A Sea Of Red

For Ballcoach and others who want to read about Coach Dot's 2019 recruiting class:

https://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cf ... wsID=21070

Cider Jim wrote:For Ballcoach and others who want to read about Coach Dot's 2019 recruiting class:

https://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cf ... wsID=21070

Our 3B, SS and C will come from this group as well as 1 SP. Possibly an OF to play CF. That means we may have 4 FR in starting lineup.

Did Coach Dot red shirt anybody this year?

Cider Jim wrote:Did Coach Dot red shirt anybody this year?

Cassidy Young (INF) and I believe Braelyn Cooper (P) who pitched a couple innings earlier in the year but not sure if this was injury related.

Cider Jim wrote:Did Coach Dot red shirt anybody this year?

If my memory is correct, one (Young)

Chippy wrote:

Cider Jim wrote:Did Coach Dot red shirt anybody this year?

Cassidy Young (INF) and I believe Braelyn Cooper (P) who pitched a couple innings earlier in the year but not sure if this was injury related.

I have absolutely no inside info on Cooper, but she pitched well enough in the chances she got early (best ERA and lowest opponents BA on the staff) that it doesn't seem to make sense she would have been completely shut down for the last 2/3 of the season if there were not some sort of injury.

I hear a transfer to UVA is on the horizon .

According to https://www.softballamerica.com/stories ... r-tracker/, it appears that Elizabeth Engler and Braelyn Cooper are leaving LU.

Would they need to sit out a year before they could play?

No, unless they have changed the rules. The very liberal NCAA basically encourages softball players to transfer. NCAA is destroying the integrity of softball, with their stupid transfer polices.
Players should not be allowed to transfer, except in extreme situations, I.e. family problems at home, that requires player to be closer to family.

ballcoach15 wrote:No, unless they have changed the rules. The very liberal NCAA basically encourages softball players to transfer. NCAA is destroying the integrity of softball, with their stupid transfer polices.
Players should not be allowed to transfer, except in extreme situations, I.e. family problems at home, that requires player to be closer to family.

So unless we get experienced transfers to pitch for us, we will be dependent of freshmen next year.

ballcoach15 wrote:I hear a transfer to UVA is on the horizon .

Who wouldn't transfer to UVa if they had the opportunity. Since we have spent 40 years building or sports and campus rather than developing our academics, a diploma from a strong school will take you farther than an LU diploma and a good sports experience will.

That could be debatable. It depends on career field one enters. A degree doesn't guarantee success , no matter the school.

The 2 most successful people I know, never set foot in a college classroom. They have a combined 67,000,000 dollars, plus real estate.

You're right,school doesn't equal success but certain schools can give you a head start. With anything, it is up to that individual to take advantage of it. I would dare say UVA would give almost anyone a head start on those at LU. Doesn't mean it'll work out in the end for them but it certianly helps.

I would hire a LU grad over a UVA grad. UVA is too liberal.

ballcoach15 wrote:I would hire a LU grad over a UVA grad. UVA is too liberal.

Ball coach just wants to be the biggest liberal in the room.

And yet some of Ballcoach's best friends are UVa alumni.

ballcoach15 wrote:I would hire a LU grad over a UVA grad. UVA is too liberal.

You, my friend, are much more liberal than you even realize.

Cider Jim wrote:And yet some of Ballcoach's best friends are UVa alumni.

Even UVA alumni have to be coached up.

Chippy wrote: ↑June 11th, 2019, 8:38 pm

ballcoach15 wrote:No, unless they have changed the rules. The very liberal NCAA basically encourages softball players to transfer. NCAA is destroying the integrity of softball, with their stupid transfer polices.
Players should not be allowed to transfer, except in extreme situations, I.e. family problems at home, that requires player to be closer to family.

So unless we get experienced transfers to pitch for us, we will be dependent of freshmen next year.

For those who love and understand the NCAA's transfer rules, I have a question. If a player enters Transfer Portal and doesn't get signed by another school, do they return to their original school or give up softball, (or whatever sport they play). In reviewing the updated Softball Portal this morning, I noticed the majority of players who have entered portal are "unsigned" by a new school.

SI wrote:Here’s why players need to make a raw, honest evaluation of their situations before they enter the portal. Once a player enters the portal, the player’s current school is under no obligation to keep that player on scholarship.

https://www.si.com/college-football/201 ... unter-rule

Posty, is there anyway you can make those links darker? A white link on a light gray background is almost impossible to see.

Cider Jim wrote: ↑July 9th, 2019, 9:47 am Posty, is there anyway you can make those links darker? A white link on a light gray background is almost impossible to see.