*****Aggies vs. Alabama - Friday*****
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Wow. 1 game into SEC play and the board is in full meltdown mode.
Impressive
Impressive
MR Gadsden said:
Wow. 1 game into SEC play and the board is in full meltdown mode.
Impressive
Have you been watching the last month or did you just wait for conference play to start?
Early doesn't have to admit he f 'ed up to us, but he damn sure better admit it to hisself and the team.
I hate tu. It's in my blood.
Wait. That was 'very good' Jace? We are hosed if so. Kiel 100 percent. That better be average Jace, which granted it better than what we had been getting.
HoustonAg2106 said:
I guarantee you the Alabama dugout was saying thank god when Earley yanked Jackson. It was so obvious he had his A stuff tonight
1000%. I couldn't believe it when I saw him strolling out of the dugout to do a pitching change. I was like WTF? Jackson was ON tonight and for some dumbass reason Earley pulled him. If your horse is running then let him run.
On a more positive note if we can get that version of Luke Jaskson (or at least something close to it) he might be our answer for the closer job.
Killzone3abc said:
On a more positive note if we can get that version of Luke Jaskson (or at least something close to it) he might be our answer for the closer job.
Well we know it's not Rudis. We definitely learned that tonight.
We were a few runs from a national title last year and were pre-season #1.MR Gadsden said:
Wow. 1 game into SEC play and the board is in full meltdown mode.
Impressive
We are probably a week from dipping below .500 in winning pct after the first series in SEC play.
How long was your nap, grandpa?
Killzone3abc said:
On a more positive note if we can get that version of Luke Jaskson (or at least something close to it) he might be our answer for the closer job.
100% agree. I really liked his stuff tonight.
Capitol Ag said:Killzone3abc said:
On a more positive note if we can get that version of Luke Jaskson (or at least something close to it) he might be our answer for the closer job.
100% agree. I really liked his stuff tonight.
I sure hope Earley came to the same conclusion.
BadMoonRisin said:We were a few runs from a national title last year and were pre-season #1.MR Gadsden said:
Wow. 1 game into SEC play and the board is in full meltdown mode.
Impressive
We are probably a week from dipping below .500 in winning pct after the first series in SEC play.
How long was your nap, grandpa?
Oh, he knows. He just realizes that with around 35-36 games left, maybe it isn't time to melt down. Where will you be if we win the next 2?
Look, no one is happy. I honestly NEED this team to turn it around. After last year, how fun it was, how POS left us, the whole thing. I felt like we were the Jobe of college athletics when Schloss went to tu. t freaking u! Name for me a time when tu stole our coach? I can. Once, a woman's tennis coach. That's it. Like 5 years ago maybe? It doesn't happen. Schools like A&M don't lose coaches to other schools b/c most can't match our money and resources. We are a destination school. And it likely wouldn't have happened if POS's best buddy wasn't tu AD. But of course it happens to us. It freaking hurt like hell. So I need this team to win and win in the worst way to know success at A&M is possible. Trust me, I'm never happy after a loss. But I have patience too.
There's only one thing I hate worse than A&M losing. It's all the super over the top negativity that some love to bring on these forums. It does is no good. A@M isn't better off b/c one of us unimportant Jack holes voices that our coach should be fired or is "done". Ya, it sucked. Hopefully we can get this turned around. It's baseball and turn around happens quite a bit. With the remaining talent and these coaches I have hope. It's all we can have. Don't be mad if some of us choose to be a bit more positive about it all.
With a disappointing 6-4 home loss to Alabama, we have started 0-1 in SEC play, and we have not even played a single true road game yet. Hopefully, we can win the next two games against Alabama before traveling to Vanderbilt for our first road game of the year on Thursday.
On this board. Cheering for the baseball team. I've been here for years, whether we have been slipping on dog turds or competing for Big 12 or SEC titles.Capitol Ag said:BadMoonRisin said:We were a few runs from a national title last year and were pre-season #1.MR Gadsden said:
Wow. 1 game into SEC play and the board is in full meltdown mode.
Impressive
We are probably a week from dipping below .500 in winning pct after the first series in SEC play.
How long was your nap, grandpa?
Oh, he knows. He just realizes that with around 35-36 games left, maybe it isn't time to melt down. Where will you be if we win the next 2?
How fun or not would it have been if we'd had something like this back in the good old SWC days. Ah life was certainly simpler when you just argued amongst your friends and the whole world didn't have to see how dumb I sounded.
Wabs said:HoustonAg2106 said:
I guarantee you the Alabama dugout was saying thank god when Earley yanked Jackson. It was so obvious he had his A stuff tonight
1000%. I couldn't believe it when I saw him strolling out of the dugout to do a pitching change. I was like WTF? Jackson was ON tonight and for some dumbass reason Earley pulled him. If your horse is running then let him run.
Yep. Can't guarantee anyone in the pen has their a game at this level. Can't pull someone showing you they do have it.
BadMoonRisin said:We were a few runs from a national title last year and were pre-season #1.MR Gadsden said:
Wow. 1 game into SEC play and the board is in full meltdown mode.
Impressive
We are probably a week from dipping below .500 in winning pct after the first series in SEC play.
How long was your nap, grandpa?
Funny. Those that post on the board know I've been here and where I am listening from now.
A few years ago we were saying if we go .500 in SEC we would make the tournament and be happy. That should be our goal this year. Get in and make sure all the pieces are in place for a run. Don't get caught up and throw a fit over ever loss. Learn from it and pick up the next 2.
We can't continue to be so unlucky
I hate tu. It's in my blood.
nvm
Earley is not the guy. Schloss crushed us. Admit and rebuild again. Yeah!
This team is talented, they hopefully will come together and toughen up. Right now they just need to scratch out wins any way possible to give themslves a chance to make the tourny.
This is not a job for a first time head coach for a number of reasons. Earley is obviously overthinking everything and the players know it. The team will always play best when they are loose and just playing ball. We have only done that for a handful of games all year but in reality, this isn't a top ten team without Gavin, sorrell and Stewart. While Earley has been a disaster, we can't overlook the injuries impact on the lineup day in and day out.
Earley has cost us 3-5 games already with poor decision making and he's going to cost us at least that many more as he learns about being a head coach on the job. If you want to be upset with someone, be upset with the ad who put him in this position to begin with. We knew Schloss was up to something and our only play was to throw a Hail Mary at the coach who just beat us in the national title game? I'm not sure if that's just poor preparation or outright negligence but it sure isn't being good at your job. I'm sure Earley had a great interview and the players heavily lobbied for him, but you aren't in a position to have to go with Earley if you had better options that were viable. You are doing a disservice to everyone around the program including Earley by creating this situation.
So here we are. Earley will be learning on the job for the rest of the season and I think you can expect Jace to completely check out in another month or so if we don't look like a post season team. Hopefully they can get some confidence, start playing loose, and have some fun because I think this team could still make a run despite all this.
Earley has cost us 3-5 games already with poor decision making and he's going to cost us at least that many more as he learns about being a head coach on the job. If you want to be upset with someone, be upset with the ad who put him in this position to begin with. We knew Schloss was up to something and our only play was to throw a Hail Mary at the coach who just beat us in the national title game? I'm not sure if that's just poor preparation or outright negligence but it sure isn't being good at your job. I'm sure Earley had a great interview and the players heavily lobbied for him, but you aren't in a position to have to go with Earley if you had better options that were viable. You are doing a disservice to everyone around the program including Earley by creating this situation.
So here we are. Earley will be learning on the job for the rest of the season and I think you can expect Jace to completely check out in another month or so if we don't look like a post season team. Hopefully they can get some confidence, start playing loose, and have some fun because I think this team could still make a run despite all this.
And here I thought the woman's basketball team stunk…
Just some quick observations from me watching the game this morning since I was unable to last night:
- Prager battled despite not being particularly sharp. Got through 7 meaning the entire bullpen, as shaky as it may be, is still an option at some point the rest of the weekend.
- Hitting approach was good. Not many throw away ABs. Still more popups/cans of corn than I'd like and unfortunely three of those from Hensler in which this has not been a problem to this point of the season. Kiel was fantastic, even his outs (last two ABs) were hit on the button. Schott with two big RBIs, did not try to do too much in the fourth and just got the run home to tie the game.
- Good defense. Several nice plays by Kash at first. The Kiel, Kent to Galloway throw out at the plate was a thing of beauty and what probably allowed Prager to go deep into the game.
…and Tubby appears to have adjusted his swing. Maybe the many others that also need to will take note.
You're not new to TexAgs, you should know even when thigs are going well there will be BAS worrywarts waiting for the shoe to drop.MR Gadsden said:
Wow. 1 game into SEC play and the board is in full meltdown mode.
Impressive
On the other hand, I do get much of the angst. Even though most of the sloppy play that has plagued this team early on (especially in the midweek) has been cleaned up, we are finding ways to lose close games rather than finding ways to win them. Even for a "Sunshine Pumper" like me finds this rather worrisome.
My first time going to a game this year and the one that stood out was the energy. Bama had noticeable energy from the first pitch to the last. Rarely did you see energy coming from our dugout and we sat right by it. Hell, the most energy anyone in maroon and white showed was the batgirls sprinting to get the bats and balls. Props to those girls and whoever is in charge there.
The production of everything seemed to be lacking. I guess we did away with the flyover and now we have two little firework pops during the national anthem. The music didn't seem to ever be loud enough, but that could have just been because of where I was sitting.
I'm not one that thinks a coach has to yell all the time good or bad, but Earley is clearly one with a very slow heartbeat. He does not get high or low. He got mad at the umps once but I can't remember what it was about. Maybe Jamal leaning over the plate which was an obvious call so I'm assuming he picked a spot to try and fire the team up. Every coach I've ever played for would have lit my ass up had I done what Galloway did on that ground ball to first that he didn't run out. It was a fair ball. Galloway had the best view of it and he basically walked to first. Not even a comment from Earley when he came back in the dugout.
There's plenty of things about the actual play, but the main takeaway there was Bama got their swings off damn near every swing and we rarely did. Every single swing they take scares you. We seemed extremely hesitant and rarely on time.
The production of everything seemed to be lacking. I guess we did away with the flyover and now we have two little firework pops during the national anthem. The music didn't seem to ever be loud enough, but that could have just been because of where I was sitting.
I'm not one that thinks a coach has to yell all the time good or bad, but Earley is clearly one with a very slow heartbeat. He does not get high or low. He got mad at the umps once but I can't remember what it was about. Maybe Jamal leaning over the plate which was an obvious call so I'm assuming he picked a spot to try and fire the team up. Every coach I've ever played for would have lit my ass up had I done what Galloway did on that ground ball to first that he didn't run out. It was a fair ball. Galloway had the best view of it and he basically walked to first. Not even a comment from Earley when he came back in the dugout.
There's plenty of things about the actual play, but the main takeaway there was Bama got their swings off damn near every swing and we rarely did. Every single swing they take scares you. We seemed extremely hesitant and rarely on time.
Also, I don't know that I've ever heard people in the stands audibly disagree with a coaching decision like they did with pulling Jackson. It was kind of wild. We were near Earley's wife and I kind of felt bad for her because you know she heard it too.
Thisguy1 said:
My first time going to a game this year and the one that stood out was the energy. Bama had noticeable energy from the first pitch to the last. Rarely did you see energy coming from our dugout and we sat right by it. Hell, the most energy anyone in maroon and white showed was the batgirls sprinting to get the bats and balls. Props to those girls and whoever is in charge there.
The production of everything seemed to be lacking. I guess we did away with the flyover and now we have two little firework pops during the national anthem. The music didn't seem to ever be loud enough, but that could have just been because of where I was sitting.
I'm not one that thinks a coach has to yell all the time good or bad, but Earley is clearly one with a very slow heartbeat. He does not get high or low. He got mad at the umps once but I can't remember what it was about. Maybe Jamal leaning over the plate which was an obvious call so I'm assuming he picked a spot to try and fire the team up. Every coach I've ever played for would have lit my ass up had I done what Galloway did on that ground ball to first that he didn't run out. It was a fair ball. Galloway had the best view of it and he basically walked to first. Not even a comment from Earley when he came back in the dugout.
There's plenty of things about the actual play, but the main takeaway there was Bama got their swings off damn near every swing and we rarely did. Every single swing they take scares you. We seemed extremely hesitant and rarely on time.
Yeah, Galloways stroll to first pissed me off
I kinda love the super stoic coaches. Kirk is that way too, so when he loses it on an ump its like WOAH.
But seriously, I'm hoping Schott took that at bat to heart, remembers that he's good at baseball, and uses that energy to amp up his boys.
But seriously, I'm hoping Schott took that at bat to heart, remembers that he's good at baseball, and uses that energy to amp up his boys.
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