I just want to say that after all the early season Joe Brown bashing, it was a pleasure to see Cortland make such a strong run at the National Championship.

Despite Cortland's team ERA of around 14 for for the World Series, they were resilient and kept putting runs on the board.

Andy Gardner was snubbed by D3baseball.com and the ABCA All-American selections but proved in the World Series that he was one of the best D-III baseball players in the country. It is a debacle that he wasn't the Most Outstanding Player of the Series but the Grobecki kid did have quite a Series himself.

Anyways, 400 wins, 10 World Series appearances and many critics later, Joe Brown can stand tall- and recruit some pitching!!!

Filak is legit. 92-94 with a slider/curve that he throws for strikes. I think it's like a knuckle curve of some sort but when he's throwing that for strikes, he's obviously very good.

I was wondering about Coolidge...awesome stuff...very happy for his success....but I gotta say that there's more to W's and L's for JB....and after this I will cease with this silly back and forth...all of the allegations are so false...lol, it is once again, laughable...of course you won't mention them in a public forum because the stupid comments are false! As I said before and again, this will be the last time, his integrity is beyond reproach....and the guy down the road is his freakin' mentor! And only plays 30 games each year...lol...God bless and best of luck to all....just check out all these posts at the end of May and we shall see what the evil Joe Brown has done for SUNY Cortland once again...oh, and the fine young men that are wound so tight, we'll see how they feel as well...Peace be to all.

My point in sharing the quote from Roosevelt wasn't a plea for sensitivity...it was just a quote to give people who don't coach at the level as Coach Brown does, the opportunity to understand that until they've done something remotely close to what he has, they really don't deserve to lash out like that. Of course, and absolutely, everyone should be able to post their opinion...100% agreed ...however, it irks the heck out of me when that opinion is sooooo wrong and uninformed...yeah, people on his roster that don't play could start for any other SUNYAC team?!? Like who? And based on what performance? What are you even talking about? Did you see someone play in high school 3 years ago? Most kids who go to Cortland and fail, do so because of their own shortcomings, usually in school or socially...usually not because of failure on the field or because of the coach. Count 'em up and get back to me, you all-knowing guru of the SUNYAC..all the kids who left the program because of the tyrant coach who has the kids all wound so tight that they just can't possibly function...it's kind of funny that you make the comments about sensitivity...a little hypocritical, no? I guarantee that JB could care less what anyone on here thinks of him or his coaching philosophy. And I also guarantee that he will continue to do things his way...because he does it right,wins, kids graduate and succeed in life...how many other programs can match the numbers? It'd be pretty interesting to see accurate comparisons between the SUNYAC schools. I think most AD's would love to have a guy like him coaching any of their athletic teams. He strictly adheres to the rules, monitors grades and academic progress of all his players and they usually end up graduating..oh, or playing professionally and then coming back to school to get their degrees. Enough said.

Just a little somethin' for everyone to ponder: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory or defeat.

From Teddy Roosevelt's speech at the Sorbonne, ...words some of the posters on here could take to heart on occasion.

This is laughable. JB is perhaps the most knowledgeable and dedicated baseball guy around. He's got the highest winning percentage among active D-III coaches and is third ALL-TIME! Sure, he's had good players...because he recruited them! LOL. He's got 18 years worth of former players that he keeps in touch with and not because he had them wound so tight they couldn't play well. For those who want to bash him, I can only imagine that they must have been cut or didn't play under him because they just weren't good enough.

Just remember all these silly comments at the end of May. This may be the best Cortland team ever. The game vs. Farmingdale may prove to be the galvanizing ingredient this team needed. 7 games in 7 days vs. good opponents in Florida will tell the story of the pitching depth and whether this team is tough enough to advance past the Regionals, which they will be a part of....again...for the 18th straight year!

Quote from: StarvinMarvin on March 06, 2010, 02:14:05 PM
Listen, I understand the variables in baseball that allow any given team the chance to win no matter the difference in talent for example.  However, I don't care if Joe Torre is coaching, Jose Reyes is at short with Ichiro in center, Cortland or at least the teams of the past DO NOT lose to Old Westbury or allow Farmingdale St. the opportunity to represent the region at the World Series.  Brown gets outcoached by coaches with far less talent on their roster.  Brown  makes his players scared to compete or fail because he cannot objectively take blame for team failure and this is the result, a loss to a far inferior team.  The level of talent at Cortland has for far too long covered up the head    coaches true knowledge of the game and overall ability to make changes in coaching philosophy year in and year out.  Just blame the players when all else fails. Just my observation and opinon as a spectator on the outside looking in.