FAU. That's cute.

[Brian Piccolo]

Teams don't have other teams numbers FOREVER. Philosophies change, coaches change, and the results change. Are you suggesting that no matter what we do, we won't be able to beat Florida?

We beat O'Sullivan in 5 of the first 6 meetings. Then we won the series in 2014. We basically had trouble beating the best teams in school history from 2010-13 and 2015.

But according to you they've owned us forever and we'll never beat them again.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

I wish we were as good as the last 15 national champions.

We were actually better than several of them.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

For Morris to save face, or get me off his back, we have to compete in Omaha. Actually compete. Not fizzle out with a 1-2 finish like we have done in every appearance since 2001.

And competing according to Jagr is a sliding scale.

What he's saying is that we could play like gangbusters all the way to Omaha and lose two games to, say, the hottest team in the country and it would be considered a failure.

Anybody with hard and fast standards like that are silly.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

Where in the world were you when we took series vs Louisville, UNC, and Clemson?

He first predicted that Louisville would have their way with us and then when we swept North Carolina he mocked people for bragging about wins in April.

And just now he celebrated a loss in April.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

Fired for getting to the bracket finals? Weird.

But you would have spent the entire season bashing Morris until the exact moment the final out was made in Omaha.

We've not only been better than Virginia over the past 3 seasons. We've been way better.

But they played well for 3 weeks one June so they get a pass.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

We've blown this argument up before, so it's a sign of desperation that you would bring it up again.

All you've done is name a couple of outliers.

You haven't done a single thing to dispute the validity of the argument that baseball is a uniquely difficult sport to recruit. The big public schools have huge advantages. That doesn't mean private schools can't win. It just means that it's more difficult to sustain it.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

Thank you for proving my point. It costs $12,000 to attend Texas. It costs $55,000 to attend TCU. But TCU is better because their head coach is better. You even provided additional evidence. The low cost of attendance is not an advantage for Texas the same way the low cost of attendance is not an advantage for Florida.

So since our football program has been bad for the last decade that means it has no geographic advantage? That seems to be what you're saying. If a program is bad for a period of time then none of the advantages they had still exist in that down period.

That's complete and utter nonsense.

Texas has always had that advantage. Most of the time they win but sometimes they don't. The advantage still exists even in the times when they lose.

 

[canesproponent]

Texas' advantages are incredible. They won their first National Championship in 1949, so their history is second to none. They have the best facilities and tuition is only $11,465. The following list shows what the universities spend and their RPI. After tuition, UM is the 14th biggest investor in their program and they boast an average RPI of 12. Texas spends more than anyone except for LSU and they have an RPI of 18. If you include the last 5-years, Texas would 25. LSU is the only school to spend $4 million a year on baseball and their average RPI is worse than Miami. The figures below clearly show that Miami is overperforming.

Rank School Expenses RPI Without Tuition
1 LSU $4,326,420 19 $4,209,420
2 Texas $3,531,807 18 $3,414,807
3 South Carolina $3,371,874 14 $3,254,874
4 Vanderbilt $3,622,904 18 $2,862,404
5 Arkansas $2,481,598 18 $2,364,598
6 Auburn $2,462,086 44 $2,345,086
7 Florida $2,454,205 19 $2,337,205
8 Texas A&M $2,407,096 25 $2,290,096
9 Oregon $2,392,374 66 $2,275,374
10 Oklahoma $2,297,073 25 $2,180,073
11 Virginia $2,221,292 14 $2,104,292
12 Arizona St. $2,208,903 11 $2,091,903
13 Mississippi $2,110,259 22 $1,993,259
14 Miami (FL) $2,669,650 12 $1,909,150
15 Georgia $1,938,446 48 $1,821,446
16 Oregon St. $1,887,334 29 $1,770,334
17 Mississippi St. $1,861,992 45 $1,744,992
18 Arizona $1,858,504 33 $1,741,504
19 Rice $2,490,471 14 $1,729,971
20 Florida St. $1,846,536 11 $1,729,536
21 Tennessee $1,830,943 73 $1,713,943
22 Nebraska $1,802,786 47 $1,685,786
23 Louisville $1,799,039 56 $1,682,039
24 Clemson $1,776,861 15 $1,659,861
25 Wichita St. $1,764,323 53 $1,647,323
26 Texas Tech $1,756,958 68 $1,639,958
27 TCU $2,400,013 38 $1,639,513
28 Kentucky $1,720,766 53 $1,603,766
29 UCLA $1,678,618 45 $1,561,618
30 Ohio St. $1,578,580 86 $1,461,580
31 Michigan $1,577,898 105 $1,460,898
32 Georgia Tech $1,548,041 15 $1,431,041
33 Kansas $1,546,223 92 $1,429,223
34 Alabama $1,521,729 44 $1,404,729
35 Washington St. $1,464,236 88 $1,347,236
36 Baylor $2,089,769 34 $1,329,269
37 Washington $1,434,177 87 $1,317,177
38 Oklahoma St. $1,402,486 48 $1,285,486
39 Kansas St. $1,372,121 64 $1,255,121
40 North Carolina $1,365,993 10 $1,248,993
41 California $1,313,604 68 $1,196,604
42 San Diego St. $1,305,475 120 $1,188,475
43 NC State $1,297,258 30 $1,180,258
44 Virginia Tech $1,288,500 70 $1,171,500
45 Wake Forest $1,243,649 76 $1,126,649
46 East Caro. $1,242,500 42 $1,125,500
47 Coastal Caro. $1,241,842 34 $1,124,842
48 Santa Clara $1,241,501 169 $1,124,501
49 Hawaii $1,237,507 104 $1,120,507
50 San Diego $1,227,656 64 $1,110,656

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Texas has a HUGE financial advantage, but they have an RPI of 130 because their coach sucks.

In other words, it's about leadership, not finances. Not sure how you don't see this, especially since you keep providing the evidence that proves MY point, not yours.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

We've blown this argument up before, so it's a sign of desperation that you would bring it up again.

All you've done is name a couple of outliers.

You haven't done a single thing to dispute the validity of the argument that baseball is a uniquely difficult sport to recruit. The big public schools have huge advantages. That doesn't mean private schools can't win. It just means that it's more difficult to sustain it.

But we can all of a sudden get great recruits again just because Gino is back? How doe$ he get around the problem$ cau$ed by the high co$t of tuition?

 

[Brian Piccolo]

Texas has a HUGE financial advantage, but they have an RPI of 130 because their coach sucks.

And they had those financial advantages in the previous 70 years when they won 6 national championships.

Would you say that the advantages have been beneficial to them being one of the top programs of all-time?

Again you're just listing outliers and anomalies.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

But we can all of a sudden get great recruits again just because Gino is back?

I think he's just a better recruiting coordinator then J.D. was. He certainly makes a difference. Even you can't dispute that anymore.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

How doe$ he get around the problem$ cau$ed by the high co$t of tuition?

You seem to be stuck on the same silly point.

Just because it's more difficult doesn't mean it's impossible. We have a smaller margin for error. We can't afford to miss as much as big public schools.

We do several things that other programs don't do. For instance we recruit more kids who can live at home to avoid the cost of housing. We don't recruit as many JUCO players as we used to. We recruit kids who are eligible for academic scholarships.

 

[canedotcom]

The joy of ignore

 

[mirednmediocrity2]

Morris sucks. He's going to eff up this season just like he always does.

 

[Fightinibis]

They gave up 13 runs to Georgetown. They lost two out of three to Port Charlotte. Don't try to sell this as a good loss.

Port Charlotte? Like the city on the west coast of Florida? I know you don't care, and I don't know why I'm even bothering, but anyone can play this game, and cherry pick stats (which is what you and Brian do back and forth all the time). FAU also won 2 games against Mississippi State.

Thank you for keeping the discussion to baseball and not getting personal.

I thought it was Port Charlotte I saw on their schedule. I know there's a team over there but didn't know it wasn't the same one. My mistake. I don't think FAU is a team we should be losing to. If that opinion gets me banned, then so be it.

From your perspective we should be embarrassed to ever lose the Marlins exhibition game any year.

Get over yourself. If you have ever played the game, you would understand close losses are part of the deal some days...and we are in a baseball heavy State...so ALMOST any team can have a good day.

I guess since your hero Jagr never lost a hockey game to an inferior opponent it translates to baseball somehow?

UM

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

From your perspective we should be embarrassed to ever lose the Marlins exhibition game any year.

Get over yourself. If you have ever played the game, you would understand close losses are part of the deal some days...and we are in a baseball heavy State...so ALMOST any team can have a good day.

I guess since your hero Jagr never lost a hockey game to an inferior opponent it translates to baseball somehow?

UM

I couldn't tell you the first thing about Jaromir Jagr or hockey. Just goes to show how gullible you people are.

 

[theu852]

Texas has a HUGE financial advantage, but they have an RPI of 130 because their coach sucks.

In other words, it's about leadership, not finances. Not sure how you don't see this, especially since you keep providing the evidence that proves MY point, not yours.

Augie garrido sucks? Do you smoke crack?

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

19-21, champ.

 

[theu852]

19-21, champ.

you obviously havent seen augie garridos resume. You just take one year kn which he does bad and define him off of that as a coach. Im sure oregon states coach sucked when there record was this around the time that one year they won it and then they came on hot and won the college world series. Same with brian o connor from virginia. Just awful coaches according to you.