Posted by Sun Devil P.A.T. on May 07, 21 at 23:06:51:
In Reply to: Re: Check our schedule again... posted by ButterBall Devil on May 07, 21 at 18:33:28:
: I agree, and have said so before, i.e., that last season could have been special.
: but, woulda, coulda, shoulda. I don't think CTS gets an "atta boy" for having a really nice, "potential" season.
: I see U4's baseball program - with a coach hired around the same time - as doing much better than ASU during CTS's tenure. If I had to guess, I would think there would be only 1, or perhaps 2, seasons where ASU finished higher in conference standings than U4.
: And last I looked, U4 was in first place in the PAC for this year.
: I have posted before, that ASU's recruiting presently sucks. U4 is really out ranking ASU in the next 2 classes. I "get" that verbals mean nothing in baseball, because you are competing with MLB, but I don't see ASU on a good trajectory with recruits overall.
: Heather says there are CTS defenders somewhere in social media. that may be true, but I have yet to see anyone here at CR, who is standing up for CTS.
ButterBall Devil,
Not to mention, that the U of A should've won the National Championship in Coach Johnson's, I think that's his name, second season in Tucson. They had Coastal Carolina down 1-0 in the best two out of three series, and an error by their shortstop led to them blowing game 2 of that series, then Coastal Carolina beat them by one run in the third game to win the National Championship.
Believe me, I'm no fan of Tracy Smith. Like I said previously, I thought he should've been gone after the second consecutive losing season. I just don't see it happening because it would take Ray Anderson actually admitting he made a mistake in hiring Smith. I don't see Ray's ego letting him do that, he's very arrogant. Go Sun Devils!
SD P.A.T.