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Childress was an assistant, a very good one, under DVH at Nebraska before Dave came to Arkansas. They had a good bit of success there.

Looking at what Childress has done with an also ran program like aggie it boggles the mind that they cut him loose.

But he will be better off leaving and will most likely land at a better spot.

Childress is a good coach, when he arrived at A&M they had made it to Omaha just 4 times in their history. In his 15 years (excluding covid season) he took them to Omaha only twice and failed to win a game at the CWS.

Guess how many CWS appearances Arkansas had before hiring Van Horn? 4. Arkansas and A&M were spitting images of each other until you hired Van Horn who sort of fell in your lap being a former player. Before 2003 A&M was 2-8 in Omaha and Arkansas was 7-8...

What they are doing now is no different than what Arkansas did when they moved on from a very regionally successful DeBriyn.

Look I get it is fun to make fun of Aggy but y'all are throwing stones from a glass house. Up until 2003, your baseball program was A&M's just with a CWS runner-up finish in '79.

If Van Horn had only gone to Omaha twice in 15 years and failed to win a game in Omaha, Arkansas would 100% have been looking to move on former player or not.

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Posted on 5/26/21 at 6:35 am to WhosYourDaddy

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Guess how many CWS appearances Arkansas had before hiring Van Horn? 4. Arkansas and A&M were spitting images of each other until you hired Van Horn who sort of fell in your lap being a former player. Before 2003 A&M was 2-8 in Omaha and Arkansas was 7-8...

Arkansas committed to the baseball program before Van Horn was hired. In 1996 when money started going to the program is when things changed. Baum Stadium was built and Arkansas started putting together baseball only facilities.

Since money was committed to the program for Baum Stadium and player only facilities, Arkansas has made the NCAAt 21 times, won 3 conference titles, 7 SEC division titles, 6 CWS, and produced a multitude of MLB draftees.

Van Horn did not really fall in our lap. That is sort of a dumb analogy unless you feel like every former player in any sport who goes back to coach their alma mater is "falling in their laps" which sound pretty stupid.

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What they are doing now is no different than what Arkansas did when they moved on from a very regionally successful DeBriyn.

aTm just now started putting money into its program, which is about 20-30 years behind other programs in the SEC and also in its own state.

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Look I get it is fun to make fun of Aggy but y'all are throwing stones from a glass house. Up until 2003, your baseball program was A&M's just with a CWS runner-up finish in '79.

Again, no it isnt. Arkansas has been throwing money into the baseball program for nearly 30 years and continued to make improvements. The program is one of the few in the nation that generates profit and is self sustainable. aTm isnt there yet. Will they ever be with Texas, TCU, Rice, Texas Tech, DBU all within the same state?

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If Van Horn had only gone to Omaha twice in 15 years and failed to win a game in Omaha, Arkansas would 100% have been looking to move on former player or not.

If my aunt had a dick, she'd be my uncle. What you describe about Van Horn is essentially what Ole Miss has in Bianco and he has remained with their program.

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