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The national media is too busy gushing over Beckers and Fudd reuniting.

To put things in perspective, he could have easily prioritized the portal and getting replacement players for the ones leaving; but he chose to focus on the human and being there for a player. Admittedly, I've been refreshing trying to see what info there is on incoming transfers, but this makes sense why there hasn't been much news. While I want Texas to field the best possible teams and always win it all, Vic's actions show that there are things more important than sports. Also, prayers for Grace Prenter's family, it's very difficult to lose a loved one, especially a parent.

Vic coaches like a parent; he sets expectations and demands excellence while offering tough love. If players break rules, he holds them accountable. Sometimes it may suck to see fan favorites or talents players leave, but based on the above - I do not believe it's because of the type of leadership that Vic puts out. I'm not saying he's perfect (no one is), but I am confident in his ability to hold players accountable in a world where accountability has been lacking for a long time and star players usually get away with more because they are "star" players.

I hate ou but have to give credit to gasso how she manages to consistently put together elite teams. Yes ou pays but no one’s going to convince me they out pay other schools by a significant amount. If anything the big schools with money should be able to outspend them if they want.

I actually would be very interested to see how Texas' fiscal breakdown for sports was. Shows which teams pull their fair share based on % allocated.

I do believe this is why Booker tried to play hero ball. What I saw was UCLA play as a team and Texas play as a bunch players trying to go 1v5, including Booker.

The biggest loss to me is Jordan Lee and after that Justice Carlton and right after her would be Crump. The others are replaceable with upgrades from the portal, theoretically all but Lee and Carlton are harder to replace.

Ah thanks Gerry.

Certainly not as quick on the incoming as football was; but I guess it’s midweek and visitors would probably be closer to the weekend?

I don’t see for Crooks fits. She’s offense and a massive liability on defense

Not even PG, where is the leadership in the locker room? I venture to guess some are thinking they should get better NIL deals, Booker has received the majority of the press (and talented as she is, there are others on the team as well). I wonder if there’s a bit of envy kind of like in a rock band where the lead singer gets all the love and the other band members feel jilted. Or how the QB in football gets all the glory.

My opinion is yes on a new pitching coach.

I’ll talk any Texas sport. Players will go through slumps, Atwood was in a slump early in conference play. Nichols is a freshman and I’m confident she’ll find her way out. The worry is pitching because they all seemed to have regressed like Sophia Simpson. They start hot as freshman and get less and less playing time as they age. Outside of Kavan, all of White’s main starters that lasted were transfers.

I've said the same thing; the pitchers after Kavan are so hit or miss, it's going to hurt in the WCWS.

Really puts out a vibe that he's an aggie who is forced to report on Texas.

Also with Texas' relentless pressure, the players get tired. Having to run away from the pressure all game starts to wear on you, that's why the Texas pull away is usually in the 2nd half when the opposing team's legs start to give out, that's when the mistakes start compounding possession after possession.

Not only PG but Oldacre is a monster on the boards and that will be hard to replace.

Well as he said many times, winning is hard, for him.

I know Bobby isn't a championship or bust guy, but if there's ever a year where it's championship or bust, this is it. Next year with all the potential pros leaving and a new starting QB, while Texas will be reloading, won't be as lofty expectations for a championship.

I don’t see that happening either, but if it’s possible and the trade is Hidalgo and Preston leaves, if you’re Texas you make that trade. Preston is good, but Hidalgo is elite.

Texas really needs to find that second pitcher they can count on, otherwise the WCWS will be tough. Pretty much every other top team has at least 2 go to pitchers. We saw what happened to tech last year when they relied on 1 pitcher. Texas has more firepower, but Texas St. just showed the lineup can be kept in check close enough to give them a chance.

Jazzy Davison is a stud as well, USC will be good the next few years at the least.

Which is how UConn built their dynasty. Much like Saban, Geno was stacking #1 recruits and top 3 classes over and over. It's pretty easy to win when you have multiple best player in the country for their year on your roster. It wasn't until Mulkey and Staley starting getting those recruits that UConn fell off a bit.

UConn seems to be on another level. The four #1 seeds are just dismantling their opponents. Next weekend will be tougher matchups but right now it seems like the top 8 seeds are just dominating the rest of the field.

The incoming freshman are talented, no doubt, but still have to see how they adjust to the college game. Booker, Lee and Crump all return though.