Yes but Casey Dana wasn’t going to LSU. If that option were available and the choice is the BE conference lateral move or SEC would he had been at Uconn. I guess not and not b/c Uconn can’t compete but rather the opposite…the program has been at level where the separation amongst the SEC or ACC and Uconn alone, isn’t all that great. UConn is a top program, they just don’t get the recognition or respect where it matters currently in NCAA baseball. Saying Uconn will never be an LSU in baseball, is fine they don’t need to be. Uconn has been a couple of players away from the CWS for longer then I’ve been following them (approx 7-8 seasons). The 22’ run was great to enjoy, a lot went right that season even w/ Crawford and the what coulda been on top of being a win away from the CWS. I really believe a top talent or two like Loer might be difference.
Never a bad thing
I'm not even sure what you're arguing at this point, I read your post 3 times and I'm still lost. I think everyone would agree that adding more top talent would get us over the hump and to the CWS. The guys ending up in the SEC are not worth fretting over because they're not going to end up here.
That’s funny. And my comment doesn’t make sense. A bit of luck and “hoping” top recruits make it to campus is as tone deaf as I’ve read and I read it once. 22’ is the “eventually” in this comment. Magical season it was. Everything else is and appears to have been there. Coaching, development, mostly recruiting and some luck. If your a piece or two away consistently, go get 2 guys who’d otherwise be SEC caliber talent. UConn isnt going to out recruit the south year n year out. Again, everything is status quo. Just add to what you’ve built. What’s so difficult to understand about that point. Your arguing that no SEC caliber talent will or should play at Uconn…why?? You don’t half a roster every season of that but it’s apparent it’s lacking.
But the 2022 season is exactly why I say it's just going to take some luck and getting recruits to campus. We were 1 game away from Omaha with a loaded pitching staff that was missing Reggie Crawford with TJ surgery and 2 of our top recruits blowing up and getting drafted in Mozzicato and Kellington.
No bitterness for that at all, heck I didn’t know until yesterday that he transferred. It’s not Loer, by itself, it’s aggressively pursuing the top end arm or top bat Uconn feels fits everything I described that’s already been in place to get them over the hump.
This ^.
The Donyell’s the Ray Allen’s Caron Butlers etc etc. it began somewhere and w/out what was built in 90’ and earlier those guys never find their way to Storrs. The same will apply to baseball
Next year is the last year of these D3 kids with an extra 2 years of eligibility. College baseball will be alot younger in general and UConn will need to pluck away at JUCO kids like they have in the past and develop their freshman quickly. The days of plugging in 24 and 25 year olds with hundreds of college AB's will be a thing of the past. With NIL, getting the best New England kids will start to cost some serious $$$ too. Whole new world coming.
Isn’t this basically what recruiting Casparius as a transfer from UNC was? I think the staff is very interested in top talent and it’s kind of strange to me that you think they are not making an effort
Lol forget it.
Basketball, being indoors, has a slightly more level playing field and the Big East was a top hoops conference. Keep in mind that things started with diamonds in the rough and some local talent before it really took off.
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