Cajuns' JUCO signees having solid seasons

[ZoomZoom]

Making a Regional is a successful year and it doesn't matter how you get there.

Absolutely correct sir!

And Coastal proved the old adage a few years back, get hot at the right time and anything can happen. UCONN men's basketball also proved that a few years back. Heard talking heads speaking badly about that UCONN team this week, but they left with the trophy.

[DuckmanUSLGrad]

And our new hitting coach has our offense trending upwards. If we had just a normal Tony pitching staff this year we would have 10 more wins. Our bullpen collapsing has been a huge issue. When if and how it will get fixed is yet to be seen. We are leading or near the top of conference in nearly every offensive category. This is the weakest pitching staff I can ever remember under Tony.

Dang, so JT cannot get all the blame now any longer. So who do we throw under the bus for the pitching staff???

[CrazyCajun]

Dang, so JT cannot get all the blame now any longer. So who do we throw under the bus for the pitching staff???

Why does someone always need to be thrown under a bus? We have 8 pitchers that are either freshman or sophomores carrying the load, of the upper class-men we hopedvyo count on leger, Horton and Bradford are either done, not what we expected or battling injury. Sometimes ___ just doesn’t work. In 25 years it’s rarely been pitching

[DuckmanUSLGrad]

Why does someone always need to be thrown under a bus? We have 8 pitchers that are either freshman or sophomores carrying the load, of the upper class-men we hopedvyo count on leger, Horton and Bradford are either done, not what we expected or battling injury. Sometimes ___ just doesn't work. In 25 years it's rarely been pitching

Well, apparently it was OK to throw JT under the bus. I read many many post on the site with fans doing this! So for what I gather it is ok to throw someone under the bus as long as this someone is not a buddy! Got it!

[CajunRage]

And our new hitting coach has our offense trending upwards. If we had just a normal Tony pitching staff this year we would have 10 more wins. Our bullpen collapsing has been a huge issue. When if and how it will get fixed is yet to be seen. We are leading or near the top of conference in nearly every offensive category. This is the weakest pitching staff I can ever remember under Tony.

When I see the offense continue on that trend while Tony rebuilds the pitching staff, I'll feel the same way you do. We lose a lot of the current lineup this year and are depending on the JUCO to D-1 transitions to go smoothly. I'm not as optimistic as I have been in the past. I stated in a thread the other day, had the staffing changes made for this year been made 2 years ago, I'd be much more forgiving. Hearing excuses for 1-2 years is much different than 3-4.

[CajunRage]

Well, apparently it was OK to throw JT under the bus. I read many many post on the site with fans doing this! So for what I gather it is ok to throw someone under the bus as long as this someone is not a buddy! Got it!

Don't be mistaken, he is responsible for a lot of this. It's evident seeing the difference in players that both he and JW have coached. It just ultimately falls on Tony for not making the change sooner.

[CrazyCajun]

Well, apparently it was OK to throw JT under the bus. I read many many post on the site with fans doing this! So for what I gather it is ok to throw someone under the bus as long as this someone is not a buddy! Got it!

Does JT have 25 years track record to go on? Is JT known in the industry as one of the best hitting coaches in the country like Robe?

[CrazyCajun]

When I see the offense continue on that trend while Tony rebuilds the pitching staff, I'll feel the same way you do. We lose a lot of the current lineup this year and are depending on the JUCO to D-1 transitions to go smoothly. I'm not as optimistic as I have been in the past. I stated in a thread the other day, had the staffing changes made for this year been made 2 years ago, I'd be much more forgiving. Hearing excuses for 1-2 years is much different than 3-4.

They probably should have but we don’t take Jake wells from Alabama 2 years ago. Hindsight it’s easy to see, much easier than replacing one of your coaches coming off a super regional and regional host. Robe isn’t perfect and he would be the first to tell you that and the man is loyal to a fault but that’s not the worst thing a person can have as a fault. He knows these guys wife and kids, easier for fans to kick those guys to the curb than for him.

[Turbine]

... So who do we throw under the bus for the pitching staff???

If you keep throwing things under the bus, the bumpy ride is your fault..

[CajunRage]

They probably should have but we don’t take Jake wells from Alabama 2 years ago. Hindsight it’s easy to see, much easier than replacing one of your coaches coming off a super regional and regional host. Robe isn’t perfect and he would be the first to tell you that and the man is loyal to a fault but that’s not the worst thing a person can have as a fault. He knows these guys wife and kids, easier for fans to kick those guys to the curb than for him.

Personally, I don't like the wife and kids comment here. It's understandable but I think people forget that it affects everyone in the program. What about the coach doing their job and not relying on loyalty to stay employed? What about the volunteer coach not collecting any compensation? What about the Todd Lotts of the world who decided to play his 3 or 4 years of college ball here and had 2 of them wasted and possibly hurting his professional aspirations to a point of no return. Loyalty to one affects dozens in this situation. You and anyone else is free to disagree. This is my opinion.