Penders has gotten the program to the point where they get the benefit of the doubt, at least from a number of college baseball media members.
that, in and of itself, is one of his more impressive accomplishments.
Yeah, it's just possible that these guys have noticed the number of major league players and MLB draft picks that the UConn baseball program has produced, and that UConn baseball has made 6 out of the last 10 NCAA tournaments, and it sure is looking like 7 out of 11 is just around the corner. And UConn and Penders did this while being from the northeast part of the country that was for years pretty much ignored by college baseball circles, and from a school that is not a member of a P5 conference.