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re: Can Alabama's new baseball facilities attract a big hire?
Posted on 5/22/15 at 9:44 pm to bamafan1001
Posted on 5/22/15 at 9:44 pm to bamafan1001
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Exactly. Its completely unfair. Both Bama and Auburn will always have a big disadvantage
Payback for all those years Bear Bryant had 140 players on the team
Honestly, Bama should always be good in baseball.
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 9:46 pm to lsu711
Most all-time wins. Tied for most SEC tourney titles. Second in regular season titles. Finished runner up twice in CWS. It's something to build on. Unlike starting at the bottom, like a Kentucky football.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 9:47 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Don't matter , Bama fans only care about college football.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 9:48 pm to lsusteve1
There's certainly a divide in now older LSU fans, and younger LSU fans, view Alabama baseball. Those LSU fans that saw the Tigers rise to power in the 90s remember the epic games with Alabama.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 9:57 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I'm not an LSU fan but I saw enough of those really good Alabama teams play to recognize your history.
Problem is, history doesn't mean shite to an 18 year old from Florida that is considering several good offers from programs that have done more recently than you have, have facilities that are just as good or better, and actually have fans in the seats at home games.
In the current era of college baseball, if you don't have the scholarship advantages that some schools do, you better wow the hell out of kids with facilities, huge crowds, and amazing atmosphere. If you can't, they will go somewhere else... oh, and your bat girls? Seriously... upgrade them and give them something to wear other than some t-shirts somebody found in a box from the 1970s.
That said, I was a big fan of Jim Wells. Heck, we had a bond... I went to an Alabama game at Dallas Baptist's tournament a number of years ago and, as a good SEC fan, sat with the Alabama fans and cheered loudly for Alabama (the whiskey helped - they don't even attempt to check if you're bringing in a flask or two at the Frisco Roughriders' stadium) while wearing an Ole Miss shirt. Coach Wells noticed my friend and I and actually made a point of coming over and thanking us for supporting his team better than most of the Alabama fans there did.
Problem is, history doesn't mean shite to an 18 year old from Florida that is considering several good offers from programs that have done more recently than you have, have facilities that are just as good or better, and actually have fans in the seats at home games.
In the current era of college baseball, if you don't have the scholarship advantages that some schools do, you better wow the hell out of kids with facilities, huge crowds, and amazing atmosphere. If you can't, they will go somewhere else... oh, and your bat girls? Seriously... upgrade them and give them something to wear other than some t-shirts somebody found in a box from the 1970s.
That said, I was a big fan of Jim Wells. Heck, we had a bond... I went to an Alabama game at Dallas Baptist's tournament a number of years ago and, as a good SEC fan, sat with the Alabama fans and cheered loudly for Alabama (the whiskey helped - they don't even attempt to check if you're bringing in a flask or two at the Frisco Roughriders' stadium) while wearing an Ole Miss shirt. Coach Wells noticed my friend and I and actually made a point of coming over and thanking us for supporting his team better than most of the Alabama fans there did.
This post was edited on 5/22/15 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:05 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Tied for most SEC tourney titles.
I am fairly certain that LSU is way out in front in tounament championships.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:11 pm to CapstoneGrad06
eh at this point they are about the same
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:13 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Why would McDonnell leave Louisville for the Alabama job?
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:18 pm to lsu711
You are correct. LSU's current run puts them at 11 to Alabama's 9.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:20 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I thought I saw Bama had 7 and was tied with one other team while LSU was at 11. Not 100 percent on that, but I think it was a SECN stat showed yesterday.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:22 pm to Brageous
There's the confusion on what's considered "sec tourney" and the former "sec post season championship".
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:24 pm to MustangReb
Out of state tuition is ROUTINELY waved for baseball players, that isn't the issue.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:25 pm to CapstoneGrad06
THE MYTHICAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BAMA CLAIMS!!!
Gotcha, wasn't sure
Gotcha, wasn't surePosted on 5/22/15 at 10:27 pm to Brageous
Hey. We might not be the only one that claims that. Lol. It's the precursor to the SEC tourney.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:29 pm to CapstoneGrad06
It doesn't really matter. Bama had success in baseball in the past but failed to develop a culture around the sport and that's why today it's not anything special.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:37 pm to Draconian Sanctions
And that's my point. You can sell a past to a coach. But facilities can help that coach sell the program to potential players.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:42 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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You can sell a past to a coach
Army has a past too. Think Saban is going there?
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:42 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I hope so, yalls upgrades are going to be awesome. I'm happy to see a commitment towards baseball from you guys
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:45 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I think the next year will probably establish the Alabama nation's opinions of Bill Battle rather firmly either one way or the other.
Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:48 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Well. 2006 is more recent than 1945. Enough hyperbole.
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