Augie Garrido
Augie Garrido
August Edmun Garrido, Jr.is a former head coach in NCAA Division I college baseball and is current special assistant to the athletic director at the University of Texas. At the end of the 2016 season, Garrido compiled a collegiate record of 1975-919-9. He has taken his programs to 15 College World Series...
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At this point in the season, we're looking for ways to take the talented players we have and make sure they play as many innings as possible. Everything will reveal itself, but it's going to take time to see how it all pans out.
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We have a lot of new players that have a chance to make important contributions. We're just getting ready to take the journey.
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We all knew coming in that this was a team of experience. But it's one thing to have experience and it's another thing to use it, to make it enrich your performance. That's what these players did.
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We don't have any expectations. Other people see us as No. 1 or whatever, and that's their opinion. The question is: Will the players fall victim to trying to live up to it? We have the same right to fail as any other team, regardless of the past. We're going to play to have fun and play with energy. The fun comes out when you develop expectations.
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We're looking forward to honoring the players from the past who made this program what it is today, ... Our fans should expect the total package they find at Round Rock (site of Dell Diamond) and other nice stadiums.
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It appeared by the way we were playing that we were the best team and would win this tournament, which makes it even harder for the players to understand or accept. We did our best. They did better.
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We look at fall practice as an introduction to the personalities on our team and a way to get to know the people involved. We are also not trying to defend the National Championship, but instead going out and playing the game, which is a lot easier said than done. We are talking to the players about the importance of enjoying the process without feeling the external pressures of trying to live up to something.
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After we scored those runs we moved through the game with less focus. After the fourth inning we played with less effectiveness, but I still think the players felt they were in control of the game.
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The game was 20 innings and it was cold. We finally won it when the players started getting delirious. They got to laughing and that's what broke the ice - literally.
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We think he's going to be OK. It would make sense to go in the same order. But maybe we won't be able to.
buy longer player schools
Schools could no longer buy up the player pools.
move
We didn't like it very much. It has to be acceptable, because it happened. All we can do is move on from here.
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Sometimes when people overcome something difficult, it makes them appreciate other things on a higher level. Bradley is very conscientious, and his accountability is impeccable. He's taken what some people see as a negative and turned it into a positive.
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The premise is you want to try and get the games in over three days. Both teams opted that not traveling (Friday) was for the best based on the weather projections.