I was kinda hoping for Alaniz but hopefully this turns out ok. San Jac has still been a good JUCO pipeline so he must have been doing something right out there.
I found myself down a twitter rabbit hole yesterday and there seem to be some rumblings that Pierce is the issue or that he somehow lost the team and coaching staff. I wonder if there is any truth to that or if just twitter being twitter.
That staff from Sam Houston did it’s job, we were back in Omaha 3 times in their tenure and really only one year was outside the expectations for Texas Baseball. Pierce came to the conclusion that it might be getting stale and is doing something about it before an absolute dumpster fire like football and it’s 10 years of mediocrity.
The kid couldn't identify off-speed much less hit it, some of those AB's were horrid. Good luck to him but he wasn't exactly college ready. He can go be a project somewhere else if he doesn't want to be here.
It’s important to note that all four of those players had chances to perform and play their way into substantial roles on this team. There was more than enough opportunity to be a reliable guy out of the pen and the there were opportunities to get in the lineup with the injuries to Todd and EK along with Daly struggling and others going cold for small stretches. Aside from Nixon’s freshman campaign as the known quantity vs whatever is was he did this year all we are losing is the potential for one of them to be something great. A lot of these kids we recruit have the same if not better potential. If potential isn’t enough for us the portal along with JUCO routes provide known quantities.
Was he disappointed in his lack of playing time or something? Did he really think he should have been playing more than the best player in college baseball?
Yea I agree I wasn’t necessarily saying that he was or is. I was asking more towards the comment that most kids that go the college route are “flawed talent” and when the last time a sure fire if there is such a thing actually went to college.
When was the last time a sure fire MLB superstar turned down the money and went to college anyway?
Does NIL in baseball have the potential to change that?