*Opponent Preview - Northwestern** Games 46-48

runningblind said:
The move to the B1G was great for a lot of sports, but it was a terrible move for baseball.  Not playing southward all the time is a huge detriment to the program.
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That might make sense if we weren't talking about getting demolished in a series-loss-clinching game against a Northwestern team that came into this series in 11th place in the conference.  "The Big 10 is so bad, we shouldn't even expect to beat the teams in it"  :facepalm:

And you play more non-conference games than B1G games, so there are plenty of opportunities to play teams from the south and western US.  Erstad's scheduling is very astute, almost too tough at times.

 
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There’s no excusing these losses. And I have zero faith that our problems will be resolved before Arizona State and Michigan show up.

Here’s hoping that Moos does an evaluation and (at a minimum) finds us a new hitting coach. Or better yet, let’s just cut bait with Erstad and go pick up Will. 

 
Comish said:
Actually, I thought the move to the Big Ten would be a giant home run.

I truly expected baseball to be the first sport to dominate. This has been a huge and disappointing disaster.
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Curious why you thought that.  It was a move to a poor conference with terrible spring baseball weather,  away from where the talent is.  

HuskersNC949597 said:
That might make sense if we weren't talking about getting demolished in a series-loss-clinching game against a Northwestern team that came into this series in 11th place in the conference.  "The Big 10 is so bad, we shouldn't even expect to beat the teams in it"  :facepalm:

And you play more non-conference games than B1G games, so there are plenty of opportunities to play teams from the south and western US.  Erstad's scheduling is very astute, almost too tough at times.
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I was saying it was a terrible move as no top talent wants to play baseball in the big ten.  They want to be in the west or south all the time,  not just a few non conference games a year and then play the rest in 40 degrees. 

 
Erstad somehow managed to pull the #16 recruiting class in the nation.

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Looks to me like the average B1G temperature today outside of Minnesota and PA/NJ ranged from the 50s-70s.  And same with that argument in football: good luck if you want to play MLB for New York, the Twins, Boston, et al this time of year.  You might have to play a month or two in the 40s-50s.

 
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HuskersNC949597 said:
Erstad somehow managed to pull the #16 recruiting class in the nation.



Looks to me like the average B1G temperature today outside of Minnesota and PA/NJ ranged from the 50s-70s.  And same with that argument in football: good luck if you want to play MLB for New York, the Twins, Boston, et al this time of year.  You might have to play a month or two in the 40s-50s.
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The season's almost over, so today's temperature really doesn't hold water in an argument.  Taking 10% of the teams, for less than 1/4 of a season in MLB is your argument for the same thing?

The on field results speak for the recruiting ratings.  

 
runningblind said:
The season's almost over, so today's temperature really doesn't hold water in an argument.  Taking 10% of the teams, for less than 1/4 of a season in MLB is your argument for the same thing?

The on field results speak for the recruiting ratings.  
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And yet we have had more freshman contributing from a highly ranked class than we have for awhile.

 
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