#FireRooney
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finally someone who sees the truth..
Unless we pull off some kind of miracle this postseason, I'll give Rooney only one more year to lead this team to a Super Regional appearance (at the minimum).
I'm telling you. We blew it big time this year. I really don't understand how we were ranked. Our weakness showed the second we started playing good teams. AND of course,...no pitching, errors...etc.
Since 2009 TR has said he did not have the Division 1 players to compete. Now, after seven years, what is the excuse? These are his players and have been for several years. We fall flat at the end of each season...check the record...because of TR's obsession with "high energy" baseball. He burns out the guys early and they have nothing left by the end of a season. You find me someone who has played for TR who has enjoyed his time at UCF. A great coach needs to understand what it takes to be a winner and how to motivate each player. TR does not get it. Move on and get us someone who canlead us to the next level. OTRTO??? How about on the road to a Regional or Super Regional. I firmly agree with this post!!
After our hot start, I believe I said something to the effect of, "Regionals here we come". Gosh, how wrong I was.
I'm pretty sure #ORTO means "On the Road To Orlando"
"On the road?" We're not even able to get out of the parking lot.
What percentage of this years gaff to blame on Rooney I don't know. But it was a serious meltdown by the team as the season progressed.
I'm not a big fan of the knee jerk reaction, and I don't easily hop on the fire the coach bandwagon, however, coach Rooney has been given the time and resources to implement his vision for our baseball program. Other than a catchy slogan "on the road to Omaha," he has failed to produce. Has UCF ever made it to Omaha? He can't blame it on not having Division 1 players when he got here, he's been here for seven years and these are his players. Personally, I would cut him loose after this 31-27 fiasco of a season. After seven years we still haven't made it to Omaha, and our pitching is atrocious (outside of Zachary, and perhaps Cre). Coach Rooney still refuses to see that he either just can't coach pitching or, can't coach pitching and be the head coach. Anytime a coach lets his pride get in the way of the teams success, it's time to get a new coach. This season which started with so much promise and ended with so much futility was an embarrassment for UCF sports!
What are we 3 out of 7 years to regionals WITH HIM? UM has gone 43 years in a row and FSU is 35 or something.....
Agree with much of what you said but are you sure that Rooney has been given all the resources he needs?
Schools like Memphis and USF have been able to build brand new stadiums in recent years...ECU did that a long time ago (built a top facility).
Tulane has a fairly new stadium (built after Katrina).
Houston had a nice stadium years ago.
Cincinnati got a beautiful stadium some 8-10 years ago.
Only UCONN has worse facilities in the AAC than UCF.
I think so, the "berg" was built as a state of the art facility in 2001, and upgraded in 2013 to accommodate more fans, still waiting for phase two upgrades. We had the highest fan attendance in our first year in the AAC (1492), and will probably be second behind ECU this year. Besides, even UConn whom you admit has worse facilities than us fared much better in conference. Do we really need to build a brand-new baseball stadium every 15 years to say we have given the program the resources needed? Does that mean we get a new football stadium in 2022?
For a HS Team and/or an ASUN Baseball Program (not Stetson, as they already had their beautiful public/private stadium built).
The 930 seat "Berg" took almost 2 years to build since the contractor screwed up the field level/stadium base...so it had to be basically started all over.
The Berg was UCF's first real baseball stadium (compared to the original baseball complex on the other side of campus which was basically wooden bleachers and I think Port-o-johns....but I don't think anyone ever called it "state of the art" when it was built.
UCF Baseball fans were just thankful to call something home...especially after going to Tinker Field for 2 seasons.
NOTE: "New" stadiums don't have to be built every 15-20 years, but yes, most college football stadiums have been renovated over time...as many of their foundations/original stadium designs date back to the 1920's - 1930's.
Many college baseball stadiums have been "renovated" over the last decade or two as well (FSU and UF to name 2 nearby) but they are not nearly as old (in most cases) as their original football stadiums.
In doing further research, TR himself said that the renovations to the "Berg" we're instrumental to the success of the program (paraphrased) during an interview with former OS reporter Iliana (whatever her name was), so getting back to your original question, yes I do believe we've given TR the needed resources and he's failed to deliver. I believe he's admitted as much out of his own mouth.
