And Kingston was hired to clean up Holbrook's mess . . . it's gonna take a while for fix.
Why does it seem whenever we make a new HC hire, they are given the task of "cleaning up the prior regimes mess",
Everybody wants a coach like a microwave. Finished in 5 minutes
When things to do get turned around, the bandwagon will fill up again.
It is not realistic to expect to get to Omaha every year. It is realistic to expect to dance every year, host most of the time, and make it to Omaha at least once every few years.
I don't think our fans really expected to get to Omaha every season ten years ago, but they did expect to make the NCAA's-which is obviously a struggle today. The irony of it all is Tanner is the reason we have two national titles in baseball and also the reason why we haven't come close since.
When you hire a 67 year old coach that's kinda the statement being made...you don't hire a guy like that if you're looking at a 3 year rebuild.
Expecting Omaha ever year is unrealistic. But the bottom falling out of the program that once was the university's crown jewel is embarrassing.
As previously stated, I don't think the fans really expected to make Omaha every season (I certainly didn't) but making the NCAA's should be an expectation where the previous staffs have fallen short. Also, it's been 13 years since we were in Omaha. With our tradition you would expect us to make it once or twice a decade at least but poor coaching hires have pushed back that timeframe. From '02-'12, we made Omaha 6 times. That percentage was probably not sustainable but no Omaha for 13 years after is very frustrating.
Agreed that the ability to dance is struggling.
There are 300 D1 baseball programs, 64 are in the NCAA tournament each year, 8 go to Omaha. Here is a list showing what teams have been to Omaha the most. Carolina is tied for 11th place (behind Clemson and UNC). Going to Omaha isn't exactly a Carolina birthright. '02-'12 spoiled a whole lot of fans and set some unrealistic expectations.
