2023 PSU Men's Baseball Thread

LB99

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Joe Girardi is available, right?
Seriously, I don’t follow college baseball enough to even throw any names out there. All I know is when PSU wanted to turn around the wrestling team, they ponied up the money and went and hired the best wrestler of all time and look what happened. When they wanted to make the lacrosse program relevant, they went out and got a guy that took a lacrosse blue blood to final fours and a championship game. Since then, they’ve won the B1G, made 2 final fours in the last five years and had the #1 draft pick in the PLL draft. PSU players now make PLL rosters routinely. So, if they want to turn the baseball program around, they are going to have to pony up the cash and make a splash hire. If not….then you get the basketball program. Baseball success will be an uphill challenge. Players want to go where they can play all year and hone their craft. PA is not AZ, FL, or CA in terms of weather. Not even close.
 

Bison13

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Joe Girardi is available, right?
Seriously, I don’t follow college baseball enough to even throw any names out there. All I know is when PSU wanted to turn around the wrestling team, they ponied up the money and went and hired the best wrestler of all time and look what happened. When they wanted to make the lacrosse program relevant, they went out and got a guy that took a lacrosse blue blood to final fours and a championship game. Since then, they’ve won the B1G, made 2 final fours in the last five years and had the #1 draft pick in the PLL draft. PSU players now make PLL rosters routinely. So, if they want to turn the baseball program around, they are going to have to pony up the cash and make a splash hire. If not….then you get the basketball program. Baseball success will be an uphill challenge. Players want to go where they can play all year and hone their craft. PA is not AZ, FL, or CA in terms of weather. Not even close.
Correct Pennsylvania is not Florida or California in regards to baseball talent, but Pennsylvania does have some talent. I was recently as a couple years ago they had two first round picks just from PA high schools. With solid recruiting in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and northern Virginia Penn State should be able to finish much higher in the conference than they normally do.

The problem is this last staff, and the one before it, never ventured out to find talent. I had a kid who was drafted out of high school, and is now a multiple time MLB All-Star pitcher that Penn State wouldn’t even give the time of day to.
 
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LB99

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Correct Pennsylvania is not Florida or California in regards to baseball talent, but Pennsylvania does have some talent. I was recently as a couple years ago they had two first round picks just from PA high schools. With solid recruiting in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and northern Virginia Penn State should be able to finish much higher in the conference than they normally do.

The problem is this last staff, and the one before it, never ventured out to find talent. I had a kid who was drafted out of high school, and is now a multiple time MLB All-Star pitcher that Penn State wouldn’t even give the time of day to.
I appreciate your response. I meant Pennsylvania isn’t a destination for high end HS recruits to play in college. I realize there is a lot of talent in PA at a HS level.
 
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Tom McAndrew

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KKBundy

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That story REALLY pissed me off!!! Obviously there was ZERO accountability in the AD.
 

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BobPSU92

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Please take this opportunity to remember that Penn State is a baseball school.
 
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