Jump to content

Had Enough

Full Members
  • Posts

    3805
  • Joined

Everything posted by Had Enough

  1. I believe that first two and out was Augie. Pre SEC and ACC takeover. Pierce is pretty much what he is. I’d say he’s good but not great. He has had success though. Perhaps not quite to the desired level that we hope, but next year the field levels out a bit. The on field performance warrants another year. Don’t take that to mean I think he’s special, but truth is that Augie in game wasn’t either. It’s the behind the scenes stuff that’s more concerning or actually leads to speculation. If CDC determines, he needs to go, fine.
  2. Sorta my point. If he’s not on equal footing with those programs, how do you compare?
  3. What changed your mind on winning it all? Heres a big consideration. The SEC runs over everyone. Is it an advantage to be in the SEC? From a recruiting standpoint, an excitement standpoint, a benefit of the doubt standpoint? Because if that matters and I believe that it does, then it improves his chances.
  4. Their level of competition was far different. They also were far better at getting to the CWS than winning it with Texas, only winning it what 15% of the time? I haven’t put the numbers to it, but I believe Texas is probably #3 in terms of kicking out top baseball tslent these days, which I’m not sure has always been the case. Overall, there’s far more talent in players and coaches now. You are correct that what Pierce inherited 8 years ago doesn’t matter now. There was no portal, no NIL so what he did inherit was limited and wasn’t going to turnover immediately. Appearing in 50% of CWS is an incredible standard. One that in my opinion is not likely to hold over the long term.
  5. Hey Fletcher can you tell me which Texas coach took over the team with the lowest winning percentage from the prior staff in the previous season? Current coaches, not historically speaking.
  6. My guess is that you’d take a regional win anyway you get it. 3-0 would be great. I don’t need style points. Just advance.
  7. I’d say Lummus or Hamilton is fine. We’re not throwing the game. If you get into the 6th and we’re ahead or tied, maybe close, then you can play accordingly. The worst thing we can do is chase game 1 and lose it and have 3 guys burned or mostly burned.
  8. As I’ve thought more about it, DP has the opportunity to make the ballsiest move of all time. And piss many of you off. This regional could go anywhere from 3 to 5 games for the winning team. The Aggies are better. They aren’t going to blow a top arm in game 1. Grambling lost by a combined 47-3 versus the Pigs and LSU. Both games ended after 7. We are likely better off losing game 1 than game 2. Lose game 1, and you get Grambling. They gave up 10 or more runs 21 times against the number 274th schedule. 20 runs 5 times. If we hit, and we should, then any arm we throw should be sufficient. ULaLa will have used their top 2 guys. The Aggies will have used their top guy. We need to win 4. We will likely need to beat them twice whether it’s winners bracket or losers bracket. Go Cody Howard. If he somehow comes thru, you’ve still got your top 3 starters plus Hurley. If we lose, we have a winnable game and should be able to piece together and preserve our staff. So our choice versus ULala #3 or Aggies #2. Our least likely win is versus Aggies #1. It will never happen, but if Pierce is going down, it might as well be in flames.
  9. Don’t worry when you get older stuff like this is less memorable. Some stuff seems like yesterday but not all of it.
  10. Interestingly enough. ULaLa lost to Houston Christian, which was probably our easiest game of the year. They also were 0-2 in their conference tourney. They did sweep Tx St though.
  11. Is this available for all regionals?
  12. If we win the regional, has he earned the right to stay?
  13. DP is gonna run the numbers to find the favorable matchups, if there are any. If we can get by ULaLa with minimal bullpen usage, I wouldn’t be surprised with some creativity in game 2. Like you said, LBJ one time thru then Andre for 1/2 then Gage. Or maybe Ace over LBJ. With Grambling as a 4, we’re likely better off losing game 1 than game 2. I doubt he’d do it, but I’d go way down the depth chart versus Grambling.
  14. It wouldn’t surprise me if UF won the regional, but I don’t think the effort over the season earned the chance. Is UF one of the top 45 or whatever at-large teams? Most likely. This RPI shit is stupid. Probably because it doesn’t fit my narrative. Having a Q4 game against a conference opponent, from a top 3 conference, is not the same as beating a SWAC team. I firmly believe that conferences and teams work that system to their favor. Kudos to them , but it’s a weak system when that’s so easily done.
  15. They have series wins over the Aggies, LSU, MSU and Georgia. No sweeps there, but they got swept by Mizzou. Theyre very up and down with talent to beat you. Not exactly what I’d call a good team.
  16. Florida is interesting. 0-1 versus the Big 12. 0-1 versus St. John’s. They split with Jacksonville and Stetson. Were 0-3 versus FSU losing by a combined 30 runs. A number of relatively close wins versus poor teams. Lost their only tourney game when it could have been considered win or else. Beat two SWAC teams by 3 runs each (UCF beat one of those teams 14-1).
  17. They’re the 2nd lowest RPI team as best I can tell. That’s as big a gimme as you’ll get.
  18. Did give the Aggies the shittiest 4th seed too?
  19. I’m with you. It wasn’t a 0% chance.
  20. This is a flaw of the RPI. ISUs tough non-conference is buoyed by Big 10 Tuesday games which mean more to ISU because they have to go all in midweek to hold up their RPI. Arizona run ruled their only Big 10 opponent. ISU split with that same Indiana team. ISU lost 3 of 4 to Vandy/S Miss. The losses were by 24. Contrast that to Zona that lost 6 games by a combined 12 runs to Northeastern, San Diego, TCU, DBU and Bama. ISU lost twice in their conference tourney.
  21. Zero chance if we ran the table in the tourney and OSU loses their first two? Actually I think we leap OSU (maybe not RPI but hosting opportunity) if we beat them and advance further than them. Maybe not enough to host. But winning 6 of 8 against two teams that ultimately end up hosting is a strong data point. Obviously it matters not at this point.
  22. So they won their conference, won their conference tourney and played the toughest non-conference schedule in the country. Sounds like a worthy host to me. I think throwing the western part of the country a bone and a reward for a difficult schedule is reasonable too. We are where we are in part for all the favorable shit the ACC/SEC have gotten the past 20 years. I suppose they could have won more conference games, but the objective is to win it. Nobody that wins a regional or super regional really cares if they go undefeated. Win and advance.
  23. I tried to find a replay of the play but couldn’t. Check out rule 12.17.2.6. From what I’ve been reading, the thought was that it was interference and the runner out. That’s not necessarily the case depending on the positioning of the fielders and their opportunities to make a play. If the 1st baseman was playing up, then that ball can be ruled past her and not interference. I’d also assume such a judgmental call cannot be reviewed. I’m not sure where the defenders were, but it’s possible the correct outcome was achieved. https://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/SR23.pdf
  24. There was considerable discussion about people not liking the computers but using multiple methodologies did offset some potential bias. People will give you bias no matter what. Margin of victory was impactful yet we weren’t smart enough to impose caps that followed something along the line of gameflow. Leading by 30 entering the 4th is different than winning by 30 and scoring 14 in the last 5 minutes which is different than winning by 3 on a late FG. They should be weighed differently. Ultimately, you won’t get universal agreement so in football the answer is limited teams in bigger conferences. I’m not sure what the answer would be in baseball.
  25. Yeah I hear the Keys are nice. Is it a quick drive from Gainesville to Tallahassee?
×
×
  • Create New...