It’s not ok. Total loss of impulse control. This began a few years ago, accepted by influential coaches, became viral, provided false clout, and here we are. These contagions are hard to cure. It starts with leadership.
It’s absurdly obvious that there’s an epidemic in college baseball where players and coaches can’t control their emotions.
I like people playing with passion, but it’s WAY beyond putting that spin on it.
Why does everyone think it’s ok to act like a jackass???
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@DevoDurango Racing on track nationals weekend I see, that’s a freebie for us. Y’all should fly to NC for our home race @LMCcyclingteam on Sept 19-20 instead!
Thank the Gaylord family and Gaylord Entertainment for this decision and the mall. Had season passes growing up. Lived 2 miles away. Went all the time and loved everything about it. Wabash Cannonball was the coolest roller coaster.
The worst decision in my life as a born and raised Nashvillian? Shutting down Opryland to open a shopping mall they could have built anywhere. Opryland would be even more popular today than it was when I was a kid. Huge whiff by the city. Loved it. Miss it.
It is 2026 and I propose a radical idea to you.
Do a good deed. Afterward, tell no one about it. Simply move on. Next chance you get, do another good deed. Be quiet about it.
Your reward for following this idea will eventually be greater than had you announced it to everyone.
Let us learn to be rich in a different way: more attentive to relationships, more intent on valuing the common good, more attached to the local area, more grateful in welcoming and integrating those who come to live with us.
@leg12tim Yo man, here is what would be next level: teams should be able to make mid-season trades! Would make the admissions staff and Provost office upset with extra work, but at this point, why not?
Corbin’s point about having to reinvent yourself regularly is more valid than most can comprehend. People see success and think you go on auto-pilot, but the truth is a leader is constantly invoking change and new stimulus to keep the momentum going.
“I felt ‘why not’, you know, ‘Why not this school from Nashville, Tennessee in the middle of the SEC?”
The Commodores won’t play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005. But before Tim Corbin arrived at Vanderbilt the baseball program was in a 24-year NCAAT drought.
“Consistency is really tough… you have to have a motor and you have to reinvent yourself a lot.”
Hopefully all College Baseball fans can understand exactly what Corbs has built at VU and appreciate his perspective as the Consecutive Regionals Streak comes to an end.
“We’ve been very consistent for a long period of time and we will always be measured against those years that we were at the top, and that’s okay. There’s nothing wrong with that. But that’s the challenge for the program is getting back to that point.”
Helluva question from @Gentry_Estes and a tremendous answer from one of the best in the biz 👏
@WadeTownsendMan Not only that, but with technology today it is of no use to receive by snatching the pitch to make it look better than it is. Deceiving the umpire is no longer a useful tool. A better strategy is simply hit your spot.