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  1. Thanks for the comparison. Seriously. But to get after you a bit, how come you refer to a “small” increase in hits allowed when it’s actually greater than the decrease in walks? Then no reference to ERA or runs allowed. Generally it’s the walks that’ll annoy you, but the hits that’ll kill you. With your affinity for walks killing you, what do you prefer from our offense? The increase in slugging and decrease in walks from our offense this year as compared to last or more walks/less slugging. Obviously our WHIP this year is similar to last and maybe our opponents against us is too
  2. The Wake Forest Deacons are 2-4 in conference and have given up double digit runs in 3 of those losses. But at least they only lost to Coastal Carolina 17-9 in between those series. A bumpy ride it is.
  3. He’s probably a viable closer and that’ll allow him to play 3rd and catch for 8 innings.
  4. So we went from we have no catcher and certainly no 3rd catcher to our 3rd being the best catcher in two days. I’d be willing to wager that Texas has never had a #3 catcher throw out 3 dudes in two games though.
  5. So our facilities are mediocre, our conference is mediocre. Just 3 years ago, we lost a 2 of 3 series to the national champs. Losing by 1 twice. Went to the CWS the year after then lost in an attempt last year on a ball lost in the sun. All following a team that lost the season to Covid with a dude who has the most impact at the MLB level since what Huston Street and two other high draft picks. Putting himself at pitching coach seems to be an issue, but the dude has a career saying he does have a clue. There aren’t 10 with clearly better resumes at this point. I’d wager someone like Sark is the best solution to manage the roster and the landscape. At the same, he had a final 4 shot and missed as well.
  6. This is it. The instruction and reps is massively increased and better than when I was a kid. It’s also brings about more depth and competition to more teams. And you can’t leave them on the field all day to outwork your opponents either. People here struggle to understand baseball as it is today. Kids are repping the hell out of it like never before. They have technology and infinitely better training backing the hitting. But the smaller strike zone is big too. You see it on occasion with that wide strike call. Totally screws with the hitter. One it’s a bogus strike and two it screws with the head and opens up chasing pitches. The staff has taken a step back, but the biggest issue is Witt. Is that Pierces fault this far removed from his surgery? What about Duplantier? He came on strong but has not returned to that level. I have a question there. You jackwagons are too willing to give up on guys and talk yourself into shit you want to believe. If the skills are there, you have to allow a player to work through those issues. That doesn’t mean they start every game, that doesn’t mean the leash is infinitely long, but baseball at every level since the beginning of time has ups and downs and fits of streaks. More than any sport. Wake had the great staff last year. It didn’t get them a title or a CWS finals appearance. I was thinking they lost a top pitcher to the portal this year. One of Tennessee’s biggest arms last year was relegated to the pen but had some nice post season moments. Hit the portal. In the end, Skenes had the biggest performance of the year for LSU. Top MLB draft pick. LSU bought right. It’s frustrating to play like this. But we could have skipped the opening tourney and notched 3 more wins. Our RPI and SOS entering this weekend were pretty strong. Everything for this team is on the table. Witt needs to progress. LBJ needs to go deeper in games. Hurley needs to not be given up on. There’s nothing wrong with a bullpen guy starting game 3 then Hurley taking you 5/6. That’s where he was best last year. There’s quite a bit of ability in the lineup. We will see about the consistency and growth. Belyeu and Flores have trended up this year. Thomas has started strong. You need to win games like yesterday at a very high clip. I’m still on the limit of this team is likely on LBJ, Witt and Hurley. To do what they’ve done in their individual pasts. Perhaps even improve over that since they’ve got a years maturity.
  7. Let me know when y’all realize this team is playing to earn its right to the CWS on the road. They prefer the challenge to the ease of winning it at home.
  8. I blame the lack of HenryJames on the game threads as our failure to win more games.
  9. Oh I know. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. I am not anti-bunt, but I’m pro situational usage. That example was not situational. I think Hollimon was hitting lefty too with decent speed. He had the hole due to first being held, hitting well that game, harder to double up on a pulled grounder and we simply weren’t hitting well overall. It was a philosophy that he held to often.
  10. You coach that long and you will. That Chris Carmichael homer was a very long time before he retired. One somewhat memorable moment for me was in a low scoring CWS game. He bunts Michael Holiimon with a runner on first. Hollimon had some of the best ABs of the day. Needless to say we strand the runner and lose the game. Augie was better pre and post game than in game. And it’s probably not even close.
  11. Augies teams did play to the end, but the last half of your statement is pretty much made up feel good stuff.
  12. Well shit Tech has us where they want us.
  13. Why would we want to lose to Tech at Minute Maid or globe life?
  14. If Malcolm Roach can do it, so can Blackshire.
  15. I was throwing Witt in there. Then LBJ. Witt is not there now, but the upside is there. It’s not a given, but we’ll compete if those two have successful seasons. Few teams run very deep with consistent starters. Wake was different last year and look where it got em. Tennessee had some big arms, but they were not great last year. Any teams season comes down to 2 or 3 games series essentially. Every week in conference then the regionals and supers are that way too. You can lump the CWS in that. That changes a bit if you get in the losers bracket. Our best and reasonable hope is to get those where we want them to be.
  16. Take it or not but PFF has Maye at a higher percentage of big time throws the past two years than either Daniels or Williams.
  17. No program has failed to win the CWS once getting there more than Texas. The biggest failure for Pierce to date is not winning the CWS. He’s been reasonably on target getting to the CWS. The biggest negative in my opinion is the staff volatility. And early returns this year are not a positive. This is certainly the worst start for the staff in recent memory. I don’t think it’s a talent issue. That’s not to say we have overwhelming talent. But the bulk of the season is in front of us including the most important stretches. We can hit, but the big question is whether we can do it timely. We have capable high-end arms that allow you to compete in any series. Then we have guys that have contributed good innings and some other new arms so it’s about performing to their ability. It’s baseball with many inherent ups and downs. Pierces teams have responded reasonably well in prior years. This is a low low on the brink of conference play so it’s a bit different than other years. This team goes as LBJ, Witt and Hurley go.
  18. Wilson to Pittsburgh would not be a smart move. For teams with shitty Olines, you don’t try to shore that up with an over the hill QB. Maybe the Steelers Oline is not quite shitty level, but they were. Their OC was terrible and got fired. You can’t even evaluate your QB when those two things exist. Washington has a poor Oline and coaching volatility so a bit hard to evaluate QB there too. But I’m not sure I go Wilson for any team.
  19. Mixed messages generally don’t work well. What about Minchey? He doing well somewhere too?
  20. Yes and let’s not forget how Skenes wound up at LSU. He was already a great player that began to focus on being a one -way player. Hard to buy they developed him when you referenced their other guys not throwing up many zeroes. Giving up double digits in back to back games is never a positive. A quick scan of last year shows we did not lose if we scored double digits. We lost one scoring 9 and another scoring 7. Everything else was 6 or fewer.
  21. This is wrong. Shittiest era of football ever. Not even close to the most talented roster. Somewhere in that timeframe it was asked why there were no NFL QBs from Texas. Because those with power in Texas at the high school and college level lacked any foresight. No 7 on 7. No summer conditioning. Few, if any, wide open offenses. As the offenses opened up, the defenses had to adjust so more speed and agility. Fast forward and there’s an article saying 25% of NFL starting QBs are from Texas in 2020. One from the prior year saying 16 different high schools produced 18 NFL QBs. That’s one discussion point. I’d bet the number of WRs was limited too. Lotta muscled up dipshits with limited mobility. So virtually eliminate the state that produces the best talent at the most important position and start there on your talent evaluations.
  22. Yep. Pretty much everyone has limited depth. Few teams have 1-9 that hit .300. A team ERA of 4.00 gets you in or around the top 10 in the country. If your starting catcher (and wasn’t he the #1 in Texas two years ago?) goes down, there’s probably a considerable drop off with #2. If your projected closer goes down, the next guy creates a hole elsewhere. Very few teams can go 3 deep at starter. We should feel comfortable that LBJ can battle any #1. Hurley needs consistency but is capable. Anyone judging Witt mostly on one appearance needs to be checked out or have their ass kicked. Particularly first start of the season on a cool night. He’s still building his mind as much as his arm.
  23. What’s the reason behind this? We walked 8 LSU guys. Gave up 6 runs. Walked 2 Bobcats. They scored 11. Walked 1 Commodore. Score 14 in only 8 innings.
  24. The fumbles were the killers. The offense did not have a great game. The UW defense was easily their weak unit.
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