My thoughts on Rotnei Clarke

Its perfectly clear now, Rotnei Clarke doesn't and may never have wanted to be a Razorback. He and his family have tried to leave for a while now according to reports. If Rotnei doesn't want to be a legend in the state and finish off his career as a record holder then that's fine. He is entitled to play where ever he feels comfortable. If he had just come out and said that he didn't like Coach Anderson's system then everything would be fine and most people would wish him luck as long as he wasn't playing for another SEC team. I feel like he made multiple mistakes in leaving the Razorbacks. His first mistake in leaving is thinking he wouldn't fit in the system. Rotnei worked hard to get the shots he did last year. In Anderson's offense he wouldn't have had to work so hard to get open shots. He would have continued to rain threes and would have caught Pat Bradley in the record books. Another mistake that he made in leaving is doing it with just one year left. If Rotnei wants to play for a Division One team then he will have to sit out a year just to play one year. The last big mistake Rotnei made is the way the whole thing has been handled. He went to the National Media to get the attention of the Powers at be for his release. The story as I understand it is Rotnei asked for his release and was told that he had to wait for AD Jeff Long to come back. Whoever is advising Rotnei didn't really like that idea so they had Rotnei go to CBS Sports and tell about his situation. Now that Rotnei has received his conditional release meaning he can't go to another SEC school,  he only talking to National Media. He recently did an interview with ESPN's Andy Katz. Rotnei could have been remembered for all the right reasons like records but now he will just be an afterthought of a player that could have been a great Arkansas Razorback.