Well, McDonald's salary is $1 million yr. He's not leaving a conference he can win in. Johnson in league he can win in and has. Dax has no head coaching experience, IMO, an average asst coach/ recruitor. Administration was going to keep Gaspard, but assistants were gone regardless. That is not happening. Hitting was good at the time he was said, hitting coach, because most scholarship money went in that area and it was prior to the bat change. As a head coach, there's more than "just coaching". He moved to pitching, after Bunn had set that up, and most scholarship money went into pitching during Dax's pitching stint which means better personnel. Plus, Kilcrease was doing most adjustments. For all the football fans that think you can win @ UA at the top level with less scholarships than all other SEC programs are living in a dream world. Do you remember how well, not, UA football did with the scholarship restrictions by NCAA? UA out of state cost $41,816 v SouthAL $27,284. Then there's Samford, private, so may have some variables, not sure. Scholarships really do matter when you compare UA'a cost of out of state tuition to those SEC schools that waive out of state tuition, not many families can afford that. Now we have 11.7 with a staff that is over their head. I think fans will be surprised at the number of players that will be drafted this year. This team minus only 3 , that were significant, won 32 games and went 15-15 in conference. Wells and Gaspard both left with winning records and no RPI issues. I hope this is not UT or AU when Delmonico and Baird left, with many years in recovery. Tennessee still has not recovered. 2017-18 class was going to be really good, prior staff, now most have decommitted and are going to other SEC schools. I don't see a bunch of JUCO players coming into SEC and lighting things up. It usually is a yr. before they adjust to the speed and athleticism of D1. In the SEC, your two strike approach cannot be to get hit by a pitch. First, if player doesn't make effort to get out of way, umpire will not award base. Most SEC catchers are too good to steal on as is shown by our numbers. Well, that's my 2 cents for what it's worth. He will get another yr because of contract $ and yrs.