Irwin went on a Northwest Arkansas radio show today and gave a perfect, flawless, grumpy-old-man rant about Malik Monk leaving the state to go to Kentucky. Irwin is livid about how Monk turned his back on his home state to join John Calipari’s latest recruiting class. LIVID.
“For two to three years, he played the situation,” Irwin said of Monk. “Don’t tell me he didn’t play it. He got all kinds of favors done, wheels were greased — I don’t think anybody broke any NCAA rules — but favors were done. People helped because they wanted this kid to be a Razorback.