But I'm fine with giving him one more year. Fire Kelly. New pitching coach, no more excuses. If he fails to make the Supers after next year, time to rip the bandaid and move on. We can't afford to be stuck in mediocrity.

hardly harsh enough.

We're already there buddy

He'll get another year. Then we'll can him and be in a bidding war with Arkansas for Vitello. We'll lose that war.

what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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But I'm fine with giving him one more year. Fire Kelly. New pitching coach, no more excuses. If he fails to make the Supers after next year, time to rip the bandaid and move on. We can't afford to be stuck in mediocrity.

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I'd likely agree had those last 2 games been close losses. We got embarrassed!!! He doesn't deserve another year. Delaying the inevitable

If he stays he has to clean house. That's a given. If they don't then the AD needs to be re-evaluated as well.

He should get another year

Overall, good baseball year

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what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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Crazy that's what "1st Rounders" Produced when it mattered most.

W said:

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what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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it shouldn't take much to replace that grand total of 4 runs in the last two season-defining games.

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He should get another year

Overall, good baseball year

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Yes, but it's what you do after the regular season that puts you on top. We don't want to just be good. We want to be one of the elite teams. Right now we are not even a shadow of 2024.

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what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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Does any team have a plan for that?

We've got good freshman talent. We've got good fish coming in. Im sure we will go buy some bats in the portal.

Kelley will get thrown under the bus and rightly so. But the bullseye is squarely on Mike's back next year. He'll have the God blessed facilities that so many have blamed for the lack of progress. This program will never lack for support. Monetary and otherwise. Sh** hits the fan next year if we can't even be competitive in a regional

It was their production during the regular season that got us where we were tonight.
You lose that with no one close to them.
So good luck making a regional next year because we will be bottom 3rd in conference next year.

I'm torn. I think he could make it work, but I also believe Texas A&M deserves a proven winner. I'm not big on the Aggies having a project coach. It'll take a lot to wash away last season. If the Ags can pull a proven winner I say do it.

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what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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it shouldn't take much to replace that grand total of 4 runs in the last two season-defining games.

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Such a short sided statement. This is called recency bias! This is just as bad as the selection committee. Only remembering what just happened.

Without those three guys, we would've finished 13th in the SEC like predicted

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Just Tired said:

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W said:

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what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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it shouldn't take much to replace that grand total of 4 runs in the last two season-defining games.

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Such a short sided statement. This is called recency bias! This is just as bad as the selection committee. Only remembering what just happened.

Without those three guys, we would've finished 13th in the SEC like predicted

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short sided

The sooner we fire him the faster we can start competing for Championships.

Other sports aren't baseball

If that's how you feel. It's going to be a long year for you. Good luck

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If he stays he has to clean house. That's a given. If they don't then the AD needs to be re-evaluated as well.

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When has a head coach cleaning house ever worked out?

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Just Tired said:

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W said:

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what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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it shouldn't take much to replace that grand total of 4 runs in the last two season-defining games.

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Such a short sided statement. This is called recency bias! This is just as bad as the selection committee. Only remembering what just happened.

Without those three guys, we would've finished 13th in the SEC like predicted

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Oklahoma finished 11th and made a super. Much rather be there

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Kelley will get thrown under the bus and rightly so. But the bullseye is squarely on Mike's back next year. He'll have the God blessed facilities that so many have blamed for the lack of progress. This program will never lack for support. Monetary and otherwise. Sh** hits the fan next year if we can't even be competitive in a regional

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The facilities are not a problem and are just an excuse. We have excellent facilities as is. What we don't have is a a decent HC and staff. We are vastly over paying a position coach to be HC, and his forte is supposed to be offense which was a complete no show in 2 straight regional finals.

People keep *****ing about the pitching and Kelley but that is not why we lost our own regional.

Early was a stretch hire and he should have been gone after last season due to the Mizzou sweep. All we have done this season is lower the buyout by a year.

Even if you did hire Earley, which was somewhat understandable given the situation, you don't go 8x his current salary on a 4 year contract. You don't give him the same contract or even close to what you would have given to hire Skip Johnson or Rob Vaughn.

We will miss regionals next year, fire Earley and be back to square on. Texas A&M baseball is not a place for a 1st time HC getting OJT. Ridiculous.

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what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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You think there are three 1st rounders?

Assuming Earley is coming back, if he doesn't fire Kelly then then this program is actively on fire and our athletic department should be questioned tremendously. Going to make me sick if they keep Kelly and throw big money at NIL deals for pitches who would've been great regardless of the pitching coach.

Fortunately and unfortunately, baseball shortcomings and poor management won't be on the radar if football does well though.

I am concerned that if we fire JK, it will be difficult to hire a decent pitching coach, because candidates will know that Earley is on the hot seat. The same can be said for recruiting players next year. I wanted to give Earley a shot up front in order to keep our guys and maintain the programs momentum. But after this year, I think maybe it's time to move forward. If we stick with Earley, there needs to be a multi year commitment to let him try and figure it all out.

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S.A. Aggie said:

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If he stays he has to clean house. That's a given. If they don't then the AD needs to be re-evaluated as well.

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When has a head coach cleaning house ever worked out?

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It will work for Earley because you know he has all kinds of connections with his years of experience.

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what's the plan to replace the three 1st rounders at the top of the lineup?

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You think there are three 1st rounders?

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Some mock drafts have Hacopian going Top 10. He's likely a first round pick.

Sorrell and Grahovac are both potential late first round picks. I'm not sure his point is lost if they end up going in the 2nd round instead.

I said I'm fine with giving him one more year. Multi year commitment to a project coach in hopes that he becomes the next Vitello or Sully? No thanks, too risky.

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He should get another year

Overall, good baseball year

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What did we win?
I wouldn't say it was a " good year"

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dixichkn said:

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Kelley will get thrown under the bus and rightly so. But the bullseye is squarely on Mike's back next year. He'll have the God blessed facilities that so many have blamed for the lack of progress. This program will never lack for support. Monetary and otherwise. Sh** hits the fan next year if we can't even be competitive in a regional

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The facilities are not a problem and are just an excuse. We have excellent facilities as is. What we don't have is a a decent HC and staff. We are vastly over paying a position coach to be HC, and his forte is supposed to be offense which was a complete no show in 2 straight regional finals.

People keep *****ing about the pitching and Kelley but that is not why we lost our own regional.

Early was a stretch hire and he should have been gone after last season due to the Mizzou sweep. All we have done this season is lower the buyout by a year.

Even if you did hire Earley, which was somewhat understandable given the situation, you don't go 8x his current salary on a 4 year contract. You don't give him the same contract or even close to what you would have given to hire Skip Johnson or Rob Vaughn.

We will miss regionals next year, fire Earley and be back to square on. Texas A&M baseball is not a place for a 1st time HC getting OJT. Ridiculous.

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Yep

Being honest with you, Jay. Wheb you say

"The facilities are not a problem and are just an excuse. We have excellent facilities as is."
"People keep *****ing about the pitching and Kelley but that is not why we lost our own regional."
Would leave most people to believe that you were severely misinformed about the situation of the facilities prior to the new addition. It's very similar to RC Slocum at the end trying to recruit against other programs that were investing into their infrastructure.The player out facilities and improvement centers have been lacking for nearly a decade.
As someone that understands pitching I can fully tell you that Jason Kelly is really just missing the mark all the way around. There's some mechanical miscues with some of the freshmen that I think lead to the inconsistencies that are easy to spot and they haven't been addressed since the fall.
When you pair that with the pitch calling sequence for the starters, it's just mind-boggling to me . I don't know how many cement mixers we threw in plus counts and Rarely did you see a picture shake off the call which leads me to believe they didn't have the ability to do that and that's not right. Most pitching coaches I know have built-in margins for shakes as long as they don't buck the analytics that you have on the hitter.

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The sooner we fire him the faster we can start competing for Championships.

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The longer Early believes he won't or can't be fired, the worse this mess we're in will become. I can't see him doing anything but "stay the course" (including his control of hitting). If he doesn't sack Kelly, we'll have our confirmation.