@PitchingFan posted:I will say that after thinking through it, the numbers could be true but I will also give SOME examples and not all are bad.
Last year, we would have had the following guys counting toward our numbers.
Jr. player who had a mental breakdown and was quitting baseball but the coaching staff continued to give him his scholarship, even though he had agreed to give it up for the school to use. BTW, this year he decided to come back and is a contributor.
4 players I know that were hurt to the degree that they would not be able to play anytime throughout the season.
2 players who were redshirts because there was no way they were going to play with the guys in front of them.
3-4 players I know who came for part of the fall or all of the fall but were trying to transfer so they would have counted on UT's. Anyone who was there for fall would count. So even if a player transfers during the break he will still count because he was a count at some point.
So that easily I have 11 players who were over. That may be high but I think most P5's that are competitive have them. A friend in Louisiana did a similar search and said LSU, Ole MIss, and MSU all have 13-15 this year that were there in the fall and won't be on roster in the spring. Right, wrong, or indifferent it is the world of baseball today.
@PitchingFan posted:I will say that after thinking through it, the numbers could be true but I will also give SOME examples and not all are bad.
Last year, we would have had the following guys counting toward our numbers.
Jr. player who had a mental breakdown and was quitting baseball but the coaching staff continued to give him his scholarship, even though he had agreed to give it up for the school to use. BTW, this year he decided to come back and is a contributor.
4 players I know that were hurt to the degree that they would not be able to play anytime throughout the season.
2 players who were redshirts because there was no way they were going to play with the guys in front of them.
3-4 players I know who came for part of the fall or all of the fall but were trying to transfer so they would have counted on UT's. Anyone who was there for fall would count. So even if a player transfers during the break he will still count because he was a count at some point.
So that easily I have 11 players who were over. That may be high but I think most P5's that are competitive have them. A friend in Louisiana did a similar search and said LSU, Ole MIss, and MSU all have 13-15 this year that were there in the fall and won't be on roster in the spring. Right, wrong, or indifferent it is the world of baseball today.
@pitchingfan agree on most points. as for that is the ongoing activities that will occur during the year. The behavior of Tennessee is consistent, whereas OLE Miss reported roster size don't vary from what is documented on their website.
Again, if you are researching schools and want to understand how a school manages their roster, good information provides you the ability to ask qualified questions.
