UH fired Rayner Noble

[Endust]

...so UH hired a new baseball coach today, which is funny because I didn't know they had fired Noble.

What happened to that guy? UH had a great baseball program at the beginning of Noble's tenure, then just disappeared.


His career trajectory has always reminded me of Smith at Baylor.

 

[the Saint]

Somewhere "Thumper" is pissed off.

 

[tsquar]

Apparently, some people close to UH baseball are happy...

www.houstoncougarbaseball.com/

 

[Endust]

thanks for the link.

didn't Noble have a role in reporting Augie's NCAA violations? or was it Smith?

for some reason i have a very vivid memory of listening to Ontiveros' homer to beat Cougar High at Cougar High when Cougar High was good at baseball.

 

[orangecat]

whenever I think of Noble, I think of Larry Coker. Now that guy had a rubber arm, could pitch all day long, and then turn around and play first base all night long.

 

[where_are_my_8s]

One of the TCU assistants, Todd Whitting, got the job. He is a former player and coach there I believe. He worked a lot with TCU's hitters and INF play.

 

[pike]

what a whiner this guy is!

 

[iamhorn]

Fox 26 is reporting Trip Couch is Whitting's recruiting coordinator and top assistant.

 

[Oilfield]

Good for Trip. Glad he's doing well.

 

[Alex_de_Large]

Jimmy doesn't like misunderstandings. Jimmy and misunderstandings kind of clash.

 

[Texanne]

Jimmy's got a compound fracture! Jimmy's goin' into shock!

 

[gdu]

Coach Whitting should be a nice fit down there. He is responsbile for getting TCU's best players from the Houston area, though recruiting kids to UH will likely be just a bit tougher than recruiting them to TCU.

 

[Alex_de_Large]

With the sheer numbers of good players in Houston, they should be a top 25 team by default.

 

[Oilfield]

Sure would like to see Texas recruiting some more Houston kids as we did in putting together our old NC teams.

 

[cochamps]

I hope this move spreads he Houston talent a little thinner. (Some to UH, less to TCU).