Byrne may not fire Murphy this year (he might surprise us all) but I promise you he’s paying attention. And I would love to be a fly on the wall of his office when he does Murphy’s post season evaluation. If Murphy returns next year, his seat will be hotter than the BDS turf in August. I also promise you The Ninja already has his short list of replacements he’s vetting and evaluating.

Personally, I hope he goes ahead and pulls the trigger. We’ve watched Murphy sit on his arse and coast on that lightning in a bottle natty he won way back in 2012. Alabama softball has been on a downward trajectory ever since. And hitting is the perennial problem and always has been under Murphy with his all brakes, no gas offense. Oh, he recruits kids that can hit really well until they get on campus and he absolutely ruins 99% of them. I don’t see why he deserves another year. He’s had plenty of time to recognize the problems and adjust and adapt but he won’t. He will still go recruiting the next Jackie Traina or Montana Fouts and ride her as far as she can take us, throwing them too often for too long until they break. And to hell with hitting. I’m done watching him destroy the program he built to such lofty levels. I am hoping Greg Byrne maintains the standard and tells Murphy he’s retiring and he can announce it himself or Bama will announce it for him in the form of a pink slip, his choice but there’s no sense waiting for next year. We’re already in the bottom half of the conference we used to dominate. Another year and the cellar isn’t out of the question. Rip the bandaid off, Greg. It’s time!

This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 3:41 pm