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  1. 1 hour ago, BillyGoatHill said:

    I don't think so.

    Again, a reason the Stanford has dominated that over the years. They are getting points in sports that other schools don't even have.

    Thats not how it works. Every school only gets points from the same number of sports (a max of 19). However, the more sports a school sponsors, the higher probability that total will be comprised of a greater number of better finishes. That’s why Stanford has had such an advantage. They don’t get to count every sport - rather, they do really well in a ton of niche sports, which bolsters the latter half of their points list. 
     

    Edit: I see that was covered. Should have read the thread before commenting. 

  2. 2 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Vitello already making 1.5 mil… gonna have to make him maybe the highest paid cbb coach in america to even have a shot

    If Texas makes a change, whoever they hire will be one of the highest paid coaches, if not the top. Just what the market will command for any coach worth a damn. 

  3. 8 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    Assuming Whitehead regains his velo following surgery, he should at least compete for a Sunday/Tuesday role.

    Which is wild, because Ace was the best starter on this staff for a large portion of the season. "Best" is relative, obviously.

  4. 1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

    But the performance was better than the year before and the year after. You can say Williams didn't like the recruiting aspect of being the pitching coach at Texas, but he produced a product that was nearly a run per game better than David Pierece did this season. You can also point to how much interfering Pierce did last year with the pitching staff. Just like, when Herman basically made Yurcich call his play book. same with Jimbo and Petrino.

    Yeah, I can agree on all of that. There's probably a scenario where Pierce sets up a system to allow Williams to do what he does best (coach pitching) and mitigates his poor recruiting ability (inability to even do it?). However, it's Pierce's way or the highway, and I don't think he's even aware enough to pick up on the fact that he probably needed to establish something like that in the first place.

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  5. 1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

    David Pierce is Tom Herman. Good post-season record but program is in a shitty place because he's an asshole and the coaching staff is a mess. He made Herman level comfort hires to start his tenure, then followed it up with failed former head coaches. Then he decided he wanted to interfere with the pitching and got rid of a good coach in Woody Williams.

    I was with you until this. From everything I've seen, Williams was way in over his head at Texas when it came to fulfilling the holistic duties of his job.

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  6. 16 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

    Vitello has to be the guy if we move on from Pierce. He has yet to win the big one but he's now gone to 4 supers in a row and accounted for 1/3 of Tennessee's CWS trips and half their Supers. He's also averaging about 50 per year the last 4. For reference Pierce has just one since being hired. 

    Also if we play the AD relationship game to see who CDC has a history with its either Vitello (TCU 11-13) or Saarloos (14-present). This is assuming Schloss stays put in the Jimbo of College baseball role he's gotten pretty good at. 

     

    You're going to get a lot of shit for this take, but I agree. I'd love Schloss or Vitello. I don't want Saarloos though. I know plenty of people don't like the first two, but I'd change my tune if either of those "assholes" were our asshole.

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  7. 3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    While Pierce's own hiring does counter my point to some degree, Texas fans would be wise to remember that we are literally the Joneses when it comes to college baseball.  If CDC fires Pierce, it's akin to the Kansas basketball job coming open, or the Alabama football job.  I'm not terribly worried about the timeline.  It's not ideal, what with the portal window and Supers + CWS, but those are short term issues that will soon be in the rear view mirror should a new hire already have been in place.  A great coach will always be more important than specific roster issues, which can be overcome in short order.

    Counterpoint is CDC didn’t make that hire and we didn’t even have a real AD at the time. Which you know. I just don’t think you needed the caveat because it was a special circumstance. 

  8. 12 minutes ago, chase25 said:

    Arkansas is sorta in that same limbo that Ole Miss was with Mike Bianco. You aren’t going to fire him but man, every year is just a kick in the nuts

    I came here to say the same thing. If they get bounced by a 4-seed, I can't imagine what it's like to be a Pig fan. They have had some dominant players and were literally a routine out away from a title in 2018. However, they haven't gotten it done yet. You can't fire DVH, but the hope-to-disappointment emotional journey each year for that fan base must be excruciating. Not that I care - it's Arkansas after all. But, I can commiserate being a Texas fan. 2006 onward hasn't been easy given what Texas has historically been.

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  9. 22 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    Oh I agree, I’m just saying it isn’t a big deal. It’s not like the turf is driving away recruits or making us lose games. Thats my only point.

    I still though don’t see that happening with us having no practice field. That’s always been the excuse in the past at least 

    Hasn't CDC already said the move to grass is happening within the next few years?

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  10. 5 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

    Look no farther than Schloss in College Station to compare program health. He's in his third year with an obvious upward trajectory and a real sense of how to command the transfer portal to upgrade the roster. Sure, DP's aggregate results haven't been bad in the grand scheme of college baseball, but how can anyone have confidence in him when there's no consistent performance across the program? He's completely bungled on-field assistant coaching hires, shown his arrogance and a lack of leadership when it comes to pitching development/the pitching coach position, and hasn't proven to be able to manage the roster composition well. 

    He's not a bad coach if Texas wants to be a top-10 or 15% program. But that's not the standard, nor representative of the advantages a coach has at a program like Texas.

    Look no further*

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  11. Look no farther than Schloss in College Station to compare program health. He's in his third year with an obvious upward trajectory and a real sense of how to command the transfer portal to upgrade the roster. Sure, DP's aggregate results haven't been bad in the grand scheme of college baseball, but how can anyone have confidence in him when there's no consistent performance across the program? He's completely bungled on-field assistant coaching hires, shown his arrogance and a lack of leadership when it comes to pitching development/the pitching coach position, and hasn't proven to be able to manage the roster composition well. 

    He's not a bad coach if Texas wants to be a top-10 or 15% program. But that's not the standard, nor representative of the advantages a coach has at a program like Texas.

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  12. 21 minutes ago, cochamps said:

    I think we should host most years, but it seems like our baseball NIL is not great.  That will influence any coach looking at accepting the job.  It should influence our decision-makers (though to what extent, I don't really know).

     

    20 minutes ago, immamac said:

    They had everything they needed. 

    Witt commanded an outsized portion of baseball's NIL budget. Re-injury (remaining injured?) really hurt this team in terms of overall performance, pitching depth, and ROI on NIL. Pierce obviously had some bad luck with his transfer pool, but he's still the person accountable for roster decisions.

  13. 1 hour ago, Helobious said:

    Amazing how one extra-inning loss brings out the vagina in everyone. We’re winning game 1 today, we fucking destroyed that same team just two days ago. Game 2 is more of a toss up but we have a fighting chance. We played terribly and A&M still needed 11 innings and some help to win.

    "We played terribly." Uh, not really, overall. The terrible plays were the reason Texas lost and A&M didn't. Texas pitched extremely well - well enough it win.

    It's entirely pragmatic to understand why so many here believe winning last night was basically the only shot Texas had to capture this regional. Texas is short on pitching and now must win two games to throw our best arms again. Besides, don't underestimate the emotion of the loss last night for this team, or the fact that this is still college baseball, which carries significant potential for chaos. ULL may indeed beat Texas. On the other hand, Texas could win both today. Nevertheless, the likelihood of now winning this regional is now minuscule, at best. 

  14. 8 hours ago, TornACL said:

    If we saw their best starter on Friday then I am not worried a single fuck about their second best starter. 

    Fuck the Cajuns.

    Texas has Whitehead, Hurley, and a bunch of nobodies left in the BP. It doesn't matter if Texas wins today vs. ULL. Not a chance in hell this pitching staff wins three straight. Winning last night was the only shot. Texas had it and blew it, multiple times.

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