Louisiana Softball Strikes Big in Third to Clinch Series Over Texas State

[60swerethebest]

Coach did a good job of laying out her reasoning in her presser

[BBcajun]

Yep almost makes you think she is doing just to spite the fans that are complaining on here and at the games..lol.

Don't give yourself that much credit.

[CajunVic]

Yep almost makes you think she is doing just to spite the fans that are complaining on here and at the games..lol.

Benefit without a cause - how nice . . .

[Turbine]

Don't give yourself that much credit.

What are/were your thoughts on "bunting Otto with runners on the corners" ?

[VObserver]

Coach did a good job of laying out her reasoning in her presser

I agree her reasons sound plausible. A lot of things sound good but don't actually happen.

Over the last season and a half, we have laid down 112 successful sac bunts. The most in the SBC. ULM is second with 84, USM is third with 61. Do you really believe that the conditions she described in the presser exist for us that much more frequently than they do for ULM, or any other team in the conference?

She usually bunts because she likes to bunt, not because conditions dictate a bunt. Her Mentor, Pat Murphy [Alabama] has the second most sac bunts in the SEC, with 51. I ask again, do you really think the actual conditions she stated in the presser exist for us over twice as often as for Bama?

[Joe Porter]

Benefit without a cause - how nice . . .

Does coach have a gambling problem? It would explain dumb coaching. Not accusing

[VObserver]

An additional stat: We have 111 successful sac bunts in the last season and a half. Our opponents have sac bunted against us 43 times. Again, can the huge discrepancy be explained away by how teams defend against us? Surely, given the number of walks and hit batsmen our pitching has allowed, our opponents have had a runner on first and/or second with less than two outs at least as often as we have. Surely their coaches are seeing pretty much the same conditions as Habetz.

I repeat, she bunts because she is a small ball coach, not because the opponents don't defend against small ball.

[Turbine]

Does "successful sac bunt" mean 'successful hit' or 'advanced a runner' ' with an out' or both?

[SportyCajun459]

......I repeat, she bunts because she is a small ball coach, not because the opponents don't defend against small ball.

She is a predictable coach. That is the phrase that best explains her. She plays for one 1 at a time. She used the Kelani Ricketts example to justify her use of the bunt. That was a poor example in that both teams were pretty much evenly matched, they both had a No. 1 pitcher that were pretty much unhittable so runs were at a premium in that series. 1 run could win you a game and maybe the series. I can guarantee you that her predictability has been picked up by other coaches and they will start to set up their defense based upon that predictability. When that happens, what is she going to do?

[JMV JustMyView]

What are/were your thoughts on "bunting Otto with runners on the corners" ?

My thoughts steal the runner to 2B and get both runners in scoring position. Then let Otto do what she does best, drive the ball.