Who do you think will replace Norbie Wilson at First Colonial?
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G Wright!
yellowjacket,
lol, I hope you kidding
lol, I hope you kidding
Bobby Valentine - but who cares - I expect a mass exodous from FC's baseball squad, at least anyone with any talent.
Why will there be a mass exodus from FC's baseball squad?
Those kids don't need Norbie Wilson to win. A lot of those kids have played AAU for years and know how to win whoever they choose for a coach!
Maybe Gary Lavelle. He drove the bus at GBC and their always looking for bus drivers in Va Beach. People would be saying Norbie who?
Norbie is burned out---ask any of his players this year. I think that a lot of them will welcome a change. Doesn't anyone else thing it is funny that Mueller didn't pitch until his senir year. Norbie really missed the boat on that one. I am a former player that always thought that FC was the best program. Still have friends that play for him now and a lot of them don't like his "antics" on and off the field. Have a great retirement Coach!
screwball
Why a mass exodus?
philly,
Why would Gary leave pro ball to coach FC? Sounds like a pipe dream to me.
Why a mass exodus?
philly,
Why would Gary leave pro ball to coach FC? Sounds like a pipe dream to me.
redbird5
maybe because this is his last year in pro ball anyway. You won't see Lavelle at FC. He is more likely to show up at Greenbrer as an assistant while working with our local young players in a new facility
maybe because this is his last year in pro ball anyway. You won't see Lavelle at FC. He is more likely to show up at Greenbrer as an assistant while working with our local young players in a new facility
i have spoken to coach lavelle over the phone about his plans and nowhere did he mention FC...that is completely random. He is trying to decide whether or not to return to GCA as an assistant to Coach T.
How about Tony Guzzo as the next FC coach?
To put it bluntly, this retirement is overdue by a few years. This year's team won on their hearts and desire to win. He and his sidekick were nonexistent in practice situations and missed the boat on many young men. Look at the number of this years players going on to college ball that saw little to no playing time last year or this year. I personally value an evaluation by a college or showcase a bit higher than a burned out high school coach. Mr. Wilson's record is very good, but keep in mind, the talent he has been fed from AAU programs and relocations could make alot of coaches look good. Hate to sound so negative toward the man, and I do hope his retirement goes well, but I have to wonder about the numbers of players that have been negatively impacted by him.
Finally---another person who "sees the light" on Norbie Wilson. Case in point Billie Mueller, player of the year, who was not once given a chance to pitch until his senior year. I know for a fact that his AAU coach told Wilson that
Billie was the best pitcher that FC had last year and Wilson disregarded his advice and he saw not one inning of pitching until this year. What a shame!
Billie was the best pitcher that FC had last year and Wilson disregarded his advice and he saw not one inning of pitching until this year. What a shame!
Hate to sound so negative toward the man?? Sounds more like you enjoyed every minute of it. Guess you feel your son was slighted by Coach Wilson? I'm sure every minute he was sitting on the bench, you were telling him how good he was and how the coach was screwing him over...seen it hundreds of times from LL on up. Think that helped him get any better?
Coach Wilson has given a great deal to baseball in this area, even voluteering his time for various youth and coaches clinics over the years. I'm sure many well respected men in the baseball community (including Jimmy Hunt whom you seem to hold in a little higher regard)will back me up when I say he's left baseball in VA a little better than when he found it. I'd certainly hold a lot more stock in what they say than some digruntled parent.
Coach Wilson has given a great deal to baseball in this area, even voluteering his time for various youth and coaches clinics over the years. I'm sure many well respected men in the baseball community (including Jimmy Hunt whom you seem to hold in a little higher regard)will back me up when I say he's left baseball in VA a little better than when he found it. I'd certainly hold a lot more stock in what they say than some digruntled parent.
Justafan
You're telling me an AAU coach has more creditials then Norbie Wilson.
BTW,
Billy Mueller did'nt even though an inning for the Devil Rays during the fall. The devil rays also had 4 or 5 beach pitchers.
How can you say Billy was the best pitcher on a team in 2003 that had Hall, Allred, and Winfree
You're telling me an AAU coach has more creditials then Norbie Wilson.
BTW,
Billy Mueller did'nt even though an inning for the Devil Rays during the fall. The devil rays also had 4 or 5 beach pitchers.
How can you say Billy was the best pitcher on a team in 2003 that had Hall, Allred, and Winfree
Em,
What do credentials have to do with anything? Credentials don't evaluate talent.
90plus,
Guzz will not be a HS coach.
What do credentials have to do with anything? Credentials don't evaluate talent.
90plus,
Guzz will not be a HS coach.
red: Mueller does not come close to 90 mph. and besides if that was the case why does he going to be a walk on at odu????? 90mph would warrant a scholarship to anywhere.....
Warrior,
I never said he did. I never said anything about Mueller. I only commented on this topic to Eminem.
I never said he did. I never said anything about Mueller. I only commented on this topic to Eminem.
Redbird,
Maybe Gary is tired of riding a bus, being away from family...and just wants to be home. That's what he told my spouse and I.
Maybe Gary is tired of riding a bus, being away from family...and just wants to be home. That's what he told my spouse and I.