Moranda Contract?

Thanks 87 for the facts. 72% winning percentage in the SoCon speaks volumes about Jack Leggett. Winning percentages per year is also telling. I kind of expected the most games won would go to Moranda because he has 3 more season than Raleigh & two more seasons as HC over Leggett. No Coach on the WCU Payroll disgusts me more than Bobby Moranda. Whatever is wrong with this Baseball Program is his fault for not correcting it or at least showing signs of improving the situation. At Division 1, parental influence either directly or indirectly should not be an issue with the Coach. I do not know if Moranda has this problem but he is certainly playing players on this team that have not been productive during this season. However, his fondness for these players are foreshadowing his judgement.

Jim: Please do not think I think what is happening is acceptable or that the strategy of playing non-productive team members is a good thing. But I posted on the other board the improvements over the past month with this team:
I am as confounded as anyone at the lack of wins this year. However, am I wrong in detecting that there is improvement? The number of errors has dropped substancially, and the margin of loss even more so. I just ran the numbers and until the Tennessee game, we were losing by an average of 7.47 runs per game. Since that time, we have narrowed the margin to 2.5 runs per game. Additionally, our run production has increased and our pitching has improved. In the first 17 games of the season (through the UT game), we allowed 10 runs or more in 10 of those games. In the past 11 games (since UT), there have only been 2 games where opponents scored more than 10 runs (both @ VMI and both of those VMI came back from behind to win).

This year is just a major head scratcher for me. I am at a lost to why we are this bad. I can understand the occasional below .500 season or even a bad season like we had in 2000, but the way we are losing to teams like VMI and the way we lose even when we have a lead just makes me wonder if Coach Moranda has lost his drive in coaching or recruiting. I think we have good talent on the field so it makes me wonder if Coach Moranda maybe is just burnt out? I don't know? He has done enough and just 2 years ago got WCU into the NCAA tournament so yes he has earned the right for 1 more year. However, if we win no more than 10 games next year a change is needed. If we significantly improve next year (even if its a losing season such as win 20 to 27 games) I would give him another year to see if there is more improvement.

On theory I do wonder is if the athletic funds have been pulled more from baseball to say support the football program because after all football is the money maker. If we are struggling financially and the administration has done that to keep football in the winning than it would make since why baseball is down but still 3 wins at this point of the season is still mind boggling if that is the case. Back in the mid 2000s up until about 2013, it was well known that ECU pulled money from the successful baseball program under Terry Holland to invest in football, and during those years baseball (which was still respectable and never had a losing season but was not able to achieve its expectations of every year making a regionals, SRs and CWS), while football was on one if its best runs in that time, ECU was paying its former head coach Billy Godwin about what Moranda makes now) and ECU saw mediocre baseball play until Cliff Godwin was hired and demanded pay to the extent of the major conferences (ACC) and a commitment to baseball, hitting facility, etc now baseball is back and football is down.

So the reason for me bringing that up is if that is what WCU is doing? Now WCU has less money so I do wonder if that is the case? Then this may go on for a while, especially if financially we have to sacrifice the success of a program for another, so if so, should we see a positive spike in football this year?

However, if Moranda just happens to be burnt out, I am not sure Moranda will stay on himself if he needs to recharge his batteries. So I am just curious if that is the case with Moranda?

Those numbers are very misleading though. 3 totally different era's of SoCon baseball.

When Leggett was coach the only team really to compete with WCU till Georgia Southern joined the league was The Citadel. Rest of league was not very good.

During Raleigh's tenure the league started to turn into one of the top Mid-Major conferences in the country with WCU, Georgia Southern, CofC, and Elon. Citadel was still a power back then also.

Moranda entered the league when it was still one of the top Mid Major leagues in country and joining the league and the previous mentioned teams was Samford. Since GSU, CofC, and Elon left the league has fallen off drastically.