A&M Baseball Discussion

49? Ouch. When was the last time we started this low? I'd say preseason rankings don't matter, but lately we've seemed to do worse than our pre-season ranking on the diamond.....

At least it's not basketball.

That's for damn sure

Lol, I was 30 seconds away from starting a thread. Had to re-write my post.

Childress, is a good coach.
Last 8 years, 8 regional tourney's, 2 supers and a CWS appearance.
I am optimistic (as always) this year. We got a decent recruiting class.

CGSC, will be in shortly, to agree with you on firing, Rob (7 years too late).

I'm biased though. Rob's son Max, and my oldest son, played on the same all star teams, for a few years. Rob, sits in fold out chairs, just like we do. I got to know him as a person. He's a good guy. He's also to blame for all the dang money I spend on select/travel ball now days to. He told me more than once, "I'm going to be watching Wyatt, man that kid is fast." I almost wish he would've told my son sucked!

Thanks for the info

At the end of the day I have no real opinion on whether Childress should be fired or not. I just remember people thinking last year was the final straw.

Pitching was crucial all last year. We didn't do a good job when it mattered. Just putting the bat on the ball, really didn't get started until late in the season. We've had the talent in recent years but were never able to put it all out on the field at the same time. We left a TON of guys on base last year. You can't do that consistently and expect to advance

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Remind me why Childress is still our coach.

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With the big renovation to Olsen I would hope for higher expectations out of our baseball program.

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The people who paid for the reno were not inclined to fire him last year. There is definitely dissatisfaction building. Hopefully we don't have to put up with this much longer if this mediocrity continues

We go to a handful of games every year and follow the team. If I remember correctly, we return a good core; but the recruiting class, while spoken highly of by the baseball brass, didn't get rave reviews from outside sources. Childress is perplexing. Does just enough to save his job. And his results can be either impressive or maddening, depending on how you spin it. Here's hoping he's off the hot seat after this year

Yup, a pretty decent class. One of the few things that would bring me back to College Station, is the thought of season tickets, at Olsen. I still make the trip a few times every year but sometimes, I just really miss the old days.

Well we finished 9th and 10th the last 2 years so if we played to our talent (8th) it would be an improvement.