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ysuindy:
WFMJ reporting that Rich Pasquale is out as YSU baseball coach

21 WFMJ Sports ‏@21WFMJSports
BREAKING NEWS: YSU does not renew contract of baseball coach Rich Pasquale.


I don't think anyone can be surprised at this news.  Even though the team played better late in the season, simply put this season was a debacle and often an embarrassment.  I have no idea what resources the baseball program has relative to its peers (and probably not enough), but you can't give up more than 30 runs in a game and have lengthy losing streaks.

It will be interesting to see if any greater commitment is made to the new coach, but I'm not holding my breath.

Wick250:
Indy,

You can confirm this from our mutual friend at WFMJ, but I distinctly remember him stating that Florak quit out of frustration over the small baseball budget.  That was especially ridiculous as that man sent player after player into professional baseball.  Allowing for a player here and there, the kids recruited by Pasquale were remarkably inferior.

The odds of an increase in the baseball budget for a new coach are zero.  Every department in the university is experiencing cutbacks, and that will include athletics.  So unless money is moved internally from administration to coaching (and we know that will never happen) the new guy will be working with the same funding or even less.  Under these conditions, we can rule out anyone with experience and a good track record.  All signs point to a very young coach who will embrace the opportunity and not be troubled over the low level of funding.

ysufan0505:
START RECRUITING THIS AREA

Wick250:
0505,

Many American baseball players today come from the middle and upper middle class.  These families have some money, and these kids want to go to residential party schools.  On the alcohol and drug index, YSU comes up deficient every time.  And that is not really a bad thing.

IAA Fan:
Youngstown

Rich Pasquale has been relieved as head baseball coach at Youngstown State.

Athletic director Ron Strollo made the announcement on Thursday in a release.

A national search to replace Pasquale, who was the Penguins’ coach from 2008-12, will begin immediately.

“I want to thank Rich for his service to our department, the university and the community in his five seasons as our head baseball coach,” Strollo said in the release.

“We experienced several successes under his direction, and we are looking forward to experiencing many successes in the future.

“The expectation for all of our programs is to compete for championships, and I’m confident that we have made significant strides to place our baseball program at that level. We have very attractive facilities in Eastwood Field and the Watson and Tressel Training Site, and, combined with enhanced resources, we feel strongly that this program can attain success quickly,” Strollo added.

The Penguins went 86-187 under Pasquale. They were 11-44 in 2012 but finished third in the Horizon League tournament.

“I appreciate the opportunity that Youngstown State gave me to coach at the Division I level,” Pasquale said. “I was fortunate to coach and develop some great young men both on and off the field, and I thoroughly enjoyed who I worked with.”

Pasquale was the Horizon League co-coach of the year in 2008 when the Penguins won 23 wins and were 13-12 in league play, were both highs for his tenure.

Three YSU players were drafted during Pasquale’s tenure, including two in the same season for the first time in program history. Seven players earned first-team all-league accolades.

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