deacdixieboy
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I wonder if Currie's second hire will be baseball coach? Seems like Walter should be on the hot seat, given all the money that has been pumped in to the program and the general lack of success. He's really only had one good year and one decent year in his entire Wake tenure, right? And wasn't it just a few years ago that he interviewed for another job (Tulane?) but didn't get it? Seems like that most thought that was an attempt to move on before he got involuntarily moved on. There are definitely others that follow Wake baseball more than me, but it seems that Wake has consistently done all of the little things that it takes to lose baseball games - failure to capitalize on runners in scoring position, errors at the worse time, lack of pitching depth (walks, HBPs, WPs, etc. - while Walter has been managing. It seems that recruiting has improved, and it looked like the program was on an upward trajectory during that season 2 years ago. However, maybe that season was just a matter of catching lightning in a bottle. A bunch of guys that could mash, and the ability to hit a lot of HRs covered up other issues?
I don’t disagree with this. Walter is a super likable guy and knows baseball, but we have underperformed a lot of years. The facility upgrades should start paying off now. We will be fighting an uphill battle in baseball most years unfortunately no matter who is coaching.