Softball Offseason

[JMV JustMyView]

Until they see the zeros written on the NIL check and then everything changes. I'm more worried about losing Wheeler than I am Smith. Not too many pitchers out there throwing 68 right now. Sam Landry is night and day from her time with the Cajuns and what she is now with OU. Don't think there isn't a P4 coach out there telling himself that they can coach Wheeler up to be a real contributor. I don't like the way the system is currently set up but I can't blame a player for leaving a program if it makes too much financial sense not to do it. While admirable, loyalty doesn't pay the car note or pay the rent.

Wheeler could have jumped ship when everything went down last off season and she didn't.

[raginrevival]

They had a Freshman starting at Pitcher, Catcher, First, Second, a Sophomore at SS and Rt Field, along with CC returning and a few pitchers getting healthy......If they can maintain these young players along with adding a couple of power hitters this program has a strong foundation to build on. I feel the coaching staff did very well with the young talent showing much improvement through the season and dealing with the dude that raided our pantry to TT.

[SlickRick]

I hope to see several power hitters from the portal, hitters with more length especially in their arms.

[RoarMan]

I hope to see several power hitters from the portal, hitters with more length especially in their arms.

There were 24 players on this year's team. Seven graduated. That leaves17. There are six incoming freshmen. That brings the number back up to 26. That leaves room for maybe two transfers.

If you want power hitters on the team, that means she will need six or seven transfers. In order to get that many, she needs to either backtrack on some of the freshmen that are coming in, or cut four or five players that are currently on the team. Coach Aly has some tough decisions to make. I hope she makes decisions based on needs and not feelings.

[Mark Hemphill]

Wheeler could have jumped ship when everything went down last off season and she didn't.

Last season, she was just a signee with no D-1 pitching experience when everything went down. She is 6' tall, throws 68 and now has a collegiate resume. Plus, there is lots of film of her for people to look at. Kudos to her if she really wants to stay and try to build something with Alyson. I hope that she does stay. Even though she hasn't put herself in the portal and is supposedly "off-limits", I am not foolish enough to believe that there isn't probably a P4 head coach somewhere that hasn't reached out to her old travel ball coach or someone close to her saying that if she puts herself in the portal, they can get her a nice NIL deal for her to transfer to their school. It's just the current reality of things.

[du42]

Have the exit interviews taken place yet?

[MarlinMan3]

There were 24 players on this year's team. Seven graduated. That leaves17. There are six incoming freshmen. That brings the number back up to 26. That leaves room for maybe two transfers.

If you want power hitters on the team, that means she will need six or seven transfers. In order to get that many, she needs to either backtrack on some of the freshmen that are coming in, or cut four or five players that are currently on the team. Coach Aly has some tough decisions to make. I hope she makes decisions based on needs and not feelings.

What happened to the old fashioned way of teaching someone how to become a power hitter. I seem to recall a texas tech freshman that had zero homeruns transfer to UL, get coached up, and lead nation in homers

[RoarMan]

There were 24 players on this year's team. Seven graduated. That leaves17. There are six incoming freshmen. That brings the number back up to 26. That leaves room for maybe two transfers.

If you want power hitters on the team, that means she will need six or seven transfers. In order to get that many, she needs to either backtrack on some of the freshmen that are coming in, or cut four or five players that are currently on the team. Coach Aly has some tough decisions to make. I hope she makes decisions based on needs and not feelings.

I meant back up to 23, not 26.

[RoarMan]

Unfortunately, our three power hitters regressed this year. Combined, they hit a total of eight home runs. So, what makes you think players on the team without the power to hit the long ball, can be coached up to do so?

[JMV JustMyView]

Unfortunately, our three power hitters regressed this year. Combined, they hit a total of eight home runs. So, what makes you think players on the team without the power to hit the long ball, can be coached up to do so?

I was expecting 8 plus homeruns from each of those three. My #1 off season question mark will be critical to next year's and beyond success.