I can't believe I'm somewhat defending Charlie

[NewEnglandBull]

35 minutes ago, Friscobull said:

I guess we blew our nut prematurely and have had trouble rising to the occasion ever since.  In NEB’s defense, after you tap Doll house talent it is tough to go back to Drew park strip joints.  We may have been a flash in the pan but it was a nice ride,  all good things come to an end and at least we will always have the memories.

That success was like a wet fart. It was quick and left an indelible stain that many on this board enjoy “touching” on. 

[CousinRicky]

Our baseball stadiums are as good as you get.  A separate facility for the team and coaches was scrapped when the major donor's grandson left the team. 

[Bull94]

9 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Our baseball stadiums are as good as you get.  A separate facility for the team and coaches was scrapped when the major donor's grandson left the team. 

softball top notch too. they have been to the NCAAs 14 times. this post is dumb.

Taggart had no problem getting 3 straight #1 classes with our facilities.

chuck couldn't win at the wealthiest program in the country.

 

[chapelbull]

3 hours ago, bullsfan27 said:

I just dont see how improving the facilities will improve Charlie. he had way better facilities at Texas and still couldn't do anything with it.

Endless resources and he barely lasted 3 years

3 hours ago, lotsofbull99 said:

CJL won at USF while living in a van down by the river.

12 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Our baseball stadiums are as good as you get.  A separate facility for the team and coaches was scrapped when the major donor's grandson left the team. 

Flipping Lelo couldn't let the kid play SS for a year?

[goingbackbull]

2 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

What’s wrong with our baseball/softball facilities?

All they have is shiny stadiums, nothing else.  They don't have their own building, they don't have indoor cages (not just a roof).

Hell ,I've seen many lesser programs with huge indoor tennis courts

[CousinRicky]

3 minutes ago, chapelbull said:

Endless resources and he barely lasted 3 years

Flipping Lelo couldn't let the kid play SS for a year?

An issue with the current coach I was told.

[chapelbull]

3 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

An issue with the current coach I was told.

Oh, so it was going to be in addition to what they currently have?

That may explain some of Lelo"s recruiting.  Some guys were being recruited for their parents/grandparents ...... 

[CousinRicky]

There was a building proposed between the baseball and softball stadiums between RF in the baseball and LF of the softball.  Locker rooms and offices IIRC.  Guy pulled the $1 million promised.  Same happened with the golf facility when the guy's kid didn't get into our med school.  Crappy stuff.  If you promise something you follow through - no conditions.  Either give or don't. 

[chapelbull]

9 minutes ago, goingbackbull said:

All they have is shiny stadiums, nothing else.  They don't have their own building, they don't have indoor cages (not just a roof).

 

The covered cages are nice and indoor isn't as necessary here because we're not dealing with subfreezing temps.  It would be nice if they had locker room facilities out at the fields.  That walk is kind of ridiculous

Edited October 21, 2019 by chapelbull

[Ghostbuster]

49 minutes ago, WhoRUSF said:

I agree with the majority of your post except for the fact that going with Blake over Jordan to start the season was the right call. Our Oline has been playing much better lately, and knowing that, Blake still gives us a better opportunity to win. I mean we went 7-0 with him last year. Dude isnt complete trash.

I'm not saying Blake is bad at all. Nor am I specifically saying the coaches should have started Jordan over Blake this year.  I was going back to last year and saying the coaching staff could have placed their bets smarter when it came to picking the QB whose playstyle fit our team best.  Blake is pro style while our previous QB and backups at the time were more mobile (referring to Chris O and McCloud, honestly don't remember Kean enough). 

Hindsight is 20/20 but the coaches bet on Blake (pro style) and look where it got us: a late season collapse, an injured Blake and disgruntled backups who ended up leaving. 

Fast forward to this year.  They chose Blake again and he got hurt again in this offense.... an offense KB tailored to him in the off-season.  Instead of say focusing on (keeping) Chris O and McCloud whose skillsets would be more interchangeable, we had Blake and McCloud who fundamentally are at odds.

So now everyone loses because their skillsets can't be maximized, either because we don't have the personnel to run the offense right or the schemes were meant for another type of player.

So my point was another coach might have had a different plan, might have been able to recognize the scheme wasn't going to fit the players, and done things differently.