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ballcoach15 wrote:I am surprised there are no posts here on UVA game yesterday.You were THERE and you don't even know what happened
Game was 14 innings. First 9 was regulation baseball. Last 5 innings was situational play. Score was kept for all 14 innings. UVA was ahead 8-4 at end of 9-4. I heard LU won 14-9 after 14 innings. I left after 12 with score tied 9-9 I think. We swung bats fairly well. Mostly singles. No home runs. Pitching was fair. DeGroat did not pitch while I was there.
“Jake Barbee’s a senior who’s had an unbelievable fall for us,” Jackson said. “He just barrels everything he hits. That back-side double (on Saturday) was very typical of what Jake’s been able to do for us this fall.”
“These kids are great kids, they wanted a lot of structure, a lot of organization and a lot of pace to practice. So that’s what we gave them,” Jackson said. “It’s a lot of transition for us, a lot of trying to put a lot of things in in a short period of time. As a first-year head coach, you want to set the energy level, and just try to take our kids and put them on the field and say, ‘You know what? This is our three hours today. I want you to leave everything in the locker room. I want you to come out here and just give me what you got for three hours. If you screw up because you’re trying to play a little faster and be aggressive, I’m fine with that.’ And they’ve run with it. It’s been fun so far. We’ve got a ways to go, but I think we’re going to get there.”
“He’s (DeGroat) been in some big situations, and he’s our best life-on-the-fastball and velo guy, but he’s still got a ways to go to pitch,” Jackson said. “It’s power stuff, just lack of consistency sometimes with the secondary stuff right now. So repeating his delivery, obviously he’s a converted catcher so still working on repeating his delivery and working on locating and challenging hitters in the zone. His pitch counts get up sometimes and he gets in counts that aren’t in his favor. If he can work to manage the count a little better and minimize his innings, stay in that 12-17 pitch range, he’s got a chance to stay out there six or seven innings.”The Not-So-Good-But-Not-Surprising-Given-Our-Old-Pitching-Coach
So while Liberty surely wants to bolster its firepower on the mound in the future, the Flames have enough experienced pitchers who can spin breaking balls and present different looks. Pitching coach Bryant Gaines should be able to piece together a competitive staff using all of those pieces.
Jonathan Carone wrote:When you have a new coach, you're going to compare and contrast with the old coach.I thought that exact same thing. I get the sense that he is rooting out any sense of entitlement that may have existed in the past. I love how he is instilling in these guys that Omaha is something earned through hard work and a lot of fight and they are not there yet.
Another piece I liked in the video was when Coach Jackson mentioned they don't say the word Omaha anymore. I bet that giant Omaha mural gets changed soon.
LUnpretty11 wrote:Omaha is the goal. It should always be the goal. Taking the fantasy and titillation of reaching Ohama out of their conversations and allows them to focus on doing the right things, the small things, to reach their goal. That starts with defense and pitching. Love what Jackson is doing so far.With
Purple Haize wrote:Really? I wasn't aware it was a bad thing to say. Genuinely.LUnpretty11 wrote:Omaha is the goal. It should always be the goal. Taking the fantasy and titillation of reaching Ohama out of their conversations and allows them to focus on doing the right things, the small things, to reach their goal. That starts with defense and pitching. Love what Jackson is doing so far.With
That could kinda sorta be the philosophy of the entire athletic department but what do I know. Just replace Omaha with FBS or FCS Playoffs or whatever.
Although I don't think you are allowed to say titilation