***Texas vs Tulane Official Game 3 Thread***

[joeywa]

Tulane will go to the pen.

RHP Rankin is the new P

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

This team is up to around 30 errors on the season. That is tough to overcome.

 

[joeywa]

B9; nobody out; runners on the corners

Gurwitz

1-0 down/away

2-0 away

3-0 down/away

3-1 take

3-2 take

F9; SAC Fly

Texas 3

Tulane 5

 

[joeywa]

B9 cont; runner at 1B; 1 out

Jones

0-1 takes a pitch that looked a bit low

0-2 looks at one low on the outer black

0-2 fouled back

1-2 low/away

2-2 away

KS; ugly AB by Jones.  Got down early and couldn't recover

2 outs

 

[joeywa]

B9 cont; 2 outs; runner on 1B

Boswell

1-0 up

1-1 take; Harlan takes 2B on defensive indifference

2-1 up

2-2 swing

KS

Ballgame

 

[streettopeschel]

Losing a home series to Tulane might induce day drinking.

Screw it. Think I'll start now just in case.

Glad I didn't wait

 

[joeywa]

FINAL BOOK

Texas 3/8/3

Tulane 5/7/1

WP: Simms

LP: Duke

SV: Rankin

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Augie is killing his legacy. He stayed too long. He has Mack Brown syndrome. " He is fixing it".

 

[streettopeschel]

Augie's legacy will be fine. But yes, it appears he has stayed too long. Not many go out on top.

 

[joeywa]

Augie is killing his legacy. He stayed too long. He has Mack Brown syndrome. " He is fixing it".

While he is the head coach, I think at some point you have to put the responsibility on the shoulders of the players to perform.  These guys are not sub-par baseball players and athletes.  You may be right in your assessment of Augie, but you put someone else in his position, they still have to depend on the on-field performance of the players. 

When you have 30 errors through 20 games, you're not going to be winning many.  Defense, which was supposed to be a strength coming into the season, has struggled mightily.  And relief pitchers, (as a whole,) have issued far too many leadoff walks in critical situations late in games. 

Conference play begins Thursday with TCU coming to town.  These guys better get their heads right or we're going to be in for a LONG conference season.

The question is, who are the leaders on this team, and at what point do these guys get tired of losing games because of effort? 

 

[dillohorn]

Scoring 3 runs won't win many games. Seems to be a trend.

 

[streettopeschel]

Scoring 3 runs won't win many games. Seems to be a trend.

not with 6 walks and 3 errors. Not to mention picking up a bunt rolling foul.

 

[Johnstark23]

The end of the infamous lolly gaggers speech joeywa posted last night.

It's a simple game. You throw the ball. You catch the ball. You hit the ball. Got it!

 

[Bear19]

Joey said

"While he is the head coach, I think at some point you have to put the responsibility on the shoulders of the players to perform."

As I have said several times before our talent level is not good. You can't expect guys to outperform their capability very often.

We are not under performing, we are just what we are. Our recruiting is abysmal.

 

[Coal Harbour]

Baseball games are generally determined, in large part, by the starting pitcher that day.  UT has somehow figured out how to minimize the effectiveness of their own starters and enhance the oppositions.  One thing is for certain, entering conference play, this is the least effective bullpen I've seen in awhile.  I thought the bullpen would be sorted out by this time, but that hasn't happened.  This is two weekends in a row that I expected better results and to expect anything different, just b/c conference play begins, seems blissfully naive.

 

[streettopeschel]

Baseball games are generally determined, in large part, by the starting pitcher that day. UT has somehow figured out how to minimize the effectiveness of their own starters and enhance the oppositions. One thing is for certain, entering conference play, this is the least effective bullpen I've seen in awhile. I thought the bullpen would be sorted out by this time, but that hasn't happened. This is two weekends in a row that I expected better results and to expect anything different, just b/c conference play begins, seems blissfully naive.

who expects it to be different? We can all hope for a turnaround, but after 40% of the season I doubt many if any expect it.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Joey said

"While he is the head coach, I think at some point you have to put the responsibility on the shoulders of the players to perform."

As I have said several times before our talent level is not good. You can't expect guys to outperform their capability very often.

We are not under performing, we are just what we are. Our recruiting is abysmal.

Recruiting isn't the problem. 

2015: #19 overall class, but much better than that because Texas didn't lose anyone to the draft. For instance, Vanderbilt the #1 team lost 5 guys in the draft.

http://www.perfectgame.org/rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx

2014: #16 overall class, but again a good bit better than that because Texas didn't lose anyone to the draft. 

http://www.perfectgame.org/rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx

2013: #19 overall class, but probably a little higher since we only lost 1 player to the draft. Also, we just didn't sign many guys in '13. Almost everyone ranked above us signed at least more players. 

http://www.perfectgame.org/rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx

2012: #15 overall class. Granted, most of these guys are no longer on the roster because of the draft. 

http://www.perfectgame.org/rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx

All in all, Texas has probably been pulling at least top 15 classes the past 4 years. Granted, recruiting rankings aren't always accurate. 

IMO recruiting isn't the problem at all. There's a lot of talent on this team. The issues are 1) the team is young 2) Texas has a ton of injuries 3) Augie is probably on the cusp of being done as a head coach. Father time catches up with coaches just like players. 

This is actually why I think it's best to make a coaching move. The next coach will not have little talent like Strong was left. Matter of fact, I think the new coach would be in a better position than both Strong and Shaka. Texas also has a top 10 recruiting class coming in, as of right now. 

http://www.perfectgame.org/rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx

 

[Bear19]

I'll make my points and then retire from this subject.

1. Having the 15th best class, even if it's that high,is not Texas good, especially if it's that average over four seasons. Not good at all.

2. Our players are certainly not performing like the 15th best class. We don't pitch well, we don't hit well we don't field well.

3. Our problem is not youth. It's not bunting too much ( although we do). It's not injuries. Everybody has them.

Our primary problem is that for the majority of our games the nine we put on the field are not as good as the nine we face. And it's not for a lack of effort. I'm satisfied they're giving one hundred percent.

I do agree that we need a new coach. But in my opinion our biggest gain from that potentially is better recruiting.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

Noticed something interesting in the recruiting links above.

In 2011, Texas had 7 of the top 100 recruits.

In 2012, Texas had 6 of the top 100 recruits.

In the next 4 years combined, 2013-2016, Texas had a total of 6 top 100 recruits with there being none, that's zero, in 2014.

So I'm leaning toward thinking that recruiting is not so hot.

And, yes, I do think it's time for a coaching change. Of course, I thought that when Texas finished dead-ass last in the conference several years ago. As far as I'm concerned, finishing last in the conference at The University of Texas, should be grounds for automatic and immediate termination. 

 

[utisdabomb12]

Noticed something interesting in the recruiting links above.

In 2011, Texas had 7 of the top 100 recruits.

In 2012, Texas had 6 of the top 100 recruits.

In the next 4 years combined, 2013-2016, Texas had a total of 6 top 100 recruits with there being none, that's zero, in 2014.

So I'm leaning toward thinking that recruiting is not so hot.

That's because top 100 recruits are somewhat worthless now. 

See Vanderbilt in '15. They had 5 top 100 recruits, I think all 5 were drafted and signed. See Florida in '15, I think they had 3 top 100 recruits and all 3 were drafted and signed. 

The examples you used are actually why Texas got in a little trouble. From what I recall in 12, Bean/Dean/Edwards/Gonzales/Hawkins/Helmink/Mathisen all signed and never made it to campus. Same thing in 11, I think Bell/Boardman/Bundy/Dean/Swihart all signed and never made it campus. 

College baseball recruiting is a different animal. You don't want the truly elite prospects because they will never step foot on campus. That's why the above rankings are distorted. Texas finishing around 15 is more like a top 10 class because a lot of the top tier recruits don't make it to campus. 

Augie and company actually adjusted after '11 and '12, because they needed to. Half our classes weren't making it to campus.