He regressed this year, after two solid seasons, yet he may be following the hitting coach. Maybe Lance Harvell is a wonder worker. Still, if the kid is that homesick, can't fight that. Good luck with Bolt, Logan.

Creighton and Nebraska-Omaha both had good seasons and are improving programs...and both aren't far from Foster's home.

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He regressed this year, after two solid seasons, yet he may be following the hitting coach. Maybe Lance Harvell is a wonder worker. Still, if the kid is that homesick, can't fight that. Good luck with Bolt, Logan.

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Justin Seely is the hitting coach, my friend.

That's not what I said.

did he voluntarily enter the transfer portal?

as previously mentioned Creighton is a good option

This whole conversation is about Foster's regression at the plate. How did Foster rate as a five tool player?

Not speculation, gone to Nebraska with Bolt.

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Not speculation, gone to Nebraska with Bolt.

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As I said, that would be my guess and would be shocked if he ended up anywhere but Lincoln but until it is official it is speculation. As for why he is transferring. it is all speculation.

Can't some of it be on the player?

Wish him the best. He has a ton of potential if he can get plate discipline.
If he goes home and follows Bolt to Nebraska for his senior year you can't fault him for wanting to come home and playing for someone who recruited him. They only thing about that is he is the same coach who hasn't gotten him to see pitches better and become better at recognizing the strike zone with a breaking ball

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that reflects very, very poorly on the coaching staff to have a player drop 200 points in OPS from his sophomore year to junior year

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correct me if I'm wrong: the difference between the two seasons was
9 at bats more in 19 (204 v 213$
6 hits more in 18 (64 v 58)
3 3B more in 18 (4 v 1)
3 HR more in 18 (8 v 5)
8 BB more in 18 (29 v 21)
3 HBP more in 18 (4 v 3)

With such a short season isn't it more likely the streakiness of hitting plus the lack of a large enough sample set is a better explanation.

Here, I'll help: there is little doubt the decrease in BA is important as a clue. Less so that the extra bases were given the production of the same number of doubles. The BB difference completely explains the difference in at bats which means it also covers some of the decrease in BA with the lack of 3B/HR exactly matching the decrease in hits.

What exactly do you believe they coached differently? Try to be as specific as possible since your claim is otherwise almost impossible to substantiate from the stats.

Do you baseball??

My conclusion is he was not expected to be back by the staff and many fans, because he was supposed to be drafted until his performance this year.

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Not speculation, gone to Nebraska with Bolt.

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Sitting out a year?

Basketball and Chain said:

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dirkjones said:

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Not speculation, gone to Nebraska with Bolt.

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Sitting out a year?

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Doubtful. Not a intraconfernce transfer so probably immediately eligible

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Basketball and Chain said:

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dirkjones said:

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Not speculation, gone to Nebraska with Bolt.

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Sitting out a year?

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Doubtful. Not a intraconfernce transfer so probably immediately eligible

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Transfer rules don't apply when transferring from one D1 program to another unless it's intraconference?

He could seek an NCAA waiver or graduate this summer.

Tex100 said:

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He could seek an NCAA waiver or graduate this summer.

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Word is graduating will be a tall order

Good luck to the kid. Will probably be good to get back home if Nebraska is where he lands.

The rules of transfer have been relaxed to the point that most players don't have to sit in the non revenue sports because the schools grant the waivers typically now. Much more than 5 years ago.

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This whole conversation is about Foster's regression at the plate. How did Foster rate as a five tool player?

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in 2018 he was pretty close to a 3-tool player. Hit for power, average, and plus-throwing arm. Posted a .924 OPS.

in 2019 he was a 1-tool player. Just the outfield arm. Posted a feeble .719 OPS.

that reflects very, very poorly on the coaching staff to have a player drop 200 points in OPS from his sophomore year to junior year

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This sounds more like an agenda than a well thought out take. More than once we heard Johnson, who had a consistent record of developing hitters, say that if you're a junior and still a guess hitter that's on you. Some guys just don't see the ball well. Generally speaking there's a reason position players go to college. You hope they learn to recognize a slider and a curve and to keep their weight back so that when they get fooled by a change they can still get good contact but it doesn't always happen. For Foster it didn't happen.

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It all falls at the feet of the coaches. They recruit and then are supposed to develop players, and our HC is paid nearly a million $ a year to do that. To act like it's just some random thing with no accountability, both with the coach and player, is ridiculous. Given the way our offense has regressed since 2016, it's fair to place most of that accountability on the coaching staff.