1. Nolan Richardson Retrospective

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In our debut episode, we head to Nolan Richardson’s ranch for a great conversation with the Hall of Fame coach. We talk about his early coaching days and style (7:13), and how his daughter convinced him to take the Arkansas job (24:00). Then we spend time talking about the 1994 championship (30:40), how he celebrated, and calling President Clinton “Prez” (39:00) Finally, we get his thoughts on the court at Bud Walton Arena being named in his honor (51:10), and he tells a funny story of how Rick Pitino tried to get him out of the SEC.

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0:00.0	When it comes to something being named at me, I have never ever wanted anybody to have to
0:07.3	force somebody to do something for me.
0:09.6	In other words, if I'm in the Hall of Fame. I'm in 13 Hall of Fame. I ain't asked not one
0:17.7	letter to be written. Not one letter that's ever been written on my behalf of getting into the whole thing.
0:24.8	I made not one phone call to be honored. Welcome to the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this is episode one presented by
0:46.1	our friends at First Security Bank and Ozark Outpost, casual clothing and
0:50.5	footwear. Nolan Richardson is in the A Smith Hall of Fame and when it comes to
0:55.3	basketball shoot that's as good as it gets he's a visionary trailblazer and the only
1:01.4	coach to win a jukeo, the NIT and NCAA tournament.
1:06.2	But things soured at Arkansas and Richardson, who felt mistreated because of his race, was fired.
1:12.1	He would later sue the university for racial
1:14.4	discrimination, a lawsuit that was dismissed with prejudice. Some 17 years
1:20.6	later, Richardson can be found as part of the Arkansas basketball program once again.
1:27.0	There's been much discussion over the last several months as to whether the court at Bud Walton
1:31.4	Arena should bear his name.
1:34.3	In a significant step towards making that happen, the University of Arkansas recently submitted
1:39.2	a resolution for consideration to the board of trustees.
1:43.8	How Nolan Richardson feels about that
1:46.2	and several other topics in today's hogpot.
1:50.3	But before we get into our conversation with Nolan Richardson, how about a little of what you can expect week to week here with the hog pot?
1:58.5	We want this to be a forum where we take time to dig in on stories razorback fans are going to enjoy
2:04.7	both past and present stories you'll want to share with others and while it's new to
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