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WTF are you smoking? Name those 10 coaches, please. Because I guarantee, you'd be *****ing about them the first year they didn't win it all. You are literally *****ing about a coach who averages 40 wins a year and has continued A&M's baseball tradition of being a powerhouse, year in and year out. Jesus Christ.
As far as coaches, I've been advocating Brian O'Connor for 3 years now. I can name 9 others but he is my first choice. Obviously a moot point because Rob isn't going anywhere after this year, which I've said previously was his best coaching job considering the injuries. But I'm also referencing a 10 year trend line, which has produced 0 national seeds (a key indicator of the quality of the season and opportunity to host a SR) and 1 trip to Omaha. That should not be the standard at A&M.
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And I don't place any more emphasis on Hop's word than anybody else's. And your reasoning on why A&M should win every year is because we're A&M? That's absurd. Look, I know you're upset, but let's use a little reason, shall we? Every team playing now has good facilities and resources. If it was up to resources, then shouldn't Texas win it every year? And the reason MJ got fired was because his teams had been in decline for a few years; that's definitely not the case for RC.
First, I would say Hop knows more about baseball than you and me combined and has followed it closely at least 10 years longer than me. So yeah, his well-reasoned and intelligent opinion carries a lot of weight with me.
Second, do you work for Hyman? Seriously, though, there is no point arguing with you because we come from completely different world views when it comes to expectations for Aggie athletics. I will repeat - this is not the A&M of the 80s or 90s when we didn't have the exposure, brand name, or investment in athletics that we do today. A&M is a big time school with a lot of money/resources/facility/location and a quickly growing brand now in the SEC. We should expect big results from programs that have the built-in advantages such as Baseball. Also, there are several teams in both Texas and the SEC that have inferior facilities and resources. You mention Texas, which is a bad argument, because they have won multiple titles in the last 15 years. Obviously no school wins it every year - the problem is that A&M does not reach Omaha enough to give itself a chance to win it all.
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And we are competing for National Championships. We were in the sweet 16 this year. We were one key hit from being in the CWS, DESPITE losing our top 2 starters and playing in the toughest conference in the country. We've been in the dance the past 9 years. We ARE competing. Could you be any more whiny? Do you want to fire Sumlin too? Barring injuries again, Rob has this team set up to be an elite team again next year. We are one of the teams at the top of the college baseball world, and you want to fire the man that put us there. Unbelievable. Only on Texags would people ***** about this. I can't believe how many people are whining about this.
I would argue we are not competing for national titles. You have to at least make it to Omaha to give yourself a chance to get to the championship series. Just making the NCAA tournament is not the standard - that should be the baseline expectation for any A&M baseball coach. I'm not sure how you can make the argument that A&M is "one of the teams at the top of the college baseball world." My definition of top of the baseball world would be a Top 5-10 program in the nation. Based on the last 10 years, A&M has averaged a Top 20-30 finish in the NCAA tournament. That's not elite.
I'm sorry that you think people on TexAgs who are passionate about winning in baseball at an elite level have unrealistic expectations and are "whiny." We simply disagree with your managed expectations.
