Quote Originally Posted by Santiago View Post
Was he pulling those caliber players at Indiana?
So it is our program that gives the edge.

Is that all that can be named as great recruits over the past 4 years ?
Wait dont change the subject. You guys were saying that recruits dont like him. So I just pointed out he is getting highly rated recruits from all over the country.

Bednar drafted 1st round 2021
Sims/Tanner drafted in the Top 55 in 2022. Sims was easy 1st rounder until surgery
Ledbetter in 2023 at 55
Now Jordan and Jerk are 1st round to early 2nd round here in 2024. We will have 7/8/9 drafted total in July.

He's basically recruiting as we always have. Hell, our hitting numbers this year were very comparable to 2021 minus the lack of power.

The problem is NIL/Portal has changed college baseball. Other SEC schools are now putting lots of money into baseball where they didnt before. Kentucky was bad but now thanks to NIL they are making Supers and Omaha. Our coaching staff is not even top half of the SEC now in pay.

Lemon and Bunko didnt suddenly become bad coaches. NIL has changed the game and pushed other programs onto the same level as us and Mississippi. When 6 different SEC program are winning the NC in the last 7 years- that tells you baseball is different these days. We can hire whomever- but I fully expect us to be South Carolina for the next decade trying to reclaim our best run in program history then pouting and blaming coach after coach when it doesnt happen.