You can't do **** like this. We blew how many late inning leads last year? And right back at it again this year. You can afford a bad night against a good team... Or even a bad one if you are winning games. You can't schedule tough and lose to good teams, then finally win something and then turn right back around and blow leads to directional schools at home. We likely cost ourselves a host spot tonight.
When you schedule tough OOC in the SEC
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It's not just the loss tonight. It's the two game sweep by FAU that hurts along with tonight. Losing on the road isn't as bad, but We have very little margin for error in SEC play when we have already lost 3 at home, one to a directional Kentucky school that doesn't start with western.
Agree with that. But you can't say we won't host because we lost this one game. If we dont host it will be because we lose a good bit going forward. Hosting is definitely still possible. Not saying it will or won't happen. Just saying it's not impossible.
The logic of "we absolutely have to host or this season is a total failure" baffles me. The team that won the national title last year massively underachieved in the regular season and ended up being a 3 seed. I'm willing to bet that they don't care about not hosting.
Look at 2003 vs. 2007 and 2011 for us. Would you rather host your own Regional and lose it or go on the road and win your Regional? Nobody is taking the first option.
This was a flukey loss. Even if our bullpen is struggling, we probably won't blow a six run lead again this season. LSU had a similar loss like this against Lamar a few weeks ago. I still fully expect us to be a solid Regional team. Hosting either will or won't happen, but it's not the biggest measuring stick for us. That would be A) did we make the postseason? And then B) how far did we go?
Look at 2003 vs. 2007 and 2011 for us. Would you rather host your own Regional and lose it or go on the road and win your Regional? Nobody is taking the first option.
This was a flukey loss. Even if our bullpen is struggling, we probably won't blow a six run lead again this season. LSU had a similar loss like this against Lamar a few weeks ago. I still fully expect us to be a solid Regional team. Hosting either will or won't happen, but it's not the biggest measuring stick for us. That would be A) did we make the postseason? And then B) how far did we go?
See, this is what the conversation has come to. We aren't even talking about sec titles anymore (why would we...it's been decades since our last) and now, hosting really isn't that big of a deal. Our ability to crawl, scrape, and fight tooth and nail back into expecting to host and compete for conference titles, is what our very future relevance depends on. We have fallen so far that it's hard for us to even comprehend, yet conversations like this expose what we have become. We aren't in a good place right now and with the sec catching and in some cases surpassing us, what we do moving forward is critical. I, for one, am tired of watching everyone pass us by or make huge strides to pull even. We need to wake up and do what is necessary to win and continue building on our history and brand before it's too late.
Some would contend that it's already too late. Our "history" is already 25 years old, with nothing recent to show for it except one exceptional, unexpected run in the CWS.
SSDD, not a big fan of our coach and our bullpen is of great concern after this weekend and tonight's performance. Yes we swept but look at how many arms we used and the runs allowed. It was good we had big leads but I don't think all is well within the program yet!
Bullpen issues
Maybe Cohen needs to quit emptying the bench in the latter innings until he develops some closers. Otherwise he is just playing roulette. Last night he had no hitters in the game to even attempt a comeback. We all understand developing as many players as possible, but the current pitching staff dorsn't allow that luxury. Last night looked just like the Polk game at Louisiana Tech a few years ago. And then for Cohen in his post game to say we are just trying to figure out how to win games like these. Duh. Develop some actual closers and quit playing participation baseball would be a good start. The BP looks no better than last year.
Maybe Cohen needs to quit emptying the bench in the latter innings until he develops some closers. Otherwise he is just playing roulette. Last night he had no hitters in the game to even attempt a comeback. We all understand developing as many players as possible, but the current pitching staff dorsn't allow that luxury. Last night looked just like the Polk game at Louisiana Tech a few years ago. And then for Cohen in his post game to say we are just trying to figure out how to win games like these. Duh. Develop some actual closers and quit playing participation baseball would be a good start. The BP looks no better than last year.
It's actually just the opposite. When you schedule a tough OOC schedule, you can afford to drop one here and there. I've said all along that hosting a regional probably wasn't a reasonable goal for this team this year. But whether we host or not wasn't determined last night. It will be determined by the last 10 weekends of the season, and we're 4-1-1 so far.
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