This thread creates an image of two groups of people screaming at each other, with neither hearing a word spoken.

Listen it is pretty clear RC has a problem with his teams playing at their best come tournament time. Can we agree on that?

RC does have a problem getting past tu historically in any situation. Also he does have a problem getting past Texas teams during the tourney when the chips are down and the stakes are the highest. Once again I believe this point is fairly clear. Another point I want to make is the ncaa loves to pair us up against these type of foes so we better get past this issue.

Whether the sport is football, baseball or hoops etc... I think the jealousy factor of our great institution and the fact we joined the greatest conference in the land while leaving behind our Texas brethren does play a part in teams having absolutute focus on beating our ass. This is something we need to realize and use as a rallying cry to match their intensity with our own driving desire to be on our game.

It has really created a rivalry type situation every time we face and old foe from one of our old conference alliances.

That being said RC needs to coach up next years team and make a super. If not with his history of the past two years having Omaha type talent yet missing Omaha, combined with the fact he is 0-2 in his only trip in 11 years to Omaha, I believea change wouldn't be a crazy option.

We definelty need more and should expect more out of our baseball team with all the $$ and attention we give to the program.

That idea is absurd...you really think TCU beat us in 2015 because of jealousy, or that they were more focused on the "revenge" type scenario in 2016? We had Moss and Melton on the radio admitting that they got too infatuated with the "revenge tour" and didn't play their best baseball because they were too focused on the name of the opponent. Or that Rice had anything to be jealous of in 2007 and 2008? Their program was on top of the sport and we were in a total rebuild. Texas was a higher seed than us in 2014.

We eliminated Houston in 2008. Lafayette in 2007 (which seems local since LSU and Arkansas were included as local in this thread). We eliminated UTSA in 2013, Rice from their own regional in 2014.

These games are tough because this is geographically the area that has the toughest baseball teams, and you're usually playing them in a scenario that means you're playing another Top15 plus team. TCU was a top 10 team both seasons, neither was a scenario where a series win was some kind of given or you need to really think hard on it beyond knowing they were a good baseball team capable of beating other good baseball teams.

In tournaments, we beat Texas and Baylor in 2007, Oklahoma and Tech in 2009, Tech/Texas/Baylor in 2011 and didn't play a "local" team in 2012. In scenarios where seedings, only shots at making the NCAA tournament, or titles were on the line....why didn't the local teams' 'jealousy' kick in there?

The last post I'll make on here is what I think is actually obvious to everyone on here....2015 and 2016 were too good to make the premise of this thread realistic at this time even if they didn't make it to Omaha. 2013 and 2014 didn't stop 2015 from happening, just like 2009 will have nothing to do with what the 2017 team is capable of. The team that was assembled, the tournament win, and the amount of wins during the season won't even get the athletic director's attention in terms of searching for a new coach. If 2015-16 were a repeat of 2012 or 2013, probably. But we've seen large improvements on offense, defense, and players taken in the draft. If the way the team played the last 2 seasons left you truly believing that the current coaches and can't win 1 more game in a season to go to Omaha, I have to assume you're just set on being pessimistic.

2015-2016 Aggie baseball wasn't like 2009 or 2012-2014 Aggie baseball in terms of the gap between us and our goals as a program. I'll be the first to admit that I'll worry when Coach Bolt takes another job, but his addition to the team makes me confident that we have a staff that will produce quality baseball teams as long as it's together.