FrostedTips Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 hour ago, BlitzFirst said: Read an article earlier today in a Texas newspaper that talked about how happy A&M fans are to get rid of Will Bolt. Evidently, he is not popular at A&M due to the slumping batting averages on the team. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Why-two-college-baseball-fan-bases-are-thrilled-14007611.php First time I've heard of him NOT having success and first I've heard of fans not liking him. Heard this also. Rumor was that Childress allocated more scholarships towards front line pitching lately. Not sure if that's accurate... Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 2 hours ago, BlitzFirst said: Read an article earlier today in a Texas newspaper that talked about how happy A&M fans are to get rid of Will Bolt. Evidently, he is not popular at A&M due to the slumping batting averages on the team. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Why-two-college-baseball-fan-bases-are-thrilled-14007611.php First time I've heard of him NOT having success and first I've heard of fans not liking him. I really have no idea if he'll be a good coach or not. Hoping so. Definitely willing to give him a chance. But we've been down the hiring-a-coach-the-other-school-was-ready-to-get-rid-of path before. It didn't go well. 1 Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 3 hours ago, BlitzFirst said: Read an article earlier today in a Texas newspaper that talked about how happy A&M fans are to get rid of Will Bolt. Evidently, he is not popular at A&M due to the slumping batting averages on the team. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Why-two-college-baseball-fan-bases-are-thrilled-14007611.php First time I've heard of him NOT having success and first I've heard of fans not liking him. A&M was 13th in batting average in the SEC on the year. .251 average as a team. Sounds a bit familiar to complaints at NU this year... 1 Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 was he only the hitting coach for last year? the other years he was an assistant there, their avg was decent. Quote Link to comment
flatwaterfan Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I know the article says Bolt was the hitting coach but I don't think it's accurate. The A&M coaching bios from 2018 indicated that "Bolt’s primary functions include coordinating the offensive game, mentoring the infielders and serving as third base coach." It doesn't say anything about hitting. Seely was the hitting coach. The bio states "He serves as the recruiting coordinator and works with the outfielders and hitters." Bolt was in charge of the offense so he does bear responsibility. Just wanted to point out that it's a group effort. History shows that he can put pretty good offenses on the field. Below is his old Nebraska bio. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=90230 Personally I think it gets back to RECRUITING. Quote Link to comment
flatwaterfan Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I will go with what the A&M bio's say and besides I like Harvell as the hitting coach. Not sure why anyone would get depressed. Time will tell. Quote Link to comment
flatwaterfan Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Actually I find it to be kind of insulting. I am going back on my long term hiatus not going to waste any more time with this crap. Seely https://12thman.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1059&path=baseball Bolt https://12thman.com/coaches.aspx?rc=897&path=baseball Quote Link to comment
SouthLincoln Husker Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 11 hours ago, BlitzFirst said: pretty sure he was a hitting coach...and it would definitely be wise of Nebraska to distance him from that on his official Husker bio because people might ask questions if not. If you want to get depressed about the hire, read the comments on that first tweet. Was, Sealy took over last year. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Quote Bolt was the eighth head coaching hire Moos has made at NU since December of 2017. That's a new hire about every 70 days. It's really quite remarkable when you think about it. Shawn Eichorst made just two hires in five years (Mike Riley and Amy Williams). Tom Osborne made three hires (Darin Erstad, Bo Pelini and Tim Miles) from 2007 to 2013. Steve Pederson made just two (Bill Callahan and Doc Sadler) from 2003 to 2007. So from 2003 to December of 2017 we only saw seven coaching moves made at Nebraska. Moos has delivered more than that in 18 months. HOL Quote Link to comment
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