Wednesday, March 28, 2018

UCA's patience paid off

Russ Pennell got off to a rough start at UCA. He was brought in to place the less-than-stellar tenure of Big Nasty, and things did not go very well at all.

2014-15 --- 2-27
2015-16 --- 7-21
2016-17 --- 8-24

Then this season, things began to break in the right direction. The Bears were 18-17, which is nothing to write home about, but at least they were in the black, plus they were 10-8 in conference play. Most importantly, they went to the CBI and won a game against Seattle. After years of futility, that had to have felt like a World Series year. Furthermore, they had only three seniors on the roster this season, so there should be plenty of experience coming back.

UCA had patience with Pennell, and it has paid off. It took a while to get his kids and his system in place, but it finally happened.

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