Ask yourself, how many can you do at one time anyway. There is always tomorrow night.Quote:
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Ask yourself, how many can you do at one time anyway. There is always tomorrow night.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99jc
no doubt about this.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheLostDawg
It seems overall too the younger generation has turned more to weed and micro dosing shrooms for relaxation as opposed to going out and getting drunk all the time, but for athletes I think getting to the next level is their main focus and they limit the partying compared to just the traditional college kid or frat boy
I know an All American pitcher who recently played college baseball. He said his favorite part of being the ace is that he could pitch on Friday night and go to the bar to get drunk on Friday and Saturday night because he knew he wasn?t playing again that weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
To most college baseball players, baseball takes a backseat to girls and partying.
From what I hear TA and Rowdey had a lot of fun in college. People acting like 19-20 yr olds are all business in college are cluelessQuote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Tibbons
From what I understand they were acting like college kids in 13 instead of focusing and winning the damn thingQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
AmenQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
He wasn't an All American but Konnor Pilkington did exactly that. He would be a recluse from Sunday-Thursday but Friday nights you could find him at Drifters if we were playing at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Tibbons
Henry Ford or Becker?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I'm a little less bullish on Ford than I am Becker. Ford may very well end up at TN. I think we get Becker though.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpaceBully
Very hopeful we get Becker- huge position of need for us.
But I do have to echo some concern that our only portal pulls so far are Va players following their coach.
That's definitely a concern and once I voiced before we even hired O'Connor that his portal record wasn't great. He has a much better NIL situation now and so there's no excuse why we shouldn't be in on some of the top portal names.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Do we even know of any non-UVA players we are going after?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Catchers from ND and Seton Hall for sureQuote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
Davion Hickson - PitcherQuote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
Kevin Milewski - Catcher
UVA's portal work has been from the Mid-Majors in their region. You see VCU, Georgetown, Penn, and Seton Hall guys. They are not snagging Clemson, Georgia Tech, and UNC talent. They don't have JC guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
But looking at their team, the High School recruiting has been very productive. All the dudes transferring to MSU and the others MSU would like to have in 2026, are UVA High School recruits. BOC has been going to Regionals and Omaha with his own players.
MSU had Highfill, Hines, and Chance as the only HS recruits playing everyday. With Powell taking the Catcher job, only two players. Next year, probably only Chance will be a High School recruit playing the field. MSU does not have SEC or ACC transfers (until now). The 2025 MSU portal kids were Mid-Majors - Campbell, Cincinnati, North Alabama, Houston, Citadel, Indiana State, and Carolina Upstate.
Man, Lemonis.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Lemon did well in the portal for the most part. Other coaches are remaining portal heavy as well. But doing that hurts if you aren’t signing some legit dudes out of HS to go with it
Not worried a bit, better to have 3 or 4 players he coached coming with him rather than them not coming. Plus he knows their ability, BOC is a proven winner and I can’t see any concerns right now. I bet he will get some other player. Not only is it better getting his player it helps with team chemistry cause they all no each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Well what you are missing is that the staff surely had info on players around the country already before the season ended. Then they had the week off while we were playing in a Regional to spend time doing evals because they didn’t make one. And then now this week so far to work the portal as well. Other schools are pulling in portals right and left. Auburn has 5 and just stopped playing Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by basedog
Big difference when u change schools. It takes more than two weeks ata new school 34. I’m sure moving forward things will get better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
You already questioning BOC, amazing.
BOC also had to re recruit the returning player, I bet most would have left. And he probably has to reassure of the recruits we signed. I’m not sure many don’t understand transitions going on.
I don?t know how long Oak and MSU have known that he would be the coach, but figuring out who we needed to keep, thus, who and what we need to find is a process that Auburn, Tenn, etc. have surely been working on for awhile because they have known their needs for awhile. I?m guessing several of the players they have picked up at this point ?knew? where they were going before the portal opened and they entered it. I hope this is the case and we finish strong.
I’m sure we’ll pull some good players but the clock is ticking as other big schools grab guys
We've already gotten 2 of the top 5 of ON3's portal rankings, with a good shot at 2 more. I think we'll be doing fine.
This is a very big point some people are missing. There is a tremendous amount of work to do just with the present roster and new signees before you can even concentrate on the portal but it all has to be done almost simultaneously which is not possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by basedog
Well I would feel better if Becker committed. At least that would leave us with just one glaring hole which is catcher. We also need more pitching depth but SS and C are the 2 positions right now that are barren and we need a couple of studs to fill in those holes.
Becker is expected to take some time to filter thru his offers- dont expect to hear anything soonQuote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
I doubt we land Becker. Look for him to end up at Texas or return to Virginia. We need to go after Plan B at SS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
What?s plan b? Any ideas on who that could possibly be?
Well I hope you are wrong because that would suck. Would have hoped we had a good SS pretty much lined up before sending Buckner and Cupp out the door.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
I hope I'm wrong too, but I'm not.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
No clue. There was a guy I liked but he committed to Clemson. Better find one Asap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thick
We’re a Blue Blood that just landed an awesome Coach. Why would we worry about landing a top notch SS? He will get one because he is awesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
I don't know who's plan B, but I guess plan C would be Frei playing SS next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thick
No way we're putting Frei at SS next year. It will almost 100% be someone from the portal. If we completely crap out which we won't- I bet we would go with Chone James there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
I feel OK about Becker still. If I'm wrong I'm wrong.
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Buyer beware- the Maryland dudes including Hollis Porter were playing in a park with 385 foot to Center Field fence. The maryland stats are fugazi. Notice that UVA is dominating the portal. So it's a good thing to have cavaliers like it was a good thing to load-up Ole Miss Rebels last year before Mangrum fixed the pitching.
Duke?s park is small. Is OM like 355-365 in the alleys?
Duke is regular size (325, 370,400, 370,325) talking Maryland. Their PC wants 10 to 15 more feet. They are pushing a 7 ERA these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thick
I'm not going to say we will get all of them, but we are in on Henry Ford, Eric Becker, Davion Hickson, Carson Tinney, Ethan McElvain, and Bryce Calloway. Tinney was thought to be a FSU vs Florida deal, but according to Steve Robertson yesterday, Alabama and Mississippi State have entered the picture with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
I feel confident we still get Becker. I am not confident on Ford, but I don't think he makes it to campus anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
As for the others, Hickson is ours if we want him. Tinney would be a great get but not expecting him. McElvain I'm not expecting and Calloway I'm not expecting.
I think our catcher out of the portal will be Kevin Milewski from Seton Hall.