In March 2011, Mike Anderson returned home and renewed hope that a familiar face and style revive an Arkansas program gone stale. If anyone had the deft touch to restore the Razorbacks’ luster, surely it was Nolan Richardson’s protege, who had shown he could lift sagging fortunes in previous stops at UAB and Missouri.
There’s little doubt Anderson fits the program and possesses a nuanced grasp of the fanbase.
Yet after a decade on the job, one where the Hogs haven’t ventured past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, there are murmurs — albeit soft — about whether a change might be healthy in Fayetteville.