Boogs vs Bryant (baseball)
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No more discussing Sonny from me. Turns this board to tBB, and I don't want that
I think pitching-wise we are going to be ok in SEC play, but I'm not sure how our bats are going to look against decent SEC arms.
I think our hitting will be fine. But we have had some issues leaving guys on base. We score 31 runs this weekend, but left 32 on base
I’m just the opposite. I’m much more concerned with our starting pitching than our bats. We need Daniel and Burns to be huge all season to be a better than .500 SEC team IMO. A lot to ask, especially from the Freshman.
I think yall are looking at what we have done hitting-wise to lesser schools. These schools have all had at least one pitcher that made us look bad for a period of time. The guy last night was a soft lefty who maxed out around 88 and he made us look silly quite a bit. Just watching our approaches at the plate concerns me that when we see a team with a stud we are going to struggle. Also, your hitting wont "be fine" if you are stranding a lot of runners against great pitching staffs.
Pitching-wise I feel better because it looks to me like the bullpen has made some strides. I feel good about Mize on Friday nights and Burns on Sunday. If we were asking Burns to throw on Friday or Saturday I would be more concerned, but even as a true freshman he is a solid Sunday starter. I'm not completely sold on Davis on Saturdays, but I wouldn't be shocked if that ended up being Davis for 3 or 4 innings, Mitchell for 3 or 4 and then someone like Coker or Greenhill closes us out.
Good post from you. My concerns are still what they were pre season. I’ve not really drawn any conclusions from the first 8 games. (Other than maybe that Williams is a potential stud pony). We have a very talented pitching staff. Just not a lot of experienced, successful starters. I’ll worry about this until the SECT starts.
Lefties, especially soft lefties, were our big nemesis last year. Seems to be the case again this year. Junk ballers seem to give us a lot of trouble.
Yeah we have a chance to be good, but this is the year that missing an entire class from Golloway should hurt us.
Yeah I don't even like the way we look when we take off-speed stuff. We give up way too early.
Well of course. Sure as hell won’t be Butch’s fault. Can’t be. Totally impossible.
I’m pretty sure everyone in this thread was willing to give Bruce a few years bc of Barbee’s shit croots and crazy attrition. Not sure why depth concerns can’t be placed on Sonny’s mismanagement if they do really exist
To be fair, Bruce replaced Tony Barbee. Butch replaced a long-time successful coach with a huge track record of success that was rumored to “not get along” with the snowflake travel ball parents surrounding our program and who was actively undermined by our own AD.
Not in my mind. But to act like missing an entire class couldn’t negatively a/effect a team is just not smart. Like not knowing which a/effect to use here.
Nah, I'm just suggesting that I'm not as sold on this team as some are. Outside of the Bruce Pearl hire, Butch is the first person AU has hired that was my number one choice. I think he is a really good recruiter, and I think he does a great job developing pitchers. If we were in any other conference in the country I would say that we should be a regional team no matter what, but with what the SEC looks like I'm concerned that "good" won't be good enough. I like our rotation right now, but if Mize or Burns went down for an extended period of time that might completely change things.
I personally think you and slippin are just trying to egg on cookie, but if you really don't like Butch then I guess we aren't going to have any kind of productive conversation on the matter.
You claimed to have played college baseball if I remember correctly. If you were on a college team that missed an entire class of players; would that be a positive or negative impact?
I like Butch. I don’t think I would recognize him if he walked right in front of me, but seems to be a good coach
I can’t identify Butch or Sunny or current or former Softball coaches.
Just joining this party, but how are my Russellville boys from up the road doing (Greenhill & Ward)?
Also have two Blake's from my hometown that are on the current staff that I know very well. That would be Logan & Beck. Both come from great families of course.
Also have two Blake's from my hometown that are on the current staff that I know very well. That would be Logan & Beck. Both come from great families of course.
What also has to be remembered is when Butch was hired. Yes, Butch is starting his 3rd year as our HC, but he was hired just a week or two before the early signing period where as most coaches starting their 3rd year were hired 9-10 months earlier. This past November was just two years removed from him being named the head coach at Auburn. His first team had ZERO people that he recruited. So the freshman class on campus right now is really his first class. Butch did a great job on short notice fielding a solid class (relying heavily on JUCOs) right after he was hired.
Nope. Just stating facts.
But Im not saying that if we have poor play this year is on Golloway. Thompson has recruited very well and we should have a good team. But to act like missing an entire class (that should be in their 3rd year) from Golloway and Butch not be able to recruit the class he signs for year two (because when he was hired) shouldn't impact this team at all is just burying your head in the sand.
Sonny was a rat faced loser
Butch is much better but blew a golden opportunity to maybe get to Omaha last year.
The sport bores me particularly compared to men’s softball.
Butch is much better but blew a golden opportunity to maybe get to Omaha last year.
The sport bores me particularly compared to men’s softball.
I wonder when the last time Auburn/USA played and both were ranked (if its ever happened)
Weren’t we ranked like 6th or something last year before the collapse?
If it's ever happened, it was in the early 2000s or late 90s. In 2003, we had a big game with them, but they weren't ranked. And they weren't ranked in 2010.
I believe Baseball America had us 5th before we went on our skid.
Should I remind him that Sunny has arguably a more successful career than our beloved Bruce at this point?
Don't even think about it hoss.
I thought our beloved Bruce Pearl had won a national championship as a head coach........no?
