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Dave van Horn, comparison to historical Arkansas head coaches.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:11 am
Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:11 am
Dave van Horn has been our head baseball coach for 13 years.
In those 13 years he has 13 NCAA tournament appearances and 4 CWS appearances. He has no national titles.
Nolan Richardson was the head basketball coach for 17 years.
In those 17 years he had 13 NCAA tournament appearances, 4 Elite 8 appearances and 1 national title.
Frank Broyles was the head football coach at Arkansas for 19 years. In those 19 years he had 10 bowl appearances, 2 AP top 5 finishes and 1 national title.
Norm DeBriyn was the head baseball coach at Arkansas for 33 years. In those 33 years he had 15 NCAA tournament appearances and 4 college world series appearances.
The point of this thread is that criticizing Dave van Horn seems to be utterly retarded. Hell, given the progress we made this year with our pitching and the improvement in hitting, I think we could have another CWS appearance next season and potentially do a lot better.
In those 13 years he has 13 NCAA tournament appearances and 4 CWS appearances. He has no national titles.
Nolan Richardson was the head basketball coach for 17 years.
In those 17 years he had 13 NCAA tournament appearances, 4 Elite 8 appearances and 1 national title.
Frank Broyles was the head football coach at Arkansas for 19 years. In those 19 years he had 10 bowl appearances, 2 AP top 5 finishes and 1 national title.
Norm DeBriyn was the head baseball coach at Arkansas for 33 years. In those 33 years he had 15 NCAA tournament appearances and 4 college world series appearances.
The point of this thread is that criticizing Dave van Horn seems to be utterly retarded. Hell, given the progress we made this year with our pitching and the improvement in hitting, I think we could have another CWS appearance next season and potentially do a lot better.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:18 am to Killean
Yeah, this should get some convo going, from a few people at least. Hell, you should have gone for the trifecta and mentioned how much better Central Ar is compared to NW Ar and how more games need to be played in WMS.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:21 am to Killean
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utterly retarded
It's unfortunate that we have a few fans that fall into that category.
And on top of that, they just like to shite on the rest of us at any chance they get, trolling their own. I've defended their stupidity and shittiness in the past but I'm done with that, frick them.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:28 am to NCrawler
Central Arkansas and WMS are both shitholes.
I think they should dynamite WMS and use the rubble to throw at people that live in NEA.
I think they should dynamite WMS and use the rubble to throw at people that live in NEA.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:43 am to Killean
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Frank Broyles
F**k Frank. He held the program back for many years.
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I think they should dynamite WMS and use the rubble to throw at people that live in NEA.
As once stated, it should be turned into a Colosseum with Roman style death matches. If DVH does not start producing then he can be thrown into said Colosseum.
This post was edited on 6/16/15 at 11:45 am
Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:53 am to Killean
Should have a chance of getting to Omaha and winning some games next year.
Hopefully Killian returns, McKinney and Jackson are both back.
Holes in the OF for sure, but we should still be okay.
Hopefully Killian returns, McKinney and Jackson are both back.
Holes in the OF for sure, but we should still be okay.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:32 pm to Killean
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I think they should dynamite WMS and use the rubble to throw at people that live in NEA.
frick that, we should schedule Arkansas State every year and play the game in WMS.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:42 pm to Hawgeye
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Holes in the OF for sure, but we should still be okay.
Bonfield will step up next year big time and I believe Spoon is eligible for one more year of play so we really just need to figure out who will step up in Benintendi's role which will virtually be impossible
Posted on 6/16/15 at 5:27 pm to Hawgeye
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Holes in the OF
LF Bonfield
CF ???
RF Spoon
?
Posted on 6/16/15 at 6:58 pm to Killean
Frank Broyles - 7 Conference Championships in 19 years.
Finished 2nd 5 more times meaning 63% of the time he had his team competing for championships.
Nolan Richardson
9 Conference titles in 17 years, he won the SEC two years prior to his dismissal.
Norm DeBriyn
5 conference titles in 33 years including as many SEC titles as Van Horn has in just 10 years in the league.
Dave Van Horn
1 Championship in 13 years, 2004, his 2nd season.
To put this in the proper perspective:
Last time each sport played for a conference title:
Football - 2006 - HC Houston Nutt.
Basketball - 2015 - HC Mike Anderson (Even Pelphrey coached for a conference title since Van Horn competed for his last)
Baseball - 2004 2 years after Van Horn took over a team that DeBriyn had in the supers.
Finished 2nd 5 more times meaning 63% of the time he had his team competing for championships.
Nolan Richardson
9 Conference titles in 17 years, he won the SEC two years prior to his dismissal.
Norm DeBriyn
5 conference titles in 33 years including as many SEC titles as Van Horn has in just 10 years in the league.
Dave Van Horn
1 Championship in 13 years, 2004, his 2nd season.
To put this in the proper perspective:
Last time each sport played for a conference title:
Football - 2006 - HC Houston Nutt.
Basketball - 2015 - HC Mike Anderson (Even Pelphrey coached for a conference title since Van Horn competed for his last)
Baseball - 2004 2 years after Van Horn took over a team that DeBriyn had in the supers.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 9:49 pm to DaleDenton
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Basketball - 2015 - HC Mike Anderson (Even Pelphrey coached for a conference title since Van Horn competed for his last)
Dale makes a good point here. In fact I saw our red ribbon hanging in the sports museum where we got edged out for 1st by a lucky kentucky team by five measly games.
A nail biter of an SEC race that wasn't decided until mid February.
Personally thought we should have been named co-champions.
We be competin, we be competin good.
This post was edited on 6/16/15 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 6/17/15 at 11:02 pm to Killean
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I think they should dynamite WMS and use the rubble to throw at people that live in NEA.
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