re: UGA Baseball Season Long Thread (43-17, 17-13) Good Season Dawgs

To be clear, I’m not down on Wes or the trajectory of the program. This was always the inevitable conclusion; we don’t have the arms to make much noise against motivated teams in the postseason.

I just HATE going into games with a chance and basically rolling over. Wes knows what these arms are, we never intended to come into Hoover and actually compete unless someone caught fire or LSU just fricked up.

I’m also still pissed about the Friday game against Florida which is clouding my demeanor

im just annoyed because the sec tourney seems cool and fun but i wouldnt know because we have to be the worst performing team in the entire conference when it comes to this tournament.

people say it doesnt matter and yet we also havent had any regional success, either. i dont think baseball is a sport where it's good to have 10 days off, personally.

Losing our last 3 games of the season before regionals is a great confidence booster. I assume we get a 14 or 15 seed, and get bounced out of our own place by the 2nd seed.

Onward

I’m just assuming with us losing 3 in a row, we would drop below FSU and Oregon State if they win a couple in easier conference tourneys.

In rankings, yes. But seeding is about resume not power ranking and unless FSU can stack some wins in Charlotte we still have an inarguably better resume than FSU, OSU, and NC State right now. What sucks is that it’s now out of our hands; other teams can win their way ahead of us and we have no defense

I’ll add that Wes having the good sense to bring Will Coggin down from Kentucky and all but cede the offense over to him was a massive step up from the 3 runs and a cloud of dust garbage we got under the previous regime.

Losing Charlie and Corey both is going to be a blow next season. We will also see Toetz, both Goldsteins, Dillon Carter, Clayton Chadwick, Murillo, Gonzo, and Logan Jordan leave (along with a number of relief pitchers).

But Tre looks legit, Kolby is solid, Slate has potential to improve on a .295/double digit HR season. Lukis Farris and Trey King both looked promising earlier in the season. Most importantly, Finley, Kolten, and Zach Harris all should both be back to form the core of what could be a much better pitching staff. It’s going to look like a different squad next year but then this was a drastically different group from last season because of the portal. Would hope this year has been proof of concept enough to get some bigger names to look our way (I would LOVE to steal Drew Burress from Tech; he grew up a huge UGA fan but hated Stricklin)

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Hopefully this isn't a 1 off season but you seem to sound kinda pessimistic about next year...

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Anytime you lose generational player and your #1 pitcher, you can expect the team to look different the following year, but I believe with transfers and recruiting, we have the potential to be a more complete team. This is where Wes has to earn it. Most people went into this year thinking it would be a stepping stone. We far exceeded that. Hope it continues

i have no problem saying im pessimistic. we need to win the regional this year with this lineup. pitching is not there so it's probably unfair, but hard not to imagine a step back next year

Doesn’t the PAC do the same round robin as the ACC? We have to worry about OSU still advancing, FSU and NC State making their semifinals after pool play.

Still think we end up with the 10 seed after the debacle of an end