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Jeff Christy is out / Childress is in

If we had the pitching to go with our great AA duo this year we would be headed to Omaha.
What was the score of the two Maryland games? Were they 11-10? I must have watched different games. Maryland got beat 11-10 by a wannabe president to end their season, Iowa will Larry Birds school beat them and a basketball school kicked Indiana twice so ya all we needed were Verlander, Kershaw in his prime, and DeGrom pre third tj oh and Mariano Rivera and we would be in Omaha.
 
Hopefully he can again instill a bulldog mentality like the glory days where guys like Komine, Rodrigue, Marsden, Spiehs, Chamberlain, Dorn, Duensing, Kroenke, etc. would dig deep for those big conference and NCAA tournament games.

Or maybe those guys were just, you know, good at pitching.
 
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Or maybe those guys were just, you know, good at pitching.
I forgot, coaching never matters. It's always the players 🤣 That's why when Joba Chamberlain played under Childress, he won 10 games and had an ERA under 3, but when Dave Bingham took over, Chamberlain finished 6-5 and had an ERA near 4. Because Joba was no longer good at pitching.

edit: fixed his stats that year. Went from an All-American to so-so.
 
I forgot, coaching never matters. It's always the players 🤣 That's why when Joba Chamberlain played under Childress, he won 10 games and had an ERA under 3, but when Dave Bingham took over, Chamberlain finished 6-5 and had an ERA near 4. Because Joba was no longer good at pitching.

edit: fixed his stats that year. Went from an All-American to so-so.

No one thinks coaching doesn't matter, it definitely does. That said, joba dominated at UNK, dominated his first year in lincoln, and then was hurt some of that last year. He then was basically a first round pick and made it to the majors. I don't think it was the coaching that made him great in 2005.
 
No one thinks coaching doesn't matter, it definitely does. That said, joba dominated at UNK, dominated his first year in lincoln, and then was hurt some of that last year. He then was basically a first round pick and made it to the majors. I don't think it was the coaching that made him great in 2005.
Jobs dominated at UNK? He led the team with a 5.23 era at the division 2 level
 
Jobs dominated at UNK? He led the team with a 5.23 era at the division 2 level
Baseball and society has changed so much since then, here’s the real question in todays game, what makes Nebraska unique enough that the players that are being recruited by the 25 schools that have a chance to fill the 7 spots for the cws on a yearly basis? Yes the other spot is an outlier, Michigan, Notre Dame etc. To get the kids and roster needed what needs to be done. This year there were some pieces but not nearly enough.
So who’s job is it to attract the roster and get it where it needs to be.
 
No one thinks coaching doesn't matter, it definitely does. That said, joba dominated at UNK, dominated his first year in lincoln, and then was hurt some of that last year. He then was basically a first round pick and made it to the majors. I don't think it was the coaching that made him great in 2005.
Nevermind it was the best collection of talent that this university has ever had in this sport
 
No one thinks coaching doesn't matter, it definitely does. That said, joba dominated at UNK, dominated his first year in lincoln, and then was hurt some of that last year. He then was basically a first round pick and made it to the majors. I don't think it was the coaching that made him great in 2005.
Jobs owes Rob Childress his career he taught him the slider that made Joba millions.
 
I knew a family where the kid just basically had enough of their ridiculous pressure and went off the rails. The kid, you know, I still don't know that he recovered. After that, the family became unglued and factional. They were good, well meaning people but got caught in a vicious trap.
Maybe one day we'll have select recovery programs.
would that make you love me wedding crashers GIF
 
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In my opinion the biggest asset Childress brings to the table is his ability to find way-below-the-radar pitching talent. Komine was something like 5'7" and 150 pounds when Childress convinced Van Horn he could pitch in the Big 12. I believe he also convinced DVH to give Chamberlain a shot, provided he could lose some weight. Guys like Marsden, Tony Watson, etc., were going to be DI pitchers no matter what, but Childress has an eye for hidden gems.
 
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When my kids were growing up the 'select teams' nonsense started. People lost their everloving minds. Con men started to figure out there was some good money to be had by giving little kids trophies and put upon 'championships'. Traveling to some larger city two states away gives these tournaments the illusion of a nationwide participation.
LOL. I remember when a parent explained to me the difference between playing club ball and select. In the end, the parent admitted that select was the same as club just higher priced with a different name.

Youth sports is capitalism at its finest. The question at hand is just how far can parents be pushed? I don't think that answer has been reached yet. There was a basketball tourney I heard about in April. The tourney organizers got a shoe company to sponsor it. Then they told the attending teams that players had to wear that particular brand of shoe and only use sports bags with their logo. I don't remember the brand of shoe but it wasn't one that the kids commonly wear. So parents were buying their kids new shoes and trying to find shoe bags to borrow with that company logo.

I know that this isn't news to some on here but I thought that it was over the top. Especially when you consider the cost of the tourney and travel already.
 
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Cheer is at a different level of "extortion". It is unreal.

Sports wise...baseball or volleyball might be the worst.

And the emails that get sent out on a Wednesday "Hey Gator Parents, Great news, we got invited to play in a wooden bat tourney this weekend, in Kansas City! Since it was not on the original schedule, we will need each family to pitch in 200 dollars, lets not let the kids down, this is a great chance for them to get better!"
My favorite part of the cheer extortion ring was the "only stay at this short list of sponsoring hotels" rule. Good times.

Regarding baseball, someone pointed out on here once how many club, select and elite baseball teams there were in Omaha at each at age level. And compared the number of kids with the number that will actually start for their high school team. It was ridiculous.
 
My favorite part of the cheer extortion ring was the "only stay at this short list of sponsoring hotels" rule. Good times.

Regarding baseball, someone pointed out on here once how many club, select and elite baseball teams there were in Omaha at each at age level. And compared the number of kids with the number that will actually start for their high school team. It was ridiculous.
Haha Shut up! They did not tell you where to stay, is that real?
 
LOL. I remember when a parent explained to me the difference between playing club ball and select. In the end, the parent admitted that select was the same as club just higher priced with a different name.

Youth sports is capitalism at its finest. The question at hand is just how far can parents be pushed? I don't think that answer has been reached yet. There was a basketball tourney I heard about in April. The tourney organizers got a shoe company to sponsor it. Then they told the attending teams that players had to wear that particular brand of shoe and only use sports bags with their logo. I don't remember the brand of shoe but it wasn't one that the kids commonly wear. So parents were buying their kids new shoes and trying to find shoe bags to borrow with that company logo.

I know that this isn't news to some on here but I thought that it was over the top. Especially when you consider the cost of the tourney and travel already.
Well, that's just stupid. They should have known about the condition before they were sponsored and the company should've provided all the gear. Am I being naïve? Probably, but its still dumb.
 
In my opinion the biggest asset Childress brings to the table is his ability to find way-below-the-radar pitching talent. Komine was something like 5'7" and 150 pounds when Childress convinced Van Horn he could pitch in the Big 12. I believe he also convinced DVH to give Chamberlain a shot, provided he could lose some weight. Guys like Marsden, Tony Watson, etc., were going to be DI pitchers no matter what, but Childress has an eye for hidden gems.
 
Well, that's just stupid. They should have known about the condition before they were sponsored and the company should've provided all the gear. Am I being naïve? Probably, but its still dumb.
I just know what I heard from this parent. Rest assured, her kid is probably part of what I would call "the masses"... kids who play club basketball that will be lucky to start for a decent HS team... I doubt that the mid level kids are getting any shoes or gear unless the entry fee pays for it. Thankfully, I'm a little naive on the topic and don't have any kids playing anymore. It's a joke.
 
In my opinion the biggest asset Childress brings to the table is his ability to find way-below-the-radar pitching talent. Komine was something like 5'7" and 150 pounds when Childress convinced Van Horn he could pitch in the Big 12. I believe he also convinced DVH to give Chamberlain a shot, provided he could lose some weight. Guys like Marsden, Tony Watson, etc., were going to be DI pitchers no matter what, but Childress has an eye for hidden gems.
That’s what we need because in the day of Hudl, very few prospects are going unnoticed, no matter where they live.
 
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