College World Series thread
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GatorJ;n237966 said:
You just compared your argument with 2 Coaches that actually closed it out and won a championship.
This is just another choke job from a coach who can't win it all. He's had multiple chances with multiple different teams.
This year the excuse is that the team is young an played better than they should. Another year it was facing the defending champion. Next year it will be because we lost certain people.
Sorry if I don't believe he will do anything different.
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Seriously?NVGator;n237984 said:
Since Sully inherited a program with a history of NC's, he should win it every year. Oh wait....he didn't. How many years did it take Billy and Steve to win a national title? I'm sure after the 95 Nebraska game you were calling for Spurrier's head.
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Remember, Spurrier would say that winning the SEC was his team's main goal. Our baseball team, with freshmen in
essential positions, did just that and beyond. Our offense set CWS records and in a way were the pundits' favorites ….
… except what baseball is all about = "on any given day… who knows ?? These Gators missed by one run.
Damn baseball allows you to win over 50 games and lose it all. That's really tough for our Gator players and for us fans.
essential positions, did just that and beyond. Our offense set CWS records and in a way were the pundits' favorites ….
… except what baseball is all about = "on any given day… who knows ?? These Gators missed by one run.
Damn baseball allows you to win over 50 games and lose it all. That's really tough for our Gator players and for us fans.
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To be the 3rd best team out of over 200 in the entire USA IS pretty good and the team and coach are to be congratulated.
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You don't have to look far to see our very own Tim Walton and the National Champion Women's College Softball team...now back-to-back. I think it took Walton 8 tries in the WCWS to finally win. Mike Martin is the poster child for not winning championships, not Kevin O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan is a great coach and only made one bad decision last night. I say we keep him...
O'Sullivan is a great coach and only made one bad decision last night. I say we keep him...
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It's amazing how some of you are perfectly fine with having Top notch recruiting classes year after year, getting to the CWS consistently and finishing the same way year after year. Then again, there are those that feel like everyone deserves a trophy. Glad we've got them here as well.
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NVGator;n237999 said:
Look...no ones happy we lost, but it was still a great season and helluva run. How hard is that to grasp? There is exactly ONE team out of over 200 that can bring home the title. We made it to the final 3 and were a hit or two away from being in the finals. WTF do you propose happens? Want him fired for not winning it all? Who you replace him with that is guaranteed to win it all?
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I think you deserve a trophyNVGator;n237999 said:
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You're arguing with a guy that has compared WM and Sully. You're better than thatMJMGator;n238000 said:
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I have to agree with MJM in that the faction of our fans who think if we don't win it all every year, the best solution for sure that we do is to fire the coach after lambasting him incessantly. I guess Muschamp's lack of success and the hard feelings may bleed over? Seriously, no one expects less than a really good effort from players and coaches alike, but to think that anything less than winning it all is a failure is just unrealistic at best and delusional at worst. I also think to call O'Sullivan a choker is pretty dumb. Where this series is concerned, some will say not pitching Puk cost us the game. I'd argue that failing to execute and score with runners in scoring position twice was the bigger factor. Also probably got us into the pen sooner than it might have and the first two relievers weren't as consistent as they should have been compared to what they accomplished during the season. But the post season can be like this for youngsters. Anyway, believe what you want, but my opinion is that we have a coach that is good and will likely win us one soon.
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I don't think anyone is saying we have to win it all every year. I think Sully is a tremendous recruiter, and will probably have our boys in the hunt all the time. If that's good enough for you, then that's great. HOWEVER, if the ultimate goal is to win it all, I know I feel he's never going to get it done. Never. He's proven he simply doesn't have the "it" factor in big games - kind of a Peyton Manning thing. At some point if you feel that winning the NC is the goal, you have to try someone else.
Mark Richt is a great example of this. He has a pretty good career record. Should he have been fired years ago? Hell yes!
Perhaps Sully will prove me wrong and force me to eat crow.
Mark Richt is a great example of this. He has a pretty good career record. Should he have been fired years ago? Hell yes!
Perhaps Sully will prove me wrong and force me to eat crow.
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I have no say in the matter. I think the odds of Foley firing him anytime soon are the same as me waking up with a Lamborghini in my garage, even if Sully blows the next 30 years. In fact, I'm surprised Foley hasn't already offered him a lifetime extension.
It's all meaningless message board blather. He's going nowhere.
It's all meaningless message board blather. He's going nowhere.
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302 Division 1 college baseball teams. Comes down to Virginia, Vanderbilt, and Gators. Pretty darn good.
