A few sad baseball facts

[rebeljim]

We haven't hosted a regional in 4 of the past 5 years. 2 straight years of placing in the "bottom four" of the conference. Bianco starting Allen at catcher instead of Knight during the vandy series, when we knew vandy likied to run. Allen didn't throw out a runner the whole series and had at least two throwing errors that costs us runs. We even got caught on the ole hidden ball trick yesterday. That's bush league, yet they got us on it. We were out coached in this series. Some on here say look at what Bianco has done for us. I say, is it him, or was it Dan? Dan took Louisville to Omaha his first year there. Since he's left, we have returned to where we were under Pat. And I think next year wil be even worse.

Some of the players from the 2012 team will or may not return for next season due using up their eligibility or signing after going high enough in the MLB Draft or even signing a free agent contract to play pro ball. Some of the affected players are:

OF Zack Kirksey (Senior)
SS Blake Newalu (Senior)
1B Matt Snyder (Senior)
P RJ Hively (Senior)
P Jon Andy Scott (Senior)

2B Alex Yarbrough (Junior)
INF John Gatlin (Junior)
LF Tanner Mathis (Junior)
3B Andrew Mistone (Junior)
C Kody Sepulveda (Junior) With limited AB's, is he redshirting?
P Tanner Bailey (RS-Junior)
P Dylan Chavez (Junior)
P Brett Huber (RS-Junior)
P Blair Wright (Junior)

Look for Yarbrough, Mathis and Huber from the jr.'s to probably go. That will hurt us even more on our talent level.

Our HC position pays about $600,000, and you would be coaching in top 5 facilities in the country, before average crowds among the top 5 in the country and best student support in the country! So by that, we shouldn't have any problem hiring the best.

[Titles 'R Us]

Totally agree with this accurate and painful post. Bianco cannot do the job--he has proven that in a dozen years. But particularly damning are the last four. It's not so much that he's never taken a team to Omaha as it is that we have gone four years without hosting a regional. I won't have much respect for Bjork if he doesn't retire Bianco and hire one of the many Omaha Resume Coaches out there that would love to earn Bianco's salary, work in OM's facilities and rev up OM's fan base to record numbers. Hey, we're already #2 in attendance with mediocre results. There is absolutely no reason to put up with being the #9 program in the SEC, especially now that Vandy and Kentucky have surpassed us. Let that sink in for a while.

[olemissreb10]

We will be so much better next season. This year we had 3 first year starters and returned only the closer in the pen. Next year this team will be stacked on the mound. Sure the lineup will take a hit losing Yarbs and Snyder but winning next season won't require as much run support. Mathis may come back...he's probably going to go around the 20th round or so. I had low expectations this year of just making a regional. Next year I expect to host. And that's not counting any of the players that we could possibly get on campus this year. It's host or fire Bianco next season.

[Titles 'R Us]

We should be hosting this year. Losing two to Auburn (the 10th team in the SEC) and one to Alabama (the 11th team in the SEC) actually doomed us early in the season. Win those three, and we would be 17-13 and hosting. I'm not even going to bring up games we 'gave away' to State, Kentucky and Georgia. Just those three games we lost to two of the worst teams in the league, especially the two at home to Auburn, would have gotten the job done. But Bianco found a way to lose those two.

But it's not just that. Losing to Southern at home, 10-0, on the heels of that pitiful Auburn series loss, to Memphis State and Arkansas State, which would have gotten us to 40 wins counting those three extra SEC wins, is a Bianco-coached team pattern. Inconsistency, losing when something is on the line, losing close games, all point to a lack of mental toughness, which is attributable to Bianco--the ultimate anal, micro-manager of all time. He is also the only Skip Bertmann disciple never to have taken his team to Omaha.

There is no reason to expect that one more year for Bianco will produce anything except more disappointment and underachievement. Being a Bianco apologist is only delaying the inevitable.

[lewindha]

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Inconsistency, losing when something is on the line, losing close games, all point to a lack of mental toughness, 

You just describe our basketball program, yet Kennedy gets a raise, Bianco deserves firing. If we hadn't been to the postseason in baseball in 7 years, I would agree with you.

Who's gonna take Bianco's place? Seriously, who's gonna take the job?

[Titles 'R Us]

You've got to be kidding me! There are lots of Omaha Resume Coaches out there who would love to take the job. UCLA's coach is one that comes to mind, playing in a 1,500-seat stadium that didn't even have lights last year and had to host in somebody else's park. McDonnell would probably love to come home to the site of his behind-the-scenes greatest successes for more pay, a top fan base and one of the top facilities in the country. It's much easier to recruit to the warm weather SEC than it is to cold-weather Louisville. For that matter, do you think Kevin O'Donnell likes coaching in a 3,500-seat stadium in Gainesville for a fan base that doesn't care very much about baseball? I'd make him an offer and see what he says. Florida fans on their boards after their series here couldn't understand why OM had such big crowds. Ole Miss should be fielding regional and Super Regional teams every year. Coaches at programs like TCU don't have our facilities or following.

It's beyond absurd to think that we have to be stuck with Bianco because no established coach wouldn't be interested in one of the top jobs in the best league in the country. OM baseball is a gold mine, and Bianco has long ago abandoned his claim to being the coach for the job.

BTW, Eric, Savage is the coach at UCLA, and Bjork knows him quite well. UCLA will be a national seed this year. Imagine how embarrassing it will be for them to try to host in 1,500-seat Jackie Robinson Stadium again, even if they have put in lights. Robinson's family has asked that his name be taken off the stadium because it is such a disgrace to his memory. Think Savage might not be tempted by an offer to make tons more money in a top stadium with a top fan base?

[lewindha]

You've got to be kidding me! There are lots of Omaha Resume Coaches out there who would love to take the job. UCLA's coach is one that comes to mind, playing in a 1,500-seat stadium that didn't even have lights last year and had to host in somebody else's park. McDonnell would probably love to come home to the site of his behind-the-scenes greatest successes for more pay, a top fan base and one of the top facilities in the country. It's much easier to recruit to the warm weather SEC than it is to cold-weather Louisville. For that matter, do you think Kevin O'Donnell likes coaching in a 3,500-seat stadium in Gainesville for a fan base that doesn't care very much about baseball? I'd make him an offer and see what he says. Florida fans on their boards after their series here couldn't understand why OM had such big crowds. Ole Miss should be fielding regional and Super Regional teams every year. Coaches at programs like TCU don't have our facilities or following.

It's beyond absurd to think that we have to be stuck with Bianco because no established coach wouldn't be interested in one of the top jobs in the best league in the country. OM baseball is a gold mine, and Bianco has long ago abandoned his claim to being the coach for the job.

BTW, Eric, Savage is the coach at UCLA, and Bjork knows him quite well. UCLA will be a national seed this year. Imagine how embarrassing it will be for them to try to host in 1,500-seat Jackie Robinson Stadium again, even if they have put in lights. Robinson's family has asked that his name be taken off the stadium because it is such a disgrace to his memory. Think Savage might not be tempted by an offer to make tons more money in a top stadium with a top fan base?

Archie knows Dungy quite well. Archie knows a lot of people quite well. Yet, we ended up with Freeze.

I wouldn't count on anyone's 'contacts' or 'relationships'. Yeah, that dude's gonna leave Florida. The UCLA guy is a possibility maybe. But he's already winning, why move cross country.

Maybe you're right and we could just post the job in the newspaper and every college coach comes running. I wouldn't bet on it.

Maybe, we fire Bianco, and no coach will touch us b/c we fired a guy who went to the postseason every year but twice in twelve. Then, we end up with Briarcrest Christian's girls softball coach. I KNOW we have good relationships there.

[Titles 'R Us]

Good, smart-ass reponse, Eric. But it doesn't change anything. Bianco is a dead-end. We only have to ask to get lots of Omaha resume candidates interested once we let Bianco go.

[jrebel87]

It doesn't matter if pitching is stacked next year, our problem is hitting! We are so inconsistent with out hitting that it is almost laughable. Since we are losing the only players on the team that actually do hit this season even if we do have stacked pitching next year it won't matter because we won't be able to hit the ball.

[jrebel87]

And lewinda, by that logic, Nick Saban should have never gone to bama because he would be expected to win the sec championship every year. I agree that our baseball program has just as much potential as bamas football program. If bianco doesn't reach Omaha next year he needs to go. He's been hashtagging "Omaha2012" all season long on twitter and guess what? We just made the sec tournament by default and have the league office to thank for it since 10 teams go to Hoover instead of the traditional 8. If he doesn't make Omaha next season, he's gone.

[lewindha]

Good, smart-ass reponse, Eric. But it doesn't change anything. Bianco is a dead-end. We only have to ask to get lots of Omaha resume candidates interested once we let Bianco go.

And you KNOW these Omaha coaches want to come here. It's only smart-ass because I disagree with you. This time next year, I might be singing the same song as you, but right now I think it's unfair.

[lewindha]

Good, smart-ass reponse, Eric. But it doesn't change anything. Bianco is a dead-end. We only have to ask to get lots of Omaha resume candidates interested once we let Bianco go.

And you KNOW these Omaha coaches want to come here. It's only smart-ass because I disagree with you. This time next year, I might be singing the same song as you, but right now I think it's unfair.

And, dude. Quit using my real name. When all these recruits know I don't like Kennedy or wasn't crazy about the Freeze hire, they'll change their mind and go elsewhere.

[Titles 'R Us]

Your real first and last name are your sig. Remove it if you don't want people to know who you are. Anyone can come on the board and see it. I'll delete this post if you do so.

[Rebchuck18]

Your real first and last name are your sig. Remove it if you don't want people to know who you are. Anyone can come on the board and see it. I'll delete this post if you do so.

You didn't even get what he was saying....did you 8O

[Titles 'R Us]

Oh, yes, I got it. And speaking of self-importance, too bad you don't get why Bianco is bad for Ole Miss baseball.