Something slightly different than a normal fire RC topic to discuss. I'm seeing a lot of posts saying to the effect "COVID bought Childress one more year" and I don't think I agree.
I'm using my phone so roster/stats are hard to sort for certain, but this team lost more than it gained from last year on paper imo. We've got mostly the same offense/defense + a few JC guys and freshman (who in a small sample haven't had much of an impact), and mostly the same pitching minus Asa Lacy and Christian Roa which are huge losses. Those were our Friday/Saturday night guys getting drafted 4th and 48th respectively in the MLB draft without much in the wings to replace them. Rob has now penciled last years setup man (Miller) as the Friday night guy and that can't be considered anything but a step down from Asa, no offense to Bryce. For this team to be better than last years 1) Long time returning starters needed to go from role players to stars (doesn't happen much in college baseball) and 2) the freshmen/JC guys needed to be studs and that doesn't look like the case either.
If there was any Childress team that was going to reach up and win enough to get Rob an extension it was last years team. This one was always going to be a step back on paper so if anything COVID prevented Rob's best chance at an extension.
And no, I'm not saying Rob definitely wins a super/cws game last year if the season wasn't cancelled, just that they had better chance than this team.
I'm using my phone so roster/stats are hard to sort for certain, but this team lost more than it gained from last year on paper imo. We've got mostly the same offense/defense + a few JC guys and freshman (who in a small sample haven't had much of an impact), and mostly the same pitching minus Asa Lacy and Christian Roa which are huge losses. Those were our Friday/Saturday night guys getting drafted 4th and 48th respectively in the MLB draft without much in the wings to replace them. Rob has now penciled last years setup man (Miller) as the Friday night guy and that can't be considered anything but a step down from Asa, no offense to Bryce. For this team to be better than last years 1) Long time returning starters needed to go from role players to stars (doesn't happen much in college baseball) and 2) the freshmen/JC guys needed to be studs and that doesn't look like the case either.
If there was any Childress team that was going to reach up and win enough to get Rob an extension it was last years team. This one was always going to be a step back on paper so if anything COVID prevented Rob's best chance at an extension.
And no, I'm not saying Rob definitely wins a super/cws game last year if the season wasn't cancelled, just that they had better chance than this team.
