Lady Cajuns Softball Picked First by Sun Belt Coaches

[Turbine]

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.

+1

[CajunRed]

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.

+ a lot

[RaginScotsman]

I'm confident Ashley will show them their mistake with her performance in the circle this year. She's the best in the Belt by a large margin. Not to mention one of the best in the country.

[RaginFan2]

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.

What a bunch of petty goofballs! We've got an All American here and she can't even get on the conference pre-season All Conference list? To paraphrase Beryl Shipley "what a Mickey Mouse conference, with apologies to Mickey"!

[snote]

I tweeted about this earlier today..

Well what did you become about 2 hours after posting this? (giggles)

Ps. It's your day... Sunday June 17th (hee-hee)

[CajunAmos]

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.

I felt the same way after the conference tournament last year when Narissa Myers wasn't on the all tournament team. From the outside it appears we're giving awards for participation. It's getting way too PC in some of these situations.

[CajunAmos]

I ran across a website called collegesportsmadness.com which lists info on many of the college sports. I thought their pre-season Sun Belt All Conference awards were interesting (they must have missed the coaches thoughts ).




2012 Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference Teams

2012 Sun Belt College Softball Preseason All-Conference Teams
Sun Belt Conference Page

Pitcher of the Year
Ashley Brignac, Louisiana

Field Player of the Year
Christi Orgeron, Louisiana

Freshman of the Year
Shelby Graves, Florida International

Coach of the Year
Michael and Stefni Lotief, Louisiana

First Team
P Hannah Campbell, South Alabama
P Ashley Brignac, Louisiana
P/OF Ashley McClain, Florida International
IF Heather Barnes, Florida Atlantic
IF Kayla Burri, Florida International
IF Karavin Dew, Western Kentucky
IF Jessy Alfonso, Florida International
IF Haley Richards, South Alabama
OF Brittany Fowler, South Alabama
OF Haley Hopkins, South Alabama
OF Nina Davenport, Middle Tennessee
UTIL Christi Orgeron, Louisiana


Second Team
P Jenn Gniadek, Florida International
P Mallorie Sulaski, Western Kentucky
P/IF Taylor Fawbush, Florida Atlantic
IF Brooke Foster, North Texas
IF Hayden Gann, Troy
IF Nerissa Myers, Louisiana
IF Kelsie Mattox, Western Kentucky
IF Janel Salanoa, Louisiana-Monroe
OF Katie Smith, Louisiana
OF Katrina Metoyer, Western Kentucky
OF Michelle Hewett, Troy
UTIL Paige Cormier, Louisiana

[GATOR GRUNT]

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.

The Sunbelt's Preseason Pitcher of the Year, Hannah Campbell, gets lit up in her first outing against Miss St. She gave up 12 hits, 3 walks, 3 homeruns and 6 earned runs. Unbelievable!

[CajunAmos]

The Sunbelt's Preseason Pitcher of the Year, Hannah Campbell, gets lit up in her first outing against Miss St. She gave up 12 hits, 3 walks, 3 homeruns and 6 earned runs. Unbelievable!

To be fair, she gave up one run in the first six inning of the game, and gave up six runs on two home runs in the seventh inning.

[GATOR GRUNT]

To be fair, she gave up one run in the first six inning of the game, and gave up six runs on two home runs in the seventh inning.

At the end of the day, she still gave up 12 hits, 3 walks, 3 homeruns and 6 earned runs. Very unimpressive to me.