ClassOf17 said:Rocco S said:Aggies2009 said:Sea Pony 07 said:
I don't usually say this, but I put the blame for this game 100 percent on childress.
And you'd be wrong. It was a lot of things.
Your RC defending crusade just looks ridiculous st this point. As I've always said his teams are mentally weak and tonight was just more evidence to that fact. He isn't going to ever win a game in Omaha because his teams lack the mental fortitude to get there.
Mentally weak? We had one bad inning. There was plenty of times we needed a guy check and came through. I don't agree with RC pulling Martin, but to say we were weak is disgraceful and an outright lie.
This is SPOT on and typical of Childress decisions over the years...very predictable.Lance Uppercut said:
The extra 2 plus hours has given me time to cool off...
...but total dumb guy move on Childress' part. I get tagged for being too lenient on him, but Sherrod gave up 2 earned and a walk against Incarnate Word on Wednesday and looked bad. Childress fell in love with the idea of Martin being his setup and Sherrod being his closer and ignored the glaringly obvious, which was that Martin had the TCU hitters swinging and missing up 5. A game against #1 isn't the time for confidence boosters, it's time to stick with what works. Neither of those guys are proven closers, so pitch Martin until that doesn't work anymore.
Then, after Sherrod's outing, he puts a freshman with 2.1 innings pitched in his entire career into the game in one of the most stressful situations I could dream up. The game is already in jeopardy at that point.....what made you think someone with 2.1 innings is the solution? After that goes wrong, THEN he goes to upperclassman Chafin who, despite letting the tying run score, then goes on to pitch a billion gutsy innings.
When we lost to TCU 1-4 to end last season, it was with our best pitchers letting some score. Today it was just Childress fiddling with the lineup because he thinks it would be neat to have a setup man and then a closer, and then mindlessly putting a freshman in an absurdly stressful situation to follow that up.
Dumb.
92Ag95 said:
Childress is like a toddler sitting in the family car turning the steering wheel quickly back and forth because he thinks that's how you're supposed to drive.
PEOgden78 said:
As Ron Washington used to say, "That's the way baseball go!" Putting in your closer to start the 9th makes sense most of the time. That move is less questionable than moves Joe Madden made in the 7th game of the World Series that cost the Cubs a 5-1 lead. But the Cubs won, so all is good. This is a game against a hated rival in March. Let's see how the season turns out before going full BAS
Frok said:
Things never change with Aggie sports.
Guitarsoup said:
Up at 630a to drive to CS for the Kentucky game then at Minute Maid for every inning. That was a day.
12th Man Ag said:
I like my 10-year-old's perspective on this one.
"Hey, I'm proud of the team for going 15 innings with the number one team in the nation. That means good things are coming for us."
I will stick with that mindframe.
Foxo said:
I like baseball. Baseball fans not so much. Pretty juvenile display on this board.
Rocco S said:Guitarsoup said:
Up at 630a to drive to CS for the Kentucky game then at Minute Maid for every inning. That was a day.
Jeez dude.
I think they have a lot of pressure on them today to win. If they lose, it will be considered a failure this weekend. If they had won last night, they could relax and enjoy today knowing they beat 2 world series teams this weekend.tjholley17 said:
One positive from last night, we outplayed the #1 team in baseball for 8.5 innings. Hopefully this young team can learn from it and win today
