Softball mid season report card.

[Louisiana84]

It's a girls sport. Does anyone REALLY care? I mean, come on.

Biological males who want to participate in girls' sports care.

[ZoomZoom]

CGG was an a hole. Let's just be honest. However, the man could recruit.

Of course he would be perceived as such. He didn’t have a deep connection as all other HCs the program has had. He was here as a business decision first and foremost. Knowing people on a deep basis that was developed prior to getting the job did not feed the warm and fuzzy feeling softball has at UL. That connection has been a staple of UL softball and made it unique.

If CAH wasn’t one of us, there would be a whole lot more complaining. Granted the situation wasn’t made by her, but some want to give her 3 years grace. Thats the hometown discount, an outsider wouldn’t get that blessing. CGG would never get that, he even had to plow and produce in a very dark personal season for himself.

[SlickRick]

Of course he would be perceived as such. He didn’t have a deep connection as all other HCs the program has had. He was here as a business decision first and foremost. Knowing people on a deep basis that was developed prior to getting the job did not feed the warm and fuzzy feeling softball has at UL. That connection has been a staple of UL softball and made it unique.

If CAH wasn’t one of us, there would be a whole lot more complaining. Granted the situation wasn’t made by her, but some want to give her 3 years grace. Thats the hometown discount, an outsider wouldn’t get that blessing. CGG would never get that, he even had to plow and produce in a very dark personal season for himself.

Yep, that was about as dark as it gets!

[CajunSID]

Since we are right around the mid-season I will give you guys my report card on the team. This is just my views off of what I have seen. Feel free to offer your views.

Pitching: D (Some bright spots but mostly inconsistent across the board from struggling to throw strikes, walks, hitting batters, making poor decisions once the ball is hit to a pitcher to not backing up the bases, etc. It has been bad)

Hitting: D (For the most part the folks that should be hitting haven't and a few have been pleasent surprises. Lack of clutch hitting and power is very evident. Also way too many slappers who can't drive the ball or get a bunt down)

Defense: D (Lack of athleticism shows in plenty spots. With the pitching staff so bad it gives the defense more opportunities to make errors. Also lack of knowing what to do with the ball once it is hit to them is frustrating)

Baserunning:F(Numerous base running mistakes, leaving early etc. The worse part is key pinch runners making most of these mistakes)

Coaching: C (Lack of experience with decisions making is hurting. They are making the most of what they have with what they have)

This off season will be critical to the future of the program. I believe some tough decisions will need to be made with the roster.

Agree with most of what is said. Disagree slightly with opinion the coaching staff is making the most of what they have with what they have.

The questionable situational decisions and base-running mistakes are something staff has to own, and when you aren’t loaded with talent, those issues are highlighted more.

And while I realize it may not be a difference maker, there have been some lineup changes that need(ed) to occur (Stutes needs to play!).

At this point, just want to see team compete and play with a lot of heart and effort rest of the way. And they’ve done that to this point overall.

[JMV JustMyView]

Agree with most of what is said. Disagree slightly with opinion the coaching staff is making the most of what they have with what they have.

The questionable situational decisions and base-running mistakes are something staff has to own, and when you aren’t loaded with talent, those issues are highlighted more.

And while I realize it may not be a difference maker, there have been some lineup changes that need(ed) to occur (Stutes needs to play!).

At this point, just want to see team compete and play with a lot of heart and effort rest of the way. And they’ve done that to this point overall.

What I mean by making the most of what they have is playing small ball and trying to push the envelope on the bases. For the most part it really hasn't worked much.

[Cajunrunner]

You ask fans to buy season tickets, parking passes, donate to the RCAF, purchase merchandise, spend money at games, and now contribute to the NIL fund. When does it stop? Not all fans have endless money to throw around.

True.

At the same time, though, we can't expect to be beating those programs that do have more available money and NIL to throw around. This is unfortunately a different age in college athletics. I blindly (blissfully?) thought this would only apply to football and basketball, despite others on here warning me otherwise. They were correct, and the results are showing.

[Cajunrunner]

Phew. I was starting to worry this thread wasn’t gonna have an “I know something you don’t know post.”

HA!

[Cajunrunner]

Of course he would be perceived as such. He didn’t have a deep connection as all other HCs the program has had. He was here as a business decision first and foremost. Knowing people on a deep basis that was developed prior to getting the job did not feed the warm and fuzzy feeling softball has at UL. That connection has been a staple of UL softball and made it unique.

If CAH wasn’t one of us, there would be a whole lot more complaining. Granted the situation wasn’t made by her, but some want to give her 3 years grace. Thats the hometown discount, an outsider wouldn’t get that blessing. CGG would never get that, he even had to plow and produce in a very dark personal season for himself.

Agree with this.

And this accusation of Coach Glasco was an a-hole and that was his problem...well so was his predecessor Mike Loteif. Many of your top, competitive head coaches in sports come off as such, even if it's not their true personality.

Regardless how he left or what transpired to that happening, Coach Glasco came to our program when many of us were worried with what would happen after Loteif's firing and the team raided about as much as a roster could be raided in the pre-portal and NIL era.

Then yes, having to deal with the tragic loss of his daughter, who was a genuine good person and enjoyed working with young, aspiring athletes. But some folks in in the UL/USL softball circle didn't like him Day 1 and had no desire to try to like or respect him.

[ZoomZoom]

Yep, that was about as dark as it gets!

BT, DT. I have a deeper appreciation of the job he did that year. That is a walk only unfortunate parents understand.

The opportunity to coach with his daughter Tara at TTU was icing on the cake. I’m surprised he stayed as long as he did after the accident.

[SlickRick]

BT, DT. I have a deeper appreciation of the job he did that year. That is a walk only unfortunate parents understand.

The opportunity to coach with his daughter Tara at TTU was icing on the cake. I’m surprised he stayed as long as he did after the accident.

He could have retired after that tragedy and no one would have said a thing about it.

But, he didn't and screwed us over right before his top recruiting class would be seniors. A hole.

[ZoomZoom]

He could have retired after that tragedy and no one would have said a thing about it.

But, he didn't and screwed us over right before his top recruiting class would be seniors. A hole.

Can tell you, being occupied doing something when that happens is paramount to getting thru that. I use to think why he didn’t quit then until we were in his shoes.

[RedTails]

It's a girls sport. Does anyone REALLY care? I mean, come on.

I honestly don't really care how any of our programs do now-a-days. I went from Cajun athletics diehard to completely apathetic. Maybe I'll come back around if the country decides to put commonsense regulations on NIL and transfer portal.