i think early is a good coach who shouldn't be the heqd coach at texas a&m. he would be a great fit at a texas state or slightly smaller program but i don't see him getting us much further than the regrionals moving forward.

Similar to Childress in anything should be a red flag.

Pierce's last four years at sip, he went to B2B CWS, a super, regional, then canned. Three CWS appearances didn't cut it. He'd get a statue here.

OP is clearly more emotional than Earley gets at times!!

Why are people so darn blind? I get you may not like Earley but saying there was no progress is frankly stupid.

#3 in SEC regular season with an opportunity to even win the conference....not progress?

Being a #12 seed and host? Not progress?

Must be challenging to walk in life being so freaking biased with zero perspective.

We let the passengers (players) steer the ship, which seemed like the right thing at the time -- if it was either go with someone else and lose the likes of Grahovac, Laviolette, Sorrell, etc., or keep them and get Earley, I was of the mind that I wanted Earley. Last season was a colossal disaster of Titanic magnitude. From #1 in the country to not making any sort of postseason run was worse than embarrassing. This season was...fine. The problem here is that fine isn't good enough any longer. I'm sure Earley is a great person and the players really like him. He just did not have the experience necessary to be a head coach of an SEC baseball team. If he'd come from a smaller school where he'd been head coach, maybe things would have been different. But two seasons in, we have nothing to show for it. We'll likely lose several great players to the portal and the draft. I don't know what Trev does from here. Earley will stay, I feel certain, but Kelly MUST go. Our pitching has been the bane of our existence for two seasons now. Our bats have to get hotter. Something has to change. The ship has to be righted.

AxelFoley85 said:

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Pierce's last four years at sip, he went to B2B CWS, a super, regional, then canned. Three CWS appearances didn't cut it. He'd get a statue here.

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This has always been our culture. A&M settles. We pay tu prices for mid results

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OP is clearly more emotional than Earley gets at times!!

Why are people so darn blind? I get you may not like Earley but saying there was no progress is frankly stupid.

#3 in SEC regular season with an opportunity to even win the conference....not progress?

Being a #12 seed and host? Not progress?

Must be challenging to walk in life being so freaking biased with zero perspective.

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this is the mindset that got the program 16 years of Childress

and 2 Omaha appearances in those 16 years

the problems / shortcomings that Childress had in 2007 (year 2) continued throughout his tenure

A&M continues to be the best college baseball program that never wins anything (sorry Florida St for all the Omaha heartbreak, but I'd still trade results with you).

College baseball seems to be one of the remaining sports where the head coach really makes a huge difference. Maybe NIL evens this out, but for now a program with out fan interest, facilities, and money to spend should be throwing all the cash we can find at head coaches until we find the right one.

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AxelFoley85 said:

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Pierce's last four years at sip, he went to B2B CWS, a super, regional, then canned. Three CWS appearances didn't cut it. He'd get a statue here.

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This has always been our culture. A&M settles. We pay tu prices for mid results

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Isn't Kelly making twice what Weiner is?

A&M looks at tu prices and says hold my beer!

I question if people fully understand how bad last year was. Earley was given the #1 team in the country. This was unanimous by all coaches, writers, media etc. and he couldn't finish in the top 64.

So to say that this year was growth is like saying at least our HS student didn't get in wreck this year.

Earley managed to finish the SEC in 3rd and #12 overall which should be the expectation. The fact he crashed in the regional, when he was the favorite, is another mark that he is not ready or is not the guy.

So a couple of major data points on Earley and several are not living up to expectations. Its not Earleys fault he didn't have coaching experience and he just figuring it out as he goes. He didn't higher himself. But if he is going to be given the keys to Top 10 program (which I question) then Top 10 results are expected. So I don't recommend a contract extension after two years but I am not sure he warrants getting fired after finishing the regular season #12 as well. Not to mention I am not sure Alberts really cares about baseball anyway so highly likely Earley is not going anywhere.

Early is a glorified hitting coach.
RC was a glorified pitching coach.

Neither was a good head coach at this level. POS was the only truly effective head coach we've had in decades.

We're so ****ing cursed.

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Earley saved us by stepping up when Schloss deserted us. Earley hasn't produced results yet, but he chose to be a Fightin Texas Aggie and for that he has my support.

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I'm sure the million dollar salary helped with his decision to "step up".

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Earley saved us by stepping up when Schloss deserted us. Earley hasn't produced results yet, but he chose to be a Fightin Texas Aggie and for that he has my support.

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He chose to accept a very lucrative contract paying significantly more that what he could make anywhere else.

He is not an Aggie and he didn't "save" A&M.

People pretending like this season was "a step forward" or "showing improvement" are insane. This season only looks better than last because last year Earley took an elite roster and ruined it. He will never get us to Omaha. He is not an SEC coach.

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For those of y'all that don't really watch much baseball.

Imagine our football team losing th NC in overtime. Lose Coach. Hire Coach.

New coach starts out the next year as preseason number one and doesn't make a bowl game.

The next year he goes 9-3 and loses the Alamo Bowl.

Would you consider that progress?

Cause that's where we are at tonight.

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OP clearly doesnt watch much baseball either as he seems to be making referenced to football. Sorry buddy, your comparisons are terrible. The Alamo Bowl is not a #12 hosting seed in the NCAA tournament. The better analogy is a #12 CFP spot! And yes, that's what Elko did too and the fan base is loving him for the most part.

Dont make up blind comparisons that aren't even relevant.

If anything, Earley matched Elko this year. Both made their CFPs and both lost.

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No. More like being a 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. Then getting knocked out on the first weekend. I just referenced football because that's what a lot more people get.

Hosting a regional is nothing compared to making the CFP

There are 16 teams left. Making a super is probably more comparable to making the CFP. Really making Omaha is just as close.

I watch a LOT of baseball. Lots. Tons. Im only saying that because of your 'clearly doesnt watch must baseball' comment. I have no idea if you watch 100 innings a week or just A&M and it doesn't matter. I tend to give most the benefit of the doubt that they have some idea of what's going on between the lines. Bad pitch sequences, lack of talented arms, hero swings with two strikes, zero approach at the plate… not much changed. We just muscled through it a little better. We were somewhat better defensively. But you can take a Friday night Southland Conference game and usually find two teams more prepared to win than we are. They are just not as talented.

Glad we let the inmates run the asylum on this hire

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dcg4403 said:

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agsalaska said:

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For those of y'all that don't really watch much baseball.

Imagine our football team losing th NC in overtime. Lose Coach. Hire Coach.

New coach starts out the next year as preseason number one and doesn't make a bowl game.

The next year he goes 9-3 and loses the Alamo Bowl.

Would you consider that progress?

Cause that's where we are at tonight.

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OP clearly doesnt watch much baseball either as he seems to be making referenced to football. Sorry buddy, your comparisons are terrible. The Alamo Bowl is not a #12 hosting seed in the NCAA tournament. The better analogy is a #12 CFP spot! And yes, that's what Elko did too and the fan base is loving him for the most part.

Dont make up blind comparisons that aren't even relevant.

If anything, Earley matched Elko this year. Both made their CFPs and both lost.

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No. More like being a 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. Then getting knocked out on the first weekend. I just referenced football because that's what a lot more people get.

Hosting a regional is nothing compared to making the CFP

There are 16 teams left. Making a super is probably more comparable to making the CFP. Really making Omaha is just as close.

I watch a LOT of baseball. Lots. Tons. Im only saying that because of your 'clearly doesnt watch must baseball' comment. I have no idea if you watch 100 innings a week or just A&M and it doesn't matter. I tend to give most the benefit of the doubt that they have some idea of what's going on between the lines. Bad pitch sequences, lack of talented arms, hero swings with two strikes, zero approach at the plate… not much changed. We just muscled through it a little better. We were somewhat better defensively. But you can take a Friday night Southland Conference game and usually find two teams more prepared to win than we are. They are just not as talented.

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Pennington made a huge impact on this team this season both in defensive play and base running. He actually turned Bear into a good baserunner.

I would argue that he saved Earley's job. Maybe he should get the job!

Exactly. Hosting a regional in year two would be fine if he was taking over a down program. But he didn't. He took over the consensus number one team in the country

Some posters let last year lower their expectations. But for most of us this expectations never changed.

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lsu was defending national champions and one of the top picks to start this season (behind ucla.) lsu had no coaching change and did not make it into the field of 64. Should they fire their coach? Hell no. In this nil and transfer portal era, it is a different beast to tame. We made definite progress this year, but Earley has to prove it in 2027. Pitching, hitting and defense all need to show significant improvement in 2027 and Earley has to get it done. If not, it will be time to move on then.

schloss f@#ked us and we all know it.

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The last time we won a national championship in one of the major men's sports was 1939.

We win a championship in football, basketball, or baseball and I wouldn't give a **** if we missed the next decade of playoffs in that sport…

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lsu was defending national champions

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This is all that matters for the rest of your post.

I wish people would stop somehow comparing Earley to Jay Johnson. It's an insincere argument.

BigCityCold said:

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lsu was defending national champions and one of the top picks to start this season (behind ucla.) lsu had no coaching change and did not make it into the field of 64. Should they fire their coach? Hell no. In this nil and transfer portal era, it is a different beast to tame. We made definite progress this year, but Earley has to prove it in 2027. Pitching, hitting and defense all need to show significant improvement in 2027 and Earley has to get it done. If not, it will be time to move on then.

schloss f@#ked us and we all know it.

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Of course they shouldn't fire their two time NCAA champion coach for one bad season. Not comparable to Earley.
And yes the NIL is different. It would make it easier for a coach to avoid what has happened here the last two years.

on a side note I think LSU fell into the metrics trap this season.

It's even worse when you consider JJ has TWO nattys. Not like he just kinda fluked into one

Did you really just reference LSU and Jay Johnson who has two natties there? Not one, two.

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We'll likely lose several great players to the portal and the draft

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Name one great player we are going to lose to the portal? To the draft? Yes. To the portal? I doubt it. Whatever Earley's faults, inspiring loyalty from his players doesn't seem to be one of them.

Crybabies out in full force, I see. I guess UCLA, Georgia Tech, LSU, Florida, Florida State, I could go on and on, should fire their coaches. Y'all are some miserable human beings!