PatAg said:
Has our baseball team really had more success than basketball? I mean actual success, not just finishing ranked
GrayMatter said:
The funny thing is only at A&M do people care more about baseball than they do basketball. Nobody really cares about college baseball.
expresswrittenconsent said:
But how do you quantify that? I would bet that a&m and all those schools you listed spend significantly more in terms of coaching salaries, scholarships, facilities, total financial program support in hoops than baseball.
sincereag said:
College baseball is dominated by teams in the warm weather states which leaves out about 40 percent of the nation from having consistently good teams. Add to that our baseball stadium, baseball fan base and recruiting in a hotbed then you would think we would have at least sniffed a serious run at a title within the last 30 years. We haven't come close.
sincereag said:
College baseball is dominated by teams in the warm weather states which leaves out about 40 percent of the nation from having consistently good teams. Add to that our baseball stadium, baseball fan base and recruiting in a hotbed then you would think we would have at least sniffed a serious run at a title within the last 30 years. We haven't come close.
Rob Childress has made the NCAA tournament 12 straight years, the Super Regional (the equivalent of the Sweet 16) six times, and the CWS (roughly the Elite 8) twice. If he was the basketball coach, we'd have built a statue for him by now. Instead, there's a sizable portion of the fanbase that wants him fired for what he hasn't accomplished.expresswrittenconsent said:
But how do you quantify that?
He has done more than basketball, but you truly think thats statue worthy?wacarnolds said:Rob Childress has made the NCAA tournament 12 straight years, the Super Regional (the equivalent of the Sweet 16) six times, and the CWS (roughly the Elite 8) twice. If he was the basketball coach, we'd have built a statue for him by now. Instead, there's a sizable portion of the fanbase that wants him fired for what he hasn't accomplished.expresswrittenconsent said:
But how do you quantify that?
it was just a figure of speech, but sure, build this hypothetical basketball coach a statue. I'm guessing it wouldn't be the worst idea we've had when it comes to statues.PatAg said:He has done more than basketball, but you truly think thats statue worthy?wacarnolds said:Rob Childress has made the NCAA tournament 12 straight years, the Super Regional (the equivalent of the Sweet 16) six times, and the CWS (roughly the Elite 8) twice. If he was the basketball coach, we'd have built a statue for him by now. Instead, there's a sizable portion of the fanbase that wants him fired for what he hasn't accomplished.expresswrittenconsent said:
But how do you quantify that?
TXMatt15 said:
You can't say well RC has had more success and therefore is a better coach. It's not that simple
Well I don't know about an argument, but both coaches have had disappointing seasons where they had teams that were talented enough to reach Elite 8 or the CWS.bobinator said:
Also, I haven't gone back and read the whole thread, did someone actually argue that Childress and Kennedy are somehow on nearly equal footing?
This just seems like an insane thought to me.JJxvi said:
Kennedy>>>>>Childress regardless of whatever baseball vs basketball feelings people have about any supposed accomplishments for either of them. Billy Kennedy is a lot closer to the pinnacle of his profession than Rob Childress is and it shows..Kennedy makes 6 or 7 times the amount of money that Childress does.
Why?bobinator said:This just seems like an insane thought to me.JJxvi said:
Kennedy>>>>>Childress regardless of whatever baseball vs basketball feelings people have about any supposed accomplishments for either of them. Billy Kennedy is a lot closer to the pinnacle of his profession than Rob Childress is and it shows..Kennedy makes 6 or 7 times the amount of money that Childress does.
It's not just you.bobinator said:This just seems like an insane thought to me.JJxvi said:
Kennedy>>>>>Childress regardless of whatever baseball vs basketball feelings people have about any supposed accomplishments for either of them. Billy Kennedy is a lot closer to the pinnacle of his profession than Rob Childress is and it shows..Kennedy makes 6 or 7 times the amount of money that Childress does.
There is a pretty key difference here in that we fired one of the previous coaches and the other one left us. Kennedy being an "extreme reach" just isn't true, he fit the profile of the kind of coach we normally try to hire in basketball.Artimus Gordon said:
Kennedy and Childress are two peas in a pod. Both were extreme reaches as you say. Neither had a track record that gave you any confidence that they were any better than the previous HC. Both have shown That they don't have what it takes to get past the 2nd round of the basketball NCAA's nor (in childress' case) make it to the CWS and actually win a game.