The Atlanta Braves Thread

[raw dog]

Expensive bullpen stinks

Vest would’ve built the best bullpen in the NL for $867,465.23 and some pieces to the game “Mouse Trap”

 

[vols 30]

6 - 14 against the Reds, White Sox, and Nats this year.

 

[05_never_again]

Woj retiring. Wonder if there is more to the story.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Woj retiring. Wonder if there is more to the story.

Moving on to St. Bonaventure.

 

[05_never_again]

Moving on to St. Bonaventure.

Yeah I know, but he always seemed like a dude who ate that kind of reporting up and would do it forever.

 

[TBrown]

Yeah I know, but he always seemed like a dude who ate that kind of reporting up and would do it forever.

Couldn’t imagine being “on call” 24/7/365 with the “pressure” to break everything

Good for him for choosing to live.

 

[Wickman]

Couldn’t imagine being “on call” 24/7/365 with the “pressure” to break everything

Good for him for choosing to live.

God knows I want to break free

 

[zjcvols]

Couldn’t imagine being “on call” 24/7/365 with the “pressure” to break everything

Good for him for choosing to live.

Making serious money at it. I think people forget he covered yahoo basketball forever, he's done this for 30+ years. Making six figures doing something pretty cool (GM of mid major college basketball team) would be fun.

 

[zjcvols]

'That cut was deep': After a bitter parting, Tennessee coach Josh Heupel comes home to Oklahoma

Heupel leads Tennessee into Oklahoma, where he quarterbacked the Sooners to a national championship as a player before being dumped as a coach.

www.espn.com

Didn't realize Heup signed Jordan Love

 

[zjcvols]

Schwell at 148 innings (currently) after pitching 65 the year before coming off TJS does not give me warm and fuzzies

 

[05_never_again]

'That cut was deep': After a bitter parting, Tennessee coach Josh Heupel comes home to Oklahoma

Heupel leads Tennessee into Oklahoma, where he quarterbacked the Sooners to a national championship as a player before being dumped as a coach.

www.espn.com

Didn't realize Heup signed Jordan Love

I didn't really realize (or maybe appreciate is the better word for it) until last night that Riley, after Stoops fired Heup, installed basically the same offense Heup was running at OU previously.

I'm sure he felt like a scapegoat already, and hiring a guy after you who installed more or less the same thing you were doing I'm sure contributed to the "WTF, Bob?" nature of the whole thing. Makes you wonder if it was less about getting a new offense and more about a personality conflict or something else; according to John Hoover (Tulsa World/SI) Stoops himself seriously contemplated retirement and was talked out of it by OU's President after that season.

 

[TBrown]

Schwell at 148 innings (currently) after pitching 65 the year before coming off TJS does not give me warm and fuzzies

Org has a plan bro no worries!

 

[AV_12]

Org has a plan bro no worries!

Didn’t bro say he doesn’t care about innings limits or something like that? Lol (AA)

 

[zjcvols]

I didn't really realize (or maybe appreciate is the better word for it) until last night that Riley, after Stoops fired Heup, installed basically the same offense Heup was running at OU previously.

I'm sure he felt like a scapegoat already, and hiring a guy after you who installed more or less the same thing you were doing I'm sure contributed to the "WTF, Bob?" nature of the whole thing. Makes you wonder if it was less about getting a new offense and more about a personality conflict or something.

Stoops went 8-5 and was feeling (a little) heat and got blown out in the bowl game. Oklahoma had a top 25 offense with Trevor Knight, but they had a really bad defense (like bottom 40). Who so happened to coordinate that defense?

Mike Stoops.

Bob didn't want to fire his brother (who just recently got fired at Arizona). He then used Heupel and Jay Norvell as the scapegoats instead of firing his brother. He then hired Riley running basically the same system, who got the job in short order as HC when a lot of people assumed Heupel was next in line. Stoops hired Riley to fix Knight, which Riley did not do and instead gave the offense to Baker Mayfield. Riley fired Mike Stoops after Bob retired.

That's why Heupel holds such a grudge.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Stoops went 8-5 and was feeling (a little) heat and got blown out in the bowl game. Oklahoma had a top 25 offense with Trevor Knight, but they had a really bad defense (like bottom 40). Who so happened to coordinate that defense?

Mike Stoops.

Bob didn't want to fire his brother (who just recently got fired at Arizona). He then used Heupel and Jay Norvell as the scapegoats instead of firing his brother. He then hired Riley running basically the same system, who got the job in short order as HC when a lot of people assumed Heupel was next in line. Stoops hired Riley to fix Knight, which Riley did not do and instead gave the offense to Baker Mayfield. Riley fired Mike Stoops after Bob retired.

That's why Heupel holds such a grudge.

Sounds like something we would do.

 

[TBrown]

Didn’t bro say he doesn’t care about innings limits or something like that? Lol (AA)

Yep

That’s “the plan”

 

[zjcvols]

Stoops went 8-5 and was feeling (a little) heat and got blown out in the bowl game. Oklahoma had a top 25 offense with Trevor Knight, but they had a really bad defense (like bottom 40). Who so happened to coordinate that defense?

Mike Stoops.

Bob didn't want to fire his brother (who just recently got fired at Arizona). He then used Heupel and Jay Norvell as the scapegoats instead of firing his brother. He then hired Riley running basically the same system, who got the job in short order as HC when a lot of people assumed Heupel was next in line. Stoops hired Riley to fix Knight, which Riley did not do and instead gave the offense to Baker Mayfield. Riley fired Mike Stoops after Bob retired.

That's why Heupel holds such a grudge.

Slight correction. Mike got fired in 2018, so it was less than 3 years ago after Riley took over. For some reason I thought Mike was fired after 2016.

 

[zjcvols]

Heupel got fired after they put up 36.4 PPG and averaged 465 YPG. They scored under 30 one time and lost games 37-33, 31-30, 48-14 and 38-35

 

[LotteryPick]

Waldrep ran it up to 98 last night. AJSS has done the same in recent starts

 

[AV_12]

Heupel got fired after they put up 36.4 PPG and averaged 465 YPG. They scored under 30 one time and lost games 37-33, 31-30, 48-14 and 38-35

My only fear is him getting emotional and dumb at the wrong times which Is why I’m hesitant to bet the spread. We will win tho

 

[AV_12]

Waldrep ran it up to 98 last night. AJSS has done the same in recent starts

Jesse Chavez
Holmes
Luke

lol

 

[Wickman]

Heupel got fired after they put up 36.4 PPG and averaged 465 YPG. They scored under 30 one time and lost games 37-33, 31-30, 48-14 and 38-35

And the dude is relentless and spiteful. Onside against Kent (not spite), being ticked at Ty Simpson’s dad at UT Martin, and Drink making a snide comment…

Imagine how bad he wants to hang 100 on OU

 

[LotteryPick]

And the dude is relentless and spiteful. Onside against Kent (not spite), being ticked at Ty Simpson’s dad at UT Martin, and Drink making a snide comment…

Imagine how bad he wants to hang 100 on OU

I think he wants to win in Norman badly (no shock there), but I think we are gonna see petty CJH when Florida comes to town. I don’t think we will see the same guy this week

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Waldrep ran it up to 98 last night. AJSS has done the same in recent starts

Even if they don't start, put that gas in the pen

 

[TBrown]

My only fear is him getting emotional and dumb at the wrong times which Is why I’m hesitant to bet the spread. We will win tho

Want nothing to do with >7 but feel good about winning