Hard to believe someone would allow such a tyrant to coach 10 year old kids
OT: Boogs Not Mens Softball
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Seems those kids are gonna grow up to be some hard-nosed winners of the highest order.
So is Boog baseball spiraling downward? Or is it just some typical Boog fan overreaction?
Based on where we are right now it’s an overreaction. If Tanner Burns is seriously hurt then we in trouble.
Maybe a bit of an overreaction, but we’re struggling right now. Just need to find a way to get to 14 SEC wins. I thought we were good enough to make a regional this year but probably not quite experienced enough on the pitching staff to make a deep regional run or get to a super regional, and that’s kinda where we are. But most (including me) expected the offense to be solid and the pitching to struggle. So far this year, the pitching has been ok (especially considering we’ve been without one of our starters for the entire season and lost a month from another starter), but the hitting has just not been good.
Just got swept by Vanderbilt. Probably need to fire Gabe Gross and get a real hitting coach. Guy was coaching tee ball before joining Auburn's coaching staff
Got stomped in every facet. Shitty D, Shitty pitching, no timely hitting. We need to win 4 or 5 in the next two series and stop the bleeding.
Don’t blame Gabe. Blame the goober who thought it was a good idea to hire him.
Also
Yikes
Who did your prefer AU hire then? Who would you target now? Maybe a couple of names.
I bet he wanted us to keep Sunny and thought we were pussies for firing him. And if that’s true, he probably also thinks the program is too soft. Plus, Slippin knows how to fvck with the baseball crowd and get them pissed off and riled up. It was one of his strongsuits on tbb.
I think there’s plenty of blame to go around for the hitting issues. Gross, Nonemaker, and Butch should all share in the offensive failures.
I think most reasonable people expected the pitching staff to have some ups and downs, although no one expected to lose two experienced arms for significant time. But the hitting was supposed to be a strongpoint. The returning guys were expected to improve over last year or maintain their production. And none of that has happened with the exception of Judd Ward and Conor Davis. Holland, Williams, and Julien aren’t any better (and in Holland’s and Williams’ cases considerably worse) than they were last year.
Nothing. I’ve asked around, but no one knows anything. The people who I asked usually are around player parents and get info that way. Being it was an away game, they may not know anything before Butch says something. I’m hoping he talks about it today on his podcast with Andy Burcham.
Saw a tweet from Stu Murray, who covers college baseball and the Cape Cod summer league, that said he heard shoulder stiffness. But I’m not sure I believe that. The suddenness of Tanner leaving the game is what worries me most. Honestly, I’m not very hopeful, but that’s not really based on anything.
Yes. He wanted CSG to stick around. But I'm asking him who he preferred Butch hire as hitting coach as opposed to Gabe. And who he would target now.
Sounds like they won’t know much on Tanner until later in the week. Butch said it wasn’t a “run to the doctor now” situation. Said Tanner had some soreness. He will throw a bullpen Tuesday and Wednesday and know more after that. He said he thought the rotation this weekend would be Owen, Fuller, TBA. If Tanner can go, it might move Owen to Sunday.
Casey Mize threw a no-hitter in his AA debut.
He’s tearing it up this year. Amazing considering how we abused his arm at AU.
Also amazing since one of the two man Sonny support group thinks he is a pussy.
Sounds like the rotation will include Burns on Sunday if his bullpen today goes well. Would be Owen, Fuller, and Burns if he can go. Otherwise, Fitts will get that Sunday start.
It’s time for Williams and Holland to smash.
Hell, they’ve been bad all year, but Julien and Woley have both fallen off recently. Woley is hitting .213 in SEC play, Julien .207. When your four best projected hitters are hitting a combined .203 with a combined OBP of about .290, you’re not going to be very good offensively. It would be nice if those four guys, the guys with the most slugging pop, all got hot here the last 3 weeks of the season.
Meanwhile, Judd Ward has a slash of .321/.402/.432, and Scheffler has slash of .296/.375/.366. Neither are great power guys, but both hit for average and get on base. We need more guys on the roster to approach their ABs like Ward and Scheffler.
Burns is expected to throw today but is doubtful for the weekend against Bama. Kinda feels like Butch won’t let him throw even if he’s ready to go.
With 11 games remaining (9 SEC games and two midweeks), here's a look at the postseason outlook. We have 8 straight home games before a 3-game series to end the season at LSU.
This is what the Needs Report says about our RPI chances the rest of the season and what we need to stay in certain thresholds. This is stagnant and based on today's numbers, and since RPI is ever changing, this is just an estimate.
Top 32:
0 home wins, 3 road wins
1 home wins, 2 road wins
2 home wins, 1 road wins
3 home wins, 0 road wins
Top 16:
5 home wins, 3 road wins
6 home wins, 1 road wins
7 home wins, 0 road wins
Top 8:
7 home wins, 3 road wins
8 home wins, 2 road wins
Essentially, keeping a top 32 RPI seems like a lock, but it won't get us into the Field of 64 with the bare minimum. To get in, I think we need 4 more SEC wins, which means we'd finish at least 14-16 in SEC play. If we finish in the top 16 in RPI, there's a chance we host in that scenario. But 6 home wins could come with a sweep of Bama, two midweek wins, and going 1-2 against UGA. It would also mean we probably went 1-2 against LSU, and 15-15 isn't hosting. I think somewhat realistic scenario is to win all three remaining SEC series 2-1, which would put us at 16-14 with three consecutive series wins and series wins against 2 top 20 RPI teams. Even better would be a sweep of Bama and the two series wins to finish 17-13. I think that would almost guarantee us a host spot. It would then come down to how some other teams like Ole Miss and aTm finished the season.
Realistically, I think 14-16/15-15 is where we finish, which gets us a 2 seed pretty easily (probably Ga Tech or East Carolina). I think we win 2 of 3 from Bama, 1 or 2 against UGA (not sure how I feel about this series yet), and 1 against LSU. A lot hinges on this Bama series. If you can sweep it, it's a huge momentum boost for the last few games. If you lose this series, then boy do things start looking worrisome.
This is what the Needs Report says about our RPI chances the rest of the season and what we need to stay in certain thresholds. This is stagnant and based on today's numbers, and since RPI is ever changing, this is just an estimate.
Top 32:
0 home wins, 3 road wins
1 home wins, 2 road wins
2 home wins, 1 road wins
3 home wins, 0 road wins
Top 16:
5 home wins, 3 road wins
6 home wins, 1 road wins
7 home wins, 0 road wins
Top 8:
7 home wins, 3 road wins
8 home wins, 2 road wins
Essentially, keeping a top 32 RPI seems like a lock, but it won't get us into the Field of 64 with the bare minimum. To get in, I think we need 4 more SEC wins, which means we'd finish at least 14-16 in SEC play. If we finish in the top 16 in RPI, there's a chance we host in that scenario. But 6 home wins could come with a sweep of Bama, two midweek wins, and going 1-2 against UGA. It would also mean we probably went 1-2 against LSU, and 15-15 isn't hosting. I think somewhat realistic scenario is to win all three remaining SEC series 2-1, which would put us at 16-14 with three consecutive series wins and series wins against 2 top 20 RPI teams. Even better would be a sweep of Bama and the two series wins to finish 17-13. I think that would almost guarantee us a host spot. It would then come down to how some other teams like Ole Miss and aTm finished the season.
Realistically, I think 14-16/15-15 is where we finish, which gets us a 2 seed pretty easily (probably Ga Tech or East Carolina). I think we win 2 of 3 from Bama, 1 or 2 against UGA (not sure how I feel about this series yet), and 1 against LSU. A lot hinges on this Bama series. If you can sweep it, it's a huge momentum boost for the last few games. If you lose this series, then boy do things start looking worrisome.
Remember when we got swept at home by a terrible bama squad that basically ruined our chance at a halfway decent season? This sure feels a lot like that
Was thinking about that earlier. That thought has definitely crossed my mind.
I think last year when we were 10-11 in the league we swept Vandy and got a little momentum. Feels more like that to me.
Also, you not going to share your ideas on who we should’ve hired instead of Gabe? And you’d go after now?
I have a hitting coach name that I think even @Slippin Jimmy and @L I G E R cod appreciate: Andy Cannizaro. Very good recruiter and hitting coach. Currently coaching HS baseball in Louisiana after his fall from grace at Miss St.
Sorry buddy but I don’t have my finger on the pulse of college baseball assistant coaching circles. Also, I don’t get paid almost a milly a year to hire decent coaches
@wcw3au1 i take that back. I’ll go with this guy. Anything’s got to be better than the goober Butch hired
Like for the honesty. Hoped you’d waste time googling some crap because I was pretty certain you had no better options. Just a hind sight expert.
Yeah, as I said, I’m not paid almost a milly a year to have the foresight to hire a decent coach. Butch is, though, and that opens him up to hindsight criticism.
Bama has swept us the last two trips to Auburn. (Once under Sonny and Butch)
Game 1 W against bama. Always good for the LBS.
I had forgotten about the time they let Aubie coach a series. That was a piss poor decision in hindsight.
