Sep 27, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 13 segments
Paul and Roger sit down with current Alabama Baseball players, Mateo Serna, Griffin Rardin, and Cooper Neville to discuss Alabama's offseason and what to expect from the Tide in the upcoming baseball…
Paul GrahamHost
Mateo SernaGuest
Roger MyersHost
Cooper NevilleGuestGriffin RardinGuest
Yeah, so coming from the two of you three, I'll focus on you two for a second, that came out of the JUCO ranks.
Talk a little bit about that experience because – Probably something that's going to become more and more common, I feel like, maybe with the 5-5 and a freshman coming out of high school trying to compete with a guy 23 years old.
It's going to be a little harder for them to do, and they're probably going to have to go places where they need to get their ABs, get their reps. Cooper, talk about your GCO experience and what that did for you.
Yeah, so unlike Griff, I actually tried the D1 route and realized then that I wasn't good enough to play there.
So I had to go to Backtrack and go to Juco and get some ABs and find out who I am as a player and all that.
You're one player in high school, but that doesn't mean you can... you're the same player in college, you know, for the next four years of your life.
So it was a beneficial experience, you know, finding out who I am and what are my strengths and my weaknesses and that sort of thing.
And just seeing all that, like 300 college ABs, is something that is obviously going to get you better.
And, yeah, just even with the ground balls and just playing is – You can't get worse from that.
you were player of the year in Kentucky, though, your senior year in high school.
I mean, you had it going on, didn't you? I mean, you just – was it more not going to Western just like the whole – you know, just the pressure of family situation and all that, or just you thought you – needed the Juco at-bats to go on up to the higher level.
Yeah, so coming from the two of you three, I'll focus on you two for a second, that came out of the JUCO ranks.
Talk a little bit about that experience because – Probably something that's going to become more and more common, I feel like, maybe with the 5-5 and a freshman coming out of high school trying to compete with a guy 23 years old.
It's going to be a little harder for them to do, and they're probably going to have to go places where they need to get their ABs, get their reps. Cooper, talk about your GCO experience and what that did for you.
Yeah, so unlike Griff, I actually tried the D1 route and realized then that I wasn't good enough to play there.
So I had to go to Backtrack and go to Juco and get some ABs and find out who I am as a player and all that.
You're one player in high school, but that doesn't mean you can... you're the same player in college, you know, for the next four years of your life.
So it was a beneficial experience, you know, finding out who I am and what are my strengths and my weaknesses and that sort of thing.
And just seeing all that, like 300 college ABs, is something that is obviously going to get you better.
And, yeah, just even with the ground balls and just playing is – You can't get worse from that.
you were player of the year in Kentucky, though, your senior year in high school.
I mean, you had it going on, didn't you? I mean, you just – was it more not going to Western just like the whole – you know, just the pressure of family situation and all that, or just you thought you – needed the Juco at-bats to go on up to the higher level.
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