Lady Cajuns Softball Picked First by Sun Belt Coaches

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The Sun Belt office announced the 2012 Preseason All-Sun Belt team and the preseason coach's poll on Monday.

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[Turbine]

The SBC coaches know.

[CajunAmos]

The SBC coaches know.

Not one of them. They received 8 of the 9 total votes.

[CajunRed]

Lady Cajuns to win SBC? I'm shocked!

[RaginFan2]

Not one of them. They received 8 of the 9 total votes.

FIU???

[wcd35]

WKU got the other vote. They still finished 5th in the poll

[Bunch24]

FIU???

Most leagues make you vote your own team last in the poll. Not sure if this is the case in the Sun Belt, but most likely it was UL having to vote someone else as first.

[CajunFan3406]

SHOCKER!!

[CajunAmos]

Most leagues make you vote your own team last in the poll. Not sure if this is the case in the Sun Belt, but most likely it was UL having to vote someone else as first.

I don't think that's the case with the Sunbelt. I think it was the WKY coach who voted for her team.

[wcd35]

As Jay just mentioned on his show, just a petty travesty that Ashley doesn't even make all conference preseason.

The list is like a participation award now. Get as many teams represented on the list.

[Cajun Chuck]

As Jay just mentioned on his show, just a petty travesty that Ashley doesn't even make all conference preseason.

The list is like a participation award now. Get as many teams represented on the list.

The preseason team means nothing but what a joke that the reigning conference pitcher of the year does not even make all conference preseason. Did the people that voted think that Ashley Brignac did not have any eligibility left.

[Parrott]

As Jay just mentioned on his show, just a petty travesty that Ashley doesn't even make all conference preseason.

The list is like a participation award now. Get as many teams represented on the list.

I tweeted about this earlier today. Brignac was the 2011 Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year after going 32-7 with a 1.50 ERA. She was 14-3 with a 1.08 ERA in league play. And she won the Academic Heisman for softball combining her accomplishments on the field and in the classroom.

The 2012 Preseason Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year Hannah Coleman was 19-7 with 2.51 ERA last season. The other preseason all-conference pitcher, FAU's Taylor Fawbush, was 14-11 with a 3.02 ERA.

So the league's two preseason all-conference pitchers were a combined 33-18 last season, and Brignac was 32-7? And Brignac had more league wins than Fawbush did overall but is left off? This discussion is not even close.

This is as ridiculous as the voting format for the Sun Belt all-tournament team. Put the best players on the damn team, and if you can't do that because of politics than it's time to stop having a team.

Sometimes the media get it wrong when it comes to all-conference, all-region and all-America voting. In this case, it's all on the coaches for lacking common sense and not doing what's right and voting the best pitcher in the league on the preseason all-conference softball team.