The Oregon Ducks have been back playing baseball since 2009. Eight seasons later, the team has not met expectations and after that first sellout game against Fresno State, the defending College World Series Champions at the time things have not quite gone to plan.
When you set out to hire the best coach in the game, who knows how to win and there are things that get in the way, it makes it tough to point a finger. There was the injury to Cole Irvin that meant Tommy John Surgery and a lost season. There were players that did everything they could at the College level and moved on to get paid.