Heard from my source over the weekend the “Top Brass” are officially questioning Tinkle.
Sounds like the end might be near since this season gives little reason for optimism. The scarier notion is having Scott Barnes hiring a basketball coach.
Beavs return to Goss and great weather! Little wind and temps not likely to drop below 50 even late in the games.
Games Thur,Fri,Sat all on PAC12 Net.
Whoreton’s boys are 1-4 over their last five contests, Beavs are a somewhat Jeckel-n-Hyde 3-2 over the same span.
Plenty of questions:
>Will Nick rejoin the lineup?
>Has Larnach hit his stride at the plate?
>Which set of arms, solid or mediocre, will show up?
>Will Mark Buchanan return to Goss? How many contraband candy bars will be confiscated?
GO BEAVS!
Yes, turnaroundS (plural), opportunity this weekend to see turnarounds in Baseball, Football, and maybe even MBB.
MBB: Damn Straight, Tinkle could make news about plans to fill out his roster. BTW, as Quatre pointed out in the last thread, not much turnaround needed for WBB as Rueck has produced another 1st round draft pick, Marie the last pick of the first round in the WNBA draft.
FOOTBALL: Practice Saturday in Beaverton/Sherwood is open to the public and weather should be OK. A chance to see Smith’s staff in action, and to see the media’s response. Players will be available for autographs, is this a good idea?
BASEBALL: Doubleheader Friday (9am start-pacific) in Springfield Missouri with third game scheduled for Saturday. Odd schedule to set up for the series vs nike which begins next Thursday.
Missouri State Bears are not to be overlooked, ranked 10 spots below the Beavs at #19 by D1, the Bears have an RPI of 50** (Beavs 15). Bears are similar to Beavs of old: hitting .252 but with an OBP of .371, and with an ERA of 3.24, they are 22-8 for the season. You have to go back 14 games to find 3 losses/Beavs have lost three of the last 6. Any doubt a turnaround is needed?
Weather is likely to be a factor, thunderstorms and 20mph winds blowing out to left are forecast. Hammons field is natural grass and same dimensions as Goss EXCEPT only 315 down LF line. Nolan’s computer has the Beavs on the short end of 5-4 scores for all three games; beavergopher says he won’t let that happen……smart $ on the rodent-man!
Oh yeah, will Nick Madrigal see the field? How ’bout Kevin Abel?
**Bears were RPI 41 prior to their 2 run loss Tuesday to U of Missouri (RPI 28, now 26).
AAANND — A COUPLE AREAS WHERE A TURNAROUND IS ESPECIALLY UNLIKELY:
1-Scott Barnes is unlikely to stop looking for candy bars brought into events by frugal fans.
2-Larry Scott is unlikely to improve the PAC12 Network fiscal situation.
Beavs vs ‘Cats this weekend, all games on PAC12.
Warm and breezy conditions as the Beavs return to Conf play vs a staff with a 2.67 ERA (fifth in the country). ‘Cats have averaged 9.9 runs per game over their last eight contests!
Plenty of questions to be answered:
>>Will Luke go tonight? Will he be more effective than the short outing vs Nevada?
>>Will Fehmel and the rest of the staff respond to the warm conditions vs a team hitting .294 and ranked 81st in RPI?
>>Larnach ready for a standout series?
>>Can Adley keep up the pace he has set?
>>As wannabeav mentioned, is Casey correct in thinking Kwan (others?) distracted by draft concerns?
>>Will Casey move Mike Riley into Jenkins spot and let baserunners be on their own?
Football practice today, feel free to go General, especially if Riley and Brenda are seen socializing with the crack investigative journalists from the big zero in Portland.
Well that was fun.
What we learned:
Go Beavs!