33. Inside the Mind: Eric Musselman

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

For this episode of the podcast, we go inside the mind of first-year men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman. We start by talking about the culture he wants to build at Arkansas (6:52), and how knowledge can help the team and program get better every day (9:47). We discuss what he thinks helps players and leads to success (16:27), and what game and practice prep looks like for he and his staff (28:14). Finally, we get into how he wants to attack recruiting top players to Arkansas (41:13).

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0:00.0	Have you ever gone into a game and come out of the game and thought they out prepared us?
0:04.7	Nope!
0:05.7	Feet in hands!
0:06.7	Like did in the defensive stance?
0:08.7	Jimmy, you're standing like this!
0:10.0	I mean, I've come out of games and said that we over prepare.
0:13.4	I can say that maybe I have done that. Welcome in the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at Core Brewing Company.
0:32.0	First Security Bank, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery,
0:35.9	Sarason Resort, and Lindsay Golf.
0:38.6	If we're doing all these stations,
0:40.4	it's to do it perfect.
0:41.8	Stunt, Stunt, back.
0:44.0	Good job.
0:45.0	It's got to be, wow, I get a chance to get better.
0:47.0	If you play hard in your tough, I play it.
0:50.0	It's been an action-packed first few months for new razorback basketball coach Eric Musselman.
0:55.0	From getting settled in Fayetteville to connecting with its players and hitting the road recruiting,
1:00.0	he's been a busy man.
1:02.0	Good job, way to scramble. But he's a guy who likes busy.
1:05.0	He's a grinder.
1:06.0	It's a way of life for Musselman,
1:08.0	whose work ethic permeates every aspect of the program
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