Emergency Pod | Chris Pollard Named UVA Baseball Coach

Another Emergency Hoos On Podcast as Virginia tabs Duke coach Chris Pollard as the program's next head baseball coach. Preston welcomes back College Baseball Central's Monty Taylor to break down the hire and the future for baseball at UVA.

The guys start by talking about the quick turnaround time for UVA to select Pollard as their next head coach and give their initial reaction to why Pollard is the right fit. Then Monty talks about Pollard's background, his coaching staff coming to Charlottesville and the similarities between the cultures built by Pollard and Brian O'Connor.

Later they look at how quickly Pollard could build Virginia's roster back up with the current Duke roster, plus high school commits. Then Monty breaks down Pollard's recruiting strategy between transfers and high schoolers. Finally, Preston and Monty ponder how Pollard can stabilize the Virginia program and the questions Pollard still has to answer.