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In reply to CampingAg • 8:53p, 6/27/24
CampingAg said:
FWIW O'Conner's UVA squad beat DBU in three games in supers three years ago.


Then went two and bbq
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In reply to LB12Diamond • 8:54p, 6/27/24
LB12Diamond said:
Another poster posted the following:

Heefner is an elite coach and is as good or better than some of the "proven" names being thrown around from the bigger schools. I believe we will win a national championship if we hire Heefner. Just my opinion. No guarantee on any of these coaches. I like the Virgina coach as well. Jarrett would be great but don't see him leaving FSU at this time (same with Vitello). There are a couple of other solid choices but they aren't better and certainly not "a lot better" than Heefner. This is no Billy Kennedy hire as one poster farted out (absolutely absurd).

Heefner's teams hit lots of homers and steal lots of bases and field very well. He's an elite hitting instructor. On top of Pennington's acumen, who is also an excellent recruiter. He's produced lots of draft picks with a fraction of the resources and depth of high end talent that he will have (or have access to) at A&M (or any of the top big programs). He's produced a lot of quality pitchers as well. And their current pitching coach is an upgrade over Weiner. Similar but better. All the analytics and other stuff and better pro resume (Cards and Braves) plus the mechanical development. Heefner has shown he can adjust to the times where it counts. His program the last couple of seasons is better than it's ever been and has still been trending up.

Some quick examples - team fielded at a .982 clip this year and .978 last year. They hit 115 HR and stole 87. Last year they hit 119 HR and stole 134 while hitting .301 and .299 as a team. They had a third baseman this year field at a .995 clip. Yes. Only 2 errors all season (well over 300 chances). He also tied for 2nd on the team with 16 HR and led the team with a .358 ba. They evaluated and went and got this guy from a juco before this season and then improved his game.

In the 2021 draft, they had 2 second round picks, a 3rd rounder and a 5th rounder. At small school DBU. They had an All-American pitcher this year. A guy that improved every year and lowered his ERA from 4 plus the previous year to low 2.

Can he do it in the SEC? Can he build a CWS regular and a national title team? At A&M, I absolutely believe he can. He's a real coach. My only question is the transfer portal. Does he, or will he, embrace it? Will he and his staff do what it takes? I'm talking about adding the Braden Montgomery type of kid when the situation calls for or presents itself. He will now have the resources and NIL to do so. I don't know one way or another how he views it.

With our resources, he certainly could win big here. I don't know who we are going to hire (or who is really interested) and there are several other quality guys we might hire. But Heefner is certainly one of those quality guys.

Excellent and very accurate post. I agree with every bit of it.
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In reply to allenb • 8:57p, 6/27/24
And, if he brings Cliff Pennington with him, we have a solid Aggie connection and a great recruiter.

Would love for that coaching crew to hire Targac as assistant, but that might be asking too much.
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8:58p, 6/27/24
So we struck out?
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:01p, 6/27/24
What makes you say that?
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:01p, 6/27/24
No we hit a grand slam. I wanted him in 2021 instead of Schloss.
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9:02p, 6/27/24
We didn't get a Power 5 major coach?
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9:02p, 6/27/24
He would be a terrific hire!!
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:03p, 6/27/24
We just had a Power 5 major coach, how did that work out?
Gig'em, Ole Army Class of '70
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In reply to Mark Fairchild • 9:04p, 6/27/24
Mark Fairchild said:
We just had a Power 5 major coach, how did that work out?
Get the Alabama coach
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:04p, 6/27/24
TAMU1990 said:
We didn't get a Power 5 major coach?
In baseball lol? You mean Power 2? It's the ACC and the SEC.

He would be a great hire. Those who watch a lot of baseball know DBU is a fantastic team.
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9:05p, 6/27/24
Unproven risk no matter which way you cut it. The SEC is cut throat. Making a regional at a school know one cares about isn't proven success. Maybe he'll work out but this will not excite the fan / donor base
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In reply to LB12Diamond • 9:06p, 6/27/24
LB12Diamond said:
Hearing we have our coach. We are not announcing until he can meet with his present team so they can find out from him.


Hopefully he can have time to meet with his whole team. It's not like he has a plane ride, bus ride, and time at the ballpark after a welcome party
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9:06p, 6/27/24
In the baseball circles where it matters, this is an unbelievable good hire.
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In reply to jah003 • 9:07p, 6/27/24
jah003 said:
TAMU1990 said:
We didn't get a Power 5 major coach?
In baseball lol? You mean Power 2? It's the ACC and the SEC.

He would be a great hire. Those who watch a lot of baseball know DBU is a fantastic team.
I understand that. My main concern is that he has no SEC/ACC experience. Can he recruit well enough to win the SEC? We needed a splash hire to combat the narrative. Is he enough to prevent a mass exodus?
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:08p, 6/27/24
Funny
If it's Heefner. I'm not concerned at all about losing anyone.
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:09p, 6/27/24
I think the answer will be … yes. He will stop a mass exodus.
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9:10p, 6/27/24
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:10p, 6/27/24
Anyone in college baseball knows who Heefner is. If he's the guy recruiting won't be a problem especially pared with an unlimited checkbook to spite t.u. and their coach.
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:11p, 6/27/24
TAMU1990 said:
jah003 said:
TAMU1990 said:
We didn't get a Power 5 major coach?
In baseball lol? You mean Power 2? It's the ACC and the SEC.

He would be a great hire. Those who watch a lot of baseball know DBU is a fantastic team.
I understand that. My main concern is that he has no SEC/ACC experience. Can he recruit well enough to win the SEC? We needed a splash hire to combat the narrative. Is he enough to prevent a mass exodus?

No shade towards you at all… but 90% of college baseball fans are "casual fans". Maybe check out baseball when A&M gets to the regionals or supers. You may watch every game… I don't know.

Then you have degens watching ESPN+ in February at 1 am to see how Pepperdine is looking this year. So as a fellow college baseball degen… yes to everything. He would be a fantastic hire.
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In reply to ElephantRider • 9:12p, 6/27/24
ElephantRider said:
The way he built that DBU program won't work at a major program.


You're right. Why would it work with more money, more prestige, and more resources? Ludacris.
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:13p, 6/27/24
TAMU1990 said:
jah003 said:
TAMU1990 said:
We didn't get a Power 5 major coach?
In baseball lol? You mean Power 2? It's the ACC and the SEC.

He would be a great hire. Those who watch a lot of baseball know DBU is a fantastic team.
I understand that. My main concern is that he has no SEC/ACC experience. Can he recruit well enough to win the SEC? We needed a splash hire to combat the narrative. Is he enough to prevent a mass exodus?
He will pull the majority of the elite HS players in the Dallas area.
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In reply to AggieBB • 9:13p, 6/27/24
AggieBB said:
ElephantRider said:
The way he built that DBU program won't work at a major program.
He didn't build the DBU program. That program was dominant all the way back in the 90's when they were smoking SWC schools.




DBU didnt go D1 til 2004 or so I believe. Had never been to an NCAA tourney in its history. The 3 years prior to Heefner, they were and underwhelming 95-72.

Heefner took over in 2008 and in his first year finished 38-19 and made the NCAAs. In fact, this team has now made the tourney 13 out of the last 17 years and 10 of the last 11.

He obviously transformed that program, no matter what it was before.
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In reply to Texmexag • 9:14p, 6/27/24
Texmexag said:
Unproven risk no matter which way you cut it. The SEC is cut throat. Making a regional at a school know one cares about isn't proven success. Maybe he'll work out but this will not excite the fan / donor base


If he can keep the team intact, he could easily match Schloss's success. That's all the fan base will need
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In reply to aginresearch • 9:14p, 6/27/24
aginresearch said:
Anyone in college baseball knows who Heefner is. If he's the guy recruiting won't be a problem especially paired with an unlimited checkbook to spite t.u. and their coach.


He is BEYOND REPROACH AS A HUMAN & He is a flat-out big-time winner with a tenth of the resources. 45-15 this year alone
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9:15p, 6/27/24
I want an FU hire
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9:15p, 6/27/24
Honestly, i like all the names i'm hearing. I think it's O'Sullivan.
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In reply to jah003 • 9:16p, 6/27/24
jah003 said:
TAMU1990 said:
jah003 said:
TAMU1990 said:
We didn't get a Power 5 major coach?
In baseball lol? You mean Power 2? It's the ACC and the SEC.

He would be a great hire. Those who watch a lot of baseball know DBU is a fantastic team.
I understand that. My main concern is that he has no SEC/ACC experience. Can he recruit well enough to win the SEC? We needed a splash hire to combat the narrative. Is he enough to prevent a mass exodus?

No shade towards you at all… but 90% of college baseball fans are "casual fans". Maybe check out baseball when A&M gets to the regionals or supers. You may watch every game… I don't know.

Then you have degens watching ESPN+ in February at 1 am to see how Pepperdine is looking this year. So as a fellow college baseball degen… yes to everything. He would be a fantastic hire.
It was actually February 16 and Pepperdine looked awful, falling 4-1 to Cal Baptist.
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In reply to econag17 • 9:16p, 6/27/24
Yes, in fact, I do!

I am not saying he would be a bad hire!

So many tight lipped through this. But before hiring him, hoping we make a few other coaches tell us NO first!

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In reply to jah003 • 9:16p, 6/27/24
jah003 said:
Then you have degens watching ESPN+ in February at 1 am to see how Pepperdine is looking this year. So as a fellow college baseball degen… yes to everything. He would be a fantastic hire.


Hey, now. Watch it, bud.

Lmfao
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In reply to Mark Fairchild • 9:18p, 6/27/24
Game 3 of the CWS, two visits to Omaha in 3 years and a Regional final against Stanford wedged in the middle. Dewshnagle was very successful here, I felt he would win it all before retiring a legend. Then Tuesday happened. Doesn't change the success this year's team had, just overshadows it for now because it's such a shock that someone could be two entirely different people. To us fans, anyway.
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9:22p, 6/27/24
My regret is that I would feel bad for DBU. They would be hard pressed to get someone like him again. Their baseball program is their gem. Really good coach.
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In reply to jah003 • 9:22p, 6/27/24
jah003 said:
TAMU1990 said:
jah003 said:
TAMU1990 said:
We didn't get a Power 5 major coach?
In baseball lol? You mean Power 2? It's the ACC and the SEC.

He would be a great hire. Those who watch a lot of baseball know DBU is a fantastic team.
I understand that. My main concern is that he has no SEC/ACC experience. Can he recruit well enough to win the SEC? We needed a splash hire to combat the narrative. Is he enough to prevent a mass exodus?

No shade towards you at all… but 90% of college baseball fans are "casual fans". Maybe check out baseball when A&M gets to the regionals or supers. You may watch every game… I don't know.

Then you have degens watching ESPN+ in February at 1 am to see how Pepperdine is looking this year. So as a fellow college baseball degen… yes to everything. He would be a fantastic hire.
Like I said I understand who he is and what he has done. I know kids at DBU and I know former players from DBU. I'm not a casual. I think he would have been a good hire after RC. I think we need a splash hire from the SEC or ACC footprint now. He gets good talent there but we swim in different waters in which he has no experience. It's just a difference of opinion.
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 9:24p, 6/27/24
You learned nothing from the Jimbo hire
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In reply to LB12Diamond • 9:24p, 6/27/24
LB12Diamond said:
Funny
If it's Heefner. I'm not concerned at all about losing anyone.


This. Heef is my #1 choice. O'Conner #2
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