The questions worth asking, sport by sport. Coaches get the ones about the team they already run. Players get the ones about the program they want to play for.
Where do I stack up in this lineup? Who is graduating at my position? Does this coach actually play freshmen and transfers, and at what rate? Do players leave this program at an unusual rate? Forty-five questions that turn a recruiting guess into a roster fact.
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Where your goals-per-90 ranks on a roster, who is graduating, and whether the coach plays freshmen.
Where you fit in a rotation, how deep the bench goes, and how much production returns.
Where your slash line fits, how many weekend innings are graduating, and who takes JUCO arms.
Where your line fits, who is losing the circle, and how the innings actually get split.
Where your kills per set rank, who is losing a setter or libero, and how deep the rotation runs.
Where your marks slot into a lineup, which programs are thin in your event, and whether freshmen score.
Everything your own season already knows about itself.
One-goal games, goals by 15-minute window, shot charts, and what returns next season.
Close games, halftime splits, shot charts, bench and fast-break production, returning minutes.
One-run games, situational hitting, staff usage, and the innings walking out the door.
Run differential, circle workload, situational hitting, and roster turnover.
Five-set records, hitting efficiency, blocking, serve-receive, and rotation depth.
Event-group depth, personal-best progressions, indoor-outdoor conversion, and head-to-heads.