Here are my thoughts and frustrations behind my reasoning to consider firing Smallcomb.
1) UNC baseball has been a storied program, is rich with tradition, and basically put UNC division-I athletics "on the map" so to speak back before they moved to D-II. In my opinion, I think that both the administration, and Smallcomb do not reflect or impose that tradition upon its players, assistant coaches, and members of the Greeley community, and it is time for a change.
2) Recent performance on the field has regressed over the years. In the early years of the transition back to D-I, baseball had some big wins over top ranked teams - which I believe supported the fact that UNC is a desirable place for local and regional talent to play. Colorado has a talented pool of high school players to recruit from, and always entertain the fact of playing baseball in state at the only state-funded D-I baseball program in Colorado. In addition, junior colleges in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Northwest Texas, Utah and even Arizona boast a great talent pool to recruit from. However, more recently, assistant coaches have been conducting the recruiting (which is not odd, and is more common among all baseball programs across the country), however, the turnover among these assistants does not add any value to a players decision to come play at the school. So when the recruiting is turned over to Smallcomb who is not a superb recruiter, it translates to sub-par on the field performance.
3) Troy, to your point about the current assistant coaches. I do agree that these coaches add great value to the baseball program, which relates to my previous point. I do not want to see these coaches move on, like previous ones in recent years. I believe that Ryan Strain is a perfect fit for the head man of this program, and it should happen soon before another opportunity becomes available. Strain is young, can relate to a younger generation of players, especially the freshmen that are being brought in, is approachable, and has tremendous baseball roots within his family--especially UNC baseball roots (His father played for UNC when they last reached the College World Series in the '70s, and currently has ties to a major league baseball organization)
In my opinion, I think its about time that a change is made.