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  1. 5 hours ago, Intercourse With Gray said:

    My take on this a little different than most since I was actually in the student section. The General Admission was terrible. Essentially there was just people stuck in the tunnel trying to pile into the stand. There were no seats and no where to go. We were told we needed to find seats but we couldn't move and no one would actually direct us to where there were seats. Eventually we found some seats near the aisle. Throughout the whole game, people were climbing over each other since no one found seats and just stood in the walkway. You couldn't leave to go to the restroom or people would steal your seat (it happened dozens of times around me). At halftime, people sat down but you still weren't able to leave or you lost your seat. Students became very angry that they couldn't find seats so they started to throw the fans. Then throwing the fans became a thing to do when we blew a 21 point lead. In general, the atmosphere was better but they need to do something about the general admission. They tried to turn around the students in the tunnels but no one would move so they gave up. USC is only going to be worse because people didnt even want to go to the Tulsa game because it could have rained and it was Tulsa. That's just my take

    This damn generation, I swear...

  2. 34 minutes ago, NowThis said:

    2016 thanks to Dontai Foreman, the passing game wasn't all that good iirc.  Lost to Kansas. 

    At least he was smart enough to give it to Foreman...we still can't figure out when to give it to Keontay, or when to play him either really.

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  3. Oregon isn't losing any current players to transferring...Lombardi was able to keep them all in Eugene.

    Mike White originally turned the Texas job down, it was Lombardi's.  He later changed his mind, literally right before Texas was set to close the deal and announce Lombardi.

  4. On 8/13/2018 at 7:24 AM, Js1 said:

    Oh he will get players, no doubt.

    I would tap the brakes on this a little until his staff proves they can recruit to Texas at the level they were to Oregon.  Right now, the approach they are using is not working, at all, and they are further alienating the Texas travel ball community with their current approach.  Not hiring a Jimmy Kolaitis was a problem, only exacerbated by not having anyone on staff with any connection to Texas.

    The ability to develop talent is undeniable...getting the talent is a huge question mark at this point.

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  5. 18 hours ago, torre said:

    This is an issue.    We need a strong Softball Director of Operations and Volunteer Assistant with knowledge of the select travel teams/coaches.   A successful high school coach from the Houston area would be ideal.    Though they can't recruit,   the name on staff would be a plus.

     

    Another concern/question is how many coaches were offered but declined.    MW seems to be respected among his peers for his success but is there an issue on being a staff member ?   I share perfectchaos' concern about friends without D1 experience.

    Hitting coaches seem to have individual methods/approach to instructing.   It will be a challenge for the players with their 3rd hitting coach in 3 years.  

    Volunteer Asst. is coming from Oregon, was a former player and has been with the staff ever since.  Not sure about D Ops.

    I don't know of any that declined the job, but I do know of one coach who declined to interview both at Oregon (while MW was still there) and at Texas.

    I don't have a problem with friends hiring friends in this business, because honestly that's kind of how it works.  But in a situation like this one where the comfort hire was made over the smart one, that's a different story.

    As someone mentioned above, the level of talent of your players is more important than the hitting coach, and I agree.  And I think that's where the shortcomings in this staff will be, getting talent.  There is no denying that MW is the best in the business with pitchers, and Spencer is near the top if not at it when it comes to developing defensive players.  But MW needed this hire to be an ace recruiter, and he didn't get that.  Pretty simple.

  6. 1 hour ago, Js1 said:

    Macy Smith is not the only person who was added to the Fall roster -

    Janna Roberts - FR - Pearland, TX - INF

    Jaden Hoelker - FR - Aubrey, TX - C/UTIL

    Janna and Jaden are walk-ons, given a spot by the previous staff.

  7. I'm less disappointed in what may/may not become of our offense, but more in that we don't have a recruiter.  This hire really needed to be some who would be exceptional there, and I think we missed that mark by a lot.

  8. Here is what we are getting in a hitting coach, by the numbers:

     

    2018  (18-19 record)

    Batting Average:  .295

    Homeruns:  29

    Strikeouts:  166

    Walks:  70

     

    2017  (20-35 record)

    Batting Average:  .268

    Homeruns:  21

    Strikeouts:  238

    Walks:  99

     

    2016  (17-33 record)

    Batting Average:  .277

    Homeruns:  41

    Strikeouts:  255

    Walks:  91

     

    Additionally, none of the three coaches have any ties to Texas in any capacity (for recruiting purposes), and none of the three are strong recruiters.  Kolaitis did 99% of the recruiting at Oregon.

  9. I haven’t heard much on this process (which is odd), but I got a text this morning saying it may actually be Mike White. The media in Eugene seem to be prepping the masses for that being the case.

  10. 2 hours ago, FloridaHorn said:

    Ken Eriksen may coach pitching, but that is not his preference. He had Mo Triner as his pitching coach for years at USF. He prefers to work with the hitters, which he is equally inept at. I believe that Gasso will takeover Team USA after this summer as well, but as you stated, it won't matter, as Eriksen is not a great recruiter anyways.

    I hadn't heard about his preference to work with hitters, and if that's so, then we really are getting Clark 2.0

    Agree on Gasso...my sources (who are pretty good with Team USA) say that's exactly why you see her head coaching the B team this summer.  Maybe with her taking over we'll get back to being serious with who makes the tryouts and who gets picked.  Eriksen's personal vendettas with certain coaches and programs has kept several players off the list that are more than deserving.

  11. 1 hour ago, FloridaHorn said:

    Someone on UCS has heard the same Eriksen/Cat rumors as me. Hopefully we both have the same bad source. I am starting to get worried that this is the actual plan.>:(

    That would be an epically bad hire.  Here's why:

    • That would be two pitching coaches on staff.  That would leave hitting and defense to one person, and that would be a tall order to fill.
    • Ken Eriksen has not recruited in years.  Because of his Team USA commitments he can't recruit, but even before that he didn't, he let his staff do it.  I still contend that the head coach here needs to be an elite recruiter.  Additionally, because of Team USA, he can only recruit from ASA sanctioned events, which means we would be cut off from pretty much all of the elite talent in the country.
    • Let's be honest, if it weren't for Team USA, Ken Eriksen wouldn't be on anyone's list, much less a job of this magnitude.  This hire would be made because of that title, and from what I'm hearing, he won't have that title after this summer anyway.

    I would be thoroughly disgusted with this hire, and frankly, it wouldn't be any better than keeping Clark would have been...with the exception of getting Cat back on the Forty Acres.

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