Trent Bray was on hand in San Diego cheering on the Beavs. Wayne Tinkle took out a paid ad in the zero to very honestly thank Oregon State and Beaver Nation. Two men with class who supported Beaver sports beyond their own programs. Two men canned by Barnes for valid performance related reasons.
And yet, Barnes thanked only Bray, and that with a minimal tweet. Did the way JS left Corvallis cause Barnes to forget his manners? Or maybe he became distracted by the brewing Blueprint Sports story (scandal?). Is Bill Oram the only one who thinks it’s a bad look for OSU and Beaver Sports? Link below
Feel free to explain where I’m off base, or just BIRG after seeing Miiiitch’s guys beat up on San Diego this weekend.
GO BEAVS!
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2026/03/wayne-tinkle-takes-the-high-road-out-of-corvallis-bill-oram.html
Breakups are hard with people who are kind and inherently good
I medaled with the bronze!
“The No. 6-seeded Beavers (23-11) will make their first ever appearance in the 32-team NCAA-run consolation tournament and open against No. 3 Wisconsin (13-17) in the first round Thursday at Gill Coliseum. Game time is TBA.”
Hope they get a good crowd!
They will get a great crowd. Is this the same as the WNIT or the equivalent of the WCBI?
Any idea what the 6 seed is hosting?
*why
“The Beavers are one of three WCC teams in this year’s WBIT, along with regular season champion LMU and Santa Clara.
It will be the first ever meeting of OSU and Wisconsin, who have common opponents in Oregon, Illinois and San Diego this season.”
Great wbc game between the US and the DR 2-1 US advanced to the title game on Tues against either Italy or Venezuela. If it’s Venezuela, that’ll be an interesting twist.
Tres seems to be especially salty…
“Gave his all to OSU for 12 years and accomplished things the school has never done. To not even get a simple thank you is a joke.. and he still has the grace to thank them. A true class act. ”
I get the frustration with the way the AD has handled the transition, but not clear what things WT accomplished that had never been done at OSU.
My guess is that Tinkle and Barnes had a recent falling out. It became pretty obvious that they were both well overpaid for the new era. I think Barnes decided to cancel Tinkle and take some pressure off of himself. This backfired of course. Barnes is a buffoon and can’t get out of his own way. Tinkle seizes the chance to be magnanimous in the exit. Barnes is simply petty, and now Barnes is going to be let go soon enough, I hope.
At the very least Barnes should be reprimanded for the Blueprint disaster and forced to restructure his contract.
Tres, enjoy the all-time scoring crown daddy got you and the millions in eventual inheritance you’ll get courtesy of Beaver Nation and be on your way.
Man Tres seems old enough to get it. His dad is a D1 college basketball coach. 12 years doesn’t happen much at all. You get paid tons of money. Even if you do everything right sometimes you get fired, it is just the nature of the business.
It amazes me how predictable every baseball season is. Even when Casey was here (warts anybody?). This is a typical season, we start slow, look terrible, etc. However, every season we round into form. Very few years have the Beavs started out hot. By game 20, you’ll have a much better idea of how good this team can be.
I just feel like it’s groundhogs year. The goalposts will move eventually. “They can win games, but their not getting to Omaha”.
Make it to Omaha “They’ll get busted out the first round”.
It’s just funny the short memory.
Agreed. The beavers could potentially make Omaha and their bats might be the kind needed to get them to another title. They lack the power of last year’s team but they might be better contact hitters by the end of the season. The guys that struggled early on are starting to produce and the pitching seems strong enough with a lot of good arms but baseball is a funny game as the best team does not always end up with the top prize.
It’s nice to see them on a 10 game streak so early but that could change in a flash given the nature of baseball. At this point, there appears to be a glimmer that the offense has finally figured out how to extend at nats, get deeper into the counts and then produce when they are ahead in the count.
…….to extend at bats……
“Oregon State moved up in four of the major polls after a second straight 4-0 week.
The Beavers (14-4) are ranked No. 17 by d1baseball.com, No. 18 by Perfect Game, No. 16 in the coaches poll and No. 15 by Baseball America.”