UL Softball Loses Back To Back Games To Texas

[CajunsSball22]

For me, youth does not mean bad, it means inconsistent. I think of youth as a roller coaster ride, there can be really good highs and really bad lows, by the same player. In general, the more experience a player has, their performance is more consistent and usually more consistently higher.

Sanders, Elkins, Talley, Piskos ... ALL were/are better than they were in their 1st year. That doesn't mean they didn't help us win games in their first year, but they were very inconsistent.

Lexie Elkins was never inconsistent as a Cajun

[roarman]

Lexie Elkins was never inconsistent as a Cajun

She was not. She was incredible. But, even though she didn't hit a home run at Texas Tech, she had a year's experience in Division one before she got here.

I'll use DJ Sanders as an example again. She hit seven home runs her first year. The next year, I think she hit 29. It took her an entire year to develop.

[JMV JustMyView]

Lexie Elkins was never inconsistent as a Cajun

22 you are correct.

[roarman]

Elkins had zero (0) homeruns under her belt the 1 season she played at Texas Tech. She graduated high school in December of 2012 and was the Texas Tech starting catcher in February of 2013. She started 42 games and played in 47. She batted .282 the 2013 season with 21 rbi's. She transferred right after the season finished and was available to play in the 2014 season for the Cajuns. She started 59 games and batted .388 with 24 homeruns and had 74 rbi's. That transformation happened in basically 6 months of working with Lotief. 0 homeruns to 24 homeruns and her average increased 100 points. That kind of transformation requires somebody with hitting knowledge to develop them. I don't personally know Coach Glasco or know his credentials when it comes to hitting. Same applies to Lacy. Most hitters have their own hitting coach except for schools like Oklahoma that have an exceptional hitting coach. Why is it that you never hear anybody say "they are young, give them time" about the Oklahoma freshmen when it comes to hitting?

Mark, I get your point. So, let's use Bailey as an example. She was the best hitter in the nation coming out of high school. In her first bat, at Alabama, she hit a home run. Her first weekend, she hit a total of three home runs. Over the next 50 games or so, she hit six more for a total of nine for the season. I know she was walked a lot, but, she had to develop more to become the player she eventually became.

[axg8750]

Of course you haven't. The freshman on this year's team have been playing games for a month and a half. They will develop. You gave Sanders, a year or two. Will you give these players that much time? Or, do you want immediate success? By the way, Elkins was a transfer. And had a year under her belt.

What about the Cajun players on the team the previous 3 x years? Who has progressed at the plate (or in the field or in the circle) like players progressed under the previous staff?

Even though they were not Glasco’s recruits I hope that we can agree these players had talent. I am no expert but have not seen them develop at anywhere near the same rate we have seen players do so in the past. And most of these players under the previous staff were “diamonds in the rough,” not top recruited players.

[axg8750]

By the way, Elkins was a transfer. And had a year under her belt.

How many HR did Elkins have in her freshman year before she transferred to Louisiana? I honestly don’t remember but you may as I understand that you keep up with NCAA softball very closely. I do remember it was not a great Freshman season before she transferred (from Texas Tech I believe) and became one of the nation’s leading HR hitters.

[roarman]

What about the Cajun players on the team the previous 3 x years? Who has progressed at the plate (or in the field or in the circle) like players progressed under the previous staff?

Even though they were not Glasco’s recruits I hope that we can agree these players had talent. I am no expert but have not seen them develop at anywhere near the same rate we have seen players in the past. And most of these players under the previous staff were “diamonds in the rough,” not top recruited players.

Right. They were diamonds in the rough. That's why it took some of them two years or more, to develop.

[axg8750]

How many HR did Elkins have in her freshman year before she transferred to Louisiana? I honestly don’t remember but you may as I understand that you keep up with NCAA softball very closely. I do remember it was not a great Freshman season before she transferred (from Texas Tech I believe) and became one of the nation’s leading HR hitters.

I just saw that the post from roarman that I replied to has already been completely discredited by Mr. Hemphill before I had a chance to reply.

[axg8750]

Right. So why haven’t we seen same progression in the last 3 x years?

I keep hearing they were not Glasco’s players. Can’t have it both ways.

[JMV JustMyView]

Right. So why haven’t we seen same progression in the last 3 x years?

I keep hearing they were not Glasco’s players. Can’t have it both ways.

To be honest not many players have actually been in Glasco system for 3 years.

[Million$Mullet]

To be honest not many players have actually been in Glasco system for 3 years.

What exactly is Glasco’s system?

[du42]

What exactly is Glasco’s system?

Coach against the percentages, over coach, run your team out of innings.