I don't think any rational person here is blaming the players; they've come a long way since their early season slump. It's 100% on the coach for his terrible decisions during the game and the lack of putting together a half-decent BP.Bondag said:
We were left in a spot where we couldn't hit portal and all our players were in portal. Don't blame this on the people that stayed. Support them til the last out.
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part of the frustration tonight...
A&M had 11 hits, 3 walks, and HBP
15 baserunners in the game -- plenty of traffic
but only scored 4 runs
A&M had 11 hits, 3 walks, and HBP
15 baserunners in the game -- plenty of traffic
but only scored 4 runs
Please share your formula for accountability. And then go ahead and share examples from your life where it actually worked also in detail. Otherwise, you need to quit preening to the other internet tough guys.TAMUallen said:Ag1188 said:
Will the reporters ask coach the tough questions tonight? Including the reporters associated with TexAgs? Specifically pinch-hitting with Bear when any batter could have Pinch-Hit, and obviously the pitching change disaster.
Aggie reporters don't bite the hand that feeds them.
We need to stop being nice good Aggies and instead hold coaches accountable when things dont go right. They aren't your friends and they aren't people to cozy up next to especially after they ditch our team for a hated rival.
If any Aggie sports team could get their head out of their ass that would be great. Maybe just win a game, any game, any sport.
also defensively...
Alabama only had 7 assists in the game (of 27 outs)
the Tide SS only had 2
the Tide 3B didn't have any
Alabama only had 7 assists in the game (of 27 outs)
the Tide SS only had 2
the Tide 3B didn't have any
nothingbutlove said:Yep. Coach is going to catch hell.StinkyPinky said:And then a few more for good measure. Games like this will haunt you.Lance Uppercut said:Maybe, but the guy pushed every wrong button tonight.Capitol Ag said:
The problem with a lot of you guys is it's one game, and potentially a bad move. Tonight wasn't great. But let's wait and see the full body of work for Earley before making a final judgment. It's confirmation bias otherwise. And why a lot of you should t be running an athletic department.
I'm interested to see what will happen after this.
If Earley can learn quickly and adjust, there's still hope.
The time for Earley to learn quickly was the last 30 days.
And based on tonight, he hasn't learned jack ****ing *****..and arguably got much worse.
So now where do you think we headed, Magellan?
I'm willing to give Earley way more time but he needs to improve. Just because you're carrying yourself more confident in front of the baseball boys on Texags doesn't carry a lot of water with me. I had issues with pulling Calloway early and as far as pulling Jackson then Wilson, I hated that because he was giving up good arms in a tied game in the ninth. I'm thinking extras was more likely. He managed like we had a lead there. IMO
Time will tell.
Time will tell.
Killzone3abc said:
The team without those players should not be 10-7. The team without those players should still be a top 15 team. We aren't even going to make a regional at this pace. That's not an injury issue it's a coaching issue man. The product on the field is not acceptable with the level of talent on the team even with the injuries.
It was always a risk to hire Earley this soon. No doubt. But let's say POS was the coach, it wouldn't shock me if he had a similar record honestly. Regardless, Earley is the coach we do have. I'll support him as long as he is. I didn't agree with taking Jackson out either, but as has been stated on this thread multiple times already, even POS made some questionable calls last few years. And some great ones too. There is a lot of season left. I'll wait to judge Earley. Don't get me wrong. This year has been painful compared to how amazing last year was. But I also think that people on here potentially hypercritical of Earley given the circumstances and not all of it has been deserved. No, he hasn't been a head coach for long but I do feel some on here are almost waiting with excitement for him to be a failure. I'll give him more time than others on here. Let's see how the season plays out first.
Capitol Ag said:Killzone3abc said:
This is not an injury problem, and you are lying to yourself if you believe it is. Henseler, Kash, LaViolette, Kent, 2 talented freshman, and a veteran catcher is enough pieces to have a better offense than this. Way too much on the roster outside of Schott, Grahovac, & Sorrell to be this bad. Not to mention all the talented sophomore pitchers that don't seem to have developed much. This is a coaching issue all around.
Ya, it's very much an injury problem. Like huge problem. We lost the SEC freshmen or the year. We lost one of the biggest up and coming players (hopefully he can come back soon) and a huge arm (leaving Sdao out of this yet there is another guy). You don't lose that and expect to be the #1 team. You're lying to yourself if you think otherwise. Those were massive blows. It's just reality. It sucks. But it is what it is.
Get your head out of your ass. We shouldn't lose to teams like Cal Poly, Texas State, UTSA, or NM State, injuries or not.
We are almost dead last in LEAGUE for offensive stats.
That's not injuries, my dude, that's a dumpster fire of a program with a greenhorn in the dugout. And he just somehow coached his way into losing his SEC opener with some extremely questionable bull pen changes.
We got played, and this is going to be a very painful season.
Capitol Ag said:Killzone3abc said:
This is not an injury problem, and you are lying to yourself if you believe it is. Henseler, Kash, LaViolette, Kent, 2 talented freshman, and a veteran catcher is enough pieces to have a better offense than this. Way too much on the roster outside of Schott, Grahovac, & Sorrell to be this bad. Not to mention all the talented sophomore pitchers that don't seem to have developed much. This is a coaching issue all around.
Ya, it's very much an injury problem. Like huge problem. We lost the SEC freshmen or the year. We lost one of the biggest up and coming players (hopefully he can come back soon) and a huge arm (leaving Sdao out of this yet there is another guy). You don't lose that and expect to be the #1 team. You're lying to yourself if you think otherwise. Those were massive blows. It's just reality. It sucks. But it is what it is.
If this team was truly only 2 offensive players and a reliever away from being the number one team then we wouldn't be 10-7 without them. No one is mad that this team has lost games, we are mad at how many we have lost and also how poorly we have played even in many of the victories
trouble said:GarryowenAg said:yes ma'am, but it makes me feel better in the moment.trouble said:
Y'all know you can talk about mistakes and poor choices without calling someone garbage, right?
The pitching changes were not well executed. I don't know if that's on Kelly or Earley. I would have left Jackson in.
I don't like how it ended but some of y'all are acting like we just got shut out and run ruled at home. Losing ****ing sucks but let's not act like we weren't in it the whole time.
Bingo! A lot of season left. As has been stated, put the pitch forks away. Let's beat those bammers tomorrow and Sunday!
HoustonAg2106 said:Capitol Ag said:Killzone3abc said:
This is not an injury problem, and you are lying to yourself if you believe it is. Henseler, Kash, LaViolette, Kent, 2 talented freshman, and a veteran catcher is enough pieces to have a better offense than this. Way too much on the roster outside of Schott, Grahovac, & Sorrell to be this bad. Not to mention all the talented sophomore pitchers that don't seem to have developed much. This is a coaching issue all around.
Ya, it's very much an injury problem. Like huge problem. We lost the SEC freshmen or the year. We lost one of the biggest up and coming players (hopefully he can come back soon) and a huge arm (leaving Sdao out of this yet there is another guy). You don't lose that and expect to be the #1 team. You're lying to yourself if you think otherwise. Those were massive blows. It's just reality. It sucks. But it is what it is.
If this team was truly only 2 offensive players and a reliever away from being the number one team then we wouldn't be 10-7 without them. No one is mad that this team has lost games, we are mad at how many we have lost and also how poorly we have played even in many of the victories
It's baseball. Ya, 2 guys could be huge. If tends to be contagious in the dugout. A few guys get hot and everyone plays better. Ya, 2 guys with those bats are a big deal.
If we were just slumping against SEC competition, I'd give this to you. But there's no excuse for the performance we've had to date against the competition faced.Capitol Ag said:Fat Bottom Squirrels said:
This is not turning around this season. What an absolute waste of the best talent we've ever had on campus.
You seem to forget how banged up this team is. 3 of those "best talented" guys are out. 2 potentially for the year. This ISN'T and never was the #1 team in college baseball. That was a 100% healthy version of this team. This one has younger guys filling big holes and would have never been given that #1 ranking if it had been known. Im getting tired of this narrative that this team is a failure when they aren't actually, literally, the team we thought we would have. Losing the 2 bats and the arm we thought we would have is a massive deal. Think of it like losing half of your OL or more and maybe a few skills guys in football. This isn't that "#1 team". And that's not to mention Sdao. People, this is a different team. Get used to that now. Sure, if Earley or Kelly deserve to be criticized tonight for a poor coaching decision, fine! Hopefully they learn from it and go on. This team can win the next 2.
This team doesn't lack talent, it lacks fire in the belly. The ho-hum, lackadaisical attitude in the dug out it what aggrivates me the most. TK, Kent, and Hensler seem be to the only ones in the line up who give a damn. Since I learned Farr is a fish I've given him more of a pass and he's starting to turn a corner.
I've followed Aggie baseball since the Spring of 2002. I told my 14 yr old daughter just tonight that heck, I've loved Aggie baseball longer (but not more than) her.
That said, I can't think of a worse offense we've ran out there in all those 23 years. And the stats back it up. We are dead last in batting average in the SEC against absolutely mediocre pitching. Someone pump me some sunshine cause I'm not sure I can make this season. I liked it a lot better when it at least felt like amatuer baseball. Just like Jimbo, the more money we dole out the less we get in return.
BadMoonRisin said:Capitol Ag said:Killzone3abc said:
This is not an injury problem, and you are lying to yourself if you believe it is. Henseler, Kash, LaViolette, Kent, 2 talented freshman, and a veteran catcher is enough pieces to have a better offense than this. Way too much on the roster outside of Schott, Grahovac, & Sorrell to be this bad. Not to mention all the talented sophomore pitchers that don't seem to have developed much. This is a coaching issue all around.
Ya, it's very much an injury problem. Like huge problem. We lost the SEC freshmen or the year. We lost one of the biggest up and coming players (hopefully he can come back soon) and a huge arm (leaving Sdao out of this yet there is another guy). You don't lose that and expect to be the #1 team. You're lying to yourself if you think otherwise. Those were massive blows. It's just reality. It sucks. But it is what it is.
Get your head out of your ass. We shouldn't lose to teams like Cal Poly, Texas State, UTSA, or NM State, injuries or not.
We are almost dead last in LEAGUE for offensive stats.
That's not injuries, my dude, that's a dumpster fire of a program with a greenhorn in the dugout. And he just somehow coached his way into losing his SEC opener with some extremely questionable bull pen changes.
We got played, and this is going to be a very painful season.
Dumpster fire? Overstate much?
Care to expand on what exactly is not a dumpster fire at this point? How can you look 10-8 square in the face against the level of competition and pull rays of sunshine out of your backside? Really think its an overstatement? I'll hand up and listen.Capitol Ag said:BadMoonRisin said:Capitol Ag said:Killzone3abc said:
This is not an injury problem, and you are lying to yourself if you believe it is. Henseler, Kash, LaViolette, Kent, 2 talented freshman, and a veteran catcher is enough pieces to have a better offense than this. Way too much on the roster outside of Schott, Grahovac, & Sorrell to be this bad. Not to mention all the talented sophomore pitchers that don't seem to have developed much. This is a coaching issue all around.
Ya, it's very much an injury problem. Like huge problem. We lost the SEC freshmen or the year. We lost one of the biggest up and coming players (hopefully he can come back soon) and a huge arm (leaving Sdao out of this yet there is another guy). You don't lose that and expect to be the #1 team. You're lying to yourself if you think otherwise. Those were massive blows. It's just reality. It sucks. But it is what it is.
Get your head out of your ass. We shouldn't lose to teams like Cal Poly, Texas State, UTSA, or NM State, injuries or not.
We are almost dead last in LEAGUE for offensive stats.
That's not injuries, my dude, that's a dumpster fire of a program with a greenhorn in the dugout. And he just somehow coached his way into losing his SEC opener with some extremely questionable bull pen changes.
We got played, and this is going to be a very painful season.
Dumpster fire? Overstate much?
Don't piss on me and tell it's raining.
Capitol Ag said:BadMoonRisin said:Capitol Ag said:Killzone3abc said:
This is not an injury problem, and you are lying to yourself if you believe it is. Henseler, Kash, LaViolette, Kent, 2 talented freshman, and a veteran catcher is enough pieces to have a better offense than this. Way too much on the roster outside of Schott, Grahovac, & Sorrell to be this bad. Not to mention all the talented sophomore pitchers that don't seem to have developed much. This is a coaching issue all around.
Ya, it's very much an injury problem. Like huge problem. We lost the SEC freshmen or the year. We lost one of the biggest up and coming players (hopefully he can come back soon) and a huge arm (leaving Sdao out of this yet there is another guy). You don't lose that and expect to be the #1 team. You're lying to yourself if you think otherwise. Those were massive blows. It's just reality. It sucks. But it is what it is.
Get your head out of your ass. We shouldn't lose to teams like Cal Poly, Texas State, UTSA, or NM State, injuries or not.
We are almost dead last in LEAGUE for offensive stats.
That's not injuries, my dude, that's a dumpster fire of a program with a greenhorn in the dugout. And he just somehow coached his way into losing his SEC opener with some extremely questionable bull pen changes.
We got played, and this is going to be a very painful season.
Dumpster fire? Overstate much?
Here's a clue, Einstein. We are 10-7. That is not good.
It does not seem like Earley understands he made a mistake on the pitching changes yet. LolThe Marksman said:
Here's some non-answers about the pitching changes
This is probably the first game I blame on coaching. Horrible calls with switching hot pitchers in the 9th. This not the MLB
Also just because I did not get to say it here yet, umpire sucked (as usual but more so tonight). Neither team knew where the strike zone is, but we were insulted more.
Also just because I did not get to say it here yet, umpire sucked (as usual but more so tonight). Neither team knew where the strike zone is, but we were insulted more.
BadMoonRisin said:Capitol Ag said:BadMoonRisin said:Capitol Ag said:Killzone3abc said:
This is not an injury problem, and you are lying to yourself if you believe it is. Henseler, Kash, LaViolette, Kent, 2 talented freshman, and a veteran catcher is enough pieces to have a better offense than this. Way too much on the roster outside of Schott, Grahovac, & Sorrell to be this bad. Not to mention all the talented sophomore pitchers that don't seem to have developed much. This is a coaching issue all around.
Ya, it's very much an injury problem. Like huge problem. We lost the SEC freshmen or the year. We lost one of the biggest up and coming players (hopefully he can come back soon) and a huge arm (leaving Sdao out of this yet there is another guy). You don't lose that and expect to be the #1 team. You're lying to yourself if you think otherwise. Those were massive blows. It's just reality. It sucks. But it is what it is.
Get your head out of your ass. We shouldn't lose to teams like Cal Poly, Texas State, UTSA, or NM State, injuries or not.
We are almost dead last in LEAGUE for offensive stats.
That's not injuries, my dude, that's a dumpster fire of a program with a greenhorn in the dugout. And he just somehow coached his way into losing his SEC opener with some extremely questionable bull pen changes.
We got played, and this is going to be a very painful season.
Dumpster fire? Overstate much?
Here's a clue, Einstein. We are 10-8. That is not good.
10-8… against by far the weakest 18 game stretch on our schedule.
tamc93 said:
This is probably the first game I blame on coaching. Horrible calls with switching hot pitchers in the 9th. This not the MLB
Also just because I did not get to say it here yet, umpire sucked (as usual but more so tonight). Neither team knew where the strike zone is, but we were insulted more.
10-7 and it's the first game we're questioning coaching. Impressive leash.
This season was predictable. Anytime any A&M team is supposed to contend for conference and/or a natty, we crap the bed.
Doing less with more is the most time honored tradition of all Aggie traditions.
I watched this a few minutes ago and it appeared to me as though he didn't want to admit he was wrong, and it sure as hell looked like that was the last place he wanted to be after the game.Ag1188 said:It does not seem like Earley understands he made a mistake on the pitching changes yet. LolThe Marksman said:
Here's some non-answers about the pitching changes
another continuing trend...
the Ags' opponent brings in a relief pitcher in the 6th or 7th inning...and that guy finishes the game
it happened again tonight
the Ags' opponent brings in a relief pitcher in the 6th or 7th inning...and that guy finishes the game
it happened again tonight
Been an Aggie fan way too long 
. Still support the team and we can still win the sorties.
Other losses I blamed execution (or weather) more than coaching. Today was different and very apparent.
. Still support the team and we can still win the sorties. Other losses I blamed execution (or weather) more than coaching. Today was different and very apparent.
Yep. Last year we were chomping at the bit and typically started to put up crooked numbers once they got to the pen. Rarely if ever have we done that this year.W said:
another continuing trend...
the Ags' opponent brings in a relief pitcher in the 6th or 7th inning...and that guy finishes the game
it happened again tonight
tbrooksv said:
If any Aggie sports team could get their head out of their ass that would be great. Maybe just win a game, any game, any sport.
You might want to start following softball, tennis, golf and track. I hear they are all pretty amazing.
Yikes. I actually feel really bad watching that.
Dude is in way over his head. Looked like a POW giving a proof of life and reading from a script.
Dude is in way over his head. Looked like a POW giving a proof of life and reading from a script.
The Marksman said:
Here's some non-answers about the pitching changes
The questions were also framed fairly easily to wiggle out of by blaming the analytics
I guarantee you the Alabama dugout was saying thank god when Earley yanked Jackson. It was so obvious he had his A stuff tonight
GarryowenAg said:I watched this a few minutes ago and it appeared to me as though he didn't want to admit he was wrong, and it sure as hell looked like that was the last place he wanted to be after the game.Ag1188 said:It does not seem like Earley understands he made a mistake on the pitching changes yet. LolThe Marksman said:
Here's some non-answers about the pitching changes
How can a coach already appear to have too much ego to admit he made a mistake in judgment when he has no skins on the wall to gain an ego from?
Rudis sucked his last time out. No way he can be our closer. What a stupid move.
I hate tu. It's in my blood.
Fquin said:GarryowenAg said:I watched this a few minutes ago and it appeared to me as though he didn't want to admit he was wrong, and it sure as hell looked like that was the last place he wanted to be after the game.Ag1188 said:It does not seem like Earley understands he made a mistake on the pitching changes yet. LolThe Marksman said:
Here's some non-answers about the pitching changes
How can a coach already appear to have too much ego to admit he made a mistake in judgment when he has no skins on the wall to gain an ego from?
It's called a misplaced ego, happens all the time.
tbrooksv said:
If any Aggie sports team could get their head out of their ass that would be great. Maybe just win a game, any game, any sport.
Nah nah nah, that ain't the Aggie way man, you know this!
Jace and Kiel were very good tonight. Praeger had control problems. Early was a disaster.
I hate tu. It's in my blood.
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