huh?alamoaggie 64 said:
Well, I am sure Childress knows best. Hard to question the success his staff is having this year.
Wendy 1990 said:
There are several players on that team with Aggie lineage.
Here we go again, with the Brazos County mafia thinking that we can build a great baseball program by recruiting like we are Brazos Valley State rather than Texas A&M. Even if you want the local kids, they have to want to stay home, and you have to come to an agreement on the scholarship money.wareagle044 said:Wendy 1990 said:
There are several players on that team with Aggie lineage.
Sounds like this is going to be the case again as they're going to miss on several local kids they didn't offer this year.
Travis Hester (CSHS) to Arkansas
Hunter Dobbins (Rudder) to Texas Tech
I believe another CSHS kid to DBU
And a consol kid
Losing that much local talent to in state teams like tech or conference rivals is unacceptable to me. Hutch and Seely need to evaluate kids through their JR/Sr years.
Kyle Richardson may pan out and Landon Miner -- I just don't see ever developing into a weekend guy.
We are too talent rich in this area to lose local kids that would love to be Aggies to other programs.
Don't get me wrong - Miner and Richardson, I'm proud for them to get where they've dreamed to be. They deserve that honor, but these other kids with A&M ties need to quit getting away.
Just because you walkon and make the team doesn't mean that you are necessarily put on scholarship. You might get some scholarship money the next year, but there are no guarantees.zagman said:
If those kids really wanted to come here they could have walked on like a lot of other kids did. After all if they made it they would have gotten a 1/3 scholarship. Something tells me they received some other help from a private school. There is always more to the story then what the TexAgs know-it-alls seem to know.
wareagle044 said:Wendy 1990 said:
There are several players on that team with Aggie lineage.
Sounds like this is going to be the case again as they're going to miss on several local kids they didn't offer this year.
Travis Hester (CSHS) to Arkansas
Hunter Dobbins (Rudder) to Texas Tech
I believe another CSHS kid to DBU
And a consol kid
Losing that much local talent to in state teams like tech or conference rivals is unacceptable to me. Hutch and Seely need to evaluate kids through their JR/Sr years.
Kyle Richardson may pan out and Landon Miner -- I just don't see ever developing into a weekend guy.
We are too talent rich in this area to lose local kids that would love to be Aggies to other programs.
Don't get me wrong - Miner and Richardson, I'm proud for them to get where they've dreamed to be. They deserve that honor, but these other kids with A&M ties need to quit getting away.
I mean, Janczak is one who our staff might've "missed" on.... But who's to say the handful of players you listed WILL pan out? I'm sure several local players haven't really panned out for other colleges. Luke Anders was a good player for us back in 08 and 09. Nick was sadly a non-factor. Blake Kopetsky hasn't exactly had a huge impact until this season, and even then he's only a decent hitter. What Brazos Valley kids have gone to other teams and done extremely well? I'm curious here- if I'm wrong I'll admit it. But have there really been all that many players from around here who have gone to other schools and torn it up?wareagle044 said:
My issue isn't that the kids are getting away necessarily, it's that they are getting away and going to Top 10 programs and contributing to those teams getting and staying there.
What are these quality programs seeing in these kids that isn't even warranting a look from the local university? If it's happening with kids 3 miles down the road being missed --- what's being missed in Houston, Dallas, etc. (Obviously Janczak)
FWIW, I'm not disappointed in the coaching staff over the last decade -- they've kept things mostly positive and consistent -- but there's one thing keeping this team from getting over the hump. Everyone knows it, and wants to figure it out.
[citation needed]Huell Babineaux said:
Janczak's aggie ties are small. He was a longhorn fan growing up, but had a lot of buddies go to A&M and wanted to play here.
Came on his visit and Sealy and Childress ignored him and showed little interest. I know he used that visit as extra motivation to stick it to us in the Super regional last year.
AB2 said:
I haven't taken the time to read the entire thread, but...
Not every kid who plays baseball in CS wants to go to A&M.
Not every kid who plays baseball in CS deserves to be recruited to play baseball at A&M.
Not every kid who wants to play at A&M deserves to play at A&M.
Not every kid who deserves to play at A&M will get a chance to play at A&M.
Not every kid who goes to another school, but isn't recruited by A&M, does so because our coaching staff are a bunch of idiots.
wareagle044 said:AB2 said:
I haven't taken the time to read the entire thread, but...
Not every kid who plays baseball in CS wants to go to A&M.
Not every kid who plays baseball in CS deserves to be recruited to play baseball at A&M.
Not every kid who wants to play at A&M deserves to play at A&M.
Not every kid who deserves to play at A&M will get a chance to play at A&M.
Not every kid who goes to another school, but isn't recruited by A&M, does so because our coaching staff are a bunch of idiots.
You are correct, but I know that there are at least 4 kids in BCS who would go to A&M and are not getting a look -- yet other quality programs, some work more recent success than A&M are taking them.
W said:
oh my, the one no one has mentioned...the Bramhall kid.
pitched 3 scoreless innings in game 1 of the 2007 super regional...a game Rice won 3-2 in 10 innings. He pitched the 8th, 9th, and 10th for the Owls. That was a killer and an example of one-that-got-away that directly kept A&M from Omaha
Wendy 1990 said:
There are several players on that team with Aggie lineage.
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I'm glad TCU is having success
AB2 said:
I haven't taken the time to read the entire thread, but...
Not every kid who plays baseball in CS wants to go to A&M.
Not every kid who plays baseball in CS deserves to be recruited to play baseball at A&M.
Not every kid who wants to play at A&M deserves to play at A&M.
Not every kid who deserves to play at A&M will get a chance to play at A&M.
Not every kid who goes to another school, but isn't recruited by A&M, does so because our coaching staff are a bunch of idiots.
