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August 13th, 2017, 01:14 pm
Hark Mudspeth

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Originally Posted by SMD7636

It's time to replace our hitting coach and get someone equal to Coach Deggs. Offense is important to winning games.

Why do people keep saying this like it's just so easy to go find a hitting coach that's the equivalent of a D1 head coach who got his team ranked and a game from Omaha in 3 years..I hate to break it to everyone, there aren't a whole lot of Matt Deggs out there and damn sure not many looking to be a hitting coach in the sun belt.
August 13th, 2017, 01:23 pm
RedBug58

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Originally Posted by Hark Mudspeth

Why do people keep saying this like it's just so easy to go find a hitting coach that's the equivalent of a D1 head coach who got his team ranked and a game from Omaha in 3 years..I hate to break it to everyone, there aren't a whole lot of Matt Deggs out there and damn sure not many looking to be a hitting coach in the sun belt.

Jace Conrad?
August 13th, 2017, 01:33 pm
Hark Mudspeth

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Originally Posted by RedBug58

Jace Conrad?

Maybe one day, but people forget Matt deggs was primed for a head job in the SEC after being the hitting coach of Arkansas and Texas A&M. If he doesn't have some personal struggles, we never know who he is or we certainly don't know him as our hitting coach. There is a reason he got a D-1 head job after only 2 years of being here. The guy is a top notch baseball coach that we were lucky to have here. I wouldn't be against Jace at all but I'm sure if he wanted to continue I'm baseball for peanuts, he would have stayed playing.
August 13th, 2017, 08:21 pm
Dad04

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Originally Posted by Textitan

Actually not unusual or surprising. Lott was a freshman hitting at the D1 level for the first time, there is bound to be up's and down's. There is also bound to be growth and adjustments. Moving from .266 to .294 is a lot fewer hits than you would imagine, especially considering sample size. Also, in these summer leagues the pitchers are trying to catch pro scouts attention, thus they try to light up the radar gun no ride the fastball. In the season, the focus is more on outs, so there are a lot more breaking balls and off-speed. I'm hopeful that Lott is going to do some damage next season.

Umm. So college pitchers simply go to summer ball to light up guns and hitters usually hit better with wood bats. We will agree to disagree. Lott is 6th in his 5 team league in batting. There are 7 guys over .300 out of about 100 guys.

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August 13th, 2017, 08:32 pm
LifeTimeCajun

Re: Hitting woes

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Originally Posted by RedBug58

Jace Conrad?

Jace needs to be a part of this team in some capacity. Idc what his title is, but he needs to be teaching compete. Something we struggle with.
August 13th, 2017, 08:55 pm
angeleast

Re: Hitting woes

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Originally Posted by lifetimecajun

Jace needs to be a part of this team in some capacity. Idc what his title is, but he needs to be teaching compete. Something we struggle with.

could not agree any more brother..
August 13th, 2017, 08:56 pm
ManAboutTown

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Originally Posted by Textitan

Actually not unusual or surprising. Lott was a freshman hitting at the D1 level for the first time, there is bound to be up's and down's. There is also bound to be growth and adjustments. Moving from .266 to .294 is a lot fewer hits than you would imagine, especially considering sample size. Also, in these summer leagues the pitchers are trying to catch pro scouts attention, thus they try to light up the radar gun no ride the fastball. In the season, the focus is more on outs, so there are a lot more breaking balls and off-speed. I'm hopeful that Lott is going to do some damage next season.

I respectfully disagree. Todd was one of the most competent hitters we had at the plate for the first 10-15 games of the season. The idea that he wasn't ready is incorrect IMO. Todd hit a wall, a very predictable wall, and because no one in the lineup was producing a lick, pitchers feasted on his monetary lack of confidence. I thought It was a major mistake to yank him from the lineup for the length of time that Talbot did, and still think it hurt his growth to this day. I'm on record as saying Todd Lott could possibly be the best pure hitter we've had here in 20 years. Very possible that inadequate coaching and direction can ruin that.
August 13th, 2017, 08:58 pm
ManAboutTown

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Originally Posted by SMD7636

It's time to replace our hitting coach and get someone equal to Coach Deggs. Offense is important to winning games.

There are plenty of good hitting coaches out there; there are not many PEOPLE like Matt Deggs. I've had endless talks with dudes on 13 and 14 teams that said the intangible that Deggs brought to the table was trust and belief. Those are things that our current guy is doing a very poor job with.
August 14th, 2017, 04:23 pm
Dad04

Re: Hitting woes

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Originally Posted by ManAboutTown

There are plenty of good hitting coaches out there; there are not many PEOPLE like Matt Deggs. I've had endless talks with dudes on 13 and 14 teams that said the intangible that Deggs brought to the table was trust and belief. Those are things that our current guy is doing a very poor job with.

Those guys all had swag forever and ever. I told my wife in June 2014, "These are the good old days." I remember Moo State tying up a Regional game 4-4, their fans chanting S-E-C, S-E-C. They lost by 6 runs.
August 14th, 2017, 04:25 pm
ManAboutTown

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Originally Posted by Dad04

Those guys all had swag forever and ever. I told my wife in June 2014, "These are the good old days."

Just one mans opinion, but I think we're making a huge mistake keeping Talbot to coach this incoming class.

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