I have been following UT baseball since 1977. Nobody is bigger than the program, Coach Gus wasn't and was let go, he had the most wins in college baseball then. He was a former Texas player and an icon in Longhorn sports, but it was time for him to go.
Part of being a great coach is knowing when to hang it up, when your hurting or not advancing the program any more. DKR retired at 52, because he knew this. He hated all the cheating in recruiting and he knew he was not doing the job anymore. He could have held on too, but to his credit, he didn't.
I defended Augie when others wanted him fired, after his first two terrible seasons, he was getting his team together.
That isn't the case anymore, the facts are the facts. Gus had a system then too, it was still time for him to go. Augie has two more national championships in him? I don't even know what to say to that, this is the blind loyalty I refer to. I can't do that for any coach. Age catches up to us all sooner or later, if you feel you can't get out there and do your job anymore, you should retire. That's why there are very few coaches in their 70's in major college sports, much less their late 70's.
At the very most, Augie gets possibly next season, do you really not know this? So your saying in reality that Texas is going to win the national championship this year and next year? That's borderline delusional in all honesty.
I have faith in the program, when it's obvious that the program is being hurt by lack of effort by coaches, then it's time for them to retire or be let go.
That is what has been going on for a long time, as I said Harmon was a scapegoat firing, nothing has improved. The recruiting has suffered because it wasn't being done, with the effort required. They bring in Nicholson, who didn't know the Texas recruiting scene. He can't even coach third base, because he doesn't know what he is doing there. He had to be replaced by our pitching coach, who has a full plate of his own already.
The fielding is terrible on a field turf surface that assures consistently good hops for the most part.
The hitting has been the major problem for years, that shouldn't have happened and it sure shouldn't be going on this long. This isn't conjecture, these are hard facts, not a whim. Thinking this program is going to win two more national championships under the present regime, is what is whimsical. It's just the baseball equivalent of whistling by the Disch-Faulk graveyard, not the one south of it. Texas hasn't even hosted a regional since 2012, I'm not looking for one there this year either.
The pitching has been the only aspect of the game, that has kept the program afloat, during this period. It saved the jobs of the other coaches, this is also a hard fact. Without the CWS run and the Big 12 Tournament win, both keyed by remarkable pitching performances, this discussion would be moot.
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