Had Enough

Just keeping the pressure on Pierce. For at least another day.

So did that baserunning decision keep Atwood from coming to the plate that inning?

This is pretty good right here. There aren’t many on this board that don’t have questions about Pierce, but there are lots of unknowns as to how CDC views DP and what’s happening within the program.

I trust CDC will make a reasonable decision. On those other coaches, I’ll trust you on your word as I don’t follow them outside of football and baseball then basketball to a degree.

And if he makes no change at all, do you still have faith?

Interesting. That is not how I view it but ok. People process things differently. In 1997, I woulda had to be real disciplined to not take out my “embarrassment” on Mackovic when we lost to Baylor. Luckily he was behind a locked gate.

No. Far more likely to be pissed. Can’t recall a single time I’ve been embarrassed but been ticked many times. And probably should have been more embarrassed about my behavior than team performance.

What exactly was humiliating about those losses? I will never understand this mentality of referencing being embarrassed or humiliated.

Someone from Marlin ran him over back in the day. Early stages of CTE. The flag corps didn’t get off the field quick enough.

I’d rather Tech beat OSU first. As winning this tourney is meaningful. I’m not sure it’s decidedly meaningful but OSU should have more pitching depth at that point.

The fan base that is about only dogpiling in Omaha? If that’s the ultimate goal, you plan for that. The conference tourney is secondary. We didn’t concede anything but strategically when didn’t play like our season depended on it. Tech did because their season does depend on it.

Balconies, I guess no regional host, but we can hope to host a Super.

This is good stuff right here.

If I’m counting correctly, we could get a Q2 win and 3 Q1 wins if things fall correctly with the potential of 3 against the current 15, 16. Hookem can you determine where that might put us?

I’m going Tumis.

You are correct. Should have read you are limited to a maximum of 3.

Yeah, I think a super regional is better suited for us. You play 3 no matter what so you just have to win 1 of the first 2. In the regional, we need to win the first two. A 2 or a 3 seed doesn’t much matter as chances are we get the #1 guy in game 2. So we need to avoid those teams with top end 1s. And obviously us winning game 1 is no gimme. Hard to imagine this team surviving the losers bracket.

You’re kinda talking about the overall program status rather than this year we need to get to a super regional or else. That’s what CDC needs to do is evaluate the program. The injuries need to be evaluated. Witt is two years out now. From my seat, DP should have been able to rely on him but something went wrong. What was it? I would say this team is potentially 2-3 guys that from being top 5 caliber, certainly top 10. It’s an odd time. Stanford and Miami both have losing records. The two finalists from last year have losing records in conference. Montgomery left Stanford for the Aggies. CDC needs to evaluate what disadvantages being in the Big 12 over the SEC had because that’s now going away. Staff turnover looks bad, but CDC knows better than us how that played out. If we want to talk regression, let’s go to Wake Forests roster. J. Hartle has gone from a sub-3 ERA to above 5. Chase Burns is back to form but last year he went from freshman phenom to bullpen guy (that was a Tennessee problem). Massey from mid-2s ERA to 4.22. It happens and overall those need to be fewer than the improvements. The name Texas means something in baseball but probably less so than ever. That’s certainly not all DP. And at least part, if not almost all, changes July 1st. DP is a good coach. I don’t know where he ranks overall. CDC is good at what he does so I’ll assume he’ll make a well informed decision.

Why do this years results matter? That doesn’t really speak to the strength of the program or how it will look next year. Barring a year with a total collapse, coaching decisions should be based on program strength rather ones season record. I’m not sure how many persons on here have that much insight.

Yes, his teams generally stick with it. For this particular team, I think many let their passion take over and allowed their feelings of DP to overrule the things he does well.

I believe it was Tom Herman that said “Winning is fun.” Or something like that. It is. And their confidence is growing.

I commend you on your positivity and hopefulness.

I think Borba should get more playing time consistently. Until he proves he can be consistent though he’s not a full time starter. 72 ABs doesn’t tell you a ton either way. The 3-20 albeit arbitrary was relevant because it was recent. And really that’s why Brown got back in there. That’s not a reason to sit Borba two weeks however. Similar to how Kennedy was anointed. For young guys that are struggling a brief sit down is not a terrible idea. Then use Daly as an example of how a poor season is not indicative of how the future goes. That Evans guy from UF that hit .239 last year after tearing it up in post season games. David Maroul in Longhorn lore, poor regular season big post season moments. And Hurley as an example speaks to not giving up on a guy. Not pitching versus hitting. He will be needed most likely in this post season assuming we don’t get run in 2-3 games in the regional. Little should be absolute in all this. That’s where you went in the beginning of this. Just win. And the efforts to do so may look different every game.

Batting .250 to go along with a 25% strikeout ratio does not warrant guaranteed playing time every day. This upperclassman/underclassman consideration has limited value. It’s who on a given day provides the best chance to win that day. You know there were several comments on here that Hurleys ass should never pitch again. He may well fall apart in the postseason. But tonight was a nice game. He was always going to be needed in the post season so it’s nice to see a good outing.

Great pitching or poor hitting? Or both?