ECU Athletic Director Jeff Compher announced today the coaching contract of Billy Godwin would not be renewed ending Godwin's nine year run as ECU's baseball coach. Godwin became head coach less than a year after he was hired as assistant coach in 2005.
You could say Godwin wasn't fired just not asked to get another contract from the Pirates. Rumors have been flying all baseball season as the Pirates had a 33-26 record. Over the past 20 years Pirate fans have become accustomed to at least playing in regional and during Godwin zenith as coach the Pirates were in a Super Regional.
Expections high the last two seasons not even making the playoffs was the time bomb which cost Godwin his job. It comes down in college and professional sports win and win big and the last two season the Pirates had a winning record but no playoffs so no winning big. If you recall about 15 years ago the Pirates relieved Gary Overton as baseball coach under the same circumstances just not winning enough.
Today the baseball season ended for the Carolina baseball team losing for the second time this weekend to Long Beach State. Today's game was the finish of the one that got rained out yesterday with Carolina down 5-4 with runners on first and second. lB started the day adding two runs and the bases loaded when Mike Fox brought in Benton Moss who got the Heels out of trouble but in the ninth got nailed with five earned runs and the Heels lose 12-5. Up until the ninth Moss had pitched 11 innings in the ACC tournament and the NCAA playoffs with out allowing a run.
Sunday night Coleman Pitt Post 58 traveled to Wilson and played Post 13 at Hunt High School. P58 put up ten runs on the board for a 10-6 win which is their first of the season. Khalil Macklin hit a two run homer to lead the way and Cody Smith got the pitching win.
Post 58 is on the road Tuesday traveling to Ahoskie and will return home Thursday hosting Pitt a County.
Monday, June 2, 2014
Gathering From All Over
Hank Jones' 2014 Post 58 Rocky Mount Legion team is no longer is a Nash County base unit with Edgecombe County included. There is no longer just one source of availability for hopeful candidates who have hopes of playing college and one day playing pro ball.
No longer do high school coaches want their better players playing legion they would rather coach their players in select travel leagues in order that they can control what type coaching their players are getting during the summer.
Then there are the parents who think if their child gets a free ride to college to play baseball they are willing to spent up to 10,000 per summer to get their kids seen. If they get a free ride in college then just maybe pro ball is around the corner. These parents are so caught up they are willing to go to a high school coach while a game is going on and tell the coach to take their son out of the game because he is scheduled to pitch on his travel team tomorrow. They would risk their own son an arm injury just to be seen not realizing if they are good enough scouts find them where ever they are.
Hank Jones has put together a team that comes from Roanoke Rapids from the North. Wendell from the west and even this year a player from Wilson. This Legion team sounds like a travel league team. Five high schools from Rocky Mount are represented on this years squad. Here is the 2014 Legion squad.
Making the trip south from Roanoke Rapids are three players, Ryan Wiliams catcher heading to Campbell to play baseball. Logan Simonowich 1st base and Carson Arthur.
The Lone player from Wendell who is returning is Paschal Ammons a six feet eight inch pitcher. Coming north to play from Wilson Fike is infielder Griffin Parker.
Rocky Mount Academy has three players with Linwood Jones outfielder Adam Bayless infielder and M J Jones on the P 58 roster.
Three more players come from Faith Christian Christian Perry, Luke Mills and Cody Manning.
Nash Central has two players on the squad Infielder/outfielder Khalil Macklin comes back for his third year of a Legion and infielder Garrison Vick.
Northern Nash has two players and one is a returner to Legion David Williams who spent the spring red shirting as a catcher at Duke. Nick Vester infielder rounds out the Knight's tandem.
Rocky Mount High completes the team with four members of it's spring squad playing for Hank Jones. Cody Smith pitcher, Blake Helms pitcher/infielder/outfielder, Forrest Bell infielder and Will Edwards pitcher.
Post 58 next home game is Thursday night at Legion Field.
No longer do high school coaches want their better players playing legion they would rather coach their players in select travel leagues in order that they can control what type coaching their players are getting during the summer.
Then there are the parents who think if their child gets a free ride to college to play baseball they are willing to spent up to 10,000 per summer to get their kids seen. If they get a free ride in college then just maybe pro ball is around the corner. These parents are so caught up they are willing to go to a high school coach while a game is going on and tell the coach to take their son out of the game because he is scheduled to pitch on his travel team tomorrow. They would risk their own son an arm injury just to be seen not realizing if they are good enough scouts find them where ever they are.
Hank Jones has put together a team that comes from Roanoke Rapids from the North. Wendell from the west and even this year a player from Wilson. This Legion team sounds like a travel league team. Five high schools from Rocky Mount are represented on this years squad. Here is the 2014 Legion squad.
Making the trip south from Roanoke Rapids are three players, Ryan Wiliams catcher heading to Campbell to play baseball. Logan Simonowich 1st base and Carson Arthur.
The Lone player from Wendell who is returning is Paschal Ammons a six feet eight inch pitcher. Coming north to play from Wilson Fike is infielder Griffin Parker.
Rocky Mount Academy has three players with Linwood Jones outfielder Adam Bayless infielder and M J Jones on the P 58 roster.
Three more players come from Faith Christian Christian Perry, Luke Mills and Cody Manning.
Nash Central has two players on the squad Infielder/outfielder Khalil Macklin comes back for his third year of a Legion and infielder Garrison Vick.
Northern Nash has two players and one is a returner to Legion David Williams who spent the spring red shirting as a catcher at Duke. Nick Vester infielder rounds out the Knight's tandem.
Rocky Mount High completes the team with four members of it's spring squad playing for Hank Jones. Cody Smith pitcher, Blake Helms pitcher/infielder/outfielder, Forrest Bell infielder and Will Edwards pitcher.
Post 58 next home game is Thursday night at Legion Field.
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