I think a better situational comp would be LBJ. Tanner was coming of a major injury and only had a half a season under his belt. LBJ wanted to prove he could develop more and get a better grade which did not pan out for him.
It’s going to come down to how bad they want Pierce fired. If it’s low then I think the search to be big names only, which would increase the chances of Pierce returning. If it’s high then the search will be wide open.
He’s young and a disciple of Casey, winning a national championship as player for him. Before Oregon st, he was a manager in the minors so you can assume he can develop. At Oregon st, Canham has coached pretty well in the limited time he’s been there. I still think there are better names we should go after but if attainability is a high priority then Canham is going to get a call.
So are we rebuilding with Pierce or a new coach? Because I can promise you that if we nail the hire, keep the majority of guys worth a damn, and add a some decent portal players, Texas will be in the postseason next year. Peirce had a lot to do with the faults of this team
Yeah I highly doubt recruits don’t like turf. More high schools are switching to turf for baseball because they’re cheaper to maintain and it allows them to host tournaments/playoff games without fear of rain canceling them.
It definitely does. Flores let them tie the game which sucks but we had opportunities to either go home 2-0 or not give up the winning run. It’s a massive mound of shit with Flores unfortunately at the top.
Flores and Powell will get the heat but my god going 4 1/3 without a hit is awful. This team was hanging on by a thread for the majority of the game and we still had to fuck it up for them to win. If I was LBJ/Gage/Dre/Lummus I would livid right now.
I dunno, there were a lot of people that felt Sark was a “hope” hire. He wasn’t overly successful at any point being a head coach and then of course he had his demons. We were hoping Sark hadn’t met his full potential and learned how to run a program under Saban but there wasn’t anything concrete. Obviously he’s turned out to be an excellent hire. I do agree tho that Sark had more in the boat at the beginning than Pierce.