BAM!
I knew it.
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Seriously, how does this happen? How can a once proud and high-level competitive program fall to this? Seriously!
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From my perspective it’s a combination of laziness and walking around with some sort of “air of superiority “ attitude that has rubbed showcase and high school coaches the wrong way……both related to recruiting….
I’ve never thought of him as a great or even good manager in game.
And once Frank and Trip left that was the beginning of the end.
It is well past time for TW to be gone.
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I had some business dealings with an “associate” of CTW about 10 years ago. CTW even called him during a one-on-one meeting I had with him. The “associate” was king of the dbags. Can’t figure it out. When I had dealings with CTW in the early 2000’s he was as helpful, nice and down-to-earth as could be.
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Why arent these on game changer? These are real stats lol. Woke up to a good laugh this morning - thanks!
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From D1 Baseball’s “ouch” list. You see what they have to say about the pitching. Can’t pitch = can’t win.
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Meanwhile, UCF swept Clemson on the road.
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I mentioned it was key to go at least 6-2 over the next 8 games, which would give us a 7-5 record heading into the next 4 games against Sooner and Aggies. Make some noise in those 4 games and you are somewhat back on track and exciting the fan base.
Problem is, 3 games into that 8 game stretch the club is 1-2 with no signs of improvement on the mound. Must win the next 5.
Nevermind…
Is this a post copied from last year?
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We should make a cigarette over the ear a trademark
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I got raked through the coals when I criticized CTW and suggested he needed to go after the 2018 season. Not gloating because it’s at the expense of what was a very strong and proud program, but the bleeding needs to stop like…5 years ago.
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Yep so did I. I stated that he wasn’t recruiting Houston area suburbia much. Esp in area where I live-- Cypress- CFISD. And this was 3-4 yrs ago as well. The hole is far too deep at this point imo. Just playing out the string I guess.
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The second part of my response was responding to why the staff is pitching so many pitchers and giving some just a few batters to face. With the walks, runs and overall pitching performance to date, it’s a little more than obvious the team doesn’t have a very good feel for how this rotation is going to come together and thats not encouraging considering conference play begins in a month and winning conference is the only shot at post season. IMO, the wins vs losses total against weak competition in the next month comes in a distant second to finding a starting rotation and bullpen that can win upcoming conference series. It may or may not happen and team batting will need to improve also. With 20+ pitchers on the staff to evaluate and no clear aces at this time, I don’t envy the task ahead for CKB.
Wouldn’t programs give full rides to potential aces?
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Baseball is one of the many “secondary” sports … very limited scholarships. A maximum of 11.7 scholarships can be divided between 27 players and each must receive at least a 25% ride. You are correct, a full ride would be a huge recruiting draw. If a program had the ability to fund a handful of scholarships via donors, (over and above the School permitted limit, it could be an immediate game changer. I shake my head at these 40 man rosters (back in my day we carried about 22-24); it would take quite the staff just to give instruction to size of a squad. But then again, I shake my head at the support staffs of the teams these days. If they’re all paid staff then the overhead is amazing.
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Forget about it, our season is already dead, only hope AGAIN is to win conference tournament, don’t hold your breath, then be a 4 seed in some regional and get our butts kicked? No thanks, let’s just enjoy basketball season and move on to football next season
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Is that a school limit or a NCAA limit?
It could be worse. Berkman’s HCU squad sitting at 0-8 being outscored 96-35. Just lost to Aggies 23-0 yesterday. I remember some (maybe even me) saying Berkman should get a coaching look here.
Ouch.