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Post by aztecryan on Jun 18, 2021 11:16:19 GMT -8
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Post by RiffelBooks on Jun 18, 2021 11:42:12 GMT -8
Interesting move. I enjoyed my encounters with Rich when he was early in his tenure. USD goes up and down in its support for athletics, and they're definitely in a low phase right now. Can't blame him for thinking he's done all he can there. Hope he's okay with long plane rides!
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Post by goaztecs on Jun 18, 2021 12:43:21 GMT -8
Interesting move. I enjoyed my encounters with Rich when he was early in his tenure. USD goes up and down in its support for athletics, and they're definitely in a low phase right now. Can't blame him for thinking he's done all he can there. Hope he's okay with long plane rides! Those plane rides would be torture for me. |
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Post by RiffelBooks on Jun 18, 2021 13:20:40 GMT -8
Interesting move. I enjoyed my encounters with Rich when he was early in his tenure. USD goes up and down in its support for athletics, and they're definitely in a low phase right now. Can't blame him for thinking he's done all he can there. Hope he's okay with long plane rides! Those plane rides would be torture for me. Yes, it's fine if you do it sometimes, such as a road series at Hawaii as an opposing coach, but to do it several times a month would be hell. (Of course, I'm writing this in a lounge at the Denver airport, after falling victim to the big Southwest failures this week  ) |
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Jun 18, 2021 13:49:11 GMT -8
Best of Luck to Rich, he played for the Aztecs to start his collegiate playing days before moving to Cal Lutheran. Started out as a HC at the age of 24 at Cal Lutheran. If it doesn't work out, at least he has a great spot to hang out.
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Post by Frantic on Jun 18, 2021 16:13:05 GMT -8
Hill seems like a good guy and he's had many major leaguers through his USD program.
Through the mid-2000's, I wondered why Hill was taking USD to the NCAAs, but Tony Gwynn couldn't do the same with the Aztecs.
But Hill took USD as far as he could. Since last winning the WCC and making the NCAAs in 2015, the Torreros haven't finished higher than 4th in conference.
Good luck to him. He's taking over a bad program. And Hawaii can be a tough place to live for mainland haolies. Island Fever is real - I know a few who moved there but couldn't take more than about four or five years.
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Post by sleepy on Jun 18, 2021 20:22:18 GMT -8
Boy, that just seems completely out of left field (no pun intended). Fully random. I could see him bailing for like the Pepperdine, UCI, Beach or Fullerton gigs. But...
The Rainbows?? OK...
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Post by AzTex on Jun 19, 2021 4:27:37 GMT -8
Hill seems like a good guy and he's had many major leaguer's through his USD program. Through the mid-2000's, I wondered why Hill was taking USD to the NCAAs, but Tony Gwynn couldn't do the same with the Aztecs.
But Hill took USD as far as he could. Since last winning the WCC and making the NCAAs in 2015, the Torreros haven't finished higher than 4th in conference. Good luck to him. He's taking over a bad program. And Hawaii can be a tough place to live for mainland haolies. Island Fever is real - I know a few who moved there but couldn't take more than about four or five years. Unfortunately is seem like great players rarely make great coaches. I really thought Tony would be one of the exceptions. |
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Post by Aztec Since 88 on Jun 20, 2021 19:54:55 GMT -8
I pay golf with a bunch of Cal Lutheran Alumni who played for Hill while he was there. They said he took the UH job because he plans to retire there after baseball.
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Post by jdaztec on Jun 21, 2021 6:13:41 GMT -8
Smart move then
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Jun 21, 2021 7:10:08 GMT -8
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Post by ziggy on Jun 21, 2021 7:16:38 GMT -8
I always hoped he would end up @ SDSU.
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