Baseball Coach or Life Coach

[CajunRage]

1,000,000% true

Jesus.... I’ve said for years, if a guy can hit .300 cross handed with the bat backwards, let him do it.

[talktomewillis]

Absolutely.

And now we’re back to a line being drawn between an assistant coach and the players on the team.

An assistant coach who, by the way, is also your recruiting coordinator?

What recruir is going to want to come here when faced with this?

Our recruiting for this year is done. We would have a few commitments for the following year that would have to be re-recruited.

I might suggest IF something is going to be done, not to be impatient (holy cow, did I just say that LOL)

Because I don't think you make changes (not just talking about baseball) unless you have identified the replacement.

[sportsfanatic21]

1,000,000% true




Almost every player on the team hates him; fanbase hates him if Tony keeps him on the staff its only going to get worse

Talbot will not be back.

[Just1More]

So is Todd Lott lacking in talent or character?

No one here has anything but an outside view and a little bit of rumor feeds. Is it a character issue if you're a certain type of batter, you were drafted because of your bat, you were recruited because of your bat, and the batting coach doesn't like your swing?

Tony won't put up with player insubordination. That might tell you a little about what transpired. Some fans who knew some things early in the season were posting "just let the players swing". There was a reason. But Tony sticks with his staff. Tony is a very detailed pitching coach. He's all about a detailed batting coach.

[cajun_lannister]

Talbot will not be back.

I won't hold my breath... If he is still here by Friday we will have another year of Talbot

[Turbine]

... we may have only been one pitcher and one batter away from a seriously better team.

I agree.

Having one batter that opponents feel compelled to pitch around is like being granted a 4-out inning.

How much better would the team be if it's season were to be sprinkled with more than a few 4-out innings?

[CajunRage]

No one here has anything but an outside view and a little bit of rumor feeds. Is it a character issue if you're a certain type of batter, you were drafted because of your bat, you were recruited because of your bat, and the batting coach doesn't like your swing?

Tony won't put up with player insubordination. That might tell you a little about what transpired. Some fans who knew some things early in the season were posting "just let the players swing". There was a reason. But Tony sticks with his staff. Tony is a very detailed pitching coach. He's all about a detailed batting coach.

There’s a difference between insubordination and players knowing themselves. We talk about how tony trusts his pitchers to tell him how they feel. The best athletes know everything about their bodies and their ability to play the game. If Lott said, f you I’m not going to the cage, that’s one thing. If he refused to do some of the things talbot wanted to with his swing, I’m not necessarily against that.

[Cajun Monkee]

No one here has anything but an outside view and a little bit of rumor feeds. Is it a character issue if you're a certain type of batter, you were drafted because of your bat, you were recruited because of your bat, and the batting coach doesn't like your swing?

Tony won't put up with player insubordination. That might tell you a little about what transpired. Some fans who knew some things early in the season were posting "just let the players swing". There was a reason. But Tony sticks with his staff. Tony is a very detailed pitching coach. He's all about a detailed batting coach.

I’m not getting this. . You start off in your first paragraph saying that none of us has anything but an outside view and some rumors to go off of but then you proceed to tell me that insubordination was involved. Which is something Tony wouldn’t tolerate

We’ve heard stories of insubordination this season, of player staring down Talbot, but none of them involved Todd Lott.

For that matter, in this thread alone we’ve got a grad assistant teaching contrary to the hitting coach’s Philosophy.

If there is a conflict between an assistant coach and the players, the impact on the program could very well be a long-term

[Rougarou]

There's a difference between insubordination and players knowing themselves. We talk about how tony trusts his pitchers to tell him how they feel. The best athletes know everything about their bodies and their ability to play the game. If Lott said, f you I'm not going to the cage, that's one thing. If he refused to do some of the things talbot wanted to with his swing, I'm not necessarily against that.

Absolutely. And many of our more successful hitters in the Talbot years did just that.

[Cajun Monkee]

I’m not getting this. . You start off in your first paragraph saying that none of us has anything but an outside view and some rumors to go off of but then you proceed to tell me that insubordination was involved. Which is something Tony wouldn’t tolerate

We’ve heard stories of insubordination this season, of player staring down Talbot, but none of them involved Todd Lott.

For that matter, in this thread alone we’ve got a grad assistant teaching contrary to the hitting coach’s Philosophy.

If there is a conflict between an assistant coach and the players, the impact on the program could very well be a long-term

[Just1More]

I find this confusing and contradictory. You start off in your first paragraph saying that none of us has anything but an outside view and some rumors to go off of but then you proceed to tell me that insubordination was involved. Which is something Tony wouldn’t tolerate

We’ve heard stories of insubordination this season, of player staring down Talbot, but none of them involved Todd Lott.

For that matter, in this thread alone we’ve got a grad assistant teaching contrary to the hitting coach’s Philosophy.

If there is a conflict between an assistant coach and the players, the impact on the program could very well be a long-term

It's not a contradiction. I'm stating what I heard is hear say. Tony not tolerating insubordination is a fact. What happened with Todd is hear say. I've never been to a team practice, don't know any players or their families personally. What I was told seemed to line up with Todd not getting in the lineup, and it seemed to explain his earlier at-bats... then his successes at the end of the regular season. It's a hear say story. That's what I was explaining. We pretty much only have these rumors and the play we witnessed watching the games.

[Just1More]

There's a difference between insubordination and players knowing themselves. We talk about how tony trusts his pitchers to tell him how they feel. The best athletes know everything about their bodies and their ability to play the game. If Lott said, f you I'm not going to the cage, that's one thing. If he refused to do some of the things talbot wanted to with his swing, I'm not necessarily against that.

There are players that need tweaking of their fundamentals, there are players that only need reps against D1 pitching, there are players you leave alone because it's more cerebral than physical, there are players that need you to challenge them, there are team dynamics that must be taught and managed. The gift of a coach is to know what applies when, where and to whom. A batting "system" is only a batting system.