BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Congratulations to Depauw for making the Tourney and getting shipped to Millington, for the Central regional.

Record against teams in their Regional:

Wash U. 3-1 (Three of these wins came early in the season in February, The loss come late in the season right before facing their nemesis, Wabash, and right before the NCAC tournament.
Manchester 1-1 )This series were played in March

[old scot]

2 and BBQ for the Scots. Should we have exepected more? I think not. It took a coin flip for Woo to make it to the NCAC playoffs. They played well for one weekend and won the auto bid to the regionals.
Overall, Woo played mainly soph's in the field this year. They should have gained valuable experience and should make some noise in the next two years.
Pitching wise, Wooster was thin with arms. If Coach P can recruit some pitching or the existing staff the can step up, they should look good for the next 2 years.
Thanks to the Seniors for your commitment to the program. Good Luck in your future endeavors.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Not sure what I have posted but that is controversial, but every time I post I seem to lose another Karma point. If I have offended anybody I apologize.

I know it is way early for recruiting, but I like a lot of the recruits coming to OWU next year. I hope they all end up on Campus.

[woosterbooster]

Not sure what I have posted but that is controversial, but every time I post I seem to lose another Karma point. If I have offended anybody I apologize.

Attacking karma is a serious tradition among the graduates of certain schools.  You know, those without girls.  Freudian thing.

[Dr. Acula]

To be honest, I don't recall anyone posting anything offensive or contraversial on either board (NCAC/OAC) all season.  The inmates were very well behaved this season I thought!

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Anybody know why Mike Clark resigned at Denison? Was it his Idea or the administrations?

http://denisonbigred.com/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/201205119eqcjm

[Dr. Acula]

^^^ Interesting.  Anyone have any thoughts on potential replacements?  I'll just get it out of the way since I'm almost positive he was suggested last time...Mike Deegan.  Not sure he would have any interest whatsoever, but his name is almost guaranteed to come up.  And he'd be a great hire if he was interested.

Wonder if they'll go with another young assistant or maybe someone who's already a HC? 

Any good candidates within the NCAC currently?  Having been to a number of the NCAC campuses I feel like I'd rank Denison at or near the top personally.  Really liked the campus and Granville in general.  And you're still close to Columbus.  Plus it seems like the school supports athletics pretty well.  Seems like it'd be a good job.

[EttaFan1]

I've been wondering how much longer Coach Deegan will stay on as the #2 guy at Marietta.  I know Coach Brewer relies heavily on Mike, and Mike is very knowledgeable about the game.  I think he is also a great teacher of the game.  If he has interest in moving on, Denison would likely be a great starting point. 

[Bishopleftiesdad]

I think Deegan would be a great pick. He recruited my son and I was very impressed with his knowledge and he seemed very personable. Anybody who would get him would be getting a good coach and recruiter.

I think he could do a could job of getting more of the local, Ohio talent. Denision regularly has players from all over the country, but not many from Ohio. I am not sure if that is by choice or if they have been unable to convince good players from Ohio to apply at Denison. I think Deegan could change of that. Denison has 9 Ohio players, I believe. were Marietta has 26 Ohio players.

[BigRed]

I feel like Deegan could be a good choice, only issue though is that one of the preferred list is previous head coaching at the collegiate level.  Does he have head coaching experience?  Also would he need to change his recruiting requirements Denison requires for admittance? 

On the field I feel like he'd be a great person to lead this team, I'm just hopeful he can take this talent to its potential. 

As far as recruiting local Ohio talent, one of the big pushes though from the admissions is to go after people outside Ohio.  Over the past years Denison has grown in getting all students not just baseball player is only 20% Ohio.  Surprisingly they do very well in California, Chicago.  Denison wants more diversity on campus which means people from out of state.  This is just information through the grapevine, don't quote me on that though just from what I've heard.  I know next years class has people from Ohio but also have another 8 states represented.  So they are going after that "national" feel that admissions would like. 

Coach Clark from what I"m hearing has left to pursue other opportunities.  I wish the best for him.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Thanks Big Red, good info. +1
I wish the best for him as well.

[BigRed]

I feel like Deegan could be a good choice, only issue though is that one of the preferred list is previous head coaching at the collegiate level.  Does he have head coaching experience?  Also would he need to change his recruiting requirements Denison requires for admittance? 

On the field I feel like he'd be a great person to lead this team, I'm just hopeful he can take this talent to its potential. 

As far as recruiting local Ohio talent, one of the big pushes though from the admissions is to go after people outside Ohio.  Over the past years Denison has grown in getting all students not just baseball player is only 20% from Ohio.  Surprisingly they do very well in California, Chicago.  Denison wants more diversity on campus which means people from out of state.  This is just information through the grapevine, don't quote me on that though just from what I've heard.  I know next years class has people from Ohio but also have another 8 states represented.  So they are going after that "national" feel that admissions would like. 

Coach Clark from what I"m hearing has left to pursue other opportunities.  I wish the best for him.

Sorry left out a word. 

[Dr. Acula]

I think Denison is known more as a national liberal arts university.  That's no surprise to me that the baseball team is recruited from all over since that's just consistent with the preference of the school as a whole.  The admissions requirements may be tougher than Marietta, but no more so than the rest of the NCAC.  They're on pretty level ground with their conference.  I know Clark had the background of being from a high end academic school prior to Denison, but I certainly wouldn't mark that as a 'con' against Deegan. 

I think ulitmately it would come down to what DU is looking for.  I think Deegan would do a great job building that program up.  Would he do it with a nice even mix of kids from Cali to Long Island?  Maybe not.  But I think he'd put the program in a position to win consistently and quickly.  Denison is a great school with a great reputation.  And this is D3.  Maybe the value of the right kids outweighs wins to some extent.  And that's fine, no one can knock a school for putting the goals of the university ahead of the baseball program. 

[Dr. Acula]

One more thing...I wonder if Ryan Grice from Capital will apply?  He obviously has head coaching experience.  And, let's face it, Cap is not a great situation.  One part-time assistant, field in the ghetto off campus and an administration that seems anti-athletics.  The only positive is location.  Living in Columbus I see my share of Otterbein and Capital games.  The record may not show it, but Grice is a good coach.  That program was in bad shape and he has steadily been improving their talent.  I think he'd do well somewhere that had better facilities, better support, etc.  Only issue is he recruits the heck out of Ohio now.   

[ScotsFan]

Not sure what I have posted but that is controversial, but every time I post I seem to lose another Karma point. If I have offended anybody I apologize.

Attacking karma is a serious tradition among the graduates of certain schools.  You know, those without girls.  Freudian thing.

LOL!  Apparently I'm highly offensive as my negative karma has surpassed the century mark and still falling?!      Maybe someday I can hit a cool K!    I guess that will depend on if the person/persons smiting my karma ever decide to get a life outside of smiting in a small college sports forum...