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keywestheel said:
That's all some intolerant posters know how to do and post little immature clown emojis as replies when someone says something they don't agree with. This board is no different than the other boards when it comes to juvenile responses.
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To be clear on Emoji use
If someone posts a derogratory article on orangeturd I may respond with a turd-or a Clown
I am characterizing trump-not the poster
 
CFordUNC said:
We've got so many incredible sports programs on campus of which we can be proud, but Carolina Baseball may top the entire list. The coaches and players are just phenomenal men and wonderful representatives of all that makes the University of North Carolina special. And I've always been amazed at how the program has maintained such elite performance year over year for two decades now despite having comparatively significantly less institutional support and resources than all of the other top programs in the sport.
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i had this exchange with joey powell during the 2025 postseason - while i do agree and have become at least as big a fan lately of the Diamond Heels as I am a UNC football/basketball fan despite not having loved or even liked baseball for nearly as long, i do wish college baseball generally and UNC baseball specifically weren't so overwhelmingly white, because it's hard not to read some racial undertones, however accidental, into statements like "[the baseball players] are just phenomenal men and wonderful representatives of all that makes UNC special" as a contrast to the Blacker revenue sports on campus.

i don't think coach forbes nor his staff nor anybody making this observation about our players is racist, to be clear (especially because Scott Jackson took a demotion just because it meant leaving Liberty for UNC) i just wonder if people would say this kind of thing as easily about a more diverse team.
 
akillesheel said:
i had this exchange with joey powell during the 2025 postseason - while i do agree and have become at least as big a fan lately of the Diamond Heels as I am a UNC football/basketball fan despite not having loved or even liked baseball for nearly as long, i do wish college baseball generally and UNC baseball specifically weren't so overwhelmingly white, because it's hard not to read some racial undertones, however accidental, into statements like "[the baseball players] are just phenomenal men and wonderful representatives of all that makes UNC special" as a contrast to the Blacker revenue sports on campus.

i don't think coach forbes nor his staff nor anybody making this observation about our players is racist, to be clear (especially because Scott Jackson took a demotion just because it meant leaving Liberty for UNC) i just wonder if people would say this kind of thing as easily about a more diverse team.
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I think people would say those sorts of things about any team where the core players come, do well in the classroom, dont get into trouble outside of the classroom, volunteer often and generously in the community, and the roster stays consistent year after year. I believe most people who say those things simply are reflecting that UNC baseball represents to them what they are missing about the other college sports where they feel no carryover connection at all to the roster year to year. Fall in love with a Carolina baseball freshman (like Gavin Gallagher hitting a walk off grand slam or Walker McDuffie and his glasses) and you see that kid another 2 years guaranteed. They are a family. Our baseball program right now is as close to what Coach Smith wanted and built as anything we have ever had on campus.
 
Sports at the highest level in high School in Murica are pretty "Segregated" That pool gets recruited to college......It shows in college sports nonrevenue teams , incluing Carolina. It shows up in Revenue sports
One of the wonderful things about the uptick in International recruitment is that young players of all kinds of color and cultural backgrounds are now enriching the diversity of those teams , non revenue and revenue.
I have zero concerns that Carolina Baseball avoids recruiting Black Athletes. Intersting to me on this subject is that Mens basketball at Carolina this year seems to trend heavily towards kids that could check a box of "Biracial".
One day maybe we won't even notice, one day most kids will be some kind of "tan" looking-like todays Mens basketball team
 
Coach Forbes just announced that someone here tonight wishing to remain anonymous just made a $9 million donation to the UNC Baseball operating endowment. There are a few folks here whom I could imagine have that sort of juice. One already has his name on the field. But wow...what a HUGE difference maker for Carolina Baseball.
 
wmheel1287 said:
Coach Forbes just announced that someone here tonight wishing to remain anonymous just made a $9 million donation to the UNC Baseball operating endowment. There are a few folks here whom I could imagine have that sort of juice. One already has his name on the field. But wow...what a HUGE difference maker for Carolina Baseball.
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Hooooly smokes, that is transformative! Wow. When they say it's going to support the program's operational endowment, is that something separate from rev share/NIL that would go toward player acquisition/retention?
 
CFordUNC said:
Hooooly smokes, that is transformative! Wow. When they say it's going to support the program's operational endowment, is that something separate from rev share/NIL that would go toward player acquisition/retention?
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Separate. Goes toward funding team travel, meals, coaching salaries, gameday programming, stadium improvements, etc.

The Dugout Club (of which I am a member) is another funding source used more directly toward player retention.
 
wmheel1287 said:
Separate. Goes toward funding team travel, meals, coaching salaries, gameday programming, stadium improvements, etc.

The Dugout Club (of which I am a member) is another funding source used more directly toward player retention.
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Phenomenal news! So, so incredibly well-deserved for this program.
 
They also announced that this event is moving to the Smith Center next year. They had over 300 on the waiting list for tonight. Had they been able to accommodate everyone who wanted to pay to attend tonight, it would have represented nearly 30% of the capacity of the Bosh.
 
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