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Talent eval has been bad the last couple years, eh?

Glad to hear this about the hitting philosophy. Wilt made some good points also about East Texas. The hitting approach the past few years of regularly taking the first pitch (regardless of if it's a fast ball down the middle) has been pretty pathetic. It's common knowledge that certain hitters will just stand there hoping for a base on balls.
Combine that with seeing hitters bailing out of the box as they swat at the ball indicated to me a long time ago that the hitting coach was not doing his job.
I like the attitude of being aggressive and hopefully not so predictable and passive at the plate. Hopefully Nicholson will actually teach hitting technique which has been sorely lacking, and hopefully we will start getting more high caliber players that can hit with power. It doesn't have to be home runs, but driving the ball into the gap will work just fine.

Way too early, but I think he'll bring a new energy to it for sure. We'll see in a few weeks after the showcases are finished.

I know he's a hard worker. When Augie called him to tell him he got the job he was on the road recruiting for Sac State.

My question is how many scholarships will Augie give him for bats

If we can improve our approach at the plate, maybe Augie lets guys keep their bat in their hand a little more often. But the minute he bunts a guy over from first with nobody out, I'll know there really isn't going to be a change.

This is in no way meant to look or sound like that I am jumping on you! So bare with me as I get whats in my head out...

I think there are a lot of misconception on what Augie tries to do. He adjusts his philosophy to what type of team that he has. Lets go back to the '09 season and the '10 season. Those two seasons he probably had one of if not his better offensive minded team.

I am talking about an overall minded team. Yes the bats have changed but there are also evidence of other key situations.

I am talking about hitting over 100 doubles and also having 104 and 75 Sac Hit receptively in those two seasons.

In 2012 86 doubles and 67 Sac Hits.

I really believe that when People look at what Augie tries to do, they immediately jump to the conclusion that he is going to bunt. Very seldom when Weiss and Walsh came up to the plate did they bunt. He wanted those guys to swing away.

How about taking a look at the type of baseball athlete recruited? Most of them are about 5'9" - 5"11" about 140 pounds. These guys are not exactly power hitters. I remember when Vanderbilt came to play here last fall. All their guys were 6'2"-6'4" 220-240 pounds. They crushed the ball and us! We're not even playing well defensively either. What is Nicholson's approach there especially with the infield? This program needs an overhaul...

Is it September 15th yet?