Quote from: tennesseehogwild on Today at 10:36:38 amhog pitching has been giving up a lot of 0-2 and 1-2 hits lately, or so it seems.

I think that's in part because they have no clue which pitch is going to be a strike and which one isn't, due to the ever undulating SEC strike zone, so they have to throw a pitch that catches too much of the plate ...

Quote from: Razrpig256 on Today at 10:22:50 amArkansas has now lost 3 of its last 4 games.

Some perspective: EACH of the last 3 national champions also had a stretch in the month of May in which they lost 3 out of 4 games...  ('21 MSU, '22 OM, '23 LSU)

However, none of them lost 4 out of 5.

https://x.com/stewhog/status/1789665157590773835?s=46&t=4yXoXWOsnPdOMsb8brdEmg

So what you're saying is Sunday is a very important game ...

Agree but Leinstock is the worst fielding pitcher I have ever seen

Quote from: Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson on Today at 08:56:19 amI dunno if that's a good move for him or not, but Stillwater.  Yuck

You're right, you don't know.  Pretty on par.

I think the way things are going that the best way to fix it is to accept as a minor league farm system and have contracts with a salary cap with NIL being endorsement deals. Have no transfers but if the players want to go somewhere else have it where trades can happen where schools can get other players and or cash for the players they want to trade or trade for. I don't know about a draft but I guess you could have that and then a undrafted free agent agreement for the ones not drafted.

Quote from: Axle on Today at 09:47:26 amKline is but I like Head.

I see what you did there!

hog pitching has been giving up a lot of 0-2 and 1-2 hits lately, or so it seems.

Quote from: raz1965 on Today at 08:52:51 amI assume he was stating facts as new thread reason, otherwise  he just wanted to stand out.

Guessing just like the entire 3 pages of the other thread is

@bmarcello

The best path as an assistant coach is to  start as a support staffer in a Power 4 conference. 73 of 106 support staffers promoted to on-field coaches this year  hail from the P4.

Full Coaching Carousel Audit:

QuoteThis year was the most tumultuous of the College Football Playoff (Error). One in three coaches in the sport changed jobs, a record 31 new head coaches were hired and 529 coaches across 134 FBS teams changed jobs during the 2023-24 cycle.

Nick Saban, the greatest coach of all time, is this year's poster child for The Great Change. The proliferation of name, image and likeness contracts and unlimited transfers for players had worn down the six-time national champion. Nine days after losing to Michigan in the College Football Playoff, Saban retired and ended his 17-year career.

The longest-tenured coaches in four conferences left their posts, including Georgia State head coach Shawn Elliott, who left the Sun Belt to become a position coach at South Carolina.

Four head coaches left their posts to become assistants. The strangest departure occurred in the Big Ten, where UCLA head coach Chip Kelly stepped away to become the offensive coordinator at Ohio State.

Weird? Wild? Not in 2024. This is the business of the ever-changing world of college football, where conference realignment has defied geographics and lawmakers have practically rendered the NCAA toothless in its pursuit of preserving amateurism.

Overall, 35.9% of 1,474 positions in the FBS changed via new hires or promotions — compared to 34.8% during the 2022-23 cycle. The 134 teams averaged 3.9 new coaches on their staffs,, a slight jump from 3.8 last year.

Hires/Promotions: 529
Head coaches: 31
Offensive coordinators: 60
Defensive coordinators: 60
Average hires per team: 3.9 per team
FCS to FBS: 70
High school to FBS: 2
Division II/III or NAIA to FBS: 3
Support staffer promotions: 106

MORE COLLEGE COACHES ARE LEAVING FOR THE NFL
The number of departures for the NFL rose for a second straight year with a record 34 college coaches now in the NFL following the 2023 season. That's a jump of 88.9% compared to two years ago. Twenty-three NFL coaches were hired in the FBS, a slight drop from the 24 a year ago.


The workload has always been heavy for college coaches as they recruit and coach players, and develop relationships with their players as educators, but the hustle-and-bustle has never been this frantic with the transfer portal and the constant need to re-recruit players on the roster. 

Evidence suggests more coaches than ever are trying to find new jobs outside the FBS.

MN - liked but not respected
TS - liked but animated
PL - well liked
LG - well liked
AS - well liked
JS - incredibly disliked