Jon Ham

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re: 2025 Arkansas Baseball - April Thread

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/27/25 at 3:40 pm

Wood
Root
Gaeckle
Jimenez
Coil
Foutch
Carter

That’s just about enough arms to make a run when they are all healthy and clicking, but no room for another injury or someone getting in a funk. I feel “ok” about Gibler, Bybee, McGuire… would be nice if at least two of those ended the season strong.

re: 2025 Arkansas Baseball - April Thread

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/27/25 at 2:10 pm

It’s now Will McEntire’s world. Let’s go Will!

re: 2025 Arkansas Baseball - April Thread

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/27/25 at 12:45 am

I like Gibler, but with how good Carter and Foutch have been lately I would be tempted to go to them over Gibler even though they pitched Friday.

4.0 Beidelshies
2.0 Bybee
1.0 Carter
1.0 Foutch
Gibler if any of the preceding three need a quick yank
Close with Wiggins

re: 2025 Arkansas Baseball - April Thread

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/26/25 at 9:41 am

I think it’s a little bit of a regression. This is a B+ team on average, but with potential to be a solid “A” if our pitching all comes together (Coil back, Wood back to his old self, Gaeckle and Foutch consistently giving us their good stuff).

re: Looking back at Atlanta drafting Penix last year - Atlanta vindicated?

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/25/25 at 10:02 am

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Nitpicking? That’s the whole criticism.

I agree it’s a nitpick, but the negative reaction at the time was like they selected a fullback with their first pick.

re: The problem is Deion not Shedur

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/25/25 at 10:00 am

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He takes unnecessary sacks. He never plays on time.

That’s the part of his game that stands out the most to me. His comfort just standing in the pocket waiting to find a receiver, seeming to completely not care he could get sacked any moment, is uncanny. It’s an asset that he’s able to keep his composure in the pocket, but obviously you want him to be able to speed up and avoid sacks when the time comes to do that. Really interested to see how he looks in the NFL when it comes to that.

re: Looking back at Atlanta drafting Penix last year - Atlanta vindicated?

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/25/25 at 9:55 am

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That’s like the entire job of a front office.

Sure, but the reaction last year was as if it was a historically bad decision and not just a decision that could be nit-picked if you wanted to.

re: Looking back at Atlanta drafting Penix last year - Atlanta vindicated?

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/25/25 at 8:39 am

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Atlanta was rightfully crucified because they just gave a broke down Kirk cousins 100 mil GTD with 1 leg (and paid a draft pick because of the tampering) and immediately turned around to draft one of the more experience draftable QBs around that cycle. Thus making it a lose lose situation.

No one knew whether Kirk had 2-3 strong seasons left in the tank. It was within the realm of reasonable possibility he would have still been a top 15 QB and you’d have the situation of having a top 15 QB for a couple seasons while you develop your QB of the future which is a great place to be in your QB room.

Had Kirk “lost it,” like he did, then you already have your backup plan in place and aren’t looking to have to find your QB in this shitty QB draft class.

Can you argue that the way they handled the QB room wasn’t at maximum financial efficiency? Sure. But that’s nitpicking.

Looking back at Atlanta drafting Penix last year - Atlanta vindicated?

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/25/25 at 8:25 am

Cousins ended up not being the guy who could lead them to the playoffs, so it’s good they got a backup plan ready to go. Penix didn’t have to get thrown into the fire right away, but did play the final 3 games last year so he got a little experience under his belt.

Looking at this year’s draft, the QB class is bad. Most were saying they should have drafted a defensive player over Penix last year, but is there any doubt now they made the right call by getting their QB of the future last year? Atlanta was able to draft two defensive players in the first round this year.

re: Trump issues new statement on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/21/25 at 12:49 pm

Political Talk

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re: 2025 Arkansas Baseball - April Thread

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/21/25 at 8:46 am

Just think if we got Wood, Gaeckle, Foutch, and Coil all available and pitching well consistently.

Do we have any idea when we can expect to see Coil in a game again?

re: 2025 Arkansas Baseball - April Thread

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/18/25 at 8:01 am

That felt like a 50/50 game that could have gone either way. Hoping the rest of our arms are better than the rest of theirs. I have no idea though.

re: Basketball Portal stuff

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/17/25 at 2:21 pm

I’m a “no” on CBM. Why risk everything you invest into this team on the in-game whims of his punk attitude that has a propensity to solicit techs and cause distractions for no good reason?

Imagine having one of Cal’s final seasons end, with a $10M+ roster, because this dude costs the team points with his selfish attitude in a tourney game.

re: Question For Hawgs

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/17/25 at 12:23 pm

SEC Rant

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re: 2025 spring practice

Posted by Jon Ham on 4/16/25 at 9:55 am

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This whole Nico thing is a real downer for his brother. Basically Bobby P is going to to make him way better and then we'll get out bid to keep him after this year. This NIL shite sucks

I actually think the Nico situation is going to make it more likely he stays and tries to do everything he can to avoid following in those footsteps.