June 30, 20232 yr The simple fact is the University of Texas is not a destination for anyone. Why would it be? We haven’t won.
June 30, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: We get the Porter Browns. What criteria constitutes as a big time transfer that makes Texas a “destination” spot?
June 30, 20232 yr Very good question. I don’t think any stud thinks we’re a destination. We haven’t won in their lifetime.
June 30, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Very good question. I don’t think any stud thinks we’re a destination. We haven’t won in their lifetime. Interesting, not being a stud would certainly be news to the 2022 Golden Spikes winner.
June 30, 20232 yr He wasn’t exactly recruited by all pre-Covid. I know 2147 & the like will be mad, but zero titles since ‘05 speaks.
June 30, 20232 yr 59 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: He wasn’t exactly recruited by all pre-Covid. I know 2147 & the like will be mad, but zero titles since ‘05 speaks. iTs NoT cHaMpIoNsHiP oR bUsT i think Pierce isn’t the guy to win a championship. He will have us get to Omaha but once there I think that he’s tapped. Doesn’t recruit enough talent to win it all and doesn’t retain enough players/coaches. I
June 30, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Very good question. I don’t think any stud thinks we’re a destination. We haven’t won in their lifetime. What about Arkansas or Tennessee? Those teams haven’t won nothing but seem to be attractive. There is more that goes into their decision than looking around to see who has won a title in their lifetime.
June 30, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Very good question. I don’t think any stud thinks we’re a destination. We haven’t won in their lifetime. So '05 is that much difference than '09? Cuz that seems to be your argument for us vs LSU (our last championship vs their last prior to this year). Kids that went to LSU these last few years didn't go there because LSU beat us in '09 when they were 4 or 6 yrs old vs. being an infant or not born yet in '05. TEXAS alum (and Bellmont especially) have to realize that we are going to have to money whip kids more than ever now if we want to keep up with LSU, Arky, Vandy, TCU and many others that have been, or are now throwing (pun intended) dollars at kids to play Baseball at their school. I have no inside idea how good our chance was to get Skenes (LSU definitely outbid for us him though, plus they had a much better and stronger roster returning than we did). But prior to that, he played 6 games here at the Disch. At least one of those was a sellout crowd and the others during the year also well attended, which no doubt helped him to see what other destinations or opportunities might be available to him. We weren't in that mix cuz we haven't won since '05?
June 30, 20232 yr Okay this is getting boring. Daily basketball staff and roster freak outs 2.0. We’ll either land a Friday starter and a .900 ops 3B or we won’t. And it’s not going to happen in one day
June 30, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Levi said: What about Arkansas or Tennessee? Those teams haven’t won nothing but seem to be attractive. There is more that goes into their decision than looking around to see who has won a title in their lifetime. Agree completely. We’re not any more relevant than those schools anymore.
June 30, 20232 yr 40 minutes ago, UnhappilyMarried said: Okay this is getting boring. Daily basketball staff and roster freak outs 2.0. We’ll either land a Friday starter and a .900 ops 3B or we won’t. And it’s not going to happen in one day
June 30, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said: iTs NoT cHaMpIoNsHiP oR bUsT i think Pierce isn’t the guy to win a championship. He will have us get to Omaha but once there I think that he’s tapped. Doesn’t recruit enough talent to win it all and doesn’t retain enough players/coaches. I A championship is definitely the end goal. So who would you hire? Who is your guy?
June 30, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: He wasn’t exactly recruited by all pre-Covid. I know 2147 & the like will be mad, but zero titles since ‘05 speaks. Ah I get it, so how good of a player they are is irrelevant. If they were recruited by everybody and highly sought after is what’s really important
June 30, 20232 yr Nasty rumors being thrown around about O'Sullivan's personal life. That dickhead Jack Mac had to make a video apologizing for a previous video he made about it. Wonder if thats any kind of smoke he would leave Gainesville.
June 30, 20232 yr Fuck. Less than a month into the off season and this is it? I can't take another seven months of this shit. Hopefully in another couple of months all of you will be over on the football board calling for Sark to be fired. Edited June 30, 20232 yr by NeverMarryAStripper
June 30, 20232 yr Author Popular Post I'm not going to spend many braincells on this argument. The talent argument is almost as lazy of a narrative as the national idiots who say football boosters tell the coach who to play. I just saw this morning where we had 3 dudes named All-Americans this year. We have 3 dudes from the 2018 team playing in the big leagues right now, we had the freaking Golden Spikes winner on the team last year, first rounder Ty Madden in 2021. If the argument is "we need to recruit more dudes like Melendez!" then yes, every team in the country is telling themselves the same thing. The argument that Texas isn't a destination for kids because it's been 18 years since a national title is even dumber. Like kids haven't seen our logo all over Omaha almost every other year since they've started playing baseball. More than any other team. I guess Texas football or USC football isn't a destination either since it's been the same amount of time since a title. Edited June 30, 20232 yr by Hookem2147
June 30, 20232 yr 42 minutes ago, cmontexas said: Nasty rumors being thrown around about O'Sullivan's personal life. That dickhead Jack Mac had to make a video apologizing for a previous video he made about it. Wonder if thats any kind of smoke he would leave Gainesville. If any of it's true, he'd never pass compliance at Texas.
June 30, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: He wasn’t exactly recruited by all pre-Covid. I know 2147 & the like will be mad, but zero titles since ‘05 speaks. We went 25 years without a title after ‘50. We went 19 years without a title after ‘83.
June 30, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said: theyre going to break all attendance records lsu is going to show up Edited June 30, 20232 yr by tx 3 putt
June 30, 20232 yr Could someone with a lot of time on their hand see how all the talent that Pierce has brought in stayed 3 years or whatever
June 30, 20232 yr 18 hours ago, troph said: I think the rumor is baseball isn’t #3 behind football and men’s basketball but that it’s #10 on campus. I don’t know what the rumor is I think that was the concern, no one expects baseball to be higher than #3 in this or any alternative universe. That’s what I was saying. I think you misread either intent or wording, but I was addressing Babers claiming on the radio that Texas baseball is behind a bunch of other non-rev sports in NIL, which is simply idiotic and untrue.
June 30, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: theyre going to break all attendance records lsu is going to show up They doubled us up when we were #1 2 years ago. AD never promotes off campus events Edited June 30, 20232 yr by UnhappilyMarried
June 30, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: That Stanford pitcher that threw like 500 pitches vs us in in the portal. Portal is great for seniors at schools with bad NIL. Going to exponentially grow his signing bonus if he can counter with some sec offers
June 30, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: theyre going to break all attendance records lsu is going to show up Indeed
June 30, 20232 yr 36 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: That Stanford pitcher that threw like 500 pitches vs us in in the portal. Dude should transfer here. Fucker owes us 34 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: Could someone with a lot of time on their hand see how all the talent that Pierce has brought in stayed 3 years or whatever Is this English? The fuck are you asking?
June 30, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, hobbes2702 said: We went 25 years without a title after ‘50. We went 19 years without a title after ‘83. Fuck cbs for their 1989 bullshit format! That should have been another for us
June 30, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Very good question. I don’t think any stud thinks we’re a destination. We haven’t won in their lifetime. Lsu’s last championship was just a couple yrs after UT’s but they are a destination$$$.
June 30, 20232 yr Author 1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said: Could someone with a lot of time on their hand see how all the talent that Pierce has brought in stayed 3 years or whatever 35 draft picks under Pierce not including any of the guys who will be drafted next weekend. Only 4 were juco kids or transfers. All the others were signed and developed by Texas. Of the 35, 17 were drafted in the top 10 rounds (premium rounds, where the money is made). So about 50%.
June 30, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, UnhappilyMarried said: They doubled us up when we were #1 2 years ago. AD never promotes off campus events This is an exaggeration. That was a great fucking atmosphere though. Whole lower level full, most of the good club level seats full. Intensity in MMP felt like Omaha.
June 30, 20232 yr Author Things are subject to change, but it sounds like Pierce is not going to fill the open spot with another pitching guy. Sounds like Chris Gordon will remain in his current role (Director of Pitching and Hitting Development) and assist Pierce with the pitchers with Philip Miller sliding back into an on-field role as the 3rd assistant. I would assume under this setup that Pierce is going to going to be taking a step back from coaching third and being heavily involved with the hitters day to day and leave that to Longley/Miller. Edited June 30, 20232 yr by Hookem2147
June 30, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, TornACL said: This is an exaggeration. That was a great fucking atmosphere though. Whole lower level full, most of the good club level seats full. Intensity in MMP felt like Omaha. Honestly better atmosphere than Omaha, by a decent margin. Both 25k, but they’re all invested in the game in MMP
June 30, 20232 yr 20 hours ago, WBT said: Where did Allen get this rep as a master recruiter anyway? I don't follow baseball recruiting but just from watching the teams on the field, the recruiting has never seemed to be quite up to traditional Texas standards since Pierce has been here. Hence the need to overachieve to get to Omaha. This…I believe better recruits make for better pitching coaches.
June 30, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: The simple fact is the University of Texas is not a destination for anyone. Why would it be? We haven’t won. If that was the case, most all colleges wouldn’t be destinations….we are top 10 usually each year, not every year…but we sure as hell better be a destination school or we’ve hired the wrong head coach.
July 1, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Agree completely. We’re not any more relevant than those schools anymore. Top of the conference, deep post season runs, 3/6 for CWS appearances the last 6 years. Texas lacks only one thing - a title - and since 1940 - we are in our 9th decade since then - Texas has won it all 6 times. Texas is relevant as ever, the only difference is money. Though there may be some negative recruiting based on the asst coaching carousel. Start tossing the money around and recruits will come. CTJ has already explained two reasons Texas isn’t #1 - a few programs have sugar daddies and Texas isn’t loading up on stars and instead is paying more broadly. But generic relevance, Texas baseball is as relevant as ever. Edited July 1, 20232 yr by troph
July 1, 20232 yr Very happy for Tanner, good showing at the Cape - needed that for the draft. Chatham's manager/head coach is Tom Holliday (Texas pitching coach '04-'06). Edited July 1, 20232 yr by torre
July 1, 20232 yr 18 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: The simple fact is the University of Texas is not a destination for anyone. Why would it be? We haven’t won.
July 1, 20232 yr 21 hours ago, Levi said: What about Arkansas or Tennessee? Those teams haven’t won nothing but seem to be attractive. There is more that goes into their decision than looking around to see who has won a title in their lifetime. Tennessee has a charismatic coach and a great stadium
July 1, 20232 yr 43 minutes ago, closetohumping said: Tennessee has a charismatic coach and a great stadium So, that’s charisma?
July 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, closetohumping said: Tennessee has a charismatic coach and a great stadium
July 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, closetohumping said: Tennessee has a charismatic coach and a great stadium Tenn has a 4K seat shitter of a stadium that just lost in a super regional bid to southern miss. Not that I think ours is anything to write home about
July 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, UnhappilyMarried said: Tenn has a 4K seat shitter of a stadium that just lost in a super regional bid to southern miss. Not that I think ours is anything to write home about The Disch may not be the best, but we have never lost a host spot due to its inferior seating capacity.
July 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, UnhappilyMarried said: Tenn has a 4K seat shitter of a stadium that just lost in a super regional bid to southern miss. Not that I think ours is anything to write home about Tenn just approved a major upgrade of their baseball facilities to be completed by 2025.
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