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Title: Who's the best...?
Post by: JohnMarkTomayo on April 12, 2017, 09:13:05 pm
This should be interesting.
Tell me who you think the best baseball coach in the state is THAT HAS NOT WON a state championship (or not yet). Young, old, doesn't matter. Who is it?
Title: Re: Who's the best...?
Post by: tacklethis... on April 13, 2017, 03:33:18 am
Best baseball program without a championship?

Dierks at the very top of the list...
Title: Re: Who's the best...?
Post by: T-Bone on April 13, 2017, 07:11:38 am
Quote from: JohnMarkTomayo on April 12, 2017, 09:13:05 pm
This should be interesting.
Tell me who you think the best baseball coach in the state is THAT HAS NOT WON a state championship (or not yet). Young, old, doesn't matter. Who is it?

I do not know many of them like others on here but normal season w/l stats as well as end of year tournament will give good information to make a judgment call like this.  Bottom line is, much like which team is ranked the highest day to day, it is only an opinion.  But it is always fun to see what others think.  I have an opinion on the rankings in Max Preps with overall Arkansas team rankings but I will not express it on here.  I do feel the top 5  in Max Preps will not finish in that order.







Title: Re: Who's the best...?
Post by: Big Boy on April 13, 2017, 07:34:11 am
Quote from: tacklethis... on April 13, 2017, 03:33:18 am
Best baseball program without a championship?

Dierks at the very top of the list...

I agree.  Three runner-up finishes since 2000.  In addition, several other semi-final appearances in the state tourney within that time span.
Title: Re: Who's the best...?
Post by: JohnMarkTomayo on April 13, 2017, 01:44:48 pm
I apologize. I originally left the word "coach" out of the OP, which was a pretty important word to leave out!
Title: Re: Who's the best...?
Post by: ricepig on April 13, 2017, 04:06:07 pm
Quote from: T-Bone on April 13, 2017, 07:11:38 am
I do not know many of them like others on here but normal season w/l stats as well as end of year tournament will give good information to make a judgment call like this.  Bottom line is, much like which team is ranked the highest day to day, it is only an opinion.  But it is always fun to see what others think.  I have an opinion on the rankings in Max Preps with overall Arkansas team rankings but I will not express it on here.  I do feel the top 5  in Max Preps will not finish in that order.

Well, both Cabot and Van Buren are 7A schools, chances are that one knocks the other down, unless they play each other in the 7A finals. Truthfully, it's hard to rank teams when they don't play each other, so it's all subjective. I don't know if Maxpreps is a computer poll, or what. I haven't checked it against PBR's lately.
Title: Re: Who's the best...?
Post by: T-Bone on April 13, 2017, 10:41:17 pm
Quote from: ricepig on April 13, 2017, 04:06:07 pm
Well, both Cabot and Van Buren are 7A schools, chances are that one knocks the other down, unless they play each other in the 7A finals. Truthfully, it's hard to rank teams when they don't play each other, so it's all subjective. I don't know if Maxpreps is a computer poll, or what. I haven't checked it against PBR's lately.

All polls are guesses.  Any team can be beaten any given day.
Title: Re: Who's the best...?
Post by: Redbug Loyal on April 21, 2017, 08:19:31 am
Quote from: tacklethis... on April 13, 2017, 03:33:18 am
Best baseball program without a championship?

Dierks at the very top of the list...
Right there with Fordyce. Runners up in 2013, 2014, 2015