April 22, 20232 yr I’m on these boards all the time and there have been appeals for donations (which I’ve made) but never an explanation of how far behind we were from other top baseball programs or how much was needed to catch up. At least not that I ever saw. Maybe if people had hard numbers it would motivate them. Not just “we really need your support”.
April 22, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, ClubWhatever said: Maybe if people had hard numbers it would motivate them. Not just “we really need your support”. Tree fiddy.
April 22, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: I’m on these boards all the time and there have been appeals for donations (which I’ve made) but never an explanation of how far behind we were from other top baseball programs or how much was needed to catch up. At least not that I ever saw. Maybe if people had hard numbers it would motivate them. Not just “we really need your support”. My question would be why are we so hard up for NIL money in baseball? What are we missing?
April 22, 20232 yr Just now, hobbes2702 said: My question would be why are we so hard up for NIL money in baseball? What are we missing? NIL Money
April 22, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, hobbes2702 said: My question would be why are we so hard up for NIL money in baseball? What are we missing? It's a matter of priorities. I imagine it's a lot harder to inspire donations for baseball.
April 22, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said: How much better would this roster be with two more legit Friday night starters? I'm not sure what this means. Does that fix the lineup issues or the hole at SS? I'm on record multiple times saying that Pierce could have done a better job last offseason acquiring talent. Edited April 22, 20232 yr by ztejas
April 22, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: I’m on these boards all the time and there have been appeals for donations (which I’ve made) but never an explanation of how far behind we were from other top baseball programs or how much was needed to catch up. At least not that I ever saw. Maybe if people had hard numbers it would motivate them. Not just “we really need your support”. The CEO of Marucci is a LSU alum and is rumored to have provided a very large amount of money to help back their NIL efforts. I have read it was a 7 figure donation. LSU isn’t spending $3 million or whatever is rumored on this year’s team, but it is a lot. For comparison, we set a floor of $10k to each player on a 35-37 man roster, so you are talking about $350,000 for funding on our end. Ideally, we are able to double that amount. That would put us where we need to be and to be competitive in a lot of these portal/draft risk situations.
April 22, 20232 yr Complaining about NIL money like it isn’t a coaching issue that we have 1 strike thrower on the entire roster is quite funny
April 22, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, ztejas said: I'm not sure what this means. Does that fix the lineup issues or the hole at SS? I'm on record multiple times saying that Pierce could have done a better job last offseason acquiring talent. It means if we hadn’t been outbid for Watts-Brown and Skenes we’d be a much better team. I’m not blaming DP for that, I’m blaming our inability to compete financially.
April 22, 20232 yr Daly sucks so much fucking dick it isn't even funny. He couldn't be more of a useless sack of shit at the plate if he tried to. All season with this guy.
April 22, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, UnhappilyMarried said: Complaining about NIL money like it isn’t a coaching issue that we have 1 strike thrower on the entire roster is quite funny You know what helps coaching? Having talent. Woody Williams is one of the best pitching minds in college baseball and had dudes pitching WAY over their heads to start this season. As we’ve discussed at length on board, no one is ever going to mistake this pitching staff for having a bunch of talent yet he had them competing for a much longer time than we anticipated. Eventually though, stuff tends to regress back to the mean. Thinking that hiring a new pitching coach was just automatically going to fix this staff was wish-casting. Pitching development takes longer than maybe anything else in the game of baseball.
April 22, 20232 yr Just now, Hookem2147 said: You know what helps coaching? Having talent. Woody Williams is one of the best pitching minds in college baseball and had dudes pitching WAY over their heads to start this season. As we’ve discussed at length on board, no one is ever going to mistake this pitching staff for having a bunch of talent yet he had them competing for a much longer time than we anticipated. Eventually though, stuff tends to regress back to the mean. Thinking that hiring a new pitching coach was just automatically going to fix this staff was wish-casting. Pitching development takes longer than maybe anything else in the game of baseball. Great post
April 22, 20232 yr I mean seriously - you're a fucking 3 year starting junior. Hit a fucking single and make it 8-3 with runners on 1st and 2nd and 1 out. Anything but another ground out DP. I mean fuck me - maybe the NIL needs to be better - can we have this guy do anything fucking productive at the plate all God damn season? /rantover
April 22, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said: You know what helps coaching? Having talent. Woody Williams is one of the best pitching minds in college baseball and had dudes pitching WAY over their heads to start this season. As we’ve discussed at length on board, no one is ever going to mistake this pitching staff for having a bunch of talent yet he had them competing for a much longer time than we anticipated. Eventually though, stuff tends to regress back to the mean. Thinking that hiring a new pitching coach was just automatically going to fix this staff was wish-casting. Pitching development takes longer than maybe anything else in the game of baseball. Morehouse was talked about in the fall like the second coming. LBJ is supremely talented. There’s a lack of talent on the roster, but there’s a lack of pitching talent on every Big 12 staff. Expecting more than 7 innings of competency a weekend isn’t wishcasting.
April 22, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, ztejas said: I mean seriously - you're a fucking 3 year starting junior. Hit a fucking single and make it 8-3 with runners on 1st and 2nd and 1 out. Anything but another ground out DP. I mean fuck me - maybe the NIL needs to be better - can we have this guy do anything fucking productive at the plate all God damn season? /rantover Amen brother
April 22, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Hook1997 said: The hopes of hosting a Super Regional are pretty much disappearing this weekend? There were zero hopes of a super. At best this team was probably in the 12-16 seed range heading into the weekend. Now they likely need 2 out of 3 at TCU to get back in that discussion.
April 22, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Hook1997 said: The hopes of hosting a Super Regional are pretty much disappearing this weekend? I don’t think there was any hope of that anyway. Winning the conference would get us a regional but there’s no chance a big12 team could host supers
April 22, 20232 yr Lummus is saving this staff right now. If we win game 3 then Pierce owes him a juice box or something.
April 22, 20232 yr Yea, would've taken something crazy like only losing one more game or less the rest of the way. Clearly, a fantasy.
April 22, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, HenryJames said: Sthele and Morehouse now have ERAs of 5.31 and 5.30 respectively. Yet still seems too low
April 22, 20232 yr Maybe Witt coming back and being used as an opener will allow us to shift some guys into the bullpen that should be. Im not completely out on Sthele or Morehouse but neither should be a starter and both should be brought in for clean innings only. Now, about that other starter spot. Need LBJ or Hurley to nut up.
April 22, 20232 yr Of course Lummus shows up today and goes 3 scoreless after not being able to do anything against Baylor.
April 22, 20232 yr Belyeu seems to have a good swing. I sure hope he is someone who has the light click on over the summer.
April 22, 20232 yr Alright pussies. Suns game over. I'm locked in. Let's win this shit despite Daly's best efforts.
April 22, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said: Daly with a signature ground out to 2nd when swinging at ball 4. Solid It's like if Faltine his sophomore year was both worse at fielding and hitting.
April 22, 20232 yr Man, I stepped out to check on the coals and come back in and it's 8-6. I'm stepping back out to put the meat on. Ya'll carry on.
April 22, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Bevo&Pevo said: Man, I stepped out to check on the coals and come back in and it's 8-6. I'm stepping back out to put the meat on. Ya'll carry on. Make mine medium plus
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