Nunez statement about TW

Baseball
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That discussion should have taken place last year when he first got the job.

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Yeah, with Whitting, I look more forward to sticking my finger in a light socket.

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Who are these “major donors who are fiercely loyal to TW”?

Have they been paying attention at how he’s sucked in his job and has run the program into the ground??

What would make these “major donors” think that he can turn things around and if they were confident he could why have him with one yr left on his contract which basically makes him a dead man walking?

Also, it has to be asked, does TW have info on these “major donors” that he’s basically holding over their head to keep them from firing him?

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I can point them out but I don’t know their names. I think they are just his buddies more than anything. I am sure their donations will change if TW gets fired but you can’t let some donors hijack the program because they are boys with the coach.

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Agreed.

This is exactly what’s happening

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I don’t know if I’d assume that. History tells us otherwise. An expectation of the “results being better” doesn’t necessarily mean making a quantum leap from where we’ve been.

I read the statement as being an attempt to show that Nunez is paying attention to baseball, which has been a question. We could be better and still not be very good, and this statement certainly doesn’t read like a mandate to get into the postseason.

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It is so disappointing. Guess I’ll be just watching from home again completely losing interest.

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I like the fact that there is no extension
.and I don’t want anyone saying it’s going to make it hard to recruit

well, he’s had the last 7-8 years to do something and yet he’s done squat.

I’m sure there was talk about him being let go in his meeting with Nunez
.he gravelled his way into another year but Nunez told him you’ll have to do it with no extension

probably told him if that’s not okay then your job ends now.

He is basically setting TW up for failure which I am fine with

kinda
.we all know ( including Nunez) that he is going to fail

again.

I just don’t get why we need to waste another fu—kin’ year
.that extra 110k is not a reason
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A contract for a new coach could have been back heavy with easy targets for bonuses after the first couple of years

damn sure would not have had to fork out 6ook the first year.

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I’m convinced they wear maroon, orange, or something other than red and white.

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Whomever they are, they’re obviously not really that interested in having a winning program.

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I get the wording. Had to be careful with establishing minimum goals. Would put way too much pressure on the players. It ain’t their job to save his job, they just want to play ball.

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If the players aren’t there to make the postseason, then they need to go, too. There should be pressure to win.

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That would probably be for the best. VanderLaan cleaned house, brought in 33 new players, and took HCU from a 236 RPI rank last year to 93 in his first season.

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There’s so many baffling decisions made by TW. From not going after players born and raised in Houston in the portal and thinking that a bunch junior college transfers, will be the magical last piece to fixing all our problems, to not being able to recruit despite having one of the nicest facilities (not schroeder park, it’s a old track wreck with a big scoreboard in Texas besides UT and A&M.

Who knew having one of the worst P4 out of conference schedules and losing some of those games would lead to a sub 80 RPI.

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I won’t even be watching from home.

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If my math is correct, it’s 400 per game at $10 per

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Don’t forget about parking and concessions. :slightly_smiling_face:

It really wouldn’t take much to offset that cost.

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I’m sure this has been brought up before, but UH has a lot of obstacles to when it comes to recruiting

First and foremost, Houston has a major youth baseball system in the suburbs/rural areas that feed into rural college programs

UH is not a rural college town, and that alone turns off a lot of those kids. The other issue is the fact that we’ve been an average program in G5 conferences.

Unless you can offer talent substantial scholarships (or NIL in the modern era), chances are, you’re best bet is to go after those JUCO / transfer kids looking for that last hope of getting drafted to MiLB

I think UH can improve its recruiting being in the Big 12, but it’s going to need a major culture change (which I hate to say, will have to come with a staff change that sparks nationwide conversations)

Problem is baseball isn’t a revenue sport. UH admins have probably held onto TW because of this reason specifically. What is the general ROI of having a good baseball team? There isn’t one really at UH. Bragging rights sure, but it provides no money in return, and the type of student that plays baseball likely doesn’t even want to be here in the first place

Every college / university excels at a few select sports on a consistent basis. I just don’t think baseball is UH’s strong suite despite perhaps some one off seasons where we make the tournament.

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Agreed. The real number may be cloer to 100-150 people, but i went bare minimum

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UTSA?

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