Quote from Earley nailed it...

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12:52p, 5/15/26
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The 3rd inning had a bit of everything ... all going in favor of the Bulldogs.

I thought they pulled Darden too soon as he got NO defensive help prior to being pulled. we misplayed a ball at 2nd base, Wilson didn't break quickly enough in RF and allowed a ball to drop in front of him, poor throw from Bear, the ump squeezed Darden on a pitch that should have been strike two - allowing another bunt attempt that wound up being successful on the next pitch. Later in the inning, we shift and allow a hit due to a wide-open SS area.

It was a confluence of mistakes & decisions, much of which had nothing to do with Darden or other pitchers.
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In reply to LB12MEEN • 1:54p, 5/15/26
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LB12MEEN said:
I said we need to get the lab.

So unsure why you got on another rant about needing a lab.

Just bc we get it does not mean Earley will succeed. That was my point I thought I clearly made which you somehow ignored.


I thought one of the reasons we delayed announcing Earley was coming back last year was due to us courting O'Connor. That facility will also help us get better coaches (HC and Pitching) whenever that day arrives. There was no way O'Connor was coming here when you compare State's facilities to ours (regardless of our recent success). The facilities matter too, regardless of our NIL.

We need to get rid of the temporary bleachers next, but nothing like that won't even be entertained until Jimbo's contract is paid off.
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2:19p, 5/15/26
Pitchers have to do their job as well when the shift is on. You cant pitch outside when a lefty is batting with the shift on. We do it alot
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In reply to Kozmozag • 2:21p, 5/15/26
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Kozmozag said:
Pitchers have to do their job as well when the shift is on. You cant pitch outside when a lefty is batting with the shift on. We do it alot

You are asking a lot from our pitchers from what has been shown.

But I'm not sure that what you state is always true. Wouldn't that help the batter if you always pitched with the shift?
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In reply to 85AustinAg • 2:24p, 5/15/26
85AustinAg said:
Coach Earley has said that without the pitching lab we have been at a great disadvantage in recruiting pitchers. He believes the new facility will make a big difference and that getting pitchers to "raise the floor" of what we currently have on staff is critical. I'm not convinced that JK is the issue. We need some Jimmies and Joes on this staff. We lack depth and quality.

There is a difference between a reason and an excuse. It seems that the former has now seemlessly transitioned to the latter.
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2:27p, 5/15/26
I must have missed that the season is over and was a complete failure..... oh well, better luck next year since we wont see the post season AGAIN this year.
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In reply to TxA&Mhunter • 2:45p, 5/15/26
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Top portal player took less money to come to this team that could not even make the post season last year. LOL

You made my day. Thanks for the laugh.
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In reply to Great2BeAnAGGIE • 2:58p, 5/15/26
Great2BeAnAGGIE said:
Who hired the pitching coach?

Who hired that person?

And then who hired THAT person?


....you keep up that line of questioning, and we end on God.

It's God's fault. You found your scapegoat, congrats.
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2:59p, 5/15/26
Sorry, I meant escape goat.
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In reply to Ghost of Bisbee • 3:41p, 5/15/26
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Ghost of Bisbee said:
I still remember when the JK hire was highly celebrated.

Something in the water in CS

I think you're remembering something the rest of us don't

My recollection of the reaction at that time was a big "mmmmmm ok"
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In reply to TAMU1990 • 4:23p, 5/15/26
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TAMU1990 said:
I thought one of the reasons we delayed announcing Earley was coming back last year was due to us courting O'Connor. That facility will also help us get better coaches (HC and Pitching) whenever that day arrives. There was no way O'Connor was coming here when you compare State's facilities to ours (regardless of our recent success). The facilities matter too, regardless of our NIL.

We need to get rid of the temporary bleachers next, but nothing like that won't even be entertained until Jimbo's contract is paid off.

Jimbo's contract has nothing to do with a BMA Baseball booster stepping up and saying I want to put 50 million into the baseball stadium upgrades.
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In reply to Gyles Marrett • 4:27p, 5/15/26
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Gyles Marrett said:
Post game quote about have to have the competitiveness to will yourself to get an out when discussing that 13 run inning. That's exactly it and the biggest deficit our pitching staff has. Outside of Freshcorn, I haven't seen one guy on our staff that when faced with any sort of adversity doesn't have a deer in the headlights scared/defeated expression and body language. You can not do anything in sports, especially pitch, fearful. This is a mindset that has to be instilled for those that don't have it naturally by your pitching coach and Kelly has never given me any confidence he can create that mindset in our pitchers. Even how you call pitches can affect that. As a pitcher you can sense when the pitch calling is coming from a basis of your coach doesn't think you can get an out challenging a hitter.

Contrary to what some think we do have some good arms. We need a pitching coach who can maybe fine tune a few things but most importantly create a staff mindset of "I'm better than you and going to get you out". Fix the minds and everything follows. Zero confidence exudes from this pitching staff since day 1 under JK.

JK needs to go within 5 minutes after whenever the final pitch of our season is.
Yes, the mental aspect has to be there as well and appears to be missing
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In reply to Muktheduck • 4:30p, 5/15/26
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Muktheduck said:
85AustinAg said:
Coach Earley has said that without the pitching lab we have been at a great disadvantage in recruiting pitchers. He believes the new facility will make a big difference and that getting pitchers to "raise the floor" of what we currently have on staff is critical. I'm not convinced that JK is the issue. We need some Jimmies and Joes on this staff. We lack depth and quality.


Pretty sure that's just PR.

People are going to blame a lot of things. I think the reality here is we didn't have the NIL to bring in arms because we spent it all on basketball.
Facilities and resources are key tools (along with NIL $). It absolutely would help with recruiting.
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In reply to 85AustinAg • 4:45p, 5/15/26
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85AustinAg said:
TAMU1990 said:
I thought one of the reasons we delayed announcing Earley was coming back last year was due to us courting O'Connor. That facility will also help us get better coaches (HC and Pitching) whenever that day arrives. There was no way O'Connor was coming here when you compare State's facilities to ours (regardless of our recent success). The facilities matter too, regardless of our NIL.

We need to get rid of the temporary bleachers next, but nothing like that won't even be entertained until Jimbo's contract is paid off.

Jimbo's contract has nothing to do with a BMA Baseball booster stepping up and saying I want to put 50 million into the baseball stadium upgrades.


It hasn't happened and it's not going to happen. The money in the immediate is better spent in nil.
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7:10p, 5/15/26
- POS got an elite pitching coach without a lab
- There are non power 5 and D-2 schools with zero resources whose pitchers have better stuff than ours and compete harder than ours.
- Earley and Kelly are responsible for recruiting talent, not for making excuses.
- Kelly needs to be gone immediately
- Earley needs to go if he can't address the situation
- Status quo and excuses about resources are insane and unacceptable
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In reply to SABUILDERAG • 9:31a, 5/17/26
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SABUILDERAG said:
- POS got an elite pitching coach without a lab
- There are non power 5 and D-2 schools with zero resources whose pitchers have better stuff than ours and compete harder than ours.
- Earley and Kelly are responsible for recruiting talent, not for making excuses.
- Kelly needs to be gone immediately
- Earley needs to go if he can't address the situation
- Status quo and excuses about resources are insane and unacceptable

You do not understand modern College Baseball and recruiting. And JK did an outstanding job this weekend cobbling together a pitching staff to take 2 out of 3 from MSU.
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In reply to 85AustinAg • 11:27a, 5/17/26
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85AustinAg said:
SABUILDERAG said:
- POS got an elite pitching coach without a lab
- There are non power 5 and D-2 schools with zero resources whose pitchers have better stuff than ours and compete harder than ours.
- Earley and Kelly are responsible for recruiting talent, not for making excuses.
- Kelly needs to be gone immediately
- Earley needs to go if he can't address the situation
- Status quo and excuses about resources are insane and unacceptable

You do not understand modern College Baseball and recruiting. And JK did an outstanding job this weekend cobbling together a pitching staff to take 2 out of 3 from MSU.


And here I was thinking our bats did a good job just to stay up with Miss St, who was absolutely shelling JK's cobbled together pitchers
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In reply to SABUILDERAG • 11:40a, 5/17/26
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SABUILDERAG said:
- POS got an elite pitching coach without a lab
- There are non power 5 and D-2 schools with zero resources whose pitchers have better stuff than ours and compete harder than ours.

1. He started with Yeskie. By year 2, people here couldn't wait to get rid of him. Then he got Weiner in 2023.

The idea of a pitching lab didn't even really take off until Wake Forest had their moment in the sun and it was all ESPN talked about. I didn't see the term "pitching lab" mentioned once here or anywhere else until then. Wanna guess what year that was?

He got an "elite" coach without a pitching lab because there was no widespread concept of a pitching lab at the time. That was 3 years ago. Things move fast.

2. What D2 staffs have better "stuff" and how are you measuring that?
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In reply to Aggies2009 • 10:45p, 5/17/26
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I get what you're saying but labs have been around in the pitching community long before you might have noticed. And yes some university's have had "labs" for a while
Because their facilities were more modern and they repurpose space.
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In reply to 85AustinAg • 10:52p, 5/17/26
85AustinAg said:
And JK did an outstanding job this weekend cobbling together a pitching staff to take 2 out of 3 from MSU.


Did you watch the games, or just look at wins and losses? Or even look at the scores and the number of runs we gave up?

Outstanding job? Are you actually referring to Aggie pitching when you made that comment with what I assume is a straight face? Seriously...?

Ok, ill give you the benefit of the doubt and assume sarcasm. Maybe I missed the winky face...
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In reply to Kaiser von Wilhelm • 12:00p, 5/18/26
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Kaiser von Wilhelm said:
85AustinAg said:
And JK did an outstanding job this weekend cobbling together a pitching staff to take 2 out of 3 from MSU.


Did you watch the games, or just look at wins and losses? Or even look at the scores and the number of runs we gave up?

Outstanding job? Are you actually referring to Aggie pitching when you made that comment with what I assume is a straight face? Seriously...?

Ok, ill give you the benefit of the doubt and assume sarcasm. Maybe I missed the winky face...

You know the point of playing the game? It's to win. We didn't have our best pitcher and were limited by what we have in our bullpen. Yes we gave up a lot of runs, but we won. That's the most important metric.

There is no doubt that we need more quality arms but going into the game against MSU they had the better pitching staff and we won.
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