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............. and did not hide the fact that he was always looking for his next job from the day he came to Valpo. 

A few years ago on  ultimatecollegesoftball .com his name was mentioned during talk of job openings at the time.  I posted a response that included my thoughts that Valpo was just a rung on the ladder for Randy and I didn't think he would be there very much longer.  The next day Whitney calls to tell me he was furious.  I had to laugh.   He was gone two seasons later.

Here's my question: Did someone donate a large sum of money to the softball program this season?   They flew to Florida instead of riding a bus 20+ hours.  They got both travel outfits and practice sweats.  They received more meal money per meal than previous players would get for a whole weekend.  Hell, I remember toward the end of the season a couple of years ago, they were given a couple of loaves bread and a jar of peanut butter and told to make it thru the weekend.  Did the new coach bring an influx of new money?  Or did......... well, you get it.

The current freshman are reaping the benefits of not having Randy around.  He never saw a swing he couldn't tinker with.

Randy Schneider broke pretty much every hitting record ever recorded at Valpo.

During Randy's seven seasons as head coach, Valpo played 359 games.  The most games played during any seven year stretch previous to his tenure is 305 games.  His players averaged 51 games played during a season compared to 43 games for players before his arrival.  Also remember that recruiting was almost nonexistent before Randy was hired as the first full time head coach.

Longer seasons, softer schedules and the ability to spend time to recruit --- hitting records were going to fall no matter who was the coach. 

I will give Randy his credit due on the running game.  He loved to steal bases and they were very good at it.

The current freshman are reaping the benefits of not having Randy around.  He never saw a swing he couldn't tinker with.