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Nigel Tufnel

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  1. Johnny Bravo for the W. “We need someone to fill the suit, man.”
  2. In talking with most people, that seems to be the stereotype. But, I tell those that ask that even at Ivys, first priority is “Can you play?” Then, “can we get you in?” Then, “are you willing to come here vs more traditional schools?” Ivys have much more talent than people think. Sports gets the vast majority of the athletes into Ivys that would not have been able to get in on academics alone.
  3. Ivy League example from a close friend: Harvard about 7-8 years ago, highly touted DL comes in (4* I think). Goes through the motions of the first hour of practice and hangs them up. Got into Harvard and he was done with athletics. According to our friend, the guy was not gifted intellectually (in fact, he was one of the least intelligent kids he had ever met). But, played the game, just not the game of football.
  4. There is obviously a lot to this. There is really only one sport now that is tied to high school, and that is football. All of the other sports are much more oriented to club/summer as that is when the college coaches have time to recruit. High school sports are mostly a step down in competition and organization from high level club. Without being attached to a well known club, it will be very difficult to get noticed and recruited. Our experience was with our son, who is a freshman in college. He plays 2 sports in D1. First, you will know if they really want to play or not. With my son, there was never a doubt he felt differently about it than others. He was truly focused. There is nothing wrong with just playing to have fun, but that gets flushed out very quickly college. Basically, the kid will most likely show you their path. You have to really want to play in college because it is a structured grind. All that said, athletics is one of the greatest ways to get into a school you most likely would not have gotten into. It truly opens up a myriad of opportunities. Happy to share more if it helps.
  5. Damn. All outs were K’s? Did you have to wake up any of your fielders? That’s awesome.
  6. I have posted on here previously about the “recruiting experts” and what they do, say, and don’t do. Thankfully, most coaches go deeper than the recruiting sites, as the sites only concentrate on the top tier and most rosters are predominantly not top tier. It’s a good racket if you can get it.
  7. 10.4 100m, 21.6 200m, and 24’4” LJ. These were one year ago as a SR. Redshirting this year in football and track so we will see what he puts up next spring.
  8. Shhhh….so is Lil’ Nigel (and he can run D1 Track too). And my knock is on the recruiting services, not the kids.
  9. So, for reference, WR, Mike Brown, is .7 seconds slower in the 100m, 3 seconds slower in the 200m, and jumps 2’ shorter in the LJ than Lil’ Nigel. Same size. Kid is rated a 3-star and is going to A&M. Recruiting cracks me up. Yeah, I’m a little Surly this evening.
  10. If it makes you feel any better, that was the equipment bus. The team flies.
  11. I feel the same way as I did with football. Expanding to over 100k worked when we had plenty of empties at 76k. Build it, and the average will most likely increase. Being in the SEC will raise the numbers.
  12. @hornian was nice enough to provide us with a couple tickets for Friday and Saturday. Our family went back and forth between those seats and our LSU provided seats. Our closest friends in Houston and Lil’ Nigel’s teammate for 10 years, is LSU’s new closer. So, Hornian’s seats provided a safe space for UT fandom. I have seen some speculation on here about pitching tomorrow. Shores does not inspire certain confidence among the LSU faithful yet. Evans, does not know what the plans are for him as of post game last night. His parents and the Tufnel Family think he will pitch, but don’t know what his pitch count would be. I will add, that was my first game in a few years and with LSU there, for the first time, Disch Faulk felt too small. It needs to expand to ~10k.
  13. Thoughts after going to the game. LSU just looks a little better all the way around. They are about 2-3 years ahead of UT, which makes perfect sense. UT has a stud freshman, LSU has a better stud freshman. UT has a good lefty Friday starter, LSU has a better lefty Friday starter and on and on. But, UT can win if they play well. LSU’s lead off LF, Derek Curiel, is a freshman and man is he good already. He was one of, if not the top player coming out of HS and looks every bit of it. He stands out already.
  14. Whitting has pics of someone over there.
  15. I have not been there in a couple of years, but on TV it shows stands with chair backed seats behind home plate. Certainly not a stadium yet.
  16. Couple of things as I can tell we likely will not agree. Royce threw a bullpen. So did Owens. He threw 17 pitches on two days rest. Hardly malpractice. This is Pat’s 6th year, so in just under 5 1/2 years he has 157 wins (including years of 32, 38, and 38). Until this year they had three sets of bleachers you find at a high school. Other facilities are minimal or non-existent. Thankfully, Schloss isn’t afraid to put UTSA back on the schedule so they can help their SOS and RPI. Pierce, who coached with Pat at Rice, took them off the schedule and it was a point of contention.
  17. UTSA’s pitching was lit up this past weekend at Dallas Baptist and they still found a way to win a game. Their starters needed the work because they had short outings previously, so I doubt Pat was worried too much about overwork. Most should get familiar with their coach, Pat Hallmark. He is absolutely one the best in the business. If they can ever get facilities there, they could be a force like DBU.
  18. I know some of the backstory that lead to it, but I don’t know how the personal side of it shook out. Pierce was loyal and put Allen in various positions but he just wasn’t getting it done, especially in recruiting. A very close friend of ours and Li’l Nigel’s teammate since 9 years old was recruited by UT under Pierce/Allen and it was almost comically bad. Pierce was told by more than one major summer program higher up that he needed to make a change.
  19. Saw that on several occasions. What is really happening is the coach is pissed that this team has been “selected” with supposedly great players and the kids just aren’t “turning it on.” My guess is they rarely, if ever, practice and the coach rolls the ball out there on Gameday and expects them to perform. Teams at that age should be practicing at a minimum as much as they play. But VERY few teams have the patience or knowledge to do that.
  20. Wow. This is as good as anything I can recall. Fantastic.
  21. Advice from a 3-time t-ball champion coach/parent. Have the 1st base coach about 5 feet past the bag. Get the kids used to having to high five the coach before they can stop running. Set your lineup relative to who could be on base at any one time. If you know a player is slow, you don’t want him/her on a certain base when you know a kid is likely to ground out a certain way, etc.
  22. How’d you get in here? You’re under age. I came with Captain Renault. I should have known. My husband is with me too. He is? Well, Captain Renault is getting broad minded. Sit down, would you like a drink? Of course not. Do you mind if I do?
  23. I would add to this the answer to a previous question above regarding what is the difference we see between the two. The first thing that leapt out at me was before the team even had one practice in January. Schloss had signed the #1 class in the country (or damn close to it). I pointed out for a couple of years while Lil' Nigel was recruited that Schloss and his crew are relentless recruiters and it wasn't even close as to the effort, coordination, and thought put into the recruiting process.
  24. Diplomatically, of course, because of a shorter life-span, we agreed on taking at around 60 years of age (because he could get from 55 to 60 financially).
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