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<blockquote data-quote="FredJacket" data-source="post: 319403" data-attributes="member: 2843"><p>Lots of talk in various threads alluding to the state of the baseball program & key things that need to be "fixed". </p><p></p><p>If I were to generalize/summarize, I'd say the majority have this "worldview" regarding the baseball program...in no particular order (well not really):</p><p>---coaching is likely the heaviest contributor to "mediocre" results in recent years. & that's unacceptable. </p><p>---injuries are a factor. Some (a few?) injuries must be attributed to coaching or process (i.e. recruiting broken players or teaching damaging techniques). Other injuries to random bad luck. </p><p>---our recruiting classes are generally "graded" high & in recent years, the results mean severe underperformance. </p><p>---Ga Tech's academic rigor creates burdens in recruiting process that other schools never have to worry about. </p><p>---Ga Tech baseball should be as good as it was 15-30 years ago. [foot stomp here...for effect & to setup my question]</p><p></p><p>Ok... all that for context to pose a serious (potentially depressing) hypothesis. Going forward, has the college baseball (to include recruiting) landscape changed to a point Ga Tech cannot/should not expect to compete "consistently" for 40-win type seasons. </p><p></p><p>I'm a long distance from the process. But things that jump out to me that this forum seems to just take for granted that I intuitively challenge are:</p><p>1) Recruiting rankings & evaluations are not that flawed.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Just because a guy or group of them say a kid is good or attaches a grade to him... does not make it gospel. I assume others find this information reliable. I just don't. Therefore, I am skeptical about any future value/expectation attached to a recruit or class. Not saying it's useless. Just saying I believe it's not a comprehensive or exact science...filled with flaws. </li> </ul><p>2) We've been a 40-win program before; therefore we should be one now or next year or in 10 years. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's possible (I don't know), the college baseball landscape has changed in such a way that Ga Tech's "uniquely" high academic standards & fine margins for recruiting "errors" make it nearly impossible to compete with elite programs.</li> </ul><p>3) A new coaching staff is needed.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who knows if new solves the problem? I assume this... CDH will not be around much longer. Not many coaches in best cases stick around that long. </li> </ul><p></p><p>Ok... I bring all that up to solicit good dialogue from folks smarter than I. Folks who I really would like to think big picture beyond the emotional declaration that simply getting new coaches will miraculously send us to OMAHA. The situation is much more complex & nuanced than that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FredJacket, post: 319403, member: 2843"] Lots of talk in various threads alluding to the state of the baseball program & key things that need to be "fixed". If I were to generalize/summarize, I'd say the majority have this "worldview" regarding the baseball program...in no particular order (well not really): ---coaching is likely the heaviest contributor to "mediocre" results in recent years. & that's unacceptable. ---injuries are a factor. Some (a few?) injuries must be attributed to coaching or process (i.e. recruiting broken players or teaching damaging techniques). Other injuries to random bad luck. ---our recruiting classes are generally "graded" high & in recent years, the results mean severe underperformance. ---Ga Tech's academic rigor creates burdens in recruiting process that other schools never have to worry about. ---Ga Tech baseball should be as good as it was 15-30 years ago. [foot stomp here...for effect & to setup my question] Ok... all that for context to pose a serious (potentially depressing) hypothesis. Going forward, has the college baseball (to include recruiting) landscape changed to a point Ga Tech cannot/should not expect to compete "consistently" for 40-win type seasons. I'm a long distance from the process. But things that jump out to me that this forum seems to just take for granted that I intuitively challenge are: 1) Recruiting rankings & evaluations are not that flawed. [LIST] [*]Just because a guy or group of them say a kid is good or attaches a grade to him... does not make it gospel. I assume others find this information reliable. I just don't. Therefore, I am skeptical about any future value/expectation attached to a recruit or class. Not saying it's useless. Just saying I believe it's not a comprehensive or exact science...filled with flaws. [/LIST] 2) We've been a 40-win program before; therefore we should be one now or next year or in 10 years. [LIST] [*]It's possible (I don't know), the college baseball landscape has changed in such a way that Ga Tech's "uniquely" high academic standards & fine margins for recruiting "errors" make it nearly impossible to compete with elite programs. [/LIST] 3) A new coaching staff is needed. [LIST] [*]Who knows if new solves the problem? I assume this... CDH will not be around much longer. Not many coaches in best cases stick around that long. [/LIST] Ok... I bring all that up to solicit good dialogue from folks smarter than I. Folks who I really would like to think big picture beyond the emotional declaration that simply getting new coaches will miraculously send us to OMAHA. The situation is much more complex & nuanced than that. [/QUOTE]
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