With Jacksonville sitting on a 3-0 lead entering the top of the eight, Miami needed a four-run inning to take the lead, tacking on two more in the ninth for good measure. When facing Florida an hour later, in need of two wins,
Miami was down 3-0 halfway through the first and after an eight-run third by the Gators, this one was in the bag. Four late inning runs did nothing but make the box score a little bit more respectable.
Another awful ending to a Miami baseball season, the past three coming at the hands of Florida at McKethan Stadium.
A post-season recap is forthcoming after thoughts are collected.
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I've never really been a proponent of firing coaches, but this really is a disturbing trend. I now believe this program will only get better if you overhaul it. Somehow, someway, changes NEED to be made. Yes, there will be an uproar if Morris is let go, but you have to look at what's the greater good for the program.
I hate to use this analogy, but look what happened when FSU let go of Bowden. Of course, the sample size is too small to know the lasting effects at the moment, but sometimes a move is necessary to bring back life and excitement to a program. Some fresh ideas to a stagnant program.
I think most of us are sick of this team playing like little-leaguers against quality competition. Something needs to be done, now.
Jake - about your post on June 4th, 2011 ...... go see my post on the May 24th, 2011 article where I addressed the cost of Rice and Stanford, both private schools, both very good baseball programs and both basically just as successful since 2000-present as Miami
If you look at the actual cost of the private schools such as Stanford, Rice, Vandy, etc. they're more than what you think - the tuition alone is in the mid to high $30 grand range, you're not adding the cost of room/board, fees, estimated books/supplies, school medical expenses, etc. that the university itself tells you before hand
Vandy tuition is $38,952 .. you're leaving out the cost of housing, meals, estimated books/supplies, activities/rec center fee = $54,332
Rice is around $47,821 a year. Stanford, $52,499
This is probably my shortest post ever, b/c I've listed basically everything that I think is wrong with the baseball program in many prior posts (dating back a while, not just this year) and I'm not in the mood to talk about the Canes from this year/this past weekend right now
I'll leave you with this ...
The Miami Hurricanes record vs. Kevin O'Sullivan and his staff since they arrived in Gainesville
2008 – 2-1
2009 – 3-2 (both losses were in Gainesville Regional to get knocked out)
2010 – 1-4 (2 losses were in Gainesville Regional to get knocked out - again)
2011 – 0-5 (3 losses during the regular season and 2 losses to get knocked out in Gainesville - AGAIN)
6-12 overall record against Kevin O'Sullivan ...... 0-6 in post season play
Check the numbers again if needed, but I'm pretty sure I'm damn right
Kevin O'Sullivan and his Crocs will win the CWS before Jim Morris and the Canes will - maybe even a couple of times. Such a difference in the teams it's sickening, with Sulley and his staff only being there since 2008 and having one of the deepest teams in the nation already. Anyone stop as well with the jumping onto your keyboard to counter this with how many titles Morris has won since being at Miami and how FSU or UiF haven't won any as your main argument - just stop. That has nothing to do with what is happening now. I'm not a f*cking Noles or Crocs fan, so I could care less about what they haven't done. I addressed as well in previous posts with how the success of Morris could also be highly attributed to the 3 main assistants that are no longer at Miami. The final 9 years for Morris at GTech from '85-'93, they went to an NCAA Regional .. no titles though (in that time span, from '85-'92, Ron Fraser went to the CWS 5 times, won it 2 times and went to an NCAA Regional 4 times). Morris comes to Miami in '94 and goes to Omaha 9 times in his first 11 years, winning 2 titles in '99 and '01
Why is that? I'm just posing that question
Is it similar to what Leon Searcy said in the "U" documentary when talking about Dennis Erickson, saying that he was given the keys to a Porsche and basically told not to crash it after coming in after Jimmy? A stacked team, a machine of a program (in both aspects of the football team and Morris with the baseball team?)
I care about what the Canes haven't done in over a decade now .. and unless some changes are made immediately, the Canes will go even further in the opposite direction of the Crocs. Morris is a good coach, I'm not saying he isn't - but it very well could be time for not only his staff to be replaced, but that man he sees in the mirror as well
I don't feel like waiting ANOTHER decade for a title
(searches for George Horton's number at Oregon)
After watching many games on TV and attending the UVA and Maryland series', I can honestly say this is the most poorly coached team I can remember. Our fielding was pure garbage, our offense was average at best, and our pitching was ok at times. Overall, this team had no business even being in the NCAA Regional. It used to be fun to harass Gator fans about our 4 NCs and their zero, but now after embarrassing ourselves repeatedly against those s$$ clowns, I refuse to say anything. The way the Canes lost yesterday was a disgrace! I hope Golden and Larranaga get the football and basketball programs headed in the right direction because at the moment our athletics (baseball, football, and men's basketball) are in a pitiful place!
This team is on a downward spiral. It reminds of the football team from last yr. Under achieve,mental and physical errors in abundance, horrible hitting, no energy, not the high quality of athletes anymore, not well coached. Miami has upgraded the other 2 coaching spots, make it 3.
Morris has lost the touch. It's time to move on.