Lancehorn
250+ Posts
This is the worst Texas Baseball team in a decade.
We are ranked on tradition and program name alone.
If we make the post season, it will be by that same tradition and name recognition that gets us there. And our early exit will further tarnish that same tradition and program name.
There is very little looking at the performance so far to feel we are going to improve this year. Everytime it can't get worse...it gets way worse.
At least since Augie's first couple of years...this is the low point. There are some good kids on the team and they deserve our continued support, but by and large....we suck. We need to accept it and maybe readjust our expectations for this season....but get pissed off and make some changes in the way we approach the games. Sit every freaking starter if necessary for a complete series. Shake it up. Quit sending the same folks out who are not in a mental position to get the job done. Quit doing "this one change here...one change there" crap that does nothing positive. Tweaking is for solid teams and nipples. Our **** is broke. We need more than a tweak.
The most frustrating thing to me is the way Augie monotonely continues to respond to every *** kicking the same. Now, before you over zealous freaks want to compare my number of national championships vs his...which I wouldn't argue....think about this.
When he first got here he did a very poor job. He even admitted he did a poor job by being hard headed about things. Only after he had to change some of the ways he approached the game here because there was heat on HIS *** did the team respond. After he changed...we improved and got better. He needs to quit acting like every loss and every win are the same and that being so consistent in his demeanor is helping. If insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result, the man running the show is in danger of the padded cell. Again...mainly talking about his insistance NOT to kick somebody's ***. Even the best have to reinvent themselves sometimes. He is either being hard headed again...or has become complacent. Mirror time.
This is the 3rd year of consistently worse Baseball in our program. Is it poor recruiting compared to years past? Is it poor talent evaluation compared to years past? Is it poor player devolopment compared to years past? Is it poor game management compared to years past? Is it a combination of all 4 that equals poor coaching compared to years past? This is a trend. A bad one.
I find it nearly impossible that the TEXAS baseball program can't find 3 kids that can field a ground ball cleanly and throw it to first. There are enough ex-high school players in the student body alone that could field with a better percentage than this group. I'd be willing to bet that me, you, and the two fat guys from the church league could fare as well on turf if they let us bring a cooler into the dugout. I know for damned sure we wouldn't be much worse...I dare you to argue that.
Augie...option 1...Either chalk this season up as gone and start playing other folks to try to find some leaders for the future...cuz that is mainly what we've lacked over the past 3 years are those in your face, clutch performers who got a little irritated about losing a single game in a series...much less losing series' altogether. .500 or worse in Big XII is unacceptable here and quit drolly explaining about running into buzz saws and ****, cuz we ain't buying it (nor should we)... and you must admit we suck, apologize and fix it for next year...or
Option 2. Admit this has been a disaster and a poor coaching job, but we can fix it now. Give us hope. Wake up the team. Take it personally that your team is a mess and the show a pulse and determine who on this team can come in NOW and give us a spark. If it means starting a walk on and admitting you picked the wrong transfers so be it. If it means sitting the mendosa line batting former long ball champ...so be it. It may mean hurting some parents feelings...but hell...this ain't little league and quit treating repeat offenders like they are 12, because they are gonna keep playing like 12 year olds.
But mainly, for God's sake and the sake of us out here who have blindly supported for many years... show a sign of life!!! Demonstrate that it still means something to you to either win or lose here...that YOU still care about OUR program we have entrusted to YOU. Right now, I see a man playing out the hand with the passion of a narcoleptic accountant. Make a change....turn the wheel...we are off course.
We are ranked on tradition and program name alone.
If we make the post season, it will be by that same tradition and name recognition that gets us there. And our early exit will further tarnish that same tradition and program name.
There is very little looking at the performance so far to feel we are going to improve this year. Everytime it can't get worse...it gets way worse.
At least since Augie's first couple of years...this is the low point. There are some good kids on the team and they deserve our continued support, but by and large....we suck. We need to accept it and maybe readjust our expectations for this season....but get pissed off and make some changes in the way we approach the games. Sit every freaking starter if necessary for a complete series. Shake it up. Quit sending the same folks out who are not in a mental position to get the job done. Quit doing "this one change here...one change there" crap that does nothing positive. Tweaking is for solid teams and nipples. Our **** is broke. We need more than a tweak.
The most frustrating thing to me is the way Augie monotonely continues to respond to every *** kicking the same. Now, before you over zealous freaks want to compare my number of national championships vs his...which I wouldn't argue....think about this.
When he first got here he did a very poor job. He even admitted he did a poor job by being hard headed about things. Only after he had to change some of the ways he approached the game here because there was heat on HIS *** did the team respond. After he changed...we improved and got better. He needs to quit acting like every loss and every win are the same and that being so consistent in his demeanor is helping. If insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result, the man running the show is in danger of the padded cell. Again...mainly talking about his insistance NOT to kick somebody's ***. Even the best have to reinvent themselves sometimes. He is either being hard headed again...or has become complacent. Mirror time.
This is the 3rd year of consistently worse Baseball in our program. Is it poor recruiting compared to years past? Is it poor talent evaluation compared to years past? Is it poor player devolopment compared to years past? Is it poor game management compared to years past? Is it a combination of all 4 that equals poor coaching compared to years past? This is a trend. A bad one.
I find it nearly impossible that the TEXAS baseball program can't find 3 kids that can field a ground ball cleanly and throw it to first. There are enough ex-high school players in the student body alone that could field with a better percentage than this group. I'd be willing to bet that me, you, and the two fat guys from the church league could fare as well on turf if they let us bring a cooler into the dugout. I know for damned sure we wouldn't be much worse...I dare you to argue that.
Augie...option 1...Either chalk this season up as gone and start playing other folks to try to find some leaders for the future...cuz that is mainly what we've lacked over the past 3 years are those in your face, clutch performers who got a little irritated about losing a single game in a series...much less losing series' altogether. .500 or worse in Big XII is unacceptable here and quit drolly explaining about running into buzz saws and ****, cuz we ain't buying it (nor should we)... and you must admit we suck, apologize and fix it for next year...or
Option 2. Admit this has been a disaster and a poor coaching job, but we can fix it now. Give us hope. Wake up the team. Take it personally that your team is a mess and the show a pulse and determine who on this team can come in NOW and give us a spark. If it means starting a walk on and admitting you picked the wrong transfers so be it. If it means sitting the mendosa line batting former long ball champ...so be it. It may mean hurting some parents feelings...but hell...this ain't little league and quit treating repeat offenders like they are 12, because they are gonna keep playing like 12 year olds.
But mainly, for God's sake and the sake of us out here who have blindly supported for many years... show a sign of life!!! Demonstrate that it still means something to you to either win or lose here...that YOU still care about OUR program we have entrusted to YOU. Right now, I see a man playing out the hand with the passion of a narcoleptic accountant. Make a change....turn the wheel...we are off course.
