southpaw32 wrote:For a city with roughly twice the population, to draw players from, as their competitors. The fact that Post #2 has won state twice, in the last 21 years, says it all. This program has much deeper problems than the head coach. (though I have always thought it was a bad idea to have one of the local high school coaches running the summer program. Not just Fiechtner, but anyone tied to a school). Hopefully the new coach brings a new system of coaching and evaluation. And is independent enough not to be pulled back, into clearly what is not working.
Ndbaseball999 wrote:southpaw32 wrote:For a city with roughly twice the population, to draw players from, as their competitors. The fact that Post #2 has won state twice, in the last 21 years, says it all. This program has much deeper problems than the head coach. (though I have always thought it was a bad idea to have one of the local high school coaches running the summer program. Not just Fiechtner, but anyone tied to a school). Hopefully the new coach brings a new system of coaching and evaluation. And is independent enough not to be pulled back, into clearly what is not working.
Fargo has good youngins comin up, they might be a tough team the next 2-4 years, rustad knows what it takes.
anyballgame45 wrote:I agree with how the players act who play for Rustad but I believe it's the fault of the coach not the players. If your a coach you need to give the game of baseball the respect it deserves or things like attitude and attention to the little things on how you play the game go by the wayside. The previous comments on how they fall apart when crunch time comes is the result of not playing the game the right way. I've seen the Rustad coached teams crushing teams by huge margins yet he will not substiute players or stop stealing bases no matter what the score. All of this as well as the cussing and swearing shows the direction the program is going. When you don't respect the game and show some class the baseball gods have a way of getting even.
ndakotasports94 wrote:Last year's Bomber team was actually the only one that won a state tournament. The Bombers were clearly a talented team last year, there's no disputing that, but the key is that they could have been far better than they were. Also, beyond the wins and losses, Rustad did not coach teams the right way. They were arrogant, visibly cocky on the field, crude, ran the score up, and didn't progress players and make them better. They may have won but if the brand of baseball/kids that is being produced is bad, what's that really worth? They may have finished 2nd in the region....but they could have been the best team in that tournament if they'd played the game right. The reason they are getting passed at the Post 2 level is because they aren't being made better ball-players or better people.
ndakotasports94 wrote:Last year's Bomber team was actually the only one that won a state tournament. The Bombers were clearly a talented team last year, there's no disputing that, but the key is that they could have been far better than they were. Also, beyond the wins and losses, Rustad did not coach teams the right way. They were arrogant, visibly cocky on the field, crude, ran the score up, and didn't progress players and make them better. They may have won but if the brand of baseball/kids that is being produced is bad, what's that really worth? They may have finished 2nd in the region....but they could have been the best team in that tournament if they'd played the game right. The reason they are getting passed at the Post 2 level is because they aren't being made better ball-players or better people.
Bamboozled wrote:When did they ever dance? And do you think the players "decided" to play poor defense? I think 2nd place is impressive, especially after losing the first game and having to win their way out of the losers bracket.
InTheKnow wrote:I find the last two comments interesting considering the Fargo Bombers wont the last two state Junior Legion tournaments under Rustad and went farther in the regional then any other team in ND finishing 2nd last year.
Also take into consideration that Green, Hallock, Smith, and Quinlan all started regularly on Post 2 last year but were eligible to play another year of Bombers. Rustad had the program going in the right direction already as they would win at the Bomber level where he was the coach and then get passed by the past 2 years at the Post 2 level by nearly the rest of the state.
rangersrule wrote:InTheKnow wrote:I find the last two comments interesting considering the Fargo Bombers wont the last two state Junior Legion tournaments under Rustad and went farther in the regional then any other team in ND finishing 2nd last year.
Also take into consideration that Green, Hallock, Smith, and Quinlan all started regularly on Post 2 last year but were eligible to play another year of Bombers. Rustad had the program going in the right direction already as they would win at the Bomber level where he was the coach and then get passed by the past 2 years at the Post 2 level by nearly the rest of the state.
Isn't Hallock a senior at Shanley this year? Could he really have played Bombers last year, after his junior year of high school? Just curious.
Bamboozled wrote:When did they ever dance? And do you think the players "decided" to play poor defense? I think 2nd place is impressive, especially after losing the first game and having to win their way out of the losers bracket.
Run4Fun2009 wrote:rangersrule wrote:InTheKnow wrote:I find the last two comments interesting considering the Fargo Bombers wont the last two state Junior Legion tournaments under Rustad and went farther in the regional then any other team in ND finishing 2nd last year.
Also take into consideration that Green, Hallock, Smith, and Quinlan all started regularly on Post 2 last year but were eligible to play another year of Bombers. Rustad had the program going in the right direction already as they would win at the Bomber level where he was the coach and then get passed by the past 2 years at the Post 2 level by nearly the rest of the state.
Isn't Hallock a senior at Shanley this year? Could he really have played Bombers last year, after his junior year of high school? Just curious.
The only TWO that I heard were eligible to play Bombers was Smith and Quinlan.
cheddar wrote:It can be argued that the bombers team was the best in the region, the beat minnetonka 2 out of 3 times over the year. The only loss was in the 2nd championship game of regionals and that was because they ran out of pitching since they came out of the losers bracket. Voss threw a total of 14 innings in 5 games and tollefson threw 10 or 11. they were not cocky, they just had confidence in their game. Their defense was not that bad, they made a few errors here and there but everyone makes errors. Their hitting definitely made up for any errors. Rustad knows how to win and you will see that from Post #2 this year.
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