Week 3 Baseball Polls: Texas Falls

We honestly have no business being ranked right now 

51 minutes ago, cmk4pres said:

Fine but having almost the same closure rate. Braden Montgomery going to aggy was a huge kick in nuts. My understanding  from someone close to the program is we weren't even close to competing for him. That has to change and stops at the top 

NIL played a role on some level in these top portal targets in my opinion. I think this is an area Texas fell behind in on the baseball side. The timing and dates for baseball between the draft and portal window makes it tough. Coach Pierce has admitted that. Other coaches are obviously figuring it out. Hopefully he’s got a solid plan for this year’s portal window and good NIL backing. 

Texas was terrible in Houston last year and ended up almost making it to Omaha so I will wait until the season plays out before calling for change, But saying that there is zero excuses for Texas baseball to ever be out of the top 25 especially in the era of the NIL and the portal 

Problems with roster management in year 8 is inexcusable.

1 hour ago, horns96 said:

Problems with roster management in year 8 is inexcusable.

One million percent 

3 hours ago, Jerry K said:

NIL played a role on some level in these top portal targets in my opinion. I think this is an area Texas fell behind in on the baseball side. The timing and dates for baseball between the draft and portal window makes it tough. Coach Pierce has admitted that. Other coaches are obviously figuring it out. Hopefully he’s got a solid plan for this year’s portal window and good NIL backing. 

Pretty lame when others can figure it out. He gets paid to figure it out 

6 hours ago, Red Five said:

So, just need improvement pitching, hitting, and catching. 

Don't forget about our error prone fielding as well...😬

5 hours ago, GoHorns1 said:

Blake, what’s Texas record against SEC teams under David Pierce?

Not Blake, but I believe the answer is 20-27.

If this group needed a wake up call, they had it screamed at them this past week.  Need to improve in every phase of the game or they will find themselves bottom half of the conference.  There is plenty of talent though to right the ship and there is precedent for this on previous Pierce-coached teams. The light must turn on for players like Witt and others who have ceilings that have not been realized.  It can happen. 

5 hours ago, cmk4pres said:

Fine but having almost the same closure rate. Braden Montgomery going to aggy was a huge kick in nuts. My understanding  from someone close to the program is we weren't even close to competing for him. That has to change and stops at the top 

It was down to A&M or Texas. But as others have mentioned we were slower to the NIL game for baseball unlike our other sports, which I think one can attribute the close portal misses to. Definitely can improve in that, and have to if we want to keep up in the arms race.