Softball Offseason

[MarlinMan3]

Do your research both of them had very good bats.

Why cant we give all of our players the good bats to use?

[SlickRick]

I don't think this is a "let down" hire. I know Bill pretty well. He is very analytical. He started off coaching travel ball like Glasco. He always had a desire to coach at the collegiate level but lacked the required college degree to do so. When I first met him, he was working on his undergraduate degree and then got his masters in statistics I believe. He and I have discussed hitting philosophies and I know that he is a believer that preperation is the key to being a successful hitter. Meaning that you study what type of pitcher you will be facing and you prepare for her strengths and weaknesses. I have no doubt he will hit the ground running when he gets here. If you looks at Western Michigan's stats for the time he was there, the team improved in every pertinent catergory.

Good stuff...thanks Mark!

[Turbine]

... If you looks at Western Michigan's stats for the time he was there, the team improved in every pertinent catergory.

That is good to hear.

[JMV JustMyView]

I don't think this is a "let down" hire. I know Bill pretty well. He is very analytical. He started off coaching travel ball like Glasco. He always had a desire to coach at the collegiate level but lacked the required college degree to do so. When I first met him, he was working on his undergraduate degree and then got his masters in statistics I believe. He and I have discussed hitting philosophies and I know that he is a believer that preperation is the key to being a successful hitter. Meaning that you study what type of pitcher you will be facing and you prepare for her strengths and weaknesses. I have no doubt he will hit the ground running when he gets here. If you looks at Western Michigan's stats for the time he was there, the team improved in every pertinent catergory.

I made a phone call to someone in the softball industry and this is what they said about him: He wants to win and he is an excellent, tireless recruiter.

[ManAboutTown]

I don't think this is a "let down" hire. I know Bill pretty well. He is very analytical. He started off coaching travel ball like Glasco. He always had a desire to coach at the collegiate level but lacked the required college degree to do so. When I first met him, he was working on his undergraduate degree and then got his masters in statistics I believe. He and I have discussed hitting philosophies and I know that he is a believer that preperation is the key to being a successful hitter. Meaning that you study what type of pitcher you will be facing and you prepare for her strengths and weaknesses. I have no doubt he will hit the ground running when he gets here. If you looks at Western Michigan's stats for the time he was there, the team improved in every pertinent catergory.

Appreciate the input Mr. H

[RedTails]

I made a phone call to someone in the softball industry and this is what they said about him: He wants to win and he is an excellent, tireless recruiter.

Wonderful news, let's go.

[RaginScotsman]

In the past few years, we've hired a baseball player to coach pitching and a couple of other coaches that had only been out of college a few years. This seems like an upgrade with some of the information stated about this incoming coach.

[Turbine]

In the past few years, we've hired a baseball player to coach pitching and a couple of other coaches that had only been out of college a few years. This seems like an upgrade with some of the information stated about this incoming coach.

Excellent point.

The trajectory is UP!

[JMV JustMyView]

Too many months of nothing happening and threats of pulling support being made due to inaction.

This is Breaking News and deserves its own space

And transfers coming in wasn't breaking news?

[Turbine]

And transfers coming in wasn't breaking news?

Because of the recruiting trickle, there were no threats of pulling support due to inaction.

On the other hand, there were threats of pulling support due to inaction on the coaching hire front.