Cal never lies so yea, you’re prob right.Considering Cal recently said he isn’t going anywhere for like 6 years I guess we don’t have to think about him slowing Top Button down at all.
If the NCAA or whoever doesn’t get a handle on this, CBB is cooked. And the coaches have to hate it - how in the world do you build a stable program and culture in this environment? Just throwing a bunch of pieces together every year and hoping for the best. It’s not sustainable.Creighton was a bucket from the Final 4, and looked to return their entire team, or close.
Now, they're essentially losing everyone. It's beyond ridiculous at this point. If you can't get a group of mostly non-NBA guys to run-it-back as the best team in school history looking to win a title, what are we even doing?
Kinda understand why Jay Wright dipped out when he did tbhIf the NCAA or whoever doesn’t get a handle on this, CBB is cooked. And the coaches have to hate it - how in the world do you build a stable program and culture in this environment? Just throwing a bunch of pieces together every year and hoping for the best. It’s not sustainable.
*or trade school/apprenticeship.Just get your kids in and through college and then mail it in, boys... thats the goal
I see a lot less of the “they deserved to get paid” crowd now that college sports are sucking complete ass
College free agency has been a blast DONT ya think?Might have to do with the fact that they are getting paid now?
Also has like 4 1-hitters so he was dang close to double digit no hittersRack Chad on the Nolan Ryan documentary. The man owns almost every pitching record, yet didn't win the Cy Young one single time. Just goes to show that it's stupid to let these journalism nerds that never played a sport vote on all this shit.
He has 7 no hitters, the next closest is 4. His no hitters and strike outs will never be beaten.
Especially in the pitch count era when a starter can actually get pulled while still having a no-hitter intact. Mind bottling ATKOT.His no hitters and strike outs will never be beaten.
Rack Chad on the Nolan Ryan documentary. The man owns almost every pitching record, yet didn't win the Cy Young one single time. Just goes to show that it's stupid to let these journalism nerds that never played a sport vote on all this shit.
He has 7 no hitters, the next closest is 4. His no hitters and strike outs will never be beaten.
I can not imagine being dorky enough to go pull those stats.That's a little harsh. What year should Nolan Ryan have won the Cy Young?
So it's not like he was losing to scrubs. And there were valid arguments why he didn't win each time.
- The year he finished second Jim Palmer had a better year from an ERA and W-L record perspective. Ryan had twice as many K's, but Palmer had more shutouts.
- The first time he finished third he lost to Catfish Hunter and Ferguson Jenkins
- The second time he finished third he finished behind Sparky Lyle (who?) and Jim Palmer. Palmer and Ryan had very similar numbers that year although Ryan had many more Ks. Ryan had the second highest WAR (which hadn't been invented), but the guy who had the highest (Frank Tanana) finished 10th. Also, they cared about W-Ls back then and Ryan was 19-16 that year.
- In 81 - a strike shortened season - he finished 4th but it may have been his most dominant year. He had a 1.69 ERA that year, but he finished behind Fernando Valenzuela, Tom Seaver and Stever Carlton. Fernando V had 8 shutouts that year while Ryan had 3.
I've been dorking out on baseball stats since I got the Baseball Encyclopedia in 1989. I love looking that stuff up. My son has gotten into it now too. LolI can not imagine being dorky enough to go pull those stats.