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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

93. Mike Neighbors: Building a Program

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Sports

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Four years ago, Arkansas was picked 14th in the SEC. Now, they've started the season ranked 14th in the country, their
highest ranking since 2003. How has Mike Neighbors turned the Razorback women's basketball program around and
taken it from being one of the worst programs in the league to one of the best? And what does he have in store for the
future?

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's no smoking mirrors with this.

0:05.0

That's how you develop the trust.

0:07.0

And I want them to trust this.

0:08.0

I want them to trust me. I want me to trust them at every step of the way.

0:12.0

And that comes by not getting it. trust them at every step of the way.

0:12.8

And that comes by not getting out of alignment.

0:16.2

If I start asking them to do a bunch of hard things

0:18.2

and then we're up here not doing hard things,

0:20.3

I don't think that's real trust.

0:22.4

I think that's leverage. And you and I've talked think that's real trust. I think that's leverage and you and I have talked about that.

0:25.0

If we lead by leverage, you're never going to make it, you're never going to survive. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by

0:45.0

our friends at Core Brewing Company. First Security Bank, Serra's in Resort,

0:49.6

and Lindsay Golf.

0:51.6

All right, let me get that bill gird up right there. Lindsey Golf. When Mike Neighbors took over the Arkansas Women's basketball program four years ago,

1:02.1

the razorbacks were picked to finish 14th, dead

1:04.7

last in the SEC. Four years later Arkansas began the season as the 14th

1:09.9

ranked team in the country. It's been a tremendous turnaround and to him it all

1:15.4

started with one core value. You can't really do hard things unless you're with

1:19.6

people you trust because you're going to screw some things up which which we did, but when you're around people you trust,

1:24.5

you can survive all those things and thrive under.

1:27.0

The razorbacks, do it again.

1:30.0

Back to back.

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