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Which AU sport will be the most successful in the future. Football, Basketball or baseball
Posted on 1/17/18 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 1/17/18 at 1:55 pm
Let's say 5 years from now
Football- Gus is 45-22 after 5 years. I think Gus is a lock to at least win 8-9 games a year that's 45 more wins. Probably makes the the SEC CG at least 1 more time.
Basketball- impossible to say
Baseball- Thompson is 60-59 after two years of a rebulid was 1 pitch from hosting a super regional and just had a top 5 recruiting class
I think I would go baseball
Football- Gus is 45-22 after 5 years. I think Gus is a lock to at least win 8-9 games a year that's 45 more wins. Probably makes the the SEC CG at least 1 more time.
Basketball- impossible to say
Baseball- Thompson is 60-59 after two years of a rebulid was 1 pitch from hosting a super regional and just had a top 5 recruiting class
I think I would go baseball
This post was edited on 1/17/18 at 1:58 pm
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Posted on 1/17/18 at 1:59 pm to AU24
Why on earth would you even include Basketball in this thread if it’s impossible to say?
Just compare Baseball to Football and be done with it
Just compare Baseball to Football and be done with it
Posted on 1/17/18 at 2:00 pm to AU24
Neat
Posted on 1/17/18 at 2:01 pm to AU24
Stiff competition in baseball. There's not a program in our conference that couldn't be great and we have 8 teams ranked heading into this year.. And we aren't one of them with 4 returning infielders and an All-American in the weekend rotation.
I definitely wouldn't put any money on baseball's success despite my faith in Butch
I definitely wouldn't put any money on baseball's success despite my faith in Butch
Posted on 1/17/18 at 2:10 pm to AU24
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Which AU sport will be the most successful in the future. Football, Basketball or baseball
Got to define what is successful for basketball
Most likely to .....
-Outperform historical AU avg for sport?
Basketball easy
-Make meaningful postseason play?
Basketball or baseball
-do something worth hanging a banner?
Basketball... maybe baseball
-Most likely to win the conference?
Toss up, probably football in any normal year though
Posted on 1/17/18 at 2:21 pm to Rig
We only have 3 returning infielders.
I think the biggest issue Auburn had in baseball and basketball as well is name recognition.
I believe Auburn is a top 25 baseball team but it takes decades of sustained success to change the predetermined minds if people 2000 miles away.
I think the biggest issue Auburn had in baseball and basketball as well is name recognition.
I believe Auburn is a top 25 baseball team but it takes decades of sustained success to change the predetermined minds if people 2000 miles away.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 2:28 pm to AU24
Football.
Basketball.
Baseball
in that order. I think baseball has a good chance of being consistently good under Butch.
Basketball.
Baseball
in that order. I think baseball has a good chance of being consistently good under Butch.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 3:31 pm to GenesChin
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-do something worth hanging a banner?
Basketball... maybe baseball
I assume we're including like "NCAA Tournament, 2nd round" in the banner hanging, otherwise I definitely think it's still football.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 3:31 pm to AU24
No women’s gymnastics. List is shite.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 4:23 pm to AU24
I always thought the women's volleyball and tennis team were hot.
So, how are we judging success?
So, how are we judging success?
This post was edited on 1/17/18 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 1/17/18 at 7:02 pm to AU24
Basketball by far, although it depends on who’s coaching the football team in 5 years
This post was edited on 1/17/18 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:34 pm to JamalSanders
quote:False. We return 4/5 starters with catcher the only turnover.
We only have 3 returning infielders.
Ingram
Holland
Jarvis
Anthony
Estes
Davis
We literally return almost everyone that started a game on the infield last year. Can you really count DRob if he played seemingly half the year in RF?
This post was edited on 1/17/18 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 1/18/18 at 11:20 am to Rig
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False. We return 4/5 starters with catcher the only turnover.
Ingram
Holland
Jarvis
Anthony
Estes
Davis
Estes will play RF. So I'm not counting him. Jarvis basically lost his job before we started putting Estes in the outfield.
If you want to count guys that started some games in the infield then you are correct.
Our infield will be stout this year. As will starting pitching. Our bats should be upper middle of the pack conference wise.
Where we are going to struggle is:
Catching - Williams isn't used to the amount of innings he will have to catch. I'm not convinced Rojas is capable of playing at this level.
Defensive outfield - we only have 6 OF and 2 are first basemen (C. Davis and Morgan) and the other (Estes) is really a middle infielder.
Bullpen - we finally have some arms (13) but only 5 have experience from last year. I'm glad we have a few more Lefty's to chose from.
Speed - we are a relatively slow team this year. I look for triples to be non existent this year. Steals and doubles should be down as well.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 11:27 am to JamalSanders
quote:We definitely needed some lefty depth so that's exciting.
Bullpen - we finally have some arms (13) but only 5 have experience from last year. I'm glad we have a few more Lefty's to chose from.
I'd expect triples to be down but I don't believe we'll see a decline in doubles because of speed. We might see a decline in doubles due to the absence of Todd and DRob though
Posted on 1/18/18 at 11:31 am to Rig
Perhaps not with doubles. We should have slightly more pop than last year.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 11:49 am to AU24
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Basketball- impossible to say
I'm going with basketball.. but if I told you, I'd have to kill you. My lips are sealed.
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