BB G1 Final : Louisiana 8, James Madison 10

[ManAboutTown]

You have a good point. There is a difference between "That's baseball" and tactical miscues.

Since I've started watching, Cajun teams were built around pitching, then defense. Pitching seems like an after thought lately.

We have moved from a program with 3 or 4 solid starters year in, year out, to a team of middle relievers taking turns starting.

Nezuh has one pitch and is a starter somehow. That might work playing JMU. So Miss and Coastal will eat that ____ up.

What concerns me most is that Thib went to the Cape specifically to find a pitcher. A starting pitcher.

He came back with a career 5+ ERA pitcher. And he looks like the exact same player as when he got here. Not much at all in terms of development.

[Dad04]

The pitchers we used to get won’t come here if they can’t get developed.

Pitchers came here because of the success of the guys before them. The development of pitchers was easy to see and explained by players and coaches before they got here.

Older guys helped younger guys in the bullpen with grips, arm slots and Robe handled the mental game. Guys like Sammy Tauli were the unsung heros.

It's hard to tell if recent arrivals could be developed, but we have certainly flopped on a few who were supposed to be can't miss sure lock guys.

After a little while there is nobody to mentor new guys.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Well in order to mentor you have to have 1- a system 2- u have to have success in that system in order to mentor it. So it would be slim pickings

[JMV JustMyView]

Pitchers came here because of the success of the guys before them. The development of pitchers was easy to see and explained by players and coaches before they got here.

Older guys helped younger guys in the bullpen with grips, arm slots and Robe handled the mental game. Guys like Sammy Tauli were the unsung heros.

It's hard to tell if recent arrivals could be developed, but we have certainly flopped on a few who were supposed to be can't miss sure lock guys.

After a little while there is nobody to mentor new guys.

Is Buddy intrested in coaching?

[Dad04]

Is Buddy intrested in coaching?

Nope. Got his hands full. You have to start out of college. He had opportunities then, but not enough $$.

Farquhar is out there, but he is on the proball coaching track White Sox AA pitching coach. They keep promoting him. He is ideal for proball being bilingual.