Bama Baseball

[hscoach]

Thanks for doing the work again, Coach. I don't guess we should expect more than one win on a road trip to Auburn.

Timely hits and depth in pitching seem to be a problem.  I give the coach a chance, since they have, I think, 22 new players this year. 

[2Stater]

Thanks for doing the work again, Coach. I don't guess we should expect more than one win on a road trip to Auburn.

Timely hits and depth in pitching seem to be a problem.  I give the coach a chance, since they have, I think, 22 new players this year. 

Yeah, I think we have the right coach. I'm certainly willing to give him time.

[Chechem]

Thanks for doing the work again, Coach. I don't guess we should expect more than one win on a road trip to Auburn.

Timely hits and depth in pitching seem to be a problem.  I give the coach a chance, since they have, I think, 22 new players this year. 

Yeah, I think we have the right coach. I'm certainly willing to give him time.

I hope so.  It's no fun losing this much, even with a young team.
 

[SUPERCOACH]

A much needed win for the team. I think Coach Bo is getting about as much out of this team as he can.

A look back at how we got from an elite program to where are are now.

Coach Jim Wells took over a good but not elite program in 1995 from Shollenberger. Wells coached for 15 years with a record of 625-322 (.659 %). He won 5 SEC Championships. We made 12 Regionals, 5 Super Regionals and 3 World Series appearances. The program was beginning to slip in 2008 when he announced his retirement. Mal Moore talked him in to staying and that only lasted one year. Wells retired in 2009 as the winningest coach in Alabama Baseball history.

Coach Wells lobbied for and helped get his former top assistant Mitch Gaspard the job. Gaspard was a good man that was liked by everyone. He started out good winning the Georgia Tech Regional and Advancing to the Super Regional where we were 1 out away from the World Series. Gaspard coached 7 season with a record of 234-193. He earned 4 Regional berths and one Super Regional. The program was consistently middle of the pack SEC and had become stagnant. we did not make a Regional his last two years. Gaspard resigned at the end of the 2016 season.

Greg Goff was hired by Bill Battle and it turned out to be one of the worst hires for any sport in the school's history. He went 19-34-1 and lost the team in the process. Players were quitting the team and transferring just trying to get out. New AD Greg Byrne fired him after one season. In one season the team went from Mid- SEC to dead last. The RPI fell to 175 and 19 wins. Both worst in modern school history.

Coach Bo was hired to re-built and start the 2018 season. He inherited a mess. He was hired after the recruiting season and was only able to add a few players, mostly JUCO transfers. The team went 27-29 (8-22 SEC) and finished with a RPI of 82. This was his first season to recruit. He has a reputation of being a top recruiter. He brought in 22 new players being freshmen and JUCO transfers. He recruited nation wide bringing kids in from as far away as California. The team is currently 27-20 (6-17 SEC) with an RPI of 43. They are much improved from last year. It also needs to be pointed out that the SEC is the strongest top to bottom I have ever seen. Nine SEC teams are in the Top 25.

We need to give Coach Bo time. He has a Top 20 recruiting class committed for next year. The team is playing hard. This is not a quick fix project. 

Great post!

[Hannibal Lecter, MD]

A much needed win for the team. I think Coach Bo is getting about as much out of this team as he can.

A look back at how we got from an elite program to where are are now.

Coach Jim Wells took over a good but not elite program in 1995 from Shollenberger. Wells coached for 15 years with a record of 625-322 (.659 %). He won 5 SEC Championships. We made 12 Regionals, 5 Super Regionals and 3 World Series appearances. The program was beginning to slip in 2008 when he announced his retirement. Mal Moore talked him in to staying and that only lasted one year. Wells retired in 2009 as the winningest coach in Alabama Baseball history.

Coach Wells lobbied for and helped get his former top assistant Mitch Gaspard the job. Gaspard was a good man that was liked by everyone. He started out good winning the Georgia Tech Regional and Advancing to the Super Regional where we were 1 out away from the World Series. Gaspard coached 7 season with a record of 234-193. He earned 4 Regional berths and one Super Regional. The program was consistently middle of the pack SEC and had become stagnant. we did not make a Regional his last two years. Gaspard resigned at the end of the 2016 season.

Greg Goff was hired by Bill Battle and it turned out to be one of the worst hires for any sport in the school's history. He went 19-34-1 and lost the team in the process. Players were quitting the team and transferring just trying to get out. New AD Greg Byrne fired him after one season. In one season the team went from Mid- SEC to dead last. The RPI fell to 175 and 19 wins. Both worst in modern school history.

Coach Bo was hired to re-built and start the 2018 season. He inherited a mess. He was hired after the recruiting season and was only able to add a few players, mostly JUCO transfers. The team went 27-29 (8-22 SEC) and finished with a RPI of 82. This was his first season to recruit. He has a reputation of being a top recruiter. He brought in 22 new players being freshmen and JUCO transfers. He recruited nation wide bringing kids in from as far away as California. The team is currently 27-20 (6-17 SEC) with an RPI of 43. They are much improved from last year. It also needs to be pointed out that the SEC is the strongest top to bottom I have ever seen. Nine SEC teams are in the Top 25.

We need to give Coach Bo time. He has a Top 20 recruiting class committed for next year. The team is playing hard. This is not a quick fix project. 

Great post!

I second that! 

[ricky023]

I don't think coach likes losing either. He will build a contender in time. RTR!

[Chechem]

Alabama plays Troy tonight at 6pm -- ESPN.

[2Stater]

Alabama plays Troy tonight at 6pm -- ESPN.

Troy beat Bama earlier in the year. Maybe they can avenge that loss tonight.

[Chechem]

Alabama plays Troy tonight at 6pm -- ESPN.

Troy beat Bama earlier in the year. Maybe they can avenge that loss tonight.

BTW, the game appears to be at Troy.
Troy's record is ~ 25-23.

[2Stater]

Alabama plays Troy tonight at 6pm -- ESPN.

Troy beat Bama earlier in the year. Maybe they can avenge that loss tonight.

BTW, the game appears to be at Troy.
Troy's record is ~ 25-23.

Troy used to have a darn good baseball program. Looks like they've slipped some over the last few years.

[ricky023]

Well we will see how much they slipped tonight? RTR!

[Chechem]

Bama 7
Troy 3

woot?

[2Stater]

Bama 7
Troy 3

woot?

Better than the last meeting.

[Chechem]

Bama 7
Troy 3

woot?

Better than the last meeting.

I was still somewhat buckled back then.   

[pmull]

Bama is 22-3 against non conference teams. 28-21 overall.

According to Warren Nolan our RPI is 42. Our record is 28-21. The 28 wins passed the number of 27 we won last year. We host A&M this weekend, host Samford next Tuesday and close out the regular season at UGA. As it stands right now we are tied with UK and one game ahead of USCe for the final two SEC Tournament slots. We hold the tie breaker over USCe. We did not play UK. 

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