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Keep it clean and fun....that's the environment that allows growth! And hopefully this board, outside of the Gerry command center picture, doesn't pick up lame memes that other boards have such as "On Player X." Love the board, love the content. Keep up the great work guys

It will still require NIL even if the schools can pay. Anyone who chooses not to compete in NIL alongside school payments would be falling behind.

I really like Lacey and from a prospect standpoint Russell isn't far behind. I feel the key for DK Moore is getting Russell so I tend to go with Russell over Lacey for that aspect.

Sounds like a team in the 20-32 range want to draft him but thinks he'll be gone by their pick....

Texas baseball would be top 5 in the SEC and no it's not on the level of LSU but no one else is either. NIL isn't the issue. The issue is Pierce and how he has chosen to use NIL. He has not and will not fare well in the NIL/portal era of college athletics. His personality, demeanor, and etc don't jive with what you need from a coach in this era. The initial list that @Blake Munroe has in one of his post can be slimmed down to these following candidates in order IMO: 1 Erik Bakich - Clemson 2 Mike Canham - Oregon St 3 Tom Walter - Wake Forest 4. Rob Vaughn - Alabama 5A. Cliff Godwin - ECU 5B. Tony Vitello - Tennessee(Personally I wouldn't like this hire and not many would but it's an outside the box hire for Texas. He's a relentless recruiter and players coach who I think could implement our NIL in a modern proper manner to get the most out of teams)

No because strictly recruiting Texas just because we're Texas will set the roster up for failure. Texas doesn't produce consistently good talent at about 2-3 very important positions.

Tulo = Rodney Terry Would be a feel good story but if you want to be the best in everything you conduct an actual search with real candidates.

I expected him to be gone to begin with.

It's definitely had....you don't have a pitch if you can't consistently hit said pitch. That's why the initial comment of just a fastball was warranted.

Vaughn would crush it at Texas. I'm friends with a private trainer that knows him well and he said of the list I saw of potential replacement candidates that Vaughn would crush it at Texas because how he recruits, his personality and that he's a players coach that lets them have their own personality. I don't personally like Vitello but his personality and fire would ignite the NIL side of Texas baseball and he's a hell of a recruiter(relentless).

Lets see how Cal adjust to NIL/transfer era....going freshmen heavy doesn't seem like the best strategy anymore.

Oregon St coach Clemson coach Wake Forest coach would be my top 3 candidates

Witt has been a non factor since his surgery. The future of the program doesn't look promising as it appears Pierce isn't equipped for the NIL/portal era of baseball. Moving to the SEC will only compound this problem further. My opinion we should be thankful for what Pierce has accomplished at Texas but ask him to move on or we move on for him. I don't have any confidence he will ever win a championship at Texas.

We're going to need Neto to take the steps to solidify himself in the starting LG role with the move to the SEC. Conner doesn't get enough push in the run and gets stone walled on most pulls.

He definitely smiles with his eyes.

NIL will not be an issue or excuse for 2025 so long as Sark and Co want the guy.

IMO with all the coaching turnover at major programs this winter I believe we'll see this second portal window be a lot more active than it has been in years past.

As long as you're okay with a Chris Marshall type on roster.

If you want culture guys, then avoid Marsh at all cost. He's a novelty, nothing more nothing less.

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All 4, no need to compare IMO.

I'd suggest blocking that account. It just tweets conspiracy theories with no real information.

I imagine that pregnancy for the mother was insane.

Kirk 100% deservers the vitriol. As @Hank Kingsley stated above the AAS and Bohls at this point are a net negative for the program.