Sam Pittman announced the departuer of five key players today with another significant issue in the team….

The Razorbacks have seen many of these rainstorms throughout the years, in a variety of sports. As the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers.”

The great Eddie Sutton departed Arkansas for Kentucky on April 2, 1985. Less than a day after starting the job, on April 2, 2007, Dana Altman made the most embarrassing Hog call ever before leaving it. Bobby Petrino’s time at Arkansas ended abruptly on April 1, 2012.

Three is a pattern, but two is just a coincidence. Historically, Razorback athletics have suffered greatly at this time of year.

The most recent controversy occurred in early April when Hunter Yurachek was a guest on the comparatively unknown podcast “1 Star Recruits.” His interview had a number of odd remarks that did not allay the fears of the fan base in Arkansas.

With only 509 Twitter followers, the Southern California-based podcast made an odd media presence for the Arkansas AD.

Eric Musselman has been silent for weeks about his future, but Yurachek tried to clear things up by ostensibly revealing the head coach’s return for the 2019 campaign in a spoof that was uploaded on Thursday. Regretfully for Arkansas, that narrative was far from being resolved.

rumors swiftly surfaced, implying that Yurachek had posted the film behind Musselman’s back and that the Head Hog was ignorant of it. Surely not, is that right?