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Woodrey needs to be moved..

Jaromir Jagr said:
It fits into my "win two games and act like we belong" standard as well.
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The goal isn't to win 2 games. It's to win the bracket.

If we go 1-2 trying to win it then so be it. That's better than blowing your load to wins 2 games and going out anyway.
 
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Brian Piccolo said:
Jaromir Jagr said:
But random events.
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Pretty much.

It's baseball. You live and die by the numbers and the probabilities. It's served us well so far.

But you don't understand any of this stuff. That's for sure.
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You know you've hit rock bottom when you agree with one of my sarcastic excuses. There is nothing random about putting your best rotation out there. Even Jim "High Tuition" Morris has shuffled his rotation in the past.
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
Right, finishing in the top 8 is equivalent to finish in the top 4.
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It is.

The College World Series is baseball's championship event just like the Final 4 is in basketball.

Nobody starts their season with the goal of winning 2 games in Omaha. It's getting to Omaha.
 
Brian Piccolo said:
Jaromir Jagr said:
It fits into my "win two games and act like we belong" standard as well.
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The goal isn't to win 2 games. It's to win the bracket.

If we go 1-2 trying to win it then so be it. That's better than blowing your load to wins 2 games and going out anyway.
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Wait, what? Going 1-2 is better than going 2-2?

And how do you "blow your load"? There is enough time between games that there is no option other than using your two best pitchers in those two games. How on earth could you "blow your load"?

My god. You blew it with that post.
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
Until, of course, you bring up the top 8 in basketball too.
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It was merely a statement of fact. I mentioned it just to prove you wrong.

No matter what standard you use Duke basketball and Miami baseball have performed similarly since 2001. Duke has cashed in twice (And that's not nothing) but it's mostly due to the fact that the better team wins far more often in basketball than baseball.
 
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Brian Piccolo said:
Jaromir Jagr said:
Right, finishing in the top 8 is equivalent to finish in the top 4.
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It is.

The College World Series is baseball's championship event just like the Final 4 is in basketball.

Nobody starts their season with the goal of winning 2 games in Omaha. It's getting to Omaha.
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Oh, we know. Your goal is just to get there. You've made that painfully clear. Oh, unless it's 2009-2014, and then you explain how it is really tough to get there with tuition, Texas Tech, no Gino, and random events clouding the process.
 
It's better to lose early and have to win four straight games on your side of the bracket than to win the first two games.

That might become my new sig. Thanks for the instant classic.
 
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Jaromir Jagr said:
Even Jim "High Tuition" Morris has shuffled his rotation in the past.
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Yes he has.

With far less proven pitchers than Woodrey and on far less successful teams. This team is a national seed and if Woodrey pitches to his averages it's a real contender as currently constituted. He's giving his Senior Friday starter as much time as he can to get it right.
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
Wait, what? Going 1-2 is better than going 2-2?
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No. Didn't say that.

But not all 2-2's are the same.

Winning the first 2 games is better than losing the first one and then winning the next two.

Your 2 win standard is so stupid and arbitrary that a normal person would be embarrassed to endorse it.
 
Brian Piccolo said:
Jaromir Jagr said:
Do you have an exact date when you became happy with just "getting there"?
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Always.

It's a crap-shoot mostly.

Just get there and then we'll figure out how to put together 5 more wins.

Any other expectation is silly.
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Cool. We'll just "figure it out once we get there". How is that philosophy working out?

Instead of trying to "figure it out" against the best teams in college baseball, why don't we build a team that can win it without us having to figure stuff out in June? Why not go after power arms that can have success instead of the 85 mph lefties who get tattooed by Florida?

Figure it out. SMH.
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
And how do you "blow your load"? There is enough time between games that there is no option other than using your two best pitchers in those two games. How on earth could you "blow your load"?
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Spoken like someone who has never followed a Jim Morris coached team in the postseason.

One of the reasons he won his first 13 Regionals is because he pitches to match-ups and he doesn't blow his bullpen to chase short-sighted goals.

Like winning 2 games.

He coaches to win the bracket/Regional.

Not to win 2 games.
 
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Brian Piccolo said:
Jaromir Jagr said:
Wait, what? Going 1-2 is better than going 2-2?
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No. Didn't say that.

But not all 2-2's are the same.

Winning the first 2 games is better than losing the first one and then winning the next two.

Your 2 win standard is so stupid and arbitrary that a normal person would be embarrassed to endorse it.
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Right, getting into the bracket final is never a goal. We just wait until we land at Eppley Airfield and figure it out.

He actually wrote that.
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
Oh, unless it's 2009-2014, and then you explain how it is really tough to get there with tuition, Texas Tech, no Gino, and random events clouding the process.
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It is harder to get there when the math (and a little luck) is stacked against you.

Hence why Morris is 6-for-6 getting there with a national seed.

That's why the goals are....

1) National seed

2) Getting to Omaha
 
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Brian Piccolo said:
Jaromir Jagr said:
Oh, unless it's 2009-2014, and then you explain how it is really tough to get there with tuition, Texas Tech, no Gino, and random events clouding the process.
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It is harder to get there when the math (and a little luck) is stacked against you.

Hence why Morris is 6-for-6 getting there with a national seed.

That's why the goals are....

1) National seed

2) Getting to Omaha
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3) and then "figure it out"
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
It's better to lose early and have to win four straight games on your side of the bracket than to win the first two games.
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Nobody ever said that.

You also never said anything about winning the first two games. You said two games total. Maybe you just realized that there are different paths to 2 wins. Not all of them are equal.
 
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