Texas Longhorns head coach Jim Schlossnagle visited with the media on Thursday to preview the NCAA Regional, along with shortstop Jalin Flores and pitcher Luke Harrison. They discuss their looming matchup with Houston Christian, the damage to the center field wall at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's hear from Logorn's head coach him Slastnagle, along with
shortstop Jalen Flores and also pitcher Luke Harrison.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Today my head coach Jim scha Slashnagel, infielder Jalen Flores
and pitcher Luke Harrison. We'll start with an open statement
by coach and then take questions for the student athletes.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Coaches.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
The obis statement, Yeah, welcome everybody to Austin. Want to
welcome all the media members, fans and teams represented from
the other three schools.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
Super excited to get going.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
It's been a while since we've played, and we've had
some really good work in the last week with our team,
some really good rest, and I know these guys are
anxious to get going.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
So we'll get a new.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Fence put up in centerfield at some point between now
and tomorrow at one o'clock and be ready to go.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
So excited to be here.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Thanks coach.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
We'll take questions for the student athletes. If you have
a question, please raise your hand. We'll bring the microphones
around to you. Please share your name and outlet and
we'll start on the right.
Speaker 6 (01:02):
Bob Belucibus Austin, just for Jalen and Louke both, just
what was last night like seeing the fence, what was
kind of your reaction to it, and how is the
team kind of looked at it.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
I guess yeah, I mean for me personally, my house
got hit pretty hard. So we saw the photos and
the guys that they sent over and we're just in shock.
But I mean there's there's guys working on it right
now and hopefully they can get it up in time
and we can play. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (01:30):
I mean it came out of nowhere and we've kind
of seen the batters.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
I've fold before, but not all the way like that.
Speaker 7 (01:35):
So yeah, I figured there'd be people out there working
on it pretty quick and they'll find a way to
get it done.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
We'll go over on the left.
Speaker 8 (01:46):
Roger Wallace, NBC, Austin, Jalen and Luke, you guys have
done that regional thing on the road. Great memory in Miami,
not so great last year. What's it like to be
at home and start the postseason on your home field.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I think it's is exciting. Being on the road is
it's a cool atmosphere, but being at home is is
just a blessing with our base we have and everyone's
gonna show out and support each team, and I think
the whole weekend is just gonna be It's gonna be
fun and exciting.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
Yeah, I mean, we're fired up for it.
Speaker 7 (02:15):
We uh, you know, worked every day to put ourselves
in a position to be able to host a regional
and play in part of our home fans, and it's
gonna be awesome for us and I can't wait to
do it.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Or throw on the left.
Speaker 9 (02:27):
Hey Jalen Vinnie from CBS San Antonio, or are you're
feeling any support love from the Brandeis Bronco family or
San Antonio?
Speaker 5 (02:35):
What what are you gonna have up here this weekend?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Yeah? I mean my my high school coaches reached out
and it was just good luck. He's a he's a
longhorn by heart, So just knowing that he's gonna support me,
I'm sure some of those guys would come up here
as well. It's just gonna be fun.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Could I follow just right quick? Yeah? Go ahead?
Speaker 9 (02:52):
Is it interesting at all that that you're your home
for this regional and out of nowhere UTSA has the
season they have and they're in this regional against you guys?
Speaker 10 (02:59):
No?
Speaker 3 (02:59):
I mean, and like we put ourselves in a good
position to host. They put themselves in a good position
to be in a regional So props to that team
and what they got going on. But we're gonna take
care of business and do what we can do to win.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
We'll go Third row on the right.
Speaker 11 (03:18):
I'm Danny Davis, Austin, American Statesman Luke. What have you
seeing from Ethan Walker this past couple of months and
what did he show you in Hoover with the way
he pitched against Tennessee.
Speaker 7 (03:28):
Yeah, I think we saw the guy that just loves
to play baseball and compete, you know. I think what's
even more impressive is the way that he was handling
himself throughout the course of the season when he wasn't
getting the innings that everybody wants, and you know, he
just showed up to work the same day every day
and it was a great teammate, supported everybody. I think
that that's the stuff that shows up once you get
out there.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Additional questions for student athletes will go over to the left.
We bring them your phone long.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
First row on the left, Craig Wait Longhorn Radio Network.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Jalen is given the fact that a hitter or a
fielder or a pitcher for that matter, has the same
discipline and approach that you go game in game out.
Does the inside intensity build up a little bit for regional?
I mean your track record shows how well you've played
in regional, So is there an inner intensity that builds
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up for a regional that might be different from the
regular season.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I mean everyone's amped up, but having that same opening
day mentality each and every day, trust in our preparation.
That's what we're going to lean back on, and we're
going to go out there, have fun. It's sound like
it's opening day like it is, and just do our thing,
play our ball, and the results will come.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
We'll go in the back on the left side.
Speaker 12 (04:51):
Travis Rachek, Spectrum News, Jalen two years ago. Obviously a
heartbreaking loss to injured season last year, not to finish
you guys want to either another chance to make a
run to Omaha. For you specifically, was that a big
reason you came back?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
I mean, I think that's in everyone's art as a
college player, you want to play in Omaha and you
want to be the last team standing. But that wasn't
definition of why I came back. I love Texas. I
know coach Losh's track record and what he does as
a coach is important for a player to develop. And
I know the guys that you brought over, I should
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want to learn everything I could from them, and the
team that we have is just exciting and so fun
to play for and with. That's probably the biggest reason
why I came back is you love your brothers that
you're playing with, and it's just exciting to play with
them each and every.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
Day in the back on the right side.
Speaker 10 (05:44):
For Luke to be a key contributor this year, and
a lot expected of you as you head of the postseason.
What does this opportunity in front of you mean to
be one of the guys that everyone's kind of looking
to for, you know, a big outing.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Just what does this opportunity mean to you?
Speaker 5 (06:00):
I mean, it's great.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
I feel like, you know, spend a lot of time,
you know, going through struggles, learning all that, and you know,
put yourself in a position to, you know, have the
opportunity to go compete in front of you know, home
faithful and you know whether or not the result is
what it is. You know, I'm gonna be grateful for
the opportunity and I'm just gonna go play my game.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
At this time we'll open it up to questions for
either student athletes or head coach. We'll start with.
Speaker 5 (06:34):
Danny here on the right side.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
When we get the microphone around to Danny.
Speaker 11 (06:40):
Jim, do you have a Jonah update? And also have
you do you have a pitching starting picture to announce?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
I do not have a starting picture to announce, but
I will by the end of the day. H Jonah
was going he moved around pretty well yesterday and today.
He was going to do some more agility type running
this afternoon, I think, or maybe after our practice. So
as soon as I get an update from our training staff,
then I'll they'll have a better idea. I mean, he's
going to be available this weekend. We just don't know
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what role yet, whether that's playing the field, DH pinch hit,
that kind of thing. So try to do everything we
can to win the game if it includes him, but
also make sure we don't, you know, get him hurt significantly,
whether it be for more baseball or football team.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
We'll go to Bob on the right.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Bob Lusibi is awesome job.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Have you over the years gone team by team with
how you approach a regional with pitching or is it
you have something you like to do on when you're
the top seed hosting a regionals, is there something you.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
Like to do well? Ideally, we.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
Have four regular starting pitchers that you have been using
all year and you feel super confident in those. Had
a couple of years where we've had that, and then
you pick what the matchup is. There's other years where
you have issues like we've had with losing Jared Spencer,
and so you have to balance winning a game versus
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giving your team the best chance to win a regional.
But it also plays goes into who you're playing, you know,
and so if you get a you know, there's not
all Number one seeds are equal, not at all.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
Number four seeds are equal.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Houston Christians won thirty plus games, They've won their had
a great year, won their conference tournament.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
That means they're not just talented, but they're hot.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
I don't know if they've announced a pitcher yet, but
who I think they're gonna pitch as a senior who
won't be spooked, who's been around for a while and
done a nice job for their program. So for me,
it'll just be what you know, what are the best
matchups and what gives us the best chance over the
course of time.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
So I think every year is going to be different.
Speaker 13 (08:52):
We'll go to the next question on the right side,
Cliff and Cliff Thornton and Fox seven Austin Sports Coach Show.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
What were your where were you and how did you
find out about the wall last night?
Speaker 9 (09:02):
And what were your thoughts as you're out there assessing
what had happened last night?
Speaker 11 (09:05):
Afterward?
Speaker 5 (09:06):
Yeah, I was at dinner.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
Over in west of town, just quick, quick dinner, and
somebody sent me a picture. I mean, the storm had
blown through over there, but I don't think it was
nearly as bad on that side of town as it
was over here. So I was with a buddy at
dinner and said, hey, I probably need to get to
the ballpark. So by the time what was really cool
Jaitleen mentioned this, I think Luke maybe as well as
it was really cool is by the time I was here,
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there was like eight nine people out there already trying
to figure out the assess what we were going to do.
And talked to them for a while. They asked me
my opinion on a few things you know what we
needed from a bare bones standpoint, And then we went
and took our team picture by the tower, which was awesome,
great experience.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
I love that.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
And then by the time I came back, they had
a lot of it torn down and sawing stuff and
they didn't need my seven and five aus wrench, So
it's good.
Speaker 5 (10:00):
I'm such a handyman.
Speaker 13 (10:07):
Questions for Texas right here on the left second CJ
Vogel on Texas football coach. For you, your team's in
the pass have been notorious for raising pitch counts, you know,
seeing a lot of pitches per bat. Does that change
going into the postseason? Do you like aggressiveness or does
what you've done all year does that just carry on
all the way through?
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Yeah, I mean I think I think obviously what we
were not going to change who we are just because
it's the postseason.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
There are certain pitchers that we face during the year that.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Throw a ton of strikes, or throw really hard, or
have a weapon out pitch where we've made a concerted
effort to tell the guys, you know, be ready to
swing because he throws a ton of strikes and he
throws a lot of fastball. So we actually if you were,
if you knew the inner workings of our system, we
actually don't give that many takes. It's just more about
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encouraging a great player like Jalen to get pitch, to
get your pitch in.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
I said it a million times.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Ted Williams signs a hitting page one sentence one, get
a good pitch to hit, and so that's really all
that it is. And put your best swing on your pitch,
whether it's the first pitch or the seventh pitch, and
a result of that, if you control the strike zone,
a result of that will be higher pitch counts or
walks or that kind of thing. But there's no I
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don't ever want a hitter coming to Texas and thinking, hey,
your plan is to walk, Like no good hitter goes
to home plate, hope and he walks. We want them
to hit and if they take their four balls, then
you get to go to first base.
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Over on the right side. Second round.
Speaker 14 (11:44):
Coach Jerry Briggs from San Antonio, I want to ask
about Houston Christian's coach Clay huge, huge win for them
to get that tournament title. And I want to ask
just first off, just kind of your impressions Houston Christian.
And also maybe if you could tell us a little
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bit about the time that you broke through with your
first you know, your breakthrough to get to your first regional.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
On what that was like.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
Yeah, So, first of all, Clayton's done an unbelievable job.
I mean super impressed from where they were when he
took over to where they are now. They play very
clean baseball, He handles his teams, act the right way.
He's a superstar, like he's a pure superstar coach. HCU
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better take good care of him.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
He could be.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
He's not in no disrespect to there, but that guy's
got a bright future in coaching, whether it be there
or anywhere else. So he's done an amazing job, especially
given the resources. But in terms of breakthrough moments, I mean,
the more you're in regionals, the more you get used
to playing in them. And so my first one as
a head coach was two thousand and three at you
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and and then we first got to TCU. TCU had
only been to two regionals in one hundred years, one
in the fifties and one I think ninety four ninety five,
And then my very first one there was we won
the conference USA Tournament and we got rewarded with coming
to Dishfalk on the old turf and didn't get to
play Texas, but got to experience everything that that was.
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And then two thousand and nine was the first year
we actually won a regional, walked off Oregon State. That
was also the first year we hosted a regional at
TCU and then had to come to Austin for our
best two out of three and lost that year. And
then the following year was kind of the biggest breakthrough
moment for TCU and winning the Super Regional.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
So takes a while.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
These days, some people do it quicker than others because
the game of baseball can allow you to do that.
Just got to play well for a couple of days.
So it's never about the best team. It's only about
the team that plays the best. So all four of
these teams can win this regional.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Additional questions for Texas. Raise your hand, we'll bring the
microphone to you. Let's go on the right side.
Speaker 15 (14:00):
Nicholas Kingdom of Daily Texan Coach, I remember earlier in
the season you mentioned that some of your premiere closers
were you were expecting them to maybe play you know
three games in a row here in the in the
regionals are gonna are we can we expect to see
that this weekend.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Sure, if it means winning, yeah, I mean we won't
put a guy in position to be hurt.
Speaker 13 (14:19):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (14:20):
But you build all you build up all year, you
save all year.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
You make decisions, whether it be with Luke or even
a position player, where you're like, yeah, let's let's wrest them,
let's let's don't risk this, And you get to this
point of the season, and within reason, you know you're
gonna you're gonna run guys out there. And so if
Grubs or Valanis or Burns or really anybody has to
has to come back and pitch back to back days
or even three days to win the regional, we'll do that.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
We got time for a couple more.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
If we have them. We'll go back over to.
Speaker 11 (14:54):
Left side in the front row.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Craig Way, Jim, when you prepare a team for a regional,
and I asked you the other day if you if
you could recall having a regional where there were at
least two other teams you'd already played that year, and
you said you couldn't quite remember if that was the
case or not. But regardless of that, when you prepare
a team for regional how much do you pull from
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a game that was played in March here if you
do wind up facing UTSA or the game on April
eight against HDU, how much goes into whatever prep you're
getting your team ready for.
Speaker 4 (15:33):
Yeah, I don't know if anything comes for those particular games,
but you know, because one single game in baseball can
be such an outlier, but we certainly follow those teams.
Speaker 5 (15:43):
You know. I watched when we weren't playing this weekend.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
I was watching UTSA I think against Tulane or somebody
down in Florida when they were playing their tournament. So
I was trying to just watch them, just watch the
game itself. But everything else these days comes off of
you know, true media and Synergy, the video partners that
we have. So we'll break all that down, but it is,
you know, having played two of the teams. I don't
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want to say it lessens the work because you don't
want to assume anything, but you're certainly more familiar with
it when you go back and look like, oh, yeah,
this is how we played this.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
Guy, and has he really changed? I? Oh no, he
has has changed a little bit.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
We need to adjust how we're going to defend him
or maybe look for some things more trends lately. But yeah,
it's it's, it's it's I would say it's lessened to
work just a little bit. But what you present to
the team, I mean, this is way more about how
we play versus what the other team does. So the
beauty of our league is you. There's a lot of
different styles of play. So a Kentucky, a Vandy Oklahoma
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is going to be super similar to uts a Houston Christian.
They put the ball on the ground a fair amount.
Kansas State's kind of in the middle from what I've seen.
So we're well prepared and these guys are ready to.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Go over on the left side.
Speaker 16 (16:55):
Second row David Eckert, Austin, American Statesman, Jim Just ballpark wise,
how long do you feel comfortable going with Dylan in
a single outing, just based on how you've used him
this year?
Speaker 5 (17:09):
Atlantis? Oh yeah, I mean depends on the situation.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
But he's thrown four plus innings I think for us
this year, whether it being a start, So yeah, he's
built up and we go as long as he can
pitch and if we get to that point where we're
have our backs against the wall and if he's the
best pitcher and he's available, then we'll roll with him.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
We'll go center in the back.
Speaker 5 (17:33):
And Parker Coleman cave you. You get Max back a
couple of weeks before the postseason.
Speaker 13 (17:37):
But I just want to ask, what impact does he
make when you are trying to make a postseason run.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
Yeah? Huge, Just his presence in the lineup.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
I think these guys would probably tell you the day
that I think it was a Tuesday that he walked
in and said, I want to hit on the field today.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
I feel good. That particular day had a different energy
to it. It just felt, you know.
Speaker 4 (17:57):
And we have good players all across the field, but
when you have kind of a bellcal player like that,
when you get him back, it's a you know, and
not just the offense, you know, it's it's it's uh,
it's defense that it's a left handed hitter. It gives
length to the lineup. He's a presence in the lineup,
even if he's not swinging it great. You have to
account for him. He's one of those guys that, uh,
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you know, when he's coming back up and you have
to be, that has to be on your mind, so
super fired up. He's back if we can get shown
or ready to go. I've said all year, I think,
especially from an offensive standpoint, I still believe our best
days are ahead of us.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
And the hitters have been challenged this week.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
We've challenged them a little bit to to be better,
and they've worked their ear ends off and now we
just have to go play
Let's hear from Logorn's head coach him Slastnagle, along with
shortstop Jalen Flores and also pitcher Luke Harrison.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Today my head coach Jim scha Slashnagel, infielder Jalen Flores
and pitcher Luke Harrison. We'll start with an open statement
by coach and then take questions for the student athletes.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Coaches.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
The obis statement, Yeah, welcome everybody to Austin. Want to
welcome all the media members, fans and teams represented from
the other three schools.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
Super excited to get going.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
It's been a while since we've played, and we've had
some really good work in the last week with our team,
some really good rest, and I know these guys are
anxious to get going.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
So we'll get a new.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Fence put up in centerfield at some point between now
and tomorrow at one o'clock and be ready to go.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
So excited to be here.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Thanks coach.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
We'll take questions for the student athletes. If you have
a question, please raise your hand. We'll bring the microphones
around to you. Please share your name and outlet and
we'll start on the right.
Speaker 6 (01:02):
Bob Belucibus Austin, just for Jalen and Louke both, just
what was last night like seeing the fence, what was
kind of your reaction to it, and how is the
team kind of looked at it.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
I guess yeah, I mean for me personally, my house
got hit pretty hard. So we saw the photos and
the guys that they sent over and we're just in shock.
But I mean there's there's guys working on it right
now and hopefully they can get it up in time
and we can play. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (01:30):
I mean it came out of nowhere and we've kind
of seen the batters.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
I've fold before, but not all the way like that.
Speaker 7 (01:35):
So yeah, I figured there'd be people out there working
on it pretty quick and they'll find a way to
get it done.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
We'll go over on the left.
Speaker 8 (01:46):
Roger Wallace, NBC, Austin, Jalen and Luke, you guys have
done that regional thing on the road. Great memory in Miami,
not so great last year. What's it like to be
at home and start the postseason on your home field.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I think it's is exciting. Being on the road is
it's a cool atmosphere, but being at home is is
just a blessing with our base we have and everyone's
gonna show out and support each team, and I think
the whole weekend is just gonna be It's gonna be
fun and exciting.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
Yeah, I mean, we're fired up for it.
Speaker 7 (02:15):
We uh, you know, worked every day to put ourselves
in a position to be able to host a regional
and play in part of our home fans, and it's
gonna be awesome for us and I can't wait to
do it.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Or throw on the left.
Speaker 9 (02:27):
Hey Jalen Vinnie from CBS San Antonio, or are you're
feeling any support love from the Brandeis Bronco family or
San Antonio?
Speaker 5 (02:35):
What what are you gonna have up here this weekend?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Yeah? I mean my my high school coaches reached out
and it was just good luck. He's a he's a
longhorn by heart, So just knowing that he's gonna support me,
I'm sure some of those guys would come up here
as well. It's just gonna be fun.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Could I follow just right quick? Yeah? Go ahead?
Speaker 9 (02:52):
Is it interesting at all that that you're your home
for this regional and out of nowhere UTSA has the
season they have and they're in this regional against you guys?
Speaker 10 (02:59):
No?
Speaker 3 (02:59):
I mean, and like we put ourselves in a good
position to host. They put themselves in a good position
to be in a regional So props to that team
and what they got going on. But we're gonna take
care of business and do what we can do to win.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
We'll go Third row on the right.
Speaker 11 (03:18):
I'm Danny Davis, Austin, American Statesman Luke. What have you
seeing from Ethan Walker this past couple of months and
what did he show you in Hoover with the way
he pitched against Tennessee.
Speaker 7 (03:28):
Yeah, I think we saw the guy that just loves
to play baseball and compete, you know. I think what's
even more impressive is the way that he was handling
himself throughout the course of the season when he wasn't
getting the innings that everybody wants, and you know, he
just showed up to work the same day every day
and it was a great teammate, supported everybody. I think
that that's the stuff that shows up once you get
out there.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Additional questions for student athletes will go over to the left.
We bring them your phone long.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
First row on the left, Craig Wait Longhorn Radio Network.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Jalen is given the fact that a hitter or a
fielder or a pitcher for that matter, has the same
discipline and approach that you go game in game out.
Does the inside intensity build up a little bit for regional?
I mean your track record shows how well you've played
in regional, So is there an inner intensity that builds
(04:29):
up for a regional that might be different from the
regular season.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I mean everyone's amped up, but having that same opening
day mentality each and every day, trust in our preparation.
That's what we're going to lean back on, and we're
going to go out there, have fun. It's sound like
it's opening day like it is, and just do our thing,
play our ball, and the results will come.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
We'll go in the back on the left side.
Speaker 12 (04:51):
Travis Rachek, Spectrum News, Jalen two years ago. Obviously a
heartbreaking loss to injured season last year, not to finish
you guys want to either another chance to make a
run to Omaha. For you specifically, was that a big
reason you came back?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
I mean, I think that's in everyone's art as a
college player, you want to play in Omaha and you
want to be the last team standing. But that wasn't
definition of why I came back. I love Texas. I
know coach Losh's track record and what he does as
a coach is important for a player to develop. And
I know the guys that you brought over, I should
(05:28):
want to learn everything I could from them, and the
team that we have is just exciting and so fun
to play for and with. That's probably the biggest reason
why I came back is you love your brothers that
you're playing with, and it's just exciting to play with
them each and every.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
Day in the back on the right side.
Speaker 10 (05:44):
For Luke to be a key contributor this year, and
a lot expected of you as you head of the postseason.
What does this opportunity in front of you mean to
be one of the guys that everyone's kind of looking
to for, you know, a big outing.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Just what does this opportunity mean to you?
Speaker 5 (06:00):
I mean, it's great.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
I feel like, you know, spend a lot of time,
you know, going through struggles, learning all that, and you know,
put yourself in a position to, you know, have the
opportunity to go compete in front of you know, home
faithful and you know whether or not the result is
what it is. You know, I'm gonna be grateful for
the opportunity and I'm just gonna go play my game.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
At this time we'll open it up to questions for
either student athletes or head coach. We'll start with.
Speaker 5 (06:34):
Danny here on the right side.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
When we get the microphone around to Danny.
Speaker 11 (06:40):
Jim, do you have a Jonah update? And also have
you do you have a pitching starting picture to announce?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
I do not have a starting picture to announce, but
I will by the end of the day. H Jonah
was going he moved around pretty well yesterday and today.
He was going to do some more agility type running
this afternoon, I think, or maybe after our practice. So
as soon as I get an update from our training staff,
then I'll they'll have a better idea. I mean, he's
going to be available this weekend. We just don't know
(07:08):
what role yet, whether that's playing the field, DH pinch hit,
that kind of thing. So try to do everything we
can to win the game if it includes him, but
also make sure we don't, you know, get him hurt significantly,
whether it be for more baseball or football team.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
We'll go to Bob on the right.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Bob Lusibi is awesome job.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Have you over the years gone team by team with
how you approach a regional with pitching or is it
you have something you like to do on when you're
the top seed hosting a regionals, is there something you.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
Like to do well? Ideally, we.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
Have four regular starting pitchers that you have been using
all year and you feel super confident in those. Had
a couple of years where we've had that, and then
you pick what the matchup is. There's other years where
you have issues like we've had with losing Jared Spencer,
and so you have to balance winning a game versus
(08:09):
giving your team the best chance to win a regional.
But it also plays goes into who you're playing, you know,
and so if you get a you know, there's not
all Number one seeds are equal, not at all.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
Number four seeds are equal.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Houston Christians won thirty plus games, They've won their had
a great year, won their conference tournament.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
That means they're not just talented, but they're hot.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
I don't know if they've announced a pitcher yet, but
who I think they're gonna pitch as a senior who
won't be spooked, who's been around for a while and
done a nice job for their program. So for me,
it'll just be what you know, what are the best
matchups and what gives us the best chance over the
course of time.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
So I think every year is going to be different.
Speaker 13 (08:52):
We'll go to the next question on the right side,
Cliff and Cliff Thornton and Fox seven Austin Sports Coach Show.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
What were your where were you and how did you
find out about the wall last night?
Speaker 9 (09:02):
And what were your thoughts as you're out there assessing
what had happened last night?
Speaker 11 (09:05):
Afterward?
Speaker 5 (09:06):
Yeah, I was at dinner.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
Over in west of town, just quick, quick dinner, and
somebody sent me a picture. I mean, the storm had
blown through over there, but I don't think it was
nearly as bad on that side of town as it
was over here. So I was with a buddy at
dinner and said, hey, I probably need to get to
the ballpark. So by the time what was really cool
Jaitleen mentioned this, I think Luke maybe as well as
it was really cool is by the time I was here,
(09:29):
there was like eight nine people out there already trying
to figure out the assess what we were going to do.
And talked to them for a while. They asked me
my opinion on a few things you know what we
needed from a bare bones standpoint, And then we went
and took our team picture by the tower, which was awesome,
great experience.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
I love that.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
And then by the time I came back, they had
a lot of it torn down and sawing stuff and
they didn't need my seven and five aus wrench, So
it's good.
Speaker 5 (10:00):
I'm such a handyman.
Speaker 13 (10:07):
Questions for Texas right here on the left second CJ
Vogel on Texas football coach. For you, your team's in
the pass have been notorious for raising pitch counts, you know,
seeing a lot of pitches per bat. Does that change
going into the postseason? Do you like aggressiveness or does
what you've done all year does that just carry on
all the way through?
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Yeah, I mean I think I think obviously what we
were not going to change who we are just because
it's the postseason.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
There are certain pitchers that we face during the year that.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Throw a ton of strikes, or throw really hard, or
have a weapon out pitch where we've made a concerted
effort to tell the guys, you know, be ready to
swing because he throws a ton of strikes and he
throws a lot of fastball. So we actually if you were,
if you knew the inner workings of our system, we
actually don't give that many takes. It's just more about
(10:57):
encouraging a great player like Jalen to get pitch, to
get your pitch in.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
I said it a million times.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Ted Williams signs a hitting page one sentence one, get
a good pitch to hit, and so that's really all
that it is. And put your best swing on your pitch,
whether it's the first pitch or the seventh pitch, and
a result of that, if you control the strike zone,
a result of that will be higher pitch counts or
walks or that kind of thing. But there's no I
(11:26):
don't ever want a hitter coming to Texas and thinking, hey,
your plan is to walk, Like no good hitter goes
to home plate, hope and he walks. We want them
to hit and if they take their four balls, then
you get to go to first base.
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Over on the right side. Second round.
Speaker 14 (11:44):
Coach Jerry Briggs from San Antonio, I want to ask
about Houston Christian's coach Clay huge, huge win for them
to get that tournament title. And I want to ask
just first off, just kind of your impressions Houston Christian.
And also maybe if you could tell us a little
(12:05):
bit about the time that you broke through with your
first you know, your breakthrough to get to your first regional.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
On what that was like.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
Yeah, So, first of all, Clayton's done an unbelievable job.
I mean super impressed from where they were when he
took over to where they are now. They play very
clean baseball, He handles his teams, act the right way.
He's a superstar, like he's a pure superstar coach. HCU
(12:35):
better take good care of him.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
He could be.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
He's not in no disrespect to there, but that guy's
got a bright future in coaching, whether it be there
or anywhere else. So he's done an amazing job, especially
given the resources. But in terms of breakthrough moments, I mean,
the more you're in regionals, the more you get used
to playing in them. And so my first one as
a head coach was two thousand and three at you
(12:59):
and and then we first got to TCU. TCU had
only been to two regionals in one hundred years, one
in the fifties and one I think ninety four ninety five,
And then my very first one there was we won
the conference USA Tournament and we got rewarded with coming
to Dishfalk on the old turf and didn't get to
play Texas, but got to experience everything that that was.
(13:22):
And then two thousand and nine was the first year
we actually won a regional, walked off Oregon State. That
was also the first year we hosted a regional at
TCU and then had to come to Austin for our
best two out of three and lost that year. And
then the following year was kind of the biggest breakthrough
moment for TCU and winning the Super Regional.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
So takes a while.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
These days, some people do it quicker than others because
the game of baseball can allow you to do that.
Just got to play well for a couple of days.
So it's never about the best team. It's only about
the team that plays the best. So all four of
these teams can win this regional.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Additional questions for Texas. Raise your hand, we'll bring the
microphone to you. Let's go on the right side.
Speaker 15 (14:00):
Nicholas Kingdom of Daily Texan Coach, I remember earlier in
the season you mentioned that some of your premiere closers
were you were expecting them to maybe play you know
three games in a row here in the in the
regionals are gonna are we can we expect to see
that this weekend.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Sure, if it means winning, yeah, I mean we won't
put a guy in position to be hurt.
Speaker 13 (14:19):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (14:20):
But you build all you build up all year, you
save all year.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
You make decisions, whether it be with Luke or even
a position player, where you're like, yeah, let's let's wrest them,
let's let's don't risk this, And you get to this
point of the season, and within reason, you know you're
gonna you're gonna run guys out there. And so if
Grubs or Valanis or Burns or really anybody has to
has to come back and pitch back to back days
or even three days to win the regional, we'll do that.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
We got time for a couple more.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
If we have them. We'll go back over to.
Speaker 11 (14:54):
Left side in the front row.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Craig Way, Jim, when you prepare a team for a regional,
and I asked you the other day if you if
you could recall having a regional where there were at
least two other teams you'd already played that year, and
you said you couldn't quite remember if that was the
case or not. But regardless of that, when you prepare
a team for regional how much do you pull from
(15:22):
a game that was played in March here if you
do wind up facing UTSA or the game on April
eight against HDU, how much goes into whatever prep you're
getting your team ready for.
Speaker 4 (15:33):
Yeah, I don't know if anything comes for those particular games,
but you know, because one single game in baseball can
be such an outlier, but we certainly follow those teams.
Speaker 5 (15:43):
You know. I watched when we weren't playing this weekend.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
I was watching UTSA I think against Tulane or somebody
down in Florida when they were playing their tournament. So
I was trying to just watch them, just watch the
game itself. But everything else these days comes off of
you know, true media and Synergy, the video partners that
we have. So we'll break all that down, but it is,
you know, having played two of the teams. I don't
(16:07):
want to say it lessens the work because you don't
want to assume anything, but you're certainly more familiar with
it when you go back and look like, oh, yeah,
this is how we played this.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
Guy, and has he really changed? I? Oh no, he
has has changed a little bit.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
We need to adjust how we're going to defend him
or maybe look for some things more trends lately. But yeah,
it's it's, it's it's I would say it's lessened to
work just a little bit. But what you present to
the team, I mean, this is way more about how
we play versus what the other team does. So the
beauty of our league is you. There's a lot of
different styles of play. So a Kentucky, a Vandy Oklahoma
(16:40):
is going to be super similar to uts a Houston Christian.
They put the ball on the ground a fair amount.
Kansas State's kind of in the middle from what I've seen.
So we're well prepared and these guys are ready to.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Go over on the left side.
Speaker 16 (16:55):
Second row David Eckert, Austin, American Statesman, Jim Just ballpark wise,
how long do you feel comfortable going with Dylan in
a single outing, just based on how you've used him
this year?
Speaker 5 (17:09):
Atlantis? Oh yeah, I mean depends on the situation.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
But he's thrown four plus innings I think for us
this year, whether it being a start, So yeah, he's
built up and we go as long as he can
pitch and if we get to that point where we're
have our backs against the wall and if he's the
best pitcher and he's available, then we'll roll with him.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
We'll go center in the back.
Speaker 5 (17:33):
And Parker Coleman cave you. You get Max back a
couple of weeks before the postseason.
Speaker 13 (17:37):
But I just want to ask, what impact does he
make when you are trying to make a postseason run.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
Yeah? Huge, Just his presence in the lineup.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
I think these guys would probably tell you the day
that I think it was a Tuesday that he walked
in and said, I want to hit on the field today.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
I feel good. That particular day had a different energy
to it. It just felt, you know.
Speaker 4 (17:57):
And we have good players all across the field, but
when you have kind of a bellcal player like that,
when you get him back, it's a you know, and
not just the offense, you know, it's it's it's uh,
it's defense that it's a left handed hitter. It gives
length to the lineup. He's a presence in the lineup,
even if he's not swinging it great. You have to
account for him. He's one of those guys that, uh,
(18:21):
you know, when he's coming back up and you have
to be, that has to be on your mind, so
super fired up. He's back if we can get shown
or ready to go. I've said all year, I think,
especially from an offensive standpoint, I still believe our best
days are ahead of us.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
And the hitters have been challenged this week.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
We've challenged them a little bit to to be better,
and they've worked their ear ends off and now we
just have to go play
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