Post by SCCat66 on Jan 2, 2020 11:07:43 GMT -5
Yes, cause for concern.
These three folks were "new" in the Fall (transfers in); were on the team through Fall Practice and now deciding to transfer out during the semester break. I believe Silkwood could have been very helpful for us on the mound this year. Was looking forward to seeing what he could do. Ben Elder was a pitcher. We don't need to lose pitchers. Perhaps the Catcher (Barnard) could see that he was not going to get a lot of PT with Luke Robinson and Goehrig ahead of him.
The comment about Moranda not allowing his Asst. Coaches TO COACH is a very valid one.
You don't have to go to too many games and observe and you know that he is a micro-manager. Perhaps to a fault.
The only Asst. Coach that he ever allowed to coach was Todd Guilliams. And Guilliams has forgotten more baseball than Moranda ever knew... and Moranda knows it. He and Guilliams go back to Eastern Kentucky days together. Todd stayed one year and went to Univ. of Kentucky to help Nick Mingione be successful there. Todd used to coach Mingione at Embry-Riddle.
I believe that Mo's relationships with Asst. Coaches may be a major reason we have such high turnover on Asst. Coaches... They get disgusted and leave or he fires them as scapegoats after a bad season.
These three folks were "new" in the Fall (transfers in); were on the team through Fall Practice and now deciding to transfer out during the semester break. I believe Silkwood could have been very helpful for us on the mound this year. Was looking forward to seeing what he could do. Ben Elder was a pitcher. We don't need to lose pitchers. Perhaps the Catcher (Barnard) could see that he was not going to get a lot of PT with Luke Robinson and Goehrig ahead of him.
The comment about Moranda not allowing his Asst. Coaches TO COACH is a very valid one.
You don't have to go to too many games and observe and you know that he is a micro-manager. Perhaps to a fault.
The only Asst. Coach that he ever allowed to coach was Todd Guilliams. And Guilliams has forgotten more baseball than Moranda ever knew... and Moranda knows it. He and Guilliams go back to Eastern Kentucky days together. Todd stayed one year and went to Univ. of Kentucky to help Nick Mingione be successful there. Todd used to coach Mingione at Embry-Riddle.
I believe that Mo's relationships with Asst. Coaches may be a major reason we have such high turnover on Asst. Coaches... They get disgusted and leave or he fires them as scapegoats after a bad season.
