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<blockquote data-quote="GT_ATL" data-source="post: 222683" data-attributes="member: 1925"><p>That's dumb. Hall gets to play flimsy non conference opponents (approximately 50% of the baseball schedule is non-con, and year in year out, every non con opponent is an inferior program, depending on what you think about the 3 UGA games) at a much higher rate than Paul Johnson, who only gets to play 2 or 3 easy non conference games per year. And then all the more systematic disadvantages we all know.</p><p></p><p>Basketball has a similar non-conference rate, but we are much more systematically overmatched in basketball than baseball, between Lousville/Syracuse/UNC bagmen, fake UNC classes, insufficient funds due to previous bad hires, shady AAU recruiting, etc. Baseball has none of those disadvantages and in fact has some special advantages: baseball players are more likely to care about educational quality than pro factory status, the truly elite players all go pro so baseball is a much more amateur game, partial scholarship limits make GT financially attractive for the players from Atlanta baseball hotbeds, and so on. And yet Hall can barely be competitive enough to squeak into the tournament more often than not.</p><p></p><p>It's not enough that baseball has the highest winning percentage of the three sports, that's a baseline 'duh' expectation. It should substantially outperform football and basketball and be nationally competitive on a regular basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT_ATL, post: 222683, member: 1925"] That's dumb. Hall gets to play flimsy non conference opponents (approximately 50% of the baseball schedule is non-con, and year in year out, every non con opponent is an inferior program, depending on what you think about the 3 UGA games) at a much higher rate than Paul Johnson, who only gets to play 2 or 3 easy non conference games per year. And then all the more systematic disadvantages we all know. Basketball has a similar non-conference rate, but we are much more systematically overmatched in basketball than baseball, between Lousville/Syracuse/UNC bagmen, fake UNC classes, insufficient funds due to previous bad hires, shady AAU recruiting, etc. Baseball has none of those disadvantages and in fact has some special advantages: baseball players are more likely to care about educational quality than pro factory status, the truly elite players all go pro so baseball is a much more amateur game, partial scholarship limits make GT financially attractive for the players from Atlanta baseball hotbeds, and so on. And yet Hall can barely be competitive enough to squeak into the tournament more often than not. It's not enough that baseball has the highest winning percentage of the three sports, that's a baseline 'duh' expectation. It should substantially outperform football and basketball and be nationally competitive on a regular basis. [/QUOTE]
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