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I think we've all ( or most) come to terms with the fact that we just aren't a good team. This should convince anyone who is somehow still "on the fence."

https://sunbeltsports.org/stats.aspx...ball&year=2022

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Originally Posted by CAJUNDC

I think we've all ( or most) come to terms with the fact that we just aren't a good team. This should convince anyone who is somehow still "on the fence."

https://sunbeltsports.org/stats.aspx...ball&year=2022

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State has 42 Hr holy crap

We are at the bottom in most offensive catagories. Small ball will continue.

We defy gravity record wise.

But it’s our pitching that’s costing us games…

Any conference foes have anywhere near the 8th toughest schedule in the country? The said thing is this team is talented enough to have 5 or 6 more wins easily, if the game management wasn’t atrocious.

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Originally Posted by GeauxLA

But it’s our pitching that’s costing us games…

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It's a mirage, imo.

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

Any conference foes have anywhere near the 8th toughest schedule in the country? The said thing is this team is talented enough to have 5 or 6 more wins easily, if the game management wasn’t atrocious.

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I think people forget that our former hall of fame coach didn't get to 1173 victories by managing every game perfectly. I'm almost certain he wasn't the same coach in his first 300 games in Div 1 Baseball as he was later in his career. They are completely different in how they managed games, but there was only one Tony Robichaux.

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

Any conference foes have anywhere near the 8th toughest schedule in the country? The said thing is this team is talented enough to have 5 or 6 more wins easily, if the game management wasn’t atrocious.

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It there really that much talent though?

We are inconsistent, but that's college baseball. Good college baseball teams play consistently well. Average teams play well sometimes. Maybe playing small ball is all we have.

Why are we 4-5 in the conference instead of 8-1 if there is so much talent, game management? Why are our national offensive stats in the 20th percentile and last in conference, game management? I think we manage the talent we have. We have one or two starters with swing holes big enough to drive trucks through door handle to door handle. One guy can't hit a breaking ball to save his life. If you disagree, that's fine.

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Originally Posted by CAJUNDC

I think we've all ( or most) come to terms with the fact that we just aren't a good team. This should convince anyone who is somehow still "on the fence."

https://sunbeltsports.org/stats.aspx...ball&year=2022

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It’s hard to believe anyone in the country has given away more free bases than this pitching staff.

ETA: but that offense is spectacular ain't it??

Freebasing should be illegal.

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Originally Posted by Dad04

It there really that much talent though?

We are inconsistent, but that's college baseball. Good college baseball teams play consistently well. Average teams play well sometimes. Maybe playing small ball is all we have.

Why are we 4-5 in the conference instead of 8-1 if there is so much talent, game management? Why are our national offensive stats in the 20th percentile and last in conference, game management? I think we manage the talent we have. We have one or two starters with swing holes big enough to drive trucks through door handle to door handle. One guy can't hit a breaking ball to save his life. If you disagree, that's fine.

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One thing is very consistent about this team and that is Deggs consistently sets them up to fail. I can remember multiple times this year first and 2nd no outs instead of laying one down and gettin 2nd and 3rd one out we hit into a double play. Last weekend we start the game with 7 bunts in a row. We need 1 in the 9th to keep it going get your lead guy on no outs. Instead of getting him in scoring position with 2 hacks at it we ground into a double play. Deggs has single handily cost this team half of the games they lost. He does not put them in position to be successful. He never does little things to scratch a run in here and there always trying to get em all back at once.

With the holes you speak of even more reason to play small ball more and manufacture runs.

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

One thing is very consistent about this team and that is Deggs consistently sets them up to fail. I can remember multiple times this year first and 2nd no outs instead of laying one down and gettin 2nd and 3rd one out we hit into a double play. Last weekend we start the game with 7 bunts in a row. We need 1 in the 9th to keep it going get your lead guy on no outs. Instead of getting him in scoring position with 2 hacks at it we ground into a double play. Deggs has single handily cost this team half of the games they lost. He does not put them in position to be successful. He never does little things to scratch a run in here and there always trying to get em all back at once.

With the holes you speak of even more reason to play small ball more and manufacture runs.

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Wow, looks like you are not so Krazy about our coach . . .

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

One thing is very consistent about this team and that is Deggs consistently sets them up to fail. I can remember multiple times this year first and 2nd no outs instead of laying one down and gettin 2nd and 3rd one out we hit into a double play. Last weekend we start the game with 7 bunts in a row. We need 1 in the 9th to keep it going get your lead guy on no outs. Instead of getting him in scoring position with 2 hacks at it we ground into a double play. Deggs has single handily cost this team half of the games they lost. He does not put them in position to be successful. He never does little things to scratch a run in here and there always trying to get em all back at once.

With the holes you speak of even more reason to play small ball more and manufacture runs.

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I absolutely do agree more small ball, run manufacturing is needed, especially situationally. Sometimes we don't execute though, like last night.

In the 7th we tried to squeeze home a run from third with two outs and Robertson popped up the bunt. We are not good enough bunting for it to be reliable. Maybe Deggs thinks we can't dependably lay down bunts, so we need to swing away, which we really suck at too.

Robe said many times "Either a guy can hit or he can't". Stats say we can't hit, but I wish we could.

Roccaforte can flat hit. Doesn't matter if it is home or away, day or night, hot or cold. He flat hits, but he is largely by himself with zero protection in the lineup. Kimple also, but to a lessor degree.

Isnt this team built on offense?

That stats show we are near the top in pitching and defense, which wins championships…. Our BA is bad, but our SOS is 8th…. Let’s see what happens offensively by the time we head to Texas state…. If we are still at the bottom then I will concede this team can’t hit, but we are half way through and we are at .500 with a chance to make a significant push the rest of the way…. We will truly see if iron sharpens iron.

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Originally Posted by lifetimecajun

Isnt this team built on offense?

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That's what we were told before the season. I watched us scrimmage LSU at the Box last fall. I thought we looked a about same at the plate and a little worse on the mound. That was optimistic, as it turns out.

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Originally Posted by Dad04

I absolutely do agree more small ball, run manufacturing is needed, especially situationally. Sometimes we don't execute though, like last night.

In the 7th we tried to squeeze home a run from third with two outs and Robertson popped up the bunt. We are not good enough bunting for it to be reliable. Maybe Deggs thinks we can't dependably lay down bunts, so we need to swing away, which we really suck at too.

Robe said many times "Either a guy can hit or he can't". Stats say we can't hit, but I wish we could.

Roccaforte can flat hit. Doesn't matter if it is home or away, day or night, hot or cold. He flat hits, but he is largely by himself with zero protection in the lineup. Kimple also, but to a lessor degree.

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I went to bed after they blew it open 6-3. The only bunt attempt I recall was after hacking at it, was when he put the bunt on with 2 strikes and fouled it back to the screen. Is that what you are referring to? My thoughts and I am not at practice is if you've got a team that cannot lay down the bunt across the board then you just do not practice it enough. I am sure Robe didn't go out and recruit bunters but his teams could all lay it down when needed.

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Originally Posted by Dad04

That's what we were told before the season. I watched us scrimmage LSU at the Box last fall. I thought we looked a about same at the plate and a little worse on the mound. That was optimistic, as it turns out.

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I did not go to that scrimmage but everyone I talked to said we crushed the ball in baton rouge. One was the assistant head coaches brother and I think jay said the same in an interview. I take you did not see the same?

In the lineup tonight we have a total of 1 guy hitting above .300, 2 guys hitting .290, and the other 6 hitting below .280. Rincones, possibly our “hottest” hitter is still below .200 on the year. AND, as a team we have the fewest walks in the conference.

The name of the game is get into a regional… after that anything can happen.

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Originally Posted by mxpxfr690

The name of the game is get into a regional… after that anything can happen.

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You can not do that with a .500 record. And we have not strung together enough wins in a row at this point of the season to make anyone believe we can do that in a tournament format. I hope they can prove me wrong, but anything can happen.

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

I did not go to that scrimmage but everyone I talked to said we crushed the ball in baton rouge. One was the assistant head coaches brother and I think jay said the same in an interview. I take you did not see the same?

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That was not what what I saw. One game was close. One game we got blown out, as I recall.

They may have described their hopes and dreams. I came back and told my kid "We still suck."

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Originally Posted by lifetimecajun

You can not do that with a .500 record. And we have not strung together enough wins in a row at this point of the season to make anyone believe we can do that in a tournament format. I hope they can prove me wrong, but anything can happen.

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Nobody is going to a regional with the worst offense in the conference.

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

I went to bed after they blew it open 6-3. The only bunt attempt I recall was after hacking at it, was when he put the bunt on with 2 strikes and fouled it back to the screen. Is that what you are referring to? My thoughts and I am not at practice is if you've got a team that cannot lay down the bunt across the board then you just do not practice it enough. I am sure Robe didn't go out and recruit bunters but his teams could all lay it down when needed.

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Top 7th. 2 outs. Marusak on 3rd. TR pops up to C to end the inning.

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Originally Posted by Dad04

Top 7th. 2 outs. Marusak on 3rd. TR pops up to C to end the inning.

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On a two strike bunt attempt that would have been an out regardless of the catcher making the play.