re: Most candid jay johnson quotes of the season

So basically stop swinging for the fences and trying to have those “holy shite!” hits.

We need more team baseball and do what the team needs and less look at me homers.

Short of it is we need more players worried about what’s best for the team

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I 100 percent get what he is saying about needing to have his guys developed here over time but......vast majority of the starters are returning guys. Only 2 positions that aren't are 1st and 2nd base.

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Yeah I thought the same. We talk about how the transfers are busts, but 6 of the 8 players on the field (if you count Arambide as a catcher) and 2 of our 3 starters were all on the team last year.

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you almost have to make guarantees to retain players like that and if they don't take the next step

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Yep, but the flip side is you have to replace them with portal kids, who may or may not "take the next step"

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Jay is great but getting Skenes from Air Force and him turning into the best pitcher on the planet was by and large luck, nobody could've predicted it and I feel like it kind of warped everything after it

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Skenes, Tanks, Daniel Dickinson, Luis Hernandez were all conference guys even if it was from a smaller conferences. It still translated. Dardar, Yorke, Caraway weren't all conference guys even in less competitive conferences. They were good in those conferences but they weren't elite and the step up in competition and lack of production has shown that. I don't mind one or two Braden Simpsons a class because you never know how the power translates but you can't build a team out of those guys.

There's nothing wrong with going to the portal to fill the gaps, CJJ has done this in the past with great success. The biggest difference from this team and the ones in the past...excluding '24 is there was always a LEADER on the team. And that person was someone that has been on the team from the get-go, starting as a sophomore or freshman. This season is devoid of a leader of the team who carries the energy of the team. That was one of the issues with the '24 team. Next year will be a repeat of /24 and this year, unless someone fills that role now.

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So when you bring up pitching…but the fielding is killing them.

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Don’t forget as part of the fielding woes the poor receiving by the catchers

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gems he got from Utah Valley, Indiana State, San Diego state, and Wofford

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Great post, and who can and who can’t step up to SEC-level competition is the million dollar question. I’m stumped. The Grand Canyons and High Points of the world seem similar to the mid-major schools above that we’ve crushed it with.

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Dardar, Yorke, Caraway weren't all conference guys

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Poorly researched. Dardar was honorable mention all Big 12, yorke was second team all-wac, caraway wasn’t in a conference.

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That whole interview is awesome. He’s honest about what this team actually is and you can tell he’s pissed at himself because he constructed this team. What has and will always be respected by me at least is Jay always has a detailed plan. This team was a plan that just didn’t work. But Jay will learn and adapt because he’s the best coach in college baseball. Sometimes I wish our fanbase understood this as a whole and appreciated the fact that baseball and especially portal era baseball is fricking hard. At least we have the best coach to go after it every year. But the ignorant part of the fanbase can be loud and that’s just annoying at times.

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Does anyone know how much nil he got compared to other top teams?

I thought a few people alluded to him being mad about not getting enough nil this past year foe the portal.

That's no excuse but I am interested if that's the case.

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He basically admitted this shite isn't getting fixed this year

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Refreshing to hear this especially from the top. Usually its the same ol
"we're focused on the next game"
"learn from our mistakes and correct them"
"still a lot of season left to play"



A lot of posters here could learn a thing or two about reality. They seem to think being a "good" fan is to stick your head in the dirt.