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Post by hampton on Mar 31, 2018 15:59:02 GMT -5
What I just saw in the top of the 6th inning I can’t believe. All infielders on the left side with only the first baseman holding the runner on. Bunt the ball down the first base line and get the run home. Also same inning first two outs batters taking hitable pitches and having to go after the pitchers pitch. The results, 2 strikeouts and no runs driven home. That is an example of why we are in the mess we are in. Hampton, I to am baffled by the Coaching this season. Turns out we needed that run. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 19:29:20 GMT -5
Can Mark Prosser take over the baseball team? We're 3-23 folks.
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Post by SCCat66 on Apr 1, 2018 21:40:09 GMT -5
We got very respectable starting pitching during the Wofford series.
What is sorely missing is some POP IN OUR BATS!
If we had gotten pitching like that last year (from anyone other than Bryan Sammons) we would have finished over .500.
In fact, all our pitching was respectable except for one relief situation where the wheel ran off the wagon.
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Post by bigcatfan on Apr 2, 2018 7:38:30 GMT -5
We haven't had consistent pitching, and consistent recruitment of good pitching, since Haverstick was sent packing.
Our bats haven't consistently popped since Beck left for Georgia Southern.
And I can't imagine we've ever made this many errors, consistently, thus far into one season.
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Post by Baseball Guy on Apr 2, 2018 8:18:23 GMT -5
It is really sad. There would be no controversy and no one could complain if Coach Mo Managed liked a Manager should. This is a Division 1 College program. You keep stats for a reason. If you do not perform then someone one else should be given a fair chance. I am sorry but a bat in the 9th inning every now and then is not a fair chance. We have guys batting sub 200 with double the number of strike outs than some have at bats. They have made errors, it just goes on and on. A hitter needs to see a pitcher more than once and more than one game every 10th game. If the replacement does not perform then maybe you will have motivated that someone when they get that chance again to play. No favorites. Production and wins!! What do you have to lose? Besides another 20 games or so...
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Post by wcugrad95 on Apr 2, 2018 10:03:13 GMT -5
Clearly at 3-23 nothing we have been doing has been working. I will just echo all of the comments that have been made in previous posts. Why not turn everything into a competition? Why not try small ball? Why not even do something crazy like throw your weekend pitchers in mid-week games to try and steal some wins? Why not do almost everything opposite of what we have been doing that has proven to not work?
We all know how fickle confidence can be, and sometimes a player can get into a funk that it takes them a long time to get out of. Currently if feels like the entire team has this snowball effect that has turned into an avalanche on the season. At some point, you have to start preparing for the future and understand that the rest of this season has to be all about positioning the team for next year. LIke "Baseball Guy" just said, they keep score and stats for a reason, so we should let production (both at the plate and in the field) drive who plays. And the only way to really get valid numbers is to let some of the other guys play on a more consistent basis over the next several games and then look at what those stats tell you. It also very well could (dare I say should) let a fire under the guys who really are competitors.
Nobody wants to lose, so shake it up and see what happens.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 10:45:34 GMT -5
Lots of discussion about why certain players remain in the lineup while others don't get a legitimate shot of breaking into the lineup either through enough ABs or playing against similar competition. I can say that when my kid played D1 baseball, the starters were determined in practice. Those who did the best in practice played and if you wanted to unseed a starter, you needed to do better than him in practice.
I haven't been to a WCU practice but my hunch is that most coaches operate this way and the guys doing the best in practice are the ones on the field the most.
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Post by Baseball Guy on Apr 2, 2018 12:06:23 GMT -5
Well I was a 2 time All-Southern Conference player. My sophomore year I was not performing at the plate and was sit on the pine for 15 straight games. Needless to say I was not a very happy camper. I had never sit on the bench in anything. Let me tell you this, when I got back in the lineup I never came out again. My attitude, my commitment, my desire, everything changed. If improvements don't happen right away, and they very well could if others are given a fair chance, improvements may happen later because you inspire them to be better not to be complacent. This is actually coaching everyone on the team not just the favorites. We can't do no worse Coach Mo!
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Post by It doesn't matter on Apr 2, 2018 14:30:03 GMT -5
It doesn't matter how well you do in practice. There is no competition. If you are in the lineup (on the mind), you play. If not, you don't. Simple. There are different size leashes in Cullowhee and if you have a pre-destined short one, good luck! That's the way it works and IT SUX!
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Post by bigbaseball on Apr 2, 2018 15:11:58 GMT -5
If it is that way, then that is wrong!
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