SB Final: Louisiana 1, Tech 2

[JMV JustMyView]

JMV’s report card of this team a week ago was correct. D average

JMV is always correct.

[Big Buds]

This team is garbage. Like baseball.

[NewsCopy]

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball team was edged out by Louisiana Tech in a pitcher's duel at Dr. Billy Bundrick Field in Ruston on Tuesday, April 8, the host-Bulldogs holding on for a 2-1 win in the final game of the two teams' midweek season series.

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[SportyCajun459]

This team is garbage. Like baseball.

What a douche comment. Was Deggs left with an empty cupboard like Habetz was? Like someone said in another thread about softball, Habetz has been asked to bake a cake this year but Glassco took all of the ingredients with him and also took the oven. It's hard to rebuild swings while the season is going on. I was at the NFCA coaching convention in December of 2024 and Bryce Neal (LSU hitting coach) was a speaker. Instead of trying to rebuild a player's swing to fit into a specific mold, he focuses on what they do well and tries to improve on that while also trying to strengthen their weaknesses. But his main topic was weekly game prep where they focus on the strength of the opposing pitchers they expect to face and game plan to hit that pitcher. For example, if an opposing pitcher has an excellent drop ball, they set their pitching machines to throw drop balls and practice all week to be successful against that. I wonder if the Cajuns have that type of game prep on a weekly basis. The obvious answer is no since so the Cajuns currently on have 3 hitters batting over .300 and only one over .400.

[60swerethebest]

I’ve wondered if our pitching machine was the type that could mimic the pitching our next opponents could throw but change speeds and type pitch. Or if it can only pitch one speed/type one after another.

[JMV JustMyView]

I’ve wondered if our pitching machine was the type that could mimic the pitching our next opponents could throw but change speeds and type pitch. Or if it can only pitch one speed/type one after another.

I wonder if those machines are now in Lubbock.

[JMV JustMyView]

What a douche comment. Was Deggs left with an empty cupboard like Habetz was? Like someone said in another thread about softball, Habetz has been asked to bake a cake this year but Glassco took all of the ingredients with him and also took the oven. It's hard to rebuild swings while the season is going on. I was at the NFCA coaching convention in December of 2024 and Bryce Neal (LSU hitting coach) was a speaker. Instead of trying to rebuild a player's swing to fit into a specific mold, he focuses on what they do well and tries to improve on that while also trying to strengthen their weaknesses. But his main topic was weekly game prep where they focus on the strength of the opposing pitchers they expect to face and game plan to hit that pitcher. For example, if an opposing pitcher has an excellent drop ball, they set their pitching machines to throw drop balls and practice all week to be successful against that. I wonder if the Cajuns have that type of game prep on a weekly basis. The obvious answer is no since so the Cajuns currently on have 3 hitters batting over .300 and only one over .400.

Someone had mentioned that we have one of the best young up and coming hitting coaches in the country.

[DieHard 1280]

I’m scratching my head trying to figure out how the heck this team managed to beat Ole Miss and Alabama. If anything, it seems like they have regressed from the beginning of the season.

[SlickRick]

I’m scratching my head trying to figure out how the heck this team managed to beat Ole Miss and Alabama. If anything, it seems like they have regressed from the beginning of the season.

Well, in diamond sports anything can happen!

I think we've actually gotten a little better since early in the season. This is due to a couple of players hitting the ball better and we've had a few games where our pitching was the reason we won the game. See, Sam Ryan shutting out LaNeck last week. That was a nice surprise!

We could have won all 3 games last weekend at Troy. Things would look different if we had. However, we still don't and won't have the fire power offensively to come back from a significant deficit and we don't have a strike-out pitcher on staff. Our true FR Wheeler is the closest thing we have for K's but she also walks a lot of batters. It's a dilemma that when we do get a good pitching performance we can't back that up with scoring runs.

We need to sweep this weekend and that will take solid performances from our starters and pitching staff. JMU is a far cry from the WS team just a few years ago.

Somewhere down the road, our coach will need to take a step back and determine what she needs to get us back to a level of national prominence. That will involve a critical analysis of current players, newly signed players coming in, players in the portal and the coaching staff. It's a tough job, but that's what head coaches are there for, making these types of decisions.

[RedBug58]

We will be much improved next year.

[VObserver]

Someone had mentioned that we have one of the best young up and coming hitting coaches in the country.

I am beginning to think that part of our problem is our hitting coach. I have noticed differences in bat grip and swing mechanics in several of our hitters from last year to this year. None of the players in whom I have noticed changes are doing better this year than last.

[JMV JustMyView]

I am beginning to think that part of our problem is our hitting coach. I have noticed differences in bat grip and swing mechanics in several of our hitters from last year to this year. None of the players in whom I have noticed changes are doing better this year than last.

For the record what I stated wasn't said by me, just what someone else stated. All of the hitters and pitchers that left the program has improved their batting averages and lower their era.