Baseball Expectations?
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Guess that is why we ALL have opinions. Personally think he is pretty dang good as an AD, so good that he was not a "way better coach". Secondly, he didn't "abandon" coaching the baseball team, he was ready to retire from it. Just like any profession, it can get old.
And I can be mad that he was ready to retire from the job he was better at since it worked to the detriment of the best program we had.
Yes, you can be mad...just sad that you have to be mad!
Really pathetic anyone would be mad at someone for going in a different directiin in a career.
And I'm annoyed that my boss just transferred into another department in the company. Wonderful guy. Happy for him that he has an opportunity to take on another challenge and grow. Life goes on.
Anyone who enjoys Gamecock baseball and says they didn’t feel disappointed, mad, upset, or some type of displeasure when Tanner gave it up is fos. I think you’re being a little dramatic calling him pathetic. The man enjoys Gamecock baseball, he along with myself and most fans were disappointed when Ray said he was done. That doesn’t mean I want him to fail as AD, don’t be a drama queen
USCBatgirl21
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It was 5 1/2 years ago. One would think one would be over it by now, and not act like a petulant child when the subject is brought up.
Get a life, man. There is a difference between being disappointed and being mad. Ray Tanner owes us nothing.
Yes, he could have stayed at NCSU and mired in their (at the time) "less attractive" facilities.
Sorry, that's just a loser mentality. We do not have him hostage because USC gave him his "big break" in the 90's.
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We not only improved his lot from Day One, but then we built him one of the finest college stadiums in America.
Took us a while to get the stadium built, but we finally came through, much to our mutual benefit.
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This year.
Host a regional.
Holbrook freaking wrecked this program.
Host a regional.
Holbrook freaking wrecked this program.
USCBatgirl21
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Truly. The only thing to do at this point is to say nothing.
Right. But he didn't retire. He took a raise to do a job he wasn't as good at.
We all know how important a pre-season sportswriters' poll is in relation to reality.
A picture is worth 1,000 words. In this case it’s at least 10,000
My expectations are failed fundamentals and an uncanny ability to get less out of more.
Excuse the pun but so far I'm batting 1.000. What do I win?
Excuse the pun but so far I'm batting 1.000. What do I win?
@bushmastercock pulled this thread. Your expectation was “constant improvement.” Don’t know if it was constant, but I do see improvement from beginning to end. You really did not state anything concrete, but rather left up to interpretation but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Mine were higher and more concrete goals. We didn’t win the Clemson series. Right now we sit at 34 wins. Didn’t host a regional, but that’s void if we win this one. We finished 3rd in the East & 5th overall. Those are right at or above expectations. I’d say I did a pretty damn good job of forecasting what we would be on Feb 11.
We’re basically about what I expected us to be. That’s why I have a problem beating my chest and saying we have “arrived”. We were not a dumpster fire, just had one at head coach.
Where Kingston deserves the most credit this season is pitching matchups. He made a decision to move Hill to Saturday and Morris to Sunday giving us a better chance to win 2 of 3 and boost our conference standing. Most coaches lack creativity here and line them up regardless of their chances of winning.
Logan Chapman has rose to the occasion a few times but he’s definitely not an SEC ace yet. Hill could beat anyone when on but struggles with control. Being at #2 puts less pressure on him and allows him to get out of a few jams that might cost him going against an ace. I think we agree Morris has been the most consistent starter and with him pitching the rubber game we are in better shape than most.
In my mind this is the biggest coaching adjustment that changed this season. It probably hasn’t been discussed on here enough.
I expected to reach the Supers and said so. We are South Carolina baseball.
Yes you did! But to be honest you also included in that post that we would be hosting the regional and super regional, which heavily implied we would be a top 8 seed
Guys, I would have said lets just reach a regional, totally new staff with the same team as last year minus some pretty good experienced pitching, I really couldn't ask for more! Now everything is a bonus, Kingston has done his job well 1st year and I think Skylar Meade is a star in the making, I hope we can keep him and I hope they can recruit!
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