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ballcoach15 wrote:Losing Canetto really hurt us late in season.Yes and last year it was Zavodny. Hopefully we stay healthy next year.
Chippy wrote:And the year before it was Emily Sweat. 3 seasons, 3 outfielders lost.ballcoach15 wrote:Losing Canetto really hurt us late in season.Yes and last year it was Zavodny. Hopefully we stay healthy next year.
ballcoach15 wrote:. . .and Sweat never recaptured her form from her freshmen year, hitting .300+ and starting 40+ games. Hopefully Canetto won't have the same issues next year.Chippy wrote:And the year before it was Emily Sweat. 3 seasons, 3 outfielders lost.ballcoach15 wrote:Losing Canetto really hurt us late in season.Yes and last year it was Zavodny. Hopefully we stay healthy next year.
thepostman wrote:Well it looks like the bats still haven't come to life. Ballcoach, what is your theory as to what the hitting trouble is?It seems to be a systemic thing. What needs to Change?
oldflame wrote:I literally don’t recall ever saying anything of the sort. Doesn’t even sound like me. Who are you?!jinxy wrote:I would compare it to mbb. Veteran laden teams dont salvage their season by winning the NIT if they were already in the tourney the year before or last couple years. Again im no expert but i dont see the offense needed to go further. I said it the first 2 weeks of the season and it rang true. Just need more hitters that can drive the ball. The threat of it forces defenses to play different and forces pitchers to try to be more accurate and then causes mistakes.I have a theory on that. I don't think Dot recruits what JK37 once referred to here as "big boned" girls to the extent some coaches do.
For those that know softball recruiting more than me, are we not iding the right hitters, cant get them here, injuries, or What?
ballcoach15 wrote:We are in a slump as a team. Swinging at bad pitches. Not squaring barrel of bat on ball. Too many weak grounders and pop ups.It seems they’ve been in a slump all year. Offensive outputs have been the exception not the norm. Sort of like reverse slumps
We did hit 3 or 4 balls hard, and outfielders made good play on ball.
Cider Jim wrote:Rutgers walked Bishop intentionally with runners on second and third. Ballcoach said that was good coaching, but LU still won 1-0.It sounds like the best strategy when you play Liberty is to throw strikes. Because apparently no one on the roster can hit
Cider Jim wrote:Rutgers walked Bishop intentionally with runners on second and third. Ballcoach said that was good coaching, but LU still won 1-0.Pretty much anyone would have walked her with first base open. Thats a no-brainer. What makes ballcoach's "stratigery" unique is that he would have done it if the runners had been on first and second, or even with the bases loaded if we had a bit of a lead.