College Softball Now Days

[MarlinMan3]

Based on various posts over time it is surmised, If the following arent her expertise:
- coaching hitting
- coaching pitching
- coaching fielding
- in game management
Then what exactly was she doing for those 15 to 20 years in tuscaloosa? And why did the Cajun faithful want her to come home so badly?

[SlickRick]

Poor coaching decisions are the reason. Bottom line. It's funny Hart got a hit in the next at bat. Down by three runs yesterday with runners on 1B and 2B with one out they let Williams a slapper hit and don't use Soto who it was said was the person to use in that situation yet when the time came she didn't go to her. Yesterday with runners at 2B with one out they pulled Knox for Watts another slapper. Coach plays panic ball. The game was tied 4-4, you know and I know she should have let Hart hit away. This kid leads the team in average, hits, slugging, homeruns, on base percentage, etc. You know the crazy part is they pull Otto and inserted Ferguson. ULM knew in the next 1-3 pitches the Cajuns would squeeze. The book is out on Habetz she is so predictable. I even told a few folks she is about to squeeze and it isn't going to work with the way the defense is set up and sure enough the Cajuns get burnt. In game management sucks and there isn't any other way to sugar coat it. The SBC is a hitting league for the the most part and most games can't be won playing small ball over and over.

This is 🎯

[JMV JustMyView]

Based on various posts over time it is surmised, If the following arent her expertise:
- coaching hitting
- coaching pitching
- coaching fielding
- in game management
Then what exactly was she doing for those 15 to 20 years in tuscaloosa? And why did the Cajun faithful want her to come home so badly?

25 years at Alabama. Outfield and first base coach was her on field role.

[ridinsuicide]

And to be clear, I’m not here defending anyone or persecuting anyone. Simply saying they are not playing well all around at the moment and it it NOT due to bunting. Maybe coach is sac bunting to preserve some of those batting averages!! 🤣. Maybe if there was more swinging away those averages wouldn’t be what they are. Teams in the SBC, Southland, SEC, and all other C’s bunt more than y’all like to believe. I guess I’ll have to actually track over the next week how many innings of softball I watch, how many bunts or called (whether they lay it down or not) and the situation they are in. Then I’ll report back…..


Ok I lie, no shot I’m doing that 😁

[MarlinMan3]

25 years at Alabama. Outfield and first base coach was her on field role.

Thanks. So how would you say we are doing now in those?

[MarlinMan3]

If the sac bunt attempt doesnt work your average still goes down, lol

[CajunVic]

And to be clear, I’m not here defending anyone or persecuting anyone. Simply saying they are not playing well all around at the moment and it it NOT due to bunting. Maybe coach is sac bunting to preserve some of those batting averages!! 🤣. Maybe if there was more swinging away those averages wouldn’t be what they are. Teams in the SBC, Southland, SEC, and all other C’s bunt more than y’all like to believe. I guess I’ll have to actually track over the next week how many innings of softball I watch, how many bunts or called (whether they lay it down or not) and the situation they are in. Then I’ll report back…..


Ok I lie, no shot I’m doing that 😁

you see, it’s easy to point at a couple unsuccessful plays and complain - no research needed, only conclusions - that’s what we dealing with here and it sucks for all of the rest of the real Cajun fans to see our coaches and players raked over the coals by hindsight arm chair coaches

[ridinsuicide]

If the sac bunt attempt doesnt work your average still goes down, lol

I’m well aware. If it doesn’t work it’s not a “sac bunt”.

[JMV JustMyView]

And to be clear, I’m not here defending anyone or persecuting anyone. Simply saying they are not playing well all around at the moment and it it NOT due to bunting. Maybe coach is sac bunting to preserve some of those batting averages!! 🤣. Maybe if there was more swinging away those averages wouldn’t be what they are. Teams in the SBC, Southland, SEC, and all other C’s bunt more than y’all like to believe. I guess I’ll have to actually track over the next week how many innings of softball I watch, how many bunts or called (whether they lay it down or not) and the situation they are in. Then I’ll report back…..


Ok I lie, no shot I’m doing that 😁

It's due to bad coaching which entails putting on the bunt so often and in the incorrect situations. The bad in game strategy is hurting the team. No other way to polish that. The lineup has two players that haven't produced all season for the most part yet are still being put in the lineup every game, that's on the coach. If her style is small ball play then the teaching aspect isn't being done very well because overall the team is terrible at it. If they want to play that style, then they had a local kid that could play that style yet let them leave the state. I am not against bunting and I love a kid that plays great defense, has speed, knows how to run the bases, can get a bunt down when needed, can turn singles into doubles, can turn doubles into triples. The issue is the situations they are being asked to get the bunt down and the execution. One of the best players in the state to do all of these things I was a huge advocate of and the staff let them leave. And thats exactly the brand ball they are playing. You can't make this stuff up. Are you saying she is maybe preserving some players averages which could and has cost the team wins?

[ridinsuicide]

Are you saying she is maybe preserving some players averages which could and has cost the team wins?

It’s a joke bro! Little sarcasm and having some fun!!

Read the last sentence……
“ A sacrifice bunt (SAC or SH) in softball is scored when a batter with less than two outs bunts the ball, successfully advancing one or more runners while being put out at first base or reaching on a fielder's choice/error. It does not count as an at-bat, protecting the batter's batting average.”