JeffLebowski

Whale…. Aren’t we supposedly offering Thomas 3mil to come back? If so, that’s about 1/3 or at least 1/6 more than the average 1st second rounder gets (according to a not at all scholarly quick google search). Seems like that would be a weird decision to go that late as a one and done. I get it with guys like Theiro last year, but I don’t see why Thomas wouldn’t think he can elevate his game and be considerably higher after next year unless something catastrophic happens or he really did just massively benefit bc of focus being on Acuff. Just my hot take.

Agree with both. Billy definitely should have always been expected to return and I think you nailed Meleek’s areas of improvement that he needs to focus on.

Yeah, I really think Thomas and Richmond are not going to be hitting high enough to stay in draft if players like Peat are coming back. Plus, BRIII needs to polish his offensive game and Thomas needs a bit more strength and conditioning and I wonder if scouts want to see him without people focusing on Acuff next to him… But who knows. If we get Micah and those two - like you said, I’d be feeling about as good as I could.

These are the threads I live for.

Nailed it

I don’t know - probably quite a few in certain ones. Baum isn’t as small as Tennessee’s softball sized stadium but I will say that when the wind is blowing right, it becomes a very HR friendly park, when it’s not, it can actually be pretty hard to knock it out in a lot of spots. So I think there are other metrics than just linear distance. But foley is bigger than most. So again, probably a few. Wes is always going to have guys who can hit it to the moon - thats his thing.

Great concept and hope it works well for yall! Very sincerely! If there’s one thing Norman can use to go along with OU’s storied sports traditions, it’s better entertainment options. Again, congrats!

Flat tops, overalls, and male cheerleaders are not SEC, neither are midnight cult rallies where everyone hugs each other sober let alone hugs. Don’t forget that we arrived here before Aggie and you were still a “larger” school then (but less to show). You’ve done very very well lately (against us in football and closing the gap in other sports) but historically you have never even been in the same league as Arkansas in sports, let alone Texas.

Any word on any bigs?

The last Lindsey that deserved a scholarship from Arkansas was their Grandfather.

Yeah - this aspect of NIL and Portal is both nerve-wracking and exciting to me at the same time. I feel like this year our staff, led by Cal saw the deficiencies of our most recent team and really are doing their best to get the best. But I also think that part of being a fan is trusting them in the process. We got some pretty “big” name bigs last year that were not bad by any means, but didn’t cohesively compliment each other or our backcourt leading to the defensive and strength woes. But overall, based on where we’re already at, I’m optimistic and I agree the “better deal”/“shopping” issue is probably the main driver on decisions and there is a point where a good coach has to make a rational choice one way or another but just paying more and more has never gotten us a title in anything. At Arkansas in any sport, titles have always been won by working as a team, great coaching and mentoring, and excellent fan support. Not saying we don’t have the money, but Nolan, McDonald, and even DVH (I know no titles and shortcomings, but he is also 98th percentile or above probably) are or were all old-school badasses and when at their best fielded their best programs.