gnawitall
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Post by gnawitall on May 9, 2024 3:38:35 GMT -8
The season is over and the obvious questions arise. Will Berg be back? How many players leave? Can we finally win a conference moving to the WCC? The upgrades to Kelly field have been significant and hope we can field a competitive team with the move. Softball may be one of the only high profile sports where NIL isn't a major factor; at least to most programs;; but what do I know  |
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Post by Judge Smails on May 9, 2024 4:29:44 GMT -8
The season is over and the obvious questions arise. Will Berg be back? How many players leave? Can we finally win a conference moving to the WCC? The upgrades to Kelly field have been significant and hope we can field a competitive team with the move. Softball may be one of the only high profile sports where NIL isn't a major factor; at least to most programs;; but what do I know If Berg leaves, maybe they should look at the Linfield coach. They are undefeated this year and he has won 2 D3 National Championships. |
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Post by messi on May 9, 2024 6:27:47 GMT -8
The season is over and the obvious questions arise. Will Berg be back? How many players leave? Can we finally win a conference moving to the WCC? The upgrades to Kelly field have been significant and hope we can field a competitive team with the move. Softball may be one of the only high profile sports where NIL isn't a major factor; at least to most programs;; but what do I know Taking a peak of the softball RPI, and the Beavs are rated higher than the WCC field, beating LMU by 8 spots. The strength of schedule may have a lot to do with that, as WCC is ranked 12th compared to the Pac-12 at #2. And while NIL isn't a major factor, how many of the non-seniors want to play in a lesser conference will be the question going forward. That all being said, it looks like conference play will be a four game series, with a double header Saturday. |
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Post by rgeorge on May 9, 2024 10:17:20 GMT -8
The season is over and the obvious questions arise. Will Berg be back? How many players leave? Can we finally win a conference moving to the WCC? The upgrades to Kelly field have been significant and hope we can field a competitive team with the move. Softball may be one of the only high profile sports where NIL isn't a major factor; at least to most programs;; but what do I know Taking a peak of the softball RPI, and the Beavs are rated higher than the WCC field, beating LMU by 8 spots. The strength of schedule may have a lot to do with that, as WCC is ranked 12th compared to the Pac-12 at #2. And while NIL isn't a major factor, how many of the non-seniors want to play in a lesser conference will be the question going forward. That all being said, it looks like conference play will be a four game series, with a double header Saturday. Well, if they look in the mirror it isn't all the coaching. They play (and/or talent level) appears they belong in a lower conference |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 9, 2024 11:32:46 GMT -8
The Linfield coach is also the football team's DC. I think he loves both jobs, doesn't have to put up with transfer portal/NIL nonsense, has kids who are true student/athletes. He has it made it McMinnville and would be hard-pressed to leave. Plus they just got a new AD, Scott Brosius, who should be able to do some great fundraising.
Linfield seems to be a pretty special place.
The UNLV coach might be a better option, she's done a nice job there and her husband/assistant coach is OSU baseball alum Andy Jarvis.
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Post by Judge Smails on May 9, 2024 12:47:47 GMT -8
The Linfield coach is also the football team's DC. I think he loves both jobs, doesn't have to put up with transfer portal/NIL nonsense, has kids who are true student/athletes. He has it made it McMinnville and would be hard-pressed to leave. Plus they just got a new AD, Scott Brosius, who should be able to do some great fundraising. Linfield seems to be a pretty special place. The UNLV coach might be a better option, she's done a nice job there and her husband/assistant coach is OSU baseball alum Andy Jarvis. Yea, that shows the difference in levels when you can coach both football and softball. He's done a great job though. |
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