Big XII Baseball Championship
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Crap!
Well Chop, you did all you could and you stayed to the bloody end!
Well Chop, you did all you could and you stayed to the bloody end!
Like I said earlier, is it time for us to maybe give Tadlock a look?
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In 2016 there was talk of us trying to talk to Tadlock about the job. He went to Twitter and cited a 'non-compete clause' in his tceh contract and that's about as far as it went back then.
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This team continues its season-long run of being consistently inconsistent.
Fortunately, this week isn't that important as Texas is locked into a two-seed in the regional round regardless. Win a game or two the rest of the way in Arlington and hope that good Texas shows up in Fayetteville or College Station or Knoxville or whatever SEC hosted regional you just know the NCAA will send Texas to play in.
Fortunately, this week isn't that important as Texas is locked into a two-seed in the regional round regardless. Win a game or two the rest of the way in Arlington and hope that good Texas shows up in Fayetteville or College Station or Knoxville or whatever SEC hosted regional you just know the NCAA will send Texas to play in.
Probably left Duplantier in too long, Ace was not at his best, and 10 strikeouts and 10 left on base was not helpful either.
Pitching wasn't bad in my opinion, Ace and Dup both did admirable, offense should have performed better considering. I didn't want to say anything prior to the game about P. Brown being in the lineup, i understand why Pierce has him in there, he wants to see if Brown will get his mojo back before the playoffs like O'Dowd did but if you want to win, Borba should have been in the game yesterday. Borba IS performing right now.
Would it have made a difference? Recent history suggest it would have been an improvement.
Good to see O'Dowd back.
We had 4 players disapper at the plate, that's over 44% of your offense that didn't contribute at all. (Flores, Schuessler, Brown, Gasparino)
However, Schuessler walked twice and Brown was behind him, if Borba was behind him like he was supposed to be, maybe we score those two runs? Possibly more cause the line keeps moving and Galvan was 1-4 with no RBI's because Brown was an out.
I feel bad for Brown tbh, kid keeps trying, it would be a great story if he (and O'Dowd) smashes the ball in his/their last hurrah in the playoffs and the whole offense propels the team to heights we didn't think we would get to, it's why i keep watching, cause I know they are capable and it would be a great story.
Would it have made a difference? Recent history suggest it would have been an improvement.
Good to see O'Dowd back.
We had 4 players disapper at the plate, that's over 44% of your offense that didn't contribute at all. (Flores, Schuessler, Brown, Gasparino)
However, Schuessler walked twice and Brown was behind him, if Borba was behind him like he was supposed to be, maybe we score those two runs? Possibly more cause the line keeps moving and Galvan was 1-4 with no RBI's because Brown was an out.
I feel bad for Brown tbh, kid keeps trying, it would be a great story if he (and O'Dowd) smashes the ball in his/their last hurrah in the playoffs and the whole offense propels the team to heights we didn't think we would get to, it's why i keep watching, cause I know they are capable and it would be a great story.
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Please do explain why you think Tadlock would be an upgrade over Pierce? Talk about not meeting expectations - Tech was picked to finish 4th in the Big12, they came in 10th. We were picked 2nd, and came in 3rd (only missing 2nd by percentage points vs. OSU). Pierce has been to Omaha twice since Tadlock last led a team there. The only place Tadlock is comparable is winning pct, which is pretty much the same as Pierce (.653 vs. .651). Why would this guy be better for us?
NOT saying Tadlock is not a good coach, I think he is. He's just not as good as Pierce.
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I'm not necessarily convinced that Tadlock would be an upgrade (or that he would even consider leaving Tech for that matter), but I think the question is what would his and Pierce's records have been, respectively, if Tadlock had been in Austin and Pierce had been in Lubbock? We'll never know for sure, of course, but I'd wager that they wouldn't have been 0.653 vs 0.651, and that might be worth considering moving forward.
Tadlock has to try and recruit players to ******, godforsaken Lubbock. That's a huge disadvantage. I think either Tadlock or Dan Heefner (from DBU) would outperform Pierce if either had the resources of the University of Texas. Look at what Schlossnaggy is doing now that he has the resources of aggy behind him.
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Pitching wasn't bad in my opinion, Ace and Dup both did admirable, offense should have performed better considering. I didn't want to say anything prior to the game about P. Brown being in the lineup, i understand why Pierce has him in there, he wants to see if Brown will get his mojo back before the playoffs like O'Dowd did but if you want to win, Borba should have been in the game yesterday. Borba IS performing right now.
Would it have made a difference? Recent history suggest it would have been an improvement.
Good to see O'Dowd back.
We had 4 players disapper at the plate, that's over 44% of your offense that didn't contribute at all. (Flores, Schuessler, Brown, Gasparino)
However, Schuessler walked twice and Brown was behind him, if Borba was behind him like he was supposed to be, maybe we score those two runs? Possibly more cause the line keeps moving and Galvan was 1-4 with no RBI's because Brown was an out.
I feel bad for Brown tbh, kid keeps trying, it would be a great story if he (and O'Dowd) smashes the ball in his/their last hurrah in the playoffs and the whole offense propels the team to heights we didn't think we would get to, it's why i keep watching, cause I know they are capable and it would be a great story.
Pitching has been worse than last night at times, but they gave up 6 earned runs and 3 homeruns. That is not that good. Ace gave up 4 earned runs in 5 innings and I checked his season stats and his ERA has been slipping. The team ERA is the highest it has been in the last 10 years and having LBJ pitch so schizophrenically and no Witt has really impacted the starting pitching. Dre has been good, but it gets touchy when he goes more than 2 innings. Boehm should have replace him in the 8th or 9th.
I agree about Brown, it has been sad to see this year. And the hitting inconsistencies popped up again last night. The team needs the best from the starting pitching and relievers, as well as the hitters, to go very far.
The goal is not just to get to Omaha, but to actually win some games there (Pierce has done that one time, in 2021). Schlossnaggy took A&M to Omaha his first year, in 2022, where he sent us home with a 10-2 beatdown (A&M actually preferred Tadlock when they hired Schlossnaggy, but couldn't get him).
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My expectations for Ace is he is a reliever, not a starter, I don’t disagree with you I’m just saying he performed about as well as I would expect him to perform last night since he shouldn’t be a starter in the first place.
Lucas Gordon was a starter and wins that game last night as a sophomore or a junior against most teams he faces with our offense this year, Ace, not so much.
Tadlock is not the guy but I bet he would have a better record at Texas had the roles been reversed.
Having said that, baseball is a little different, you can win the title at almost any place with the right coach and win even faster at a place like Texas (see LSU) with the right guy. Fresno st, Coastal Carolina, cal state Fullerton, Rice and Vanderbilt have all won titles with great coaches and three of those have been recent. All would be considered lesser schools than even Tech.
Tim Corbin, Vandy coach
NCAA Titles: 2014, 2019; runners up: 2021<—- all this at a much lesser school in the last 10 years.
Pierce is not the guy.
Having said that, baseball is a little different, you can win the title at almost any place with the right coach and win even faster at a place like Texas (see LSU) with the right guy. Fresno st, Coastal Carolina, cal state Fullerton, Rice and Vanderbilt have all won titles with great coaches and three of those have been recent. All would be considered lesser schools than even Tech.
Tim Corbin, Vandy coach
NCAA Titles: 2014, 2019; runners up: 2021<—- all this at a much lesser school in the last 10 years.
Pierce is not the guy.
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Disclaimer: I didnt like Pierce from the get go but he has taken Texas to the CWS, just cant win there for some reason. I dont like the Tadlock pick either. Its commendable that he can win in lubbock as that requires some skill but he is not the answer here either. I trust CDC will find the right fit as he has done with the other hires but the sooner the better.
I used to subscribe to this line of thought as well, but has only led to disappointment. Charlie Strong, Tom Herman, David freaking McWilliams for crying out loud. We said those same things about all of those guys - if he can produce like that a xx-university, just think what he can do with Texas' resources!
Changing coaches is a crap-shoot pretty much unless you are getting a guy who is already a legend somewhere else, ie, Nick Saban.
In that context I agree, but still don't like to see anyone give up that many earned runs in so few innings- but it does happen to the best of them. LBJ not performing well most of the time, Witt being out, and Shaw and Harrison not coming back well from surgery has not helped. Boehm has been the biggest surprise to me. Injuries to the pitching staff have been bad this year, but we probably should not have even counted on Witt being back after his bad showing last year and in summer ball.
Chris Beard is a good example of how it can work. We probably would have been in the 2023 Final Four if not for his batshit crazy girlfriend. Schlossnaggy is another example of how an upgrade in facilities and resources can elevate a coach.
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