1. To a degree, we will have more money for signings this portal but also for retention. Glauber is one of the most prized pitchers in America right now. But not all of the funds will be accessible this late in the game. It’s more about the coming years and a commitment that UNC will be able to compete.
I don't mean you are any other player who played football for Carolina is a joke but almost everything that has occurred since BB was hired has been nothing short of a disaster and we are made fun of because of BB and stuff with the girl.
See, stuff like that doesn't bother me. We're paying him to win games not be the Dean of Students. Last year, the results weren't what some expected. He has two more years to figure it out or we will be looking for a new coach.
I hear you but the Jordon stuff doesn’t embarrass you at all?
Thanks. But I have no false illusions of such. I just didn't mention it because, well... its the same rhetorical question. There is/was NO WORLD in which newmark did not respond the exact way he did. Support for Forbes, staff, program... and not in that order. Anyone who knows Coach forbes knows full well he was far more interested in others. There is simply no realistic world where UNC did not do exactly what they did. and since I knew that was going to be the end result when it became public last Thurday... this was the only logical and realistic result. And THIS is why when someone calls, you owe it to all involved to say... Ok, I'll hear you out. which is exactly what and "all" forbes did. Back to a post I made up top... this is how sausage is made. Someone calls, you agree to listen, and then intelligent administrators sit down and figure out what is needed. This is where we were gonna end up. It just was. You have to understand the 1) love Forbes has for Mike Fox (and what Fox did for him), then 2) his love for UNC, followed by 3) his love and desire for his staff. And then after all that you get way down to ... oh yeah, this is my home and I am too close to retirement.
I know the board doesn’t need me to validate this but Mahler is spot on here. Forbes was most definitely considering this move and I was worried that he might leave. SC was willing to wait through the supers for Forbes but thankfully we came up with the money we needed to come up with. I think people would be surprised at how close SC came to taking our coach.
Not at all. I really couldn't care less what someone does in their personal life. I get it if some are embarrassed because their friends that pull for other teams give them a hard time or they don't like the media harping on it.
If 2026 goes as bad as predicted, he likely has just five more months.
Certainly, we add immediate value to any conference we join, but if it doesn’t offset the approximately $75 million we’re taking out, that won’t fly. And we still have to repay the financed buyout.
I quoted it. Others have quoted it. Greg has quoted it. You can read it for yourself either above in this thread or pull the financial report.
With all due respect, you’re making a lot of assumptions without being in on how this went down.
This was much closer to going sideways than many will probably ever know. Glad it worked out. The baseball family put on the full court press and the staff is going to get a well deserved reward.
First off, I'd expect it to be more than $75 million because I expect us to make the move in 28 or 29.
That is just the reality of bigtime college sports these days. If not SC, there would be another school another year. If you want to keep your program among the elite, you need to make a competitive financial commitment to the program. No matter how much anyone loves his school, that person is not going to want to compete with one hand tied behind his back. Everyone wants an even playing field.
The Holbrook story cuts both ways. I don't think he would recommend a job at lil Carolina.
See…this just seems hyperbolic. South Carolina makes a great offer. And then the ball is in our court to counter and we do so. I don’t think that feels “close”. Forbes didn’t take the job and then walk it back. No midnight hour donor came in and saved the program and the staff. I don’t think he was close to going there at all. I think he would have gone if we did nothing to respond to such a lucrative offer. And I don’t think we were ever going to “not respond”.
And I’ll take you at your word. And I’ll say thank your for the information you bring to the board. The end.
Obviously Forbes didn’t take the job and then walk it back. But my point is that Coach Forbes was seriously considering taking the job based on what I know. There were many on this board that kept arguing that Forbes would never leave for SC and that he was not even considering it. But that is just not true. He was a lot closer to leaving than most here think.
Wouldn’t count on that. Lots of influential people made this hire. He will be given every chance to win.
Is there something in particular you’ve read that you vehemently disagree with?
Nobody would care what anybody thought if we were winning. That’s just a fact. Start winning and people find a way to not feel embarrassed over anything.
I don’t know what I don’t know but one thing I do know is that Newmark, Chancellor Roberts and Bubba (along with some of their key minions) spent a substantial amount of time visiting with former baseball players and supporters during the weekend Super Regional. So glad things have worked out and the baseball program is getting deserved support. Now we need more season ticket holders and attendees at games to help defray the costs of support.
Those meetings were instrumental in getting this done. A couple of former players went to great lengths to make it happen. I hope the story gets told when the time is right.
Selfishly I'd love to see more high school recruits develop on the offensive side. Not saying we should stop taking and hitting on these less heralded transfers but it is interesting how we have an elite pitching staff built almost entirely out of high school recruits yet most of the offense comes from transfers.
Agreed. We've had success (see Honeycutt, Stevenson, Gallaher) but not as prevalent as the pitching.
Twitter? Seems they’d rather announce it on a platform where OnlyFans go.
what?? I think you're getting the CWS confused with the ACC
I don’t see it changing…and I understand it. Projecting pitching from HS to your first year in college is a lot easier than trying to decide if a hitter will be able to adjust to college pitching and contribute in year one. Because, let’s be honest, if they don’t contribute as freshmen they may hit the portal. It is just so much easier to get a kid that has proven he can hit college pitching (even at the community college level in Iowa).
It appears that almost every eligible player will transfer from CCU to USC. The real question is whether the talent level on last year’s CCU team could actually compete in the SEC. I have my doubts.
No, they didn’t. It was very in the open. He’s who everyone was predicting they would hire. They openly reported they interviewed him 3 different times last week, including one with the USC President.
