Assistant Regional Manager

It's not the results, per se, it's the sheer number of one-possession games. Texas went 3-2 last season in one score games . Ole Miss went 6-2. Playing 8 one possession games in a 15 game season and having that good of a record means you got a bit lucky.

Ole Miss had a 6-2 record in one-possession games last year, including one-possession wins against Arkansas and Washington State. Typically playing that many one score games and having that good of a record means regression is coming.

Dude the guys are listed numerically by position.

Did Mendoza actually fall? I didn’t see a single draft publication that had him as a top 300-400 player. He was always going to be a borderline draft pick in general. I think it’s pretty obvious based on the reporting here that he prefers to not keep playing college baseball. I don’t agree with it but oh well.

I don’t think he was expected to be a top 10 round guy. I don’t think I’ve seen him on any type of draft list. He must really be eager to start his pro career.

And even they lost a handful of guys today.

A few of our resident complainers are already preparing their posts just in case.

Nobody forced Muschamp to retain him for this season.

Those ranking reward quantity. South Carolina had to sign a completely new roster. 24 guys. Missouri would crawl over broken glass for our current portal class. Taking a handful of impact players > taking 15 average joes. Prime example: the #4 “best” portal class last year belonged to…..South Carolina. The #15 “best” portal class belonged to…Texas. Which one was actually better?

Trust me, I understand everything you said. It’s pretty evident when you see LSU doing what they are doing, meanwhile we have people talking about the 70’s with Cliff Gustafson and “energizing” boosters with our hall of fame coach.

The program that went 9-21 this year? I think they would agree it’s pretty hard to win year in and year out.

Gus won it twice in 29 years. Augie won it twice in 20 years. Both in a completely different era of baseball where it was EASIER to win because there were not as many competitive teams or programs who cared about baseball. So it’s great they fully expected to win it every year. They didn’t do in 45 of the 49 years. Insinuating Texas doesn’t want or expect to win every time they step in the field is just some form of message board fan fiction.

Most know the real answer. There is just a small fraction wandering in the wilderness making up other excuses. Maybe there will be a wake up call at some point. Hopefully it doesn’t involve a subpar season.

And Schloss has a great record here. Yet some (not saying you) seem to think he needs to “energize” people more. I guess winning conference titles and going to Omaha doesn’t get people fired up enough. Maybe Schloss will call unproven head coach Michael Earley to find out how he gets donors “energized” following back to back disappointing seasons.