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<blockquote data-quote="CINCYMETJACKET" data-source="post: 1010910" data-attributes="member: 4003"><p>I agree with this. I saw it when I was a grad student at Tech. It was the 1999 season when we had freshmen Victor Menocal, Mark Teixeira, Richard Lewis, Wes Rynders, Steve Kelly, Rhett Parrott, and Kevin Cameron, among others.</p><p></p><p>That was the first year we were not selected to the NCAA tournament in 20+ years, I believe. We had a very young team, but I still thought we deserved to go to the tournament at the time.</p><p></p><p>Menocal, Teixeira, and Lewis played most games that year, with Rynders getting a good number of games and AB's. Menocal hit less than 0.200 that year, but he WAS our starting shortstop, and was given the playing time. We also had a really good SO class that year.</p><p></p><p>Parrott, Kelly, and Cameron also got significant innings that year, none of whom had what even we, as GT fans, would consider a decent ERA. Although we had SO, JR, and SR pitchers getting the most innings.</p><p></p><p>My point being, after a longer than expected history rambling, that in 1999 we let the kids we recruited play. It didn't work out the way we wanted that year, i.e. NCAA tournament appearance. But it payed off in future seasons. An NCAA Super Regional in 2000, followed by a #1 ranking to start the following year. We didn't win it all for various reasons, but we let the kids play and they became the foundation for a team that could have won it all. I also believe that this set the foundation for the teams that were awarded national seeds, and those that made the college world series, later in the 2000's.</p><p></p><p>Not sure that the current environment with transfer rules, NIL, etc. will ever allow that to happen again for us. But I keep hoping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CINCYMETJACKET, post: 1010910, member: 4003"] I agree with this. I saw it when I was a grad student at Tech. It was the 1999 season when we had freshmen Victor Menocal, Mark Teixeira, Richard Lewis, Wes Rynders, Steve Kelly, Rhett Parrott, and Kevin Cameron, among others. That was the first year we were not selected to the NCAA tournament in 20+ years, I believe. We had a very young team, but I still thought we deserved to go to the tournament at the time. Menocal, Teixeira, and Lewis played most games that year, with Rynders getting a good number of games and AB's. Menocal hit less than 0.200 that year, but he WAS our starting shortstop, and was given the playing time. We also had a really good SO class that year. Parrott, Kelly, and Cameron also got significant innings that year, none of whom had what even we, as GT fans, would consider a decent ERA. Although we had SO, JR, and SR pitchers getting the most innings. My point being, after a longer than expected history rambling, that in 1999 we let the kids we recruited play. It didn't work out the way we wanted that year, i.e. NCAA tournament appearance. But it payed off in future seasons. An NCAA Super Regional in 2000, followed by a #1 ranking to start the following year. We didn't win it all for various reasons, but we let the kids play and they became the foundation for a team that could have won it all. I also believe that this set the foundation for the teams that were awarded national seeds, and those that made the college world series, later in the 2000's. Not sure that the current environment with transfer rules, NIL, etc. will ever allow that to happen again for us. But I keep hoping. [/QUOTE]
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