Sandman98 said:
94chem said:
powerbelly said:
Aggies2009 said:
94chem said:
The issue is that Jeff Granger won our last game in Omaha.
Yes. We know. You've made this point here many times.
I don't know what the special thing about that is, other than that it's an arbitrary metric that people can run down our baseball program over. Ole Miss won losers bracket games. They're not a better baseball program than we are because of that.
Agree, but it is an easy talking point for message boards.
Our real problem, IMO, is we don't put ourselves in a good position to host super regionals and therefore increase our odds to get to Omaha. The more time you get to Omaha, the better chance you will win.
Well, duh. Regionals 9 out of 10 years, supers 5 out of 10, Omaha 3 out of 10. Average winning 2 games in Omaha each trip. That's 18 wins in Omaha every 30 years. Who thinks that's unreasonable? How many wins do we have? Not 18. 1. How many games have we played? Not 36. 9. You can play with the numbers, but you can't make the reality anywhere even close to expectations. There. Said the same thing, but with more words. Happy?
We know bro. You use a metric nobody in the baseball business uses. We get it. Like the poster said, being on the doorstep of Omaha by hosting supers more often and getting there every now and then is the measure. From there it's a crap shoot (ask Coastal and Fresno St). Not one serious person counts the actual wins in Omaha except when someone wins the last game.
We're still saying the same thing. I've been a fan since 1985, and the reason they've lost the final game in the 6 team regionals so many times is because they were seldom a #1 seed. The reason they don't get through Supers is because they either don't make them or play them on the road. The reason they don't win when they get to Omaha is because they are fish out of water. They don't get close enough often enough. You hang around long enough, you break through. And, well, even if you end up Florida State, you're nuts if you'd rather be Coastal or Fresno State.
And whoever the poster is who thinks I was advocating for the Ole Miss coach is just lying. I don't know his name, don't know his record, and don't care.
I just know that in 37 years of following Aggie baseball, one win in Omaha isn't enough. It's a crazy metric for 3 years, maybe even for 6 years, but for 37 years, it's pretty reasonable to judge by.
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough