Jerry K

Guys the SEC is NEXT year. It is impossible to know what kind of team Texas baseball will have next year with the draft and portal. Texas might be fine in the SEC next year. And that goes for most other teams too. Guestimating how we will do in a new season and conference is nothing but just that. You certainly can’t seriously expect CDC to fire a coach because of what might happen down the road.

It hasn’t been smooth I’ll say that. Downward spiral? Too early to tell. A 15-10 start isn’t what we all wanted no doubt. But I don’t see how this justifies getting rid of a coach less than half way through the season. I think he deserves a chance to turn it around.

Thanks Blake. Man I hope T Witt can make it back this season. Doesn’t sound like that’s going to happen. A series win this weekend and they’re back in the drivers seat. I was so pumped for Boogie! Hope he keeps it rolling. Also Hurley seems to be doing better too. If he could come back as a solid weekend pen arm that would be a huge help. I think O’Dowd has lost his starting job at 2nd. Dee Kennedy saved 2 runs in that game last night snagging balls Jack wouldn’t even have tried to get.

It’s an interesting discussion. I’ll admit there doesn’t seem to be a lot of cohesion in the program and he doesn’t have a huge fan base backing. Pierce doesn’t seem like “the guy” mainly (in my opinion) because he doesn’t talk a good game. And he’s always having staff turnover. Some of it has been his undoing and some wasn’t. His decision making in staff can certainly be questioned. But in the 7 seasons as head coach at Texas he has 3 college World Series appearances, 2 other super regional or regional appearances and that includes one Covid year when the season was cancelled on a solid team. So basically he’s not been to the NCAA tournament one time since he’s been at Texas. Oh and either a share or outright conference championship 3 of those years. There is absolutely no guarantee you could move on to another coach and get that same level of success. The grass isn’t always greener.

To me they didn’t seem ready to play. It was almost like they felt they could sleep walk through this game and still win. Bats were obviously cold. They didn’t have a lead off baserunner until the 8th and that ended up scoring their only run of the game. My question is what happened to Witt? Looking like there’s been another set back. Quick turnaround now with the series at K State starting Thursday.

Man I am so happy for Boogie! Dude stepped up big time. Pierce may need to manage his count down the road. They’re going to need an arm like his down the stretch.

Yep that was good to see for sure. Fonenot, Boehm, and Duplantier are all showing good things. Hopefully Luke Harrison and Witt can start to put it together. If that happens this team could look completely different in a few weeks. And while I’m hoping maybe Pierce will save Tuesdays for Shaw to work on his game. Friday night isn’t the time to bring in a reliever that has 6 walks in 7 innings.

Yeah there’s a lot of issues like you said. Coach Pierce is struggling at least from my view with some key decisions. For example it’s obvious to most catcher is an issue. If Galvan has an injured hand that’s keeping him from catching why is he still batting? My wife, who is not a big sports fan but does like baseball even made the comment that the players aren’t being developed. I’m not ready to throw in the towel on the season yet. I think this team has the talent to get better. I agree it’s not going to be a 180 degree turnaround but at this point improvement is about all we can hope for .

Uh huh👍

I know they have to win game 1 first but a win over Barnes would be so sweet

I saw a team today that is clearly rough around the edges come together and grit out a win against a decent Washington team. Pitching wasn’t the issue today but defense was with 4 errors. Defense can be fixed a lot easier than pitching though. Good to see the arms doing better. Kuddos to Grubbs with a solid outing. Hate to think where this team would be without Peyton Powell! Dude is money.

10-8. 73 walks in 18 games. Not the start we wanted doubt.

It’s very different times for most of us. I remember my first spring break in South Padre (year is not relevant lol) we had an average motel room with 2 double beds and there was 8 of us in that one room for 5 days. That was the only was we could afford to go. Quinn you’re missing out! 🤣

I know we are in the portal era so leashes just aren’t as long especially at major programs but I think RT deserves 2 full years at the least. He still has things to learn no doubt but some forget or just don’t realize about the continuity factor and how huge it is in sports. Something Sark puts a lot of emphasis on.

Since injuries are part of the game, what positions cannot stand to lose a starter to injury (QB doesn’t count)?

He’s doing a solid job so far in a conference that’s second to none this year.

Any updates on the status of Phillip Miller?

As long as it’s one more than the opponent 🤣. I agree they are going to have to out score teams until they can get the arms to have some basic command. Too many cookies and free passes so far. There is still time to get better. They just won a series against what we think is one of the better teams in the conference. Goes without saying issues are a lot easier to correct when they’re winning.

Gage Boehm has 11 innings pitched, 15 k’s and zero walks. He does have 3 hit batters but he’s the one for me to be the go to pen guy. Grant Fontenot has a lot of talent. It’s almost like all the pitchers are pressing too hard.

I expect we will see a lot of movement, both positive and negative in the polls this season as long as the pitching is so wild. I don’t remember seeing so many Longhorn pitchers miss their target by feet on 3 ball counts. Pretty crazy. I still have faith the pitching staff will improve. The next couple of weeks will tell us a lot where this team could end up come May.

Happy birthday Blake!!

When he announced he was returning for his senior year. That was Mack’s first recruiting win.

I think coach Miller has either developed some bad habits or hasn’t evolved like he should or both. I have no inside knowledge that’s just my gut. If that’s the case getting rid of Miller isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Thanks Blake! 👊 I’m just guessing here but curious if Miller and Tulo butted heads. Miller has been with coach Pierce a long time.

This is awesome!! 🤘🤘