I wasn't sure about OWU but I heard that Denison was interviewing for new coaches...Deadman might be out

Does anyone know what is going on with the interim head coaching jobs?  Will OWU and Denison hire new coaches or will they go with what they had last year?

I completely agree with Scotsfan in the aspect that Wooster is able to pad their stats playing against weaker teams in the division.  The NCAC needs to get rid of the East and West....The schools are not that far apart where they can play every school in the conference.  It seems that in past years the East was better than the west when Allegheny was a national power and now they just can't compete.  In the early 2000's it seemed to be more competative with Wooster, Allegheny, and OWU being in the top 25 of the country for several years.  With that being said, there is no way to tell if another team will emerge as a competative team in the years to come, but overall, the NCAC is just not as good as it used to be.

My only comment on that is that Denison's program was a complete joke before Coach Cradock took over.  Denison was considered pretty much an automatic win the years I played in the NCAC and now they are one of the best teams in the conference.....which is not even close to as competetative as the NCAC used to be...but that is for another post some other time.  I am not saying that their current coach didnt do a good job this season, all I am saying is that I see him stepping into a great situation as a result of some poor judgement from the old coach.  Denison's program owes a lot to Craddock, he took them from a joke to a contender year in and year out

All I am trying to say is that it is Division 3 baseball.  There are not too many media outlets or really anyone that could really care about who gets post season recognition for division 3.  It seems that the only people that really care about getting post season awards are the parents of the players so they can have something extra to brag about.  I am not saying Denison didn't have players that should have been on the NCAC team, however, there are also players from every team in the league that could state their case that they should get some type of recognition.  It has been widely accepted that the NCAC team is not really the best players in the league all the time.  It seems that the 1st team are usually the best all around players, defensive abilities included, then the 2nd team and honorable mention seem to be whoever the coaches can influence more.  Also, as far as you saying that the Denison coaching staff should receive recognition, I couldn't disagree more.  Their head coach backed his way into taking over a well established team that he had nothing to do with.  Their current head coach did not recruit any of their really good players.  I say we can start giving credit to him if Denison will have the ability to keep up 27 win seasons in another couple years once he gets his own recruits in.  Also, their current head coach learned everything from his former coach who learned everything from wooster's head coach.  Anyone can win 20+ games in the weak NCAC now with decent talent.....let's see if he has the ability to keep bringing in talent and consistently being competative like a OWU or a wooster. 

I just want to preface this with saying that I have played in the NCAC and have been on the All NCAC teams and the All Mideast region teams, but I also know that nobody really cares about any of those honors.  They really don't mean a thing.  The only thing that really matters is who wins the tournament and who goes to the regionals.  Baseball is a TEAM sport and I don't know anyone who knows anything about baseball who is more concerned with getting recognition for a job well done then actually winning.  That is probably why Wooster gets the most votes.....because they win at least 30 games every year and play as a team rather than relying on a couple individuals to carry them.  If Denison starts to establish a streak of having great teams on a consistant basis then they will start to have more and more players get recognition, but what it all comes down to is just getting a piece of paper at your baseball banquet that says you made some made up team that nobody cares about