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<blockquote data-quote="FredJacket" data-source="post: 947000" data-attributes="member: 2843"><p>Who saw this coming (or even close to this coming) when CDB was hired? </p><p></p><p>Recall... FOR YEARS we complained about results...especially post-season results. And whether it was CDH or TStan or pressure from other influential parties or a combination of all of those, a decision was made to 'invest' more into this "weak link" part of the program. We got better technology (the lab), and we threw money at the pitching coach position to elevate out of the "tier" we had been in. </p><p> </p><p>As far as I can recall... not a soul (not one) was critical of any of that or even skeptical. ALL the 'experts' who follow and write about college baseball, were predicting Ga Tech's return the prominence in a few short years. It was a hallelujah moment for us fans. FINALLY FINALLY... Ga Tech was addressing a known short-coming and maybe beginning to act like the other elite D1 programs. All the parts were coming together and in a few years, we'd be a 'more balanced team'... that seemed to be the FLOOR of the expectations. No way could it all just stay the same (getting worse was out of the question)... NO WAY, right? The pitching HAD to improve...had too. And if the offense just held steady, we'd be a very very good team... and consistent too. ELITE (again).</p><p></p><p>This probably won't be very popular because it's likely to be misunderstood; but I'll say it anyway. I feel for Coach Hall on this one. I have no idea if this is how it went down or not... but I wonder how long and how hard he had lobbied for more investment to upgrade the pitching issues. Even if way too late, (on paper) the lab and CDB were significant upgrades to what had been the norm up to that point. Yet... here we are. No better... worse probably. Those conference pitching stats (hits, walks, HBPs, HRs) are staggering. I stopped looking at those, myself, back in March. Too frustrating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FredJacket, post: 947000, member: 2843"] Who saw this coming (or even close to this coming) when CDB was hired? Recall... FOR YEARS we complained about results...especially post-season results. And whether it was CDH or TStan or pressure from other influential parties or a combination of all of those, a decision was made to 'invest' more into this "weak link" part of the program. We got better technology (the lab), and we threw money at the pitching coach position to elevate out of the "tier" we had been in. As far as I can recall... not a soul (not one) was critical of any of that or even skeptical. ALL the 'experts' who follow and write about college baseball, were predicting Ga Tech's return the prominence in a few short years. It was a hallelujah moment for us fans. FINALLY FINALLY... Ga Tech was addressing a known short-coming and maybe beginning to act like the other elite D1 programs. All the parts were coming together and in a few years, we'd be a 'more balanced team'... that seemed to be the FLOOR of the expectations. No way could it all just stay the same (getting worse was out of the question)... NO WAY, right? The pitching HAD to improve...had too. And if the offense just held steady, we'd be a very very good team... and consistent too. ELITE (again). This probably won't be very popular because it's likely to be misunderstood; but I'll say it anyway. I feel for Coach Hall on this one. I have no idea if this is how it went down or not... but I wonder how long and how hard he had lobbied for more investment to upgrade the pitching issues. Even if way too late, (on paper) the lab and CDB were significant upgrades to what had been the norm up to that point. Yet... here we are. No better... worse probably. Those conference pitching stats (hits, walks, HBPs, HRs) are staggering. I stopped looking at those, myself, back in March. Too frustrating. [/QUOTE]
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