re: Tenn has choked in all big games since 1998

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Tennessee had to replace every single position starter. Also lost our closer Redman Walsh. We had most of the pitchers back, but the defense and offense plus the DH had to be completely replaced. No other team had to deal with losing 10 players to the draft.

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[quote] Not surprisingly, half of the 10 programs that had at least seven players drafted come from the SEC: Tennessee (10), Arkansas (9), Auburn (8), Mississippi State (7) and Ole Miss. Also included in that list are two future SEC teams — Oklahoma (11) and Texas (8) — as well as Oklahoma State (9), Georgia Tech (8) and Oregon State (8).

Arkansas has now had 129 MLB Draft selections during Van Horn’s two decades at the helm, with a whopping 38 picks coming in the last five years. That is two more than Vanderbilt for the No. 1 ranking among SEC teams over that span.[quote]




Seems a lot of teams replace players every year. The pitching staff is most important in the long run, imo.