Gripe, Concern with Baseball

[Million$Mullet]

The kid that was an outfielder that ended up at TCU and was a drafted is another one. His name escapes me right now

Johnny Rizer

[raginbeef]

That's pretty much what happened with all three players brought up in the post from what I understand.

I agree you don’t want guys here that aren’t bought in. But why aren’t they bought in, especially when playing time wasn’t the issue?

[Turbine]

From what I hear, Rocaforte had a great catch tonight. It’s a shame ESPN won’t get the clip.

When I used to have a photo press pass, UL always had their own guy taking video, broadcast or no broadcast.

[LouisianaB]

When I used to have a photo press pass, UL always had their own guy taking video, broadcast or no broadcast.

Sure, all games are filmed. But not at the quality of a broadcasted game (more quantity with multiple angles).

The difference? UL would have posted the catch right after it happened. They might post it later but who knows if they had a good shot.

It’s 2022. We have very expensive professional equipment. Use it.

[Corndog308]

One that comes to mind many years ago was Charlie Babineaux. Robe sent him to Ju Co then recruited him really hard to come back here. He chose to go to Ole Miss and had a very good career there and a short minor league stint.

I played American Legion ball with him. Dude had a stick bruh.

[Dad04]

Trust me when I tell you they want him back more than he wants back.

I believe you. They have broomed some good players. Johnny Riser, Robinson come to mind

[Dad04]

In the case of kids being sent to Ju Co for development purposes or roster management they do go back to where they came from pretty often, if you look at the big sample size and not just Louisiana.

Pretty often? Name three that returned anywhere and actually contributed in the last 10 years. I'll hang up and listen.

[babysitter]

Johnny Rizer

Yeah, wasn't good enough to play here and goes to TCU and kills it.

[ZoomZoom]

nm

[moorecajun]

When I used to have a photo press pass, UL always had their own guy taking video, broadcast or no broadcast.

Are you thinking about going to Florida too?

[Rougarou]

There's an issue with that generation and the previous generation is partially to blame.

Remember Tony talking about select baseball? Kids don't have to sit the bench or earn their spot. They don't switch positions because the roster isn't big enough.

Add to that, some of these kids have never been told "no." They get everything they want and if there's an issue with a teacher or coach, the parent works to get the teacher or coach fired. We've seen that a lot the last few years in our high schools.

By his own admission, Matt is a tough guy to play for. There's going to be adversity and he's going to be the cause of some of it. But this business of "he made me change positions and I can't get comfortable"..well, we don't tolerate excuses from coaches and shouldn't tolerate them from players either.

The guys who aren't here any more either didn't fit or weren't 100% committed. Period.

In case any of you were unaware, Matt coached similarly when he was at Sam Houston. All he did was win three championships and become the first Southland school ever to win a regional.

His biggest problem for some fans here is he isn't Robe.

And he wasn't well received early on at Sam Houston either because he pushed a lot of players out, but got results after he changed the culture.

[CrazyCajun]

And he wasn't well received early on at Sam Houston either because he pushed a lot of players out, but got results after he changed the culture.

He took over a SHSU program that had just went 43-19 and to it’s 3rd consecutive regional. They were coached by David Pierce who currently has the Texas Longhorns ranked number #1, slightly different situations and wasn’t much culture changed needed.