Oh and the YOU and YALL represents the ignorant people who keep dissing Robe and the players.
Oh and the YOU and YALL represents the ignorant people who keep dissing Robe and the players.
Would you mind naming some players that Szefc brought in that either hit the ball a mile or strikeout. Fact of the matter is look at the numbers from the teams that we had when SZEFC came in. a la 2005, 2006, 2007??? Did we forget about those years? I think Szefc is a great offensive recruiter just didn't do to well with Pitchers....offense was never a problem for Szefc. You people don't know what you are talking about!
It's not that he is a bad coach; rather, he's just not as good as most fans make him during the pre-season. I have said it before; today we only have ONE winning Divivsion 1 Program - Women's Softball!
The first change we should make next year is a new Athletic Director and then go from there. No new coaches until we get a new Athletic Director and Direction! If we let Walker hire the new coaches we are in for another decade of losing.
The point is Szefc recruited players that were not a fit for this program. Some of our offensive numbers were up, but I remember going through the stats and seeing that our strikeouts and men left on base went up significantly. There are only 2 or 3 guys on the team right now that can consistently get a bunt down or hit and run. Our defense was horrible and is only slightly better now. I don't want to pick on hawkins right now, but you don't bring in a guy that can't play anywhere in the field. He is a liability at 1b. There are guys out there that can hit AND play defense.
As for offense not being a problem. What about when we would get men on first and second, nobody out and we can't get a bunt down. We either pop up or strikeout and the next guy grounds into a double play. Or when we got a guy to third with less than two outs and can't get him in because of 2 or even 3 strikeouts. Sure we hit doubles and solo homeruns with no one on, but no one did their job with runners on.
I guess the true game of baseball is dead though. Let's go out there and see if we can out hit everyone. See how far that takes you.
Apples to oranges. I can't say much about shipley and pascal. Softball teams can be great with one pitcher. Track and field is either you have the athletes or you don't. Not saying any of these aren't good coaches, but baseball is a very unique sport where you can only compare them to other baseball coaches.
Listen to yourself, you sound like a fan from the school down the road. I am disappointed also, but you are not going to find a better person for the job for our university than Coach Robe. Just don't go to baseball if you can't hang with us WHO do care. That sounds harsh, but enough of this " The Sky is fallin crap". We can't be a big time player without big time facilities and money. THE Universities that have big time programs aren't strapped like this ignorant LA. Laws. Limiting what the Universities can do when running their academics and athletic programs. Since our CWS appearance I am seeing more BCS and Mid Major conferences spend more money on baseball than before 2000. It is my opinion that once our new stadium is finished, our recruiting will get better. WHy our hitting is slumping and our pithcing is faultering all at once is beyond me. UP and DOWN, the season has gone, we still have a month and a half left. Lets don't start jumping off the bridge now.
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So if Bustle were a better person or more liked he could get a pass too?
You cant make me believe that having a 5,10,or 15 million dollar facility will help us pitch better, or field ground balls better, or stop taking strike three. I believe that winning is what would get kids in here and want to play for a program that is consistantly in the post-season. Our facility is not a complete dump. it is good enough to get quality kids in here that can compete at a high level everyday.
Examples: 1.For three years thinking Will Long was a shortstop-- He is an outfielder--
2.LSU game--we have a man on second with 0 outs and our 4 hitter is up who happens to be 6' 2" 220lbs and a lefthanded hitter(Smith)--Robe has him bunting!! Anybody else would let him hit away and since he is a lefthander the worst case scenario would be that he rolled over one to the 2b which would move the runner over anyway
3.This year he still has no idea how to use our two best arms(Robe & Osborne)-He starts them and when they have a bad outing he moves them to the pen-Then when our starters are struggling he moves them back to being starters-Sound familiar--He did the same thing with our best arm last year: Farqhuar-- Pitchers need to have a normal routine to know how to properly rest their arms
4.Robe is all about "manning up" and playing with a chip on your shoulder-I REALLY THINK HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LINEBACKER COACH because baseball is not played that way-It would be different if at every game once the first pitch was thrown that both benches would empty--I am all for playing with alot of intensity but in Robe's mind if you don't play well you are not "manning up" and he will bury you on the bench--It is inexcusable for the way he has handled M.Cook this year
Well mike cook needs to learn how to get people out and miss the bats of the oposition. If he can do that consistantly, he wouldnt be in the situation he is in. Robe doesnt throw the ball, catch the ball, or hit the ball. It is obvious you are ____ed at robe for one reason or another. Sit back and take the whole picture in. Until tony goes out there and he himself gives up a home run, or strikes out, I dont care to listen to all the BS anymore
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