What can anyone tell me about Liberty Univ. in Virginia . Baseball program and schoolwise .
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What do you want to know? I am a professor there and pretty knowledgeable about the program. I can give you the good (a whole lot), the bad, and the ugly (pretty much non-existence) about both.
Liberty has a great program that is only going to get better with there new head coach toman, he was the assistant at south carolina. The A.D is also very committed to putting the money into making the program the best it can be.
Aaron Parnell is a freshman there this year. Keep on eye on him for me and let me know how he is doing. Great young man from a wonderfull family. Also my nephew played at Liberty and really enjoyed his time there. Coach Toman is going to make that program go bigtime imo.
They're making an effort to recruit I can tell you that. They've sent my little brother mail and hes a Texas kid.
I checked in on it for you. Its supposedly a really conservative school. Mandatory three church services a week and a dress code.
The dress code is a joke. Everyone wears jeans, flops, pretty much whatever. Is the school conservative? Absolutely...but it is not STUFFY conservative. Again...PM me and I will give you the inside story.
quote:Originally posted by JT:
The dress code is a joke. Everyone wears jeans, flops, pretty much whatever. Is the school conservative? Absolutely...but it is not STUFFY conservative. Again...PM me and I will give you the inside story.
Its an Evangelical school which is fine but I would think it does impact recruiting positively and negatively. With Jerry Falwell as Founder conservative is going to be the motto.As far as stuffy conservative or not thats for others to decide. A Beautiful campus with a different type of College social experience from say Virginia Tech.
Founded in 1971, Liberty University is the world’s largest evangelical university, with over 20,000 students both on-campus and off-campus from all fifty states and over seventy countries around the world. We are committed to providing our students with the highest quality education in a distinctly Christian environment.
We now have about 10,500 on campus...and are working with the city to take it to 15,000. The school pours a lot of money into stuff for the students to do...and, dare I say...is really starting to seem like a "real college", comparable to secular schools in feel and atmosphere.
It has all the necessary ingridents in place for a baseball player to go there and improve.
Nice outdoor cagesw/ lites and 2 nice indoor cages as well. Nice playing surface and a nice back drop for a college field. Doesn't have lights but has the Carolina League facility 5 miles away. State of the art training facililties for the players to improve running times and help with physical gains.
New staff that has some young asst. with energy. Plenty of resources to be a consistent competitor at the top of the Big South and a chance at a NCAA Regional on a yearly basis.
A great place to go to school and a great place to live. But even more important its a great place to go be a Freshman All Amaerican because if your talented you will play everyday even as a Freshman.
Nice outdoor cagesw/ lites and 2 nice indoor cages as well. Nice playing surface and a nice back drop for a college field. Doesn't have lights but has the Carolina League facility 5 miles away. State of the art training facililties for the players to improve running times and help with physical gains.
New staff that has some young asst. with energy. Plenty of resources to be a consistent competitor at the top of the Big South and a chance at a NCAA Regional on a yearly basis.
A great place to go to school and a great place to live. But even more important its a great place to go be a Freshman All Amaerican because if your talented you will play everyday even as a Freshman.
Liberty U has changed over the last 10+ years.
JT, do you have tenure, now?
JT, do you have tenure, now?
It has change A LOT in just the past 3 years...let along the past 10. All the changes have been for the good, as well.
No Bear...one thing that has YET to change is the tenure system at LU...which does not exist at LU.
No Bear...one thing that has YET to change is the tenure system at LU...which does not exist at LU.
If you do your job and are loyal then no one ever needs Tenure. Tenure is for those that want a pay check and not for those that want to make a difference in young peoples lives.
That is pretty much it...
...not to mention that LU would not want to grant tenure and end up having some wacko like the guy at Colorado on staff.
...not to mention that LU would not want to grant tenure and end up having some wacko like the guy at Colorado on staff.
you have to excuse bear, he can't help himself
Hey JT, did you hear Armor's Mommy calling?
Bear,
How 'bout you take that stuff back to the MD forum?
South of the Mason Dixon, we try to show some manners.
How 'bout you take that stuff back to the MD forum?
South of the Mason Dixon, we try to show some manners.
I work at LU and took no offense by any of Bear's comments. In fact, I believe one of his daughters may have graduated from here. LU HAS changed...a lot.
quote:Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Bear, How 'bout....?
Did you see the all-star lineup of 1st and 2nd teams of high school players in the 2008 Louisville Slugger Pre-Season High School All-American team?
bear never offends anyone but we still need to excuse her.
quote:Originally posted by Bear:quote:Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Bear, How 'bout....?
Did you see the all-star lineup of 1st and 2nd teams of high school players in the 2008 Louisville Slugger Pre-Season High School All-American team?
Bear, I really hope your comment isn't meant as I think it is. If so, that comment is quite a bit over the line.
Of course it is. You should see the private messages she sends. She has problems spelling but we do get a laugh out of them.
Is Bear a "she"? Must be some piece of work.
FYI, Bear, I know exactly what you're talking about and it's just the kind of ATTEMPT at a cheap shot that I was chiding you for, so thanks for proving my point.
For those who don't know, Bear was referring to the fact that Midlo Son's name does not appear on the Louisville Slugger list.
The reason for that is that Midlo Son only got to pitch healthy for half a season last year, due to an injury. After a strong first half (5-0, 0.24) he was out several weeks, tried to return but was not at his best, then aggravated the injury and had to shut down. He missed the summer doing a rest and rehab program and has fully recovered at this point. This particular AA honor stresses in-season performance, so he didn't have the numbers from 2007 that they were looking for.
My attitude is, not to worry, he's gotten his due and then some in many other places.
I was very happy to see our pal and teammate Austin Stadler get recognized on this list -- well deserved and too long in coming, if you ask me. You will note that I published this news in a separate thread last week.
Bear, what really shows your true colors is not only that you are so petty, but that you assume everyone else is, too. Obviously you thought you would be striking a nerve at my end. Sorry to disappoint you. Instead, you just made me think of how miserable a person you must be to think you were scoring some kind of zinger points. Very, very sad indeed.
FYI, Bear, I know exactly what you're talking about and it's just the kind of ATTEMPT at a cheap shot that I was chiding you for, so thanks for proving my point.
For those who don't know, Bear was referring to the fact that Midlo Son's name does not appear on the Louisville Slugger list.
The reason for that is that Midlo Son only got to pitch healthy for half a season last year, due to an injury. After a strong first half (5-0, 0.24) he was out several weeks, tried to return but was not at his best, then aggravated the injury and had to shut down. He missed the summer doing a rest and rehab program and has fully recovered at this point. This particular AA honor stresses in-season performance, so he didn't have the numbers from 2007 that they were looking for.
My attitude is, not to worry, he's gotten his due and then some in many other places.
I was very happy to see our pal and teammate Austin Stadler get recognized on this list -- well deserved and too long in coming, if you ask me. You will note that I published this news in a separate thread last week.
Bear, what really shows your true colors is not only that you are so petty, but that you assume everyone else is, too. Obviously you thought you would be striking a nerve at my end. Sorry to disappoint you. Instead, you just made me think of how miserable a person you must be to think you were scoring some kind of zinger points. Very, very sad indeed.
If you took the time to read his profile BEAR is a MALE---Cmon folks do your homework before you throw darts---BEAR is a male a big one
Yes, a VERY BIG ONE indeed.
We all know what bear is. My "dart" was directed at "her" and only bear knows what I am referring to.
You are in fact the one who needs to be doing a little homework.
You are in fact the one who needs to be doing a little homework.
Midlo....I'm sure I'll see him on the post season HS ALL AMERICAN TEAM....Where it counts!
Back on topic...
...I saw the team practice today and they look CRISP. Everyone busy...not much standing around...and a lot of enthusiasm (a total opposite of the previous 5 years). Toman has the boys rolling. It's going to be fun at LU this spring.
...I saw the team practice today and they look CRISP. Everyone busy...not much standing around...and a lot of enthusiasm (a total opposite of the previous 5 years). Toman has the boys rolling. It's going to be fun at LU this spring.
It is yet to be determined if they can be as successful as the D. Pastors era! Tough to beat and a very good measuring stick. Your comments sound like a DP led practice and team.
quote:Originally posted by swingbuilder:
It is yet to be determined if they can be as successful as the D. Pastors era! Tough to beat and a very good measuring stick. Your comments sound like a DP led practice and team.
EXACTLY what I was referring to...and why my comment was only directed at the most recent 5 year period. Those DP teams had a coaching staff that was hard to beat.