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Before the 2023 Arkansas game: "I haven't been this excited to watch our offense in years!"
After the 2023 Arkansas game (in which we scored 7 points and had 205 yards): "I was right! We were almost on pace for 300 yards for a while in the 2nd quarter!"
Those 2 were truths until after midseasonQuote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Prefers crumbs over crowQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Lemon will never make another Regional
No way we will be one of the top SEC teams in draft picks
Hugesak is not an SEC hitter
No way the 25 team hits more HR's than the 24 team
No way the 25 team is better offensively than 24 after losing its 3 best offensive players
Ligon is not an SEC SP
We dont have any talent
We're getting abused in the portal signing guys from SC Upstate
I could go on as well....blah blah blah
Have you been there lately? It ain't the same place. For example - one of my good buddies here that played pro ball has a son pitching at lake Travis as a sophomore and highly recruited. He ain't committing to Texas just because he and his family are ready to get outta there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
You also said we weren't hiring BOC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
And that our strength would be our Bullpen
I think Ace will be a lot better defensively next year. This was his first year playing third base and he wasn't too bad. Also, I wasn't really impressed with Gautreau as far as defense goes. Or Cheesebrough if you are talking catchers.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbub50
Going on a small tangent here- I think the biggest difference our fans will notice under O'Connor is the improved fundamentals.
Right now we probably added the top pitcher in the portal in Valinicous AND he has two years of eligibility left. Nunnalee and Teel were really big adds as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
Lol it don't work like that chief. I was going to be a professional baseball player until I wasn't. That doesn't mean me being a pro baseball player has any truth to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Keep trolling though, it's amusing to the 20 people here.
I cant change the truth. We got 10 figure donations to the baseball program over halfway thru the season. Shit changes Chief. We had guys say **** this and make some calls then write a check. Our boosters stepped up this April. But sorry Biff- that shit wasnt there in March.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
I'd like to sincerely thank Va for forcing out a top Coach by telling him we aint gonna fund baseball to be a top program. They gifted us a coach that was ranked #2 in the country preseason that missed making a Regional after we fired a coach that built teams that made Regionals the last 2 years. BOC's players at Va are top portal transfers yet nobody asks why they didnt make a Regional with all that damn talent???Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
BOC underwhelmed more in 2025 than the ****er we just fired. Talk your shit but that is straight up facts. Va didnt lack talent in 2025 and still couldnt make a Regional. But keep talking that shit boys while top portal guys not from Va dont sign with us
You said we weren't going to get him hired. That's facts. All this is not facts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
I thought my wife was stubborn when it came to admitting she was wrong....sheesh...
10 figure donations? Plural? You sure about that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Nobody remembers or cares whether you were right or wrong on any of those things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Yeah I was there last year for a wedding, had a great time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
Wooo buddy, you're going through it huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Him crowning Bucket Coach a King over BOC is ridiculous, His King Coach has a history of winning off other recruits then being below average overall. It's pretty easy to see. Time to ignore his take as his predictions lately have been way off. He used to write good post but now he is bitter and negative on Msu and small-town Vegas! But he loved smaller town Cleveland, LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Proves he'd rather be right than MSU succeed. He's a "Poor Ole" in every sense of the word.Quote:
Originally Posted by basedog
Gifted? Besides more commitment to baseball we doubled the guy's salary. If BOC hadn't taken the job there would have been a lot of other very successful D1 coaches ready to take it for that kind of cheese.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
He needs to tone it down but it ain't happening, we should thank Buck Showalter and others for helping secure BOC. I trust those guys way more.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Damn this definitely took an interesting turn. I think a few things can be true at once.
1. Was Lemonis a BAD coach? No. Bad coaches don't win national championship, no matter how much talent they have. See Joe Moorhead
2. Did we upgrade? Yes. Brian O'Connor is a top 5 coach nationally and Lemonis is most certainly not.
3. Did UVA's mismanagement of the program provide an opening for us? Absolutely. If they had given O'Connor what they promised him then he would not have entertained the offer.
4. Did we pony up some serious funds to make this happen? Yes. Bo McKinnis and Co. knocked it out of the park in terms of ID'ing O'Connor, getting the funding together from boosters and a few former players, and providing Zac with every bullet necessary to get this done.
5. Did O'Connor and Co. underachieve last year? Yes. They were preseason #2 and missed the tourney entirely. That's a disappointment and a definite underachievement.
6. Does that mean he's a bad, or washed, coach? Hell no. The guy had a bad year. His team was really young and they struggled out of the gate. He's still been to Omaha more this decade than most programs have been this century.
7. Did he underachieve more than Lemonis last year? Hard to say. When Lemonis was fired we were definitely not in the tourney and the team was just playing far too tight with him on the top step. If he remains do we make the tourney? Maybe. But it's far from a guarantee.
Look at the end of the day we got a top 5 baseball coach and armed him with a top 3 NIL budget. That's a lot to be happy about.
All this is great, but when you make definitive statements on here and say "we ain't getting BOC" or we aren't doing this or that, a real man has to own that. Especially when you make those statements talking down to everyone on the forum. Their are a lot of quality posters on this board and quite a few that played sports at a high level and have quality input only to have it run down by someone that thinks they have sources.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
When you say "real man" that excludes Coach34.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
I have explained over and over how Virginia's failure to make a Regional this year is not O'Connor's fault. Anyone who tries to say otherwise at this point is a troll and should be given a one-week ban.
If we are doing a week ban for bad takes, we should ahead and ban 34 for life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
16-11 in the ACC should have gotten them in. They deserved it more than KY. That being said, it worked out much better for us that they did t get in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
That is a REALLY REALLY good pickup. That solves your 1B problem. He also can protect Ace in the lineup.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
He's too iconic to ban for that long. What would this board do without him?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
If we get him through the draft.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
So he plays 1B? No where does he say anything about what position he plays. Guess he competes with Stallman for the position? Still looking for a SS and a Catcher.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Nah we're still struggling in the portal
Not good enough. He should be able to play 3B and throw it to himself at 1B
https://youtu.be/NuT5KUA7iaY?si=bT9lu2nc_RV7xeiXQuote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
You guys are a bunch of Cyber Bullies. Take it easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Is his average better than our last 1B? Lol
Testical State gave us Nate Dohm, good player.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I guess this means that Sullivan is not coming back, seems like an overlap player.
But also Stallman is kind of limited. Not great bat and not great defense.
Not sure Sullivan has a real defensive position but he is a heck of DH and provides help on the pitching side as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer