Prado or Cardieri?

[SattyBull]

Other than Division II and Juco programs who use a public facility, such as HCC using the Yankees facility, who has a nicer facility that USF?

There may be a few but I've been to most and I haven't seen it.  I certainly couldn't label any Division II facility in Florida as better than USF and I've been to all of them except Lynn and Nova.    Some of this is laughable.  The stadium is crap when you compare it to MOST other Florida D-1's I will give you that but the playing surface is good, the clubhouse amenities, although not attached, are good.  The dugouts and the fan areas are where the stadium is subpar.

UCF has a nice facility and I don't see that it has remarkably made them a baseball power.

Stetson has a nice facility and Omaha is not on their horizon.

It's just an excuse.   By the way, take a look at that dump Pittsburgh plays in and they are looking at an automatic bid and they are in PITTSBURGH.

Chipola and TCC looked nicer or on par with ours from what I have seen. Also Nova and UT have some great D2 facilities.

And yes, it is an excuse. But you how can you honestly say that it doesn't have an impact on the type of recruit we bring in? Every single person I know that makes their first trip to USF comments on how they couldn't believe that was the baseball stadium. You don't think the players say the same exact thing?

It will not instantly make us Omaha bound, but it will give us a certain respectability and a much better atmosphere for recruits and the community alike. I can not wait until it is open!

[Sitting_BULL]

Other than Division II and Juco programs who use a public facility, such as HCC using the Yankees facility, who has a nicer facility that USF?

There may be a few but I've been to most and I haven't seen it.  I certainly couldn't label any Division II facility in Florida as better than USF and I've been to all of them except Lynn and Nova.    Some of this is laughable.  The stadium is crap when you compare it to MOST other Florida D-1's I will give you that but the playing surface is good, the clubhouse amenities, although not attached, are good.  The dugouts and the fan areas are where the stadium is subpar.

UCF has a nice facility and I don't see that it has remarkably made them a baseball power.

Stetson has a nice facility and Omaha is not on their horizon.

It's just an excuse.   By the way, take a look at that dump Pittsburgh plays in and they are looking at an automatic bid and they are in PITTSBURGH.

Chipola and TCC looked nicer or on par with ours from what I have seen. Also Nova and UT have some great D2 facilities.

And yes, it is an excuse. But you how can you honestly say that it doesn't have an impact on the type of recruit we bring in? Every single person I know that makes their first trip to USF comments on how they couldn't believe that was the baseball stadium. You don't think the players say the same exact thing?

It will not instantly make us Omaha bound, but it will give us a certain respectability and a much better atmosphere for recruits and the community alike. I can not wait until it is open!

Exactly!  That commercial that says...."most college athletes will go pro in something other than sports"  says it all.

College is 98-99% of these athletes last fling.  You don't think they wanna go where they'll get the best treatment?  The best facilities, etc?

[Donno]

Other than Division II and Juco programs who use a public facility, such as HCC using the Yankees facility, who has a nicer facility that USF?

There may be a few but I've been to most and I haven't seen it.  I certainly couldn't label any Division II facility in Florida as better than USF and I've been to all of them except Lynn and Nova.    Some of this is laughable.  The stadium is crap when you compare it to MOST other Florida D-1's I will give you that but the playing surface is good, the clubhouse amenities, although not attached, are good.  The dugouts and the fan areas are where the stadium is subpar.

UCF has a nice facility and I don't see that it has remarkably made them a baseball power.

Stetson has a nice facility and Omaha is not on their horizon.

It's just an excuse.   By the way, take a look at that dump Pittsburgh plays in and they are looking at an automatic bid and they are in PITTSBURGH.

Chipola and TCC looked nicer or on par with ours from what I have seen. Also Nova and UT have some great D2 facilities.

And yes, it is an excuse. But you how can you honestly say that it doesn't have an impact on the type of recruit we bring in? Every single person I know that makes their first trip to USF comments on how they couldn't believe that was the baseball stadium. You don't think the players say the same exact thing?

It will not instantly make us Omaha bound, but it will give us a certain respectability and a much better atmosphere for recruits and the community alike. I can not wait until it is open!

Exactly!  That commercial that says...."most college athletes will go pro in something other than sports"  says it all.

College is 98-99% of these athletes last fling.  You don't think they wanna go where they'll get the best treatment?  The best facilities, etc?

It is absolutely a factor, but obviously one that can be and was overcome for many years.

The teams that had better stadiums then us in the 80's, 90's... are still better than us now.

It is an excuse that holds some water, just not that much in my opinion.  There are enough kids who would give their right testicle to play for USF.  We would probably get beat by UT 3 out of 5, we are not getting out-recruited by UT.