Dude, This Is A Marathon...Why Worry?

So Wally Hall jumps into the Razorback basketball discussion in an attempt to explain the “apathy” that seems to inhabit most Razorback fans of late. Perhaps he’s just trying to aid the understanding of the fan that I wrote about that was yelling his way to lot 56 following the LSU game.

Both Ryan Aber and Scott Cain write about the team meeting that was held following the game, using the words mental, toughness, marathon and sprint along the way.

The magnitude of the late season meltdown of last year’s team was unexpected. For the most part we have the same guys on this year’s team. They better find something within themselves quickly or we will see a repeat of the meltdown.

If we don’t have 40 minutes of intensity Saturday we will lose again. I’m afraid we don’t have that in us. The last few games we’ve had maybe 15 minutes of intensity per game.

We need to see some passion and intensity from the Arkansas bench. I don’t want to see those calm looks and frowns. I want to see some sweating and yelling, coats coming off, getting into people’s faces coaching going on. Stan’s going to have to get beyond his Mr. Nice Guy act and get with it. Otherwise he’s done.

Someone on the court needs to take charge and lead the intensity. Who do we have that’s going to step up and refuse to lose?

The people that need to be mad are the ones on the court. They are the only ones that can make a difference.

Wally used “apathy” to describe the fans. I’m thinking “pathetic” describes the last few games. Wins and losses and close games besides, we are just not playing like we know what we are doing. We should be much better than we’ve shown of late.