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Is college baseball getting more competitive? Could that be one reason why the team's performance isn't as consistently elite as in the past?

There's no question that college baseball is competitive, but I'm not sure it is "more competitive."  This year Oregon is a national seed; five years ago they didn't even have a team.  Then again, U.SC used to be very good; lately, not so much.  Still, it wasn't the overall competitiveness of college baseball that seemed to cause our problems this year, from the games I saw.  It was bad baseball on our part.

I have no problem with Marquess coaching as long as he wants.  I was fine with Howie Dallmar coaching as long as he did and would have been fine with him staying on much longer, too.  Nevertheless, I do believe that there is a price for taking that approach, and that price should be acknowledged.  In any sport.  Not everyone can be a Dick Gould...

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Is college baseball getting more competitive? Could that be one reason why the team's performance isn't as consistently elite as in the past?

There's no question that college baseball is competitive, but I'm not sure it is "more competitive."  This year Oregon is a national seed; five years ago they didn't even have a team.  Then again, U.SC used to be very good; lately, not so much.  Still, it wasn't the overall competitiveness of college baseball that seemed to cause our problems this year, from the games I saw.  It was bad baseball on our part.

I have no problem with Marquess coaching as long as he wants.  I was fine with Howie Dallmar coaching as long as he did and would have been fine with him staying on much longer, too.  Nevertheless, I do believe that there is a price for taking that approach, and that price should be acknowledged.  In any sport.  Not everyone can be a Dick Gould...