Once fans sour on a player or coach, their objectivity seems to crumble. It's a universal truth...not just a GT baseball fan thing. I'd rather the discussion remain in better context and nuanced; but that is impossible.
Hall (not Ramsey... strangely) gets nearly 100% of the blame for having recruited talent that doesn't meet potential. Hall is the CEO. He should get the credit when things go well and the blame when they don't. But we are in this very weird situation where Hall is blamed for the failures and Ramsey is credited for the positives. The Hall/Ramsey thing has been operating for 6+ seasons. I'm only bringing that up to highlight the lack of objectivity thing in nearly all the emotional post re Hall. I like Ramsey and want him to be the next hire... but does NONE of Hall's stink get on him? If you really are a 'Hall must go' guy.... but also a 'we can't blow this and lose Ramsey' guy... that doesn't make sense to me.
Looking at Hall's entire coaching career... you cannot argue with the results. He's a winner. His teams win 2 of 3 games. Anybody calling for his head, would (in the next breath) say if his replacement wins 65% of his games, it's a homerun hire.
Likewise, you cannot argue with the lack of post-season success in last half of his time at Tech. Those that consider that the ONLY metric worth considering have a case.
And having read and participated in these forum discussions. Nearly always we're talking past each other. Which is fine... forums like this tend to be that way.
You have argued several times that Ramsey
could be part of the problem, not just Hall.
Since we don't know the inner staff workings (or more correctly, I don't), I no longer have a firm opinion that Ramsey should be HC. A clean slate should be up to the new HC, who is competitively selected IMHO. But as I wasn't even drafted and don't contribute enough to matter, my opinion is not going to move the needle.
I am tired of us not being relevant and competitive. So any change which
could change that irrelevancy is worthwhile. There is little reason to be a GT baseball fan and unfortunately I am asking myself more often why I should care. While I like the portal for the players and think it is for the best overall for the guys playing the game with the most invested, I dislike the rotating people and not sticking with our recruits. Most of our starting lineup is transfers and to me they aren't "real" Tech students but opportunists looking for the best way to the draft. Oh well, just win tonight.
