AD Bill Moos has made it clear he wants pitching for Nebraska Baseball.
Pitching seems to be the name of the game for Nebraska Baseball moving forward. That is what Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos made it sound like as he addressed the media on Tuesday, a little more than 24 hours after the resignation of Darren Erstad.
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When the athletic director has pitching as one of his top goals, then the incoming coach better listen. As I touched on a little bit Sunday, they are losing the three quality pitchers next year. They need to find a coach who is able to recruit and get talent in Lincoln so that the development process can begin. Of course, that is easier said than done, but one glaring theme remains. Pitching wins you baseball games. The offense can put up 10 runs, but if the pitching staff gives up 11, that is all for naught.
One of the names that has come up is Texas A&M head coach Rob Childress. It would be tough to woo Childress to Lincoln, simply because he has a head baseball coaching job in the SEC. However, it could be a good fit as he knows the Nebraska program very well. For those not familiar, he was the pitching coach for from 1998-2005. He certainly understands the Nebraska tradition and the winning expectations that the program has. Given the fact that Moos wants to focus on pitching, Childress would not be a bad choice.
"“I do believe that pitching is going to win your games for you and you have to have a good pitching staff,” Moos said. “When we ran into our problems a year ago, it was because of injuries to the pitchers. You have to be able to manage the game well and certainly be a top-notch recruiter.”"
It’s refreshing to hear that Moos wants to field a winning program and he cares about how the program plays. Obviously, there is money tied to success and winning baseball games. However, in reading his comments, he does not seem all about the money. That is only a piece of it. He noted that he wants to be able to contend for Big Ten titles and he wants to win. Of course, those things go hand-in-hand.
It will be interesting to see the type of qualities that the new coach has. What will be even more intriguing is how the coaching search goes. This program is in a very interesting spot. Erstad is fired after leading the program to a Big Ten regular-season title, and playing deep in the Big Ten tournament. Recruiting was not too bad either. The 2019 class ranked No. 16 in the country and many of the members of the class were productive this season.
Whatever the case may be, this is an interesting time for Nebraska Baseball. Hopefully, this team can build off the success of this year, and use it to move forward. If one thing is for certain, it is that Moos will undoubtedly have his hand in the coaching search.