The only glimmer of hope I have this year
by ndgotrobbedin97 (2019-05-19 11:02:55)
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....is the fact that Aoki recently did that ass-covering interview with the Indy paper. Normally, neither he nor Swarbrick feel compelled to say anything about the state of the baseball program.

For whatever reason, Aoki felt he needed to make those self-serving comments noting all his various challenges at ND. It makes me wonder if he feels less secure in his position (god help me for even needing to ponder that after 9 years of this) this time around.

He offered a litany of excuses from injuries to weather to money to inexperience. He threw it all at the wall hoping something would stick.

I'm probably being naive. Jack most likely doesn't have the guts to replace his own hire. But, it would be interesting to understand how that article came to be, as it (or one like it) has never appeared in previous years. Did Aoki seek it out?

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