, Mariek and Gus. We don't want to give up on signing good high school kids, but probably our success would be quicker and greater with the right jucos. But that requires a simplified offense and defense since they don't have four years to learn the system.
Anyway, this might be Inside's best and most insightful post ever.
I salute you sir!