BB G1 Final: UL 9, TX State 13

[Dad04]

We've given up 7 runs in 4 innings today, John. Do we need a new pitching coach, head coach, both?

[Turbine]

Baseball is a great game, so many factors need to be clicking for success

[johnhenry]

Dad04, I too have experience being around and working with elite baseball and softball players. I'm old yet I still swing a bat and hit pretty regularly. But yeah I know, so what.

Confidence comes from knowing your body movement is efficient enough to produce a good swing consistently whether it's golf or baseball. Keyword being consistently. And that consistency feel is fleeting from day to day. Playing defense is much less a consistency problem to solve. Coaches such as Deggs teach body movement efficiency. These guys are hard to find and recruiting them is what keeps players playing at a high level.

Bregman went 1 for 22 after he got called up to the Astros. It was nothing mental, he changed his weight shift and arm action. And all was good after that. Somebody helped him do that.

[johnhenry]

We've given up 7 runs in 4 innings today, John. Do we need a new pitching coach, head coach, both?

What's the UL team batting average? Are all the teams that are outscoring UL just winning with pitching?

[CajunRage]

Dad04, I too have experience being around and working with elite baseball and softball players. I'm old yet I still swing a bat and hit pretty regularly. But yeah I know, so what.

Confidence comes from knowing your body movement is efficient enough to produce a good swing consistently whether it's golf or baseball. Keyword being consistently. And that consistency feel is fleeting from day to day. Playing defense is much less a consistency problem to solve. Coaches such as Deggs teach body movement efficiency. These guys are hard to find and recruiting them is what keeps players playing at a high level.

Bregman went 1 for 22 after he got called up to the Astros. It was nothing mental, he changed his weight shift and arm action. And all was good after that. Somebody helped him do that.

I think the biggest problem with a good number of our hitters is someone trying to fix something that wasn’t broken. Prime example, Todd Lott.

[ManAboutTown]

My friend, it's not complex, it's about teaching and execution on the field. Making it complex is a big part of the problem. Again, coaches will teach something whether it's good or bad instruction. A confident mentality in players comes from competent teaching and knowing they can produce. When a player is being taught something that's not producing for him he'll surely lose some confidence.

I’ve been saying this since mid 2016. You’re literally repeating what I’ve posted here for 3 years.

Both can be true. Hence the lack of production offensively AND on the mound.

[ManAboutTown]

What's the UL team batting average? Are all the teams that are outscoring UL just winning with pitching?

Mid .260s

Bad still, by most metrics. And Jake Wells is a very good hitting instructor. Also has good instincts for in game management. Kinda hard to produce a winning offense win your corner bats have been absent for 4 years, you have a revolving door in left field, hitters that have no mentality to get runners in from 3rd and constantly play from behind because the pitching staff has fallen off of a cliff.

[ManAboutTown]

I think the biggest problem with a good number of our hitters is someone trying to fix something that wasn’t broken. Prime example, Todd Lott.

ANOTHER thing I’ve been screaming since Todd stepped on campus.

[Dad04]

What's the UL team batting average? Are all the teams that are outscoring UL just winning with pitching?

158th ranked ba nationally. Average. 130s rank in scoring.

[CajunRage]

Mid .260s

Bad still, by most metrics. And Jake Wells is a very good hitting instructor. Also has good instincts for in game management. Kinda hard to produce a winning offense win your corner bats have been absent for 4 years, you have a revolving door in left field, hitters that have no mentality to get runners in from 3rd and constantly play from behind because the pitching staff has fallen off of a cliff.

Corner bat? We’re missing the entire player at 1B. Not a first baseman on the roster.

[johnhenry]

I think the biggest problem with a good number of our hitters is someone trying to fix something that wasn't broken. Prime example, Todd Lott.

CajunRage, yes indeed and the heart of the matter in many cases. I keep saying that coaches will teach something, whether it's good or bad for the player. And, that makes it all the more crucial to recruit the right coaches. And, hold the coaches accountable for their achievement or lack thereof.

This UL team has the talent. The players are at the mercy of their coaching. Problem is the players are being held responsible for something they're being taught and asked to do when it doesn't get good results.

And, yes leaving a player alone to play the way he knows how is a very good solution to solving under-achieving performance. when what he's being taught and asked to do isn't working. But to get coaches to do that is asking a lot.

[ManAboutTown]

CajunRage, yes indeed and the heart of the matter in many cases. I keep saying that coaches will teach something, whether it's good or bad for the player. And, that makes it all the more crucial to recruit the right coaches. And, hold the coaches accountable for their achievement or lack thereof.

This UL team has the talent.

I can hire Haney, Butch or whoever else you want. They can’t teach an orangutan to break par at your local muni.

It doesn’t matter how good the coach is, if the player can’t process, then apply the teach. Just the same as, it matters not how good a player is, if the coach can’t communicate the teach.

We lack on both fronts. That’s the cold truth.