ChemE94 said:
StateFan2001 said:
ChemE94 said:
StateFan2001 said:
ChemE94 said:
StateFan2001 said:
Nairo said:
We will become a warm weather Boston College. What Avent has done given what we provide him is nothing short of remarkable
ChemE94 said:
RaisedByWolves said:
I've never been a "fire Avent" guy, but it may be time to retire. Very good skipper, and has done a lot without great resources, but it's been 30 years and 0 trophies.
With our lack of commitment to facilities and nil, I'm actually terrified of what the future for baseball looks like post EA, whenever that is. I hope it's not soon because it's likely to get ugly after he goes.
Except that there is a ton of talent in NC and barely any in Mass.
We are barely getting nc talent that matters right now.
Oh I agree but there is no excuse for it.
There is an excuse for it, and it's that we can't afford it. That was my initial point. Avent is making do with what he has and has actually done a REALLY good job of making chicken salad from chicken $h!t, which is pretty tough to do. The likelihood that the next coach could do better, given the circumstances, is super low. I've said it before, but collectively, we have caviar taste and a taco bell budget.
This is where I disagree. We don't have a single highly recruited player from NC in our lineup. That is inexcusable with the talent in this state.
And why do you think that is- You think Avent Chrysler and Hart don't want the best kids in the state or aren't recruiting them?
This just isn't true
Anderson Nance
Jacob Dudan
Jaxon Lucas
to name a few.
Brandon Novy, Kaden Morris and Anderson Nance were top 10 kids in the state last year.
Chance Mako and Jaxon Lucas were top 10 in the '23 class with Mako number 2 overall behind Walker Jenkins. Obviously Mako was overrated a bit but he was highly recruited and ranked.
We signed the top two players in the '22 class with Gupton and Serrano being 1 and 2.
Baseball recruiting is a massive crapshoot. The 65th ranked kid in the '22 class, Tanner Thach, is an absolute monster for uncw. Kane Kepley for unc (previously Liberty) was ranked 95th in that class and he's getting hype to be a top 3 round pick for the holes.
We have 3 of the top 10 kids in NC signed for the '25 class in CJ Gray, Everett Johnson and Quinn Bentley. Hell, even Guru2001 has said that Quinn Bentley will start next year for us at 3rd (he won't). Gray and Johnson are ranked nationally in the top 130. Aidan West (A State legacy) is the top player in the state of Maryland and ranked 102nd overall (nationally) by PG and 31st overall by PBR. C Vincent DeCarlo from Florida (ask FLpack about him) is a top 300 kid from a BIG TIME program in FL and would be the best catcher in NC if he lived here.
The top 4 kids in NC have a big chance of getting drafted and not even seeing a college campus. Hammond and James are definitely starting pro careers early. CJ Gray, committed to us, has a ton of draft buzz right now. Big time arm and State legacy Briggs McKenzie (signed with LSU) is a big time lefty prospect with lots of draft buzz as well.
Our 2026 class has some dudes committed in Gunnar Alm from Polk County (of all places), Christian Serrano (Eli's lil bro), Landon Church from Clemmons and Kellen Smith from South Johnston. Alm is a top 75 kid nationally right now. Church and Smith are big time talents. Hell, Smith is just big already at 6'3-6'4.
There's also lefty Mylo White (Metrolina Christian) who's bumpin 90-92 right now along with RHP Maddox McRee (from Hickory) and football commit Jacob Smith who we all know about.
Mylo is an intriguing arm from a program that is pumping out talent recently.
Don't fall for the nonsense, just don't. We recruit NC and land a good bit of the in state talent. Let's not also forget that Chris Hart has massive connections in the state of FL.
Now if you wanted to discuss talent leaving the state, that's a different subject. Coy James is committed to Ole Miss (he's getting drafted high), Briggs to LSU, a kid from Gaston county signed with UCF another kid is going to South Carolina (I think he's originally from SC tho).
The 24 class had top 10 kids leave the state for UK, Notre Dame and Ga Tech.