LOUISIANA vs. KENTUCKY - SOFTBALL

[AstroCajun]

I didn't realize Captain Obvious posted here.

Supp, I've seen plenty of encouragement in this thread along with some minor but fair criticism.

All natural results from a high stakes loss.

They'll bounce back just fine regardless of what's said here.

[ManAboutTown]

FYI - some of the girls that are on the team read this forum! What confidence boosters you guys are! Do you all really think that they are not trying? Yes, some are struggling but I can tell you that these girls are the hardest workers I know. Do you think they would have gotten to be one of the top 8 teams in the NATION if they weren't? These young ladies should be congratulated for what they have accomplished, not beat up for what they haven't. If you can't write something nice, please don't comment at all! Let's support this team with positive thoughts and let them know that we are proud of them no matter what the outcome is.

Players should not read a FAN (short for fanatic) forum.
Players with thin skin should especially stay away.
I can assure you that athletes of this caliber will not be discouraged in any way by someone on this board typing a critique of their performance.
This is high stakes collegiate athletics; sometimes, not for the weak at heart.

I love it when people tell me what I can and can't say.

[Just1More]

I promise you that none of us on Ragin' Pagin are going to out-coach Mike Lotief on our best day ever.

Mike's a bad example of a "hey, you can't do that... you're just an attorney" coach if there ever was one. You have no idea who could and couldn't trump a coach or two... on or off of this forum. Many a great mind could turn a lot of self-proclaimed stud monkeys into cheap shoes if they weren't tied up doing something else.

That isn't taking anything away from Mike Lotief... and I'd think he'd be the first to admit it.

[Zeebart21]

FYI - some of the girls that are on the team read this forum! What confidence boosters you guys are! Do you all really think that they are not trying? Yes, some are struggling but I can tell you that these girls are the hardest workers I know. Do you think they would have gotten to be one of the top 8 teams in the NATION if they weren't? These young ladies should be congratulated for what they have accomplished, not beat up for what they haven't. If you can't write something nice, please don't comment at all! Let's support this team with positive thoughts and let them know that we are proud of them no matter what the outcome is.

Fact. I love this team and these girls

Fact Everyone that posts here loves this team and these girls

Fact This team played its worst game of the season last night, hands down.

Fact This is a sports message board where fans discuss the good and the bad of UL sports

FACT Parents and players should find something better to do with their time than read, said sports message board.

Geaux Cajuns!!

Z

[jllanclos]

Mike's a bad example of a "hey, you can't do that... you're just an attorney" coach if there ever was one. You have no idea who could and couldn't trump a coach or two... on or off of this forum. Many a great mind could turn a lot of self-proclaimed stud monkeys into cheap shoes if they weren't tied up doing something else.

That isn't taking anything away from Mike Lotief... and I'd think he'd be the first to admit it.

LOL Now I've heard it all.

[CajunRage]

I wanted to have something fun for my 1,000th post, but this will have to do. Some of you are truly pathetic. "High stakes sports" "thin skin" whatever you want to say. These are still 18-21 year old young ladies. I don't have a daughter of my own, but I would be out for blood if grown men who don't even know her were tearing her to shreds whether it be on a message board or anywhere else. People want to treat it all the same, but it's not. There is a difference between men and women. I was born and raised in the South and was taught to have respect for everyone, especially women. A simple she is struggling, Mike should think about sitting her is fine, but to go on for several pages about it is sad.

[Just1More]

FYI - some of the girls that are on the team read this forum! What confidence boosters you guys are! Do you all really think that they are not trying? Yes, some are struggling but I can tell you that these girls are the hardest workers I know. Do you think they would have gotten to be one of the top 8 teams in the NATION if they weren't? These young ladies should be congratulated for what they have accomplished, not beat up for what they haven't. If you can't write something nice, please don't comment at all! Let's support this team with positive thoughts and let them know that we are proud of them no matter what the outcome is.

We are massively, overwhelmingly proud of our softball team. We love them. All of them. And that's irrespective of the outcomes at the WCWS.

Geaux Cajun Softball!!!

[Turbine]

Mike's a bad example of a "hey, you can't do that... you're just an attorney" coach if there ever was one. You have no idea who could and couldn't trump a coach or two... on or off of this forum. Many a great mind could turn a lot of self-proclaimed stud monkeys into cheap shoes if they weren't tied up doing something else.

That isn't taking anything away from Mike Lotief... and I'd think he'd be the first to admit it.

Wow, I had never thought of the FTC angle before.

[Just1More]

LOL Now I've heard it all.

You haven't heard it "all" from me! Just ask friends and family of mine. LOL

[ManAboutTown]

I wanted to have something fun for my 1,000th post, but this will have to do. Some of you are truly pathetic. "High stakes sports" "thin skin" whatever you want to say. These are still 18-21 year old young ladies. I don't have a daughter of my own, but I would be out for blood if grown men who don't even know her were tearing her to shreds whether it be on a message board or anywhere else. People want to treat it all the same, but it's not. There is a difference between men and women. I was born and raised in the South and was taught to have respect for everyone, especially women. A simple she is struggling, Mike should think about sitting her is fine, but to go on for several pages about it is sad.

Well that shows a complex on your part big cat. No one is tearing into her. No one has personally insulted her. No one has been vulgar or mean spirited.

We're disgusting strategy and sports. So because she's a girl, no one can criticize her performance? We do it to the guys all the time without consequence..

Maybe you should examine your thought process on this.

[GreatestStory]

Some of you don't want to believe me. A strategy of softball is having a bat off the bench to pinch hit in any spot in the lineup. Players can re-enter so the pinch hitter is used a lot more often. We needed a traditional hitter when Fernandez came up the other day. Felps was able to pinch hit and Fernandez re-enter. The first hitter off the bench is more important than the 8-hole hitter in softball.

Thanks for your explanation, but I am already very familiar with the substitution rules (and strategy) in softball. I have no clue why you directed your comment at me? Your response to me has nothing to do with the question I asked. I am asking for anyone to please explanation this:

Corbello puts the ball in play so that the other team's defense can make errors, Corbello just didn't get a break.

[CajunRage]

Thanks for your explanation, but I am already very familiar with the substitution rules (and strategy) in softball. I have no clue why you directed your comment at me? Your response to me has nothing to do with the question I asked. I am asking for anyone to please explanation this:

I was pointing out that your 20 years of BASEBALL had no bearing on what the strategy in softball is. The statement of putting it in play is what our baseball team does very often, btw. The baseball phrase is "putting pressure on the defense". It is the exact same concept.