Coach Henderson

[yjnkdawg]

Now Henderson has more responsibilities other than just working with pitchers, setting up their rotation, etc. He has also had to deal with emotional player issues due to the Cann fiasco I still think he would rather be a pitching coach, and wanted to help MSU, Cohen and the team out by accepting the interim position. He entered a tough situation. I think he is a good pitching coach when he is strictly a pitching coach, and not having to devote his duties to HC responsibilities.

[Todd4State]

Now Henderson has more responsibilities other than just working with pitchers, setting up their rotation, etc. He has also had to deal with emotional player issues due to the Cann fiasco I still think he would rather be a pitching coach, and wanted to help MSU, Cohen and the team out by accepting the interim position. He entered a tough situation. I think he is a good pitching coach when he is strictly a pitching coach, and not having to devote his duties to HC responsibilities.

We're also down one coach from everyone else essentially too. No offense to whatever grad assistant took Cann's place.

[MarketingBully]

As far as Henderson and his decision making- it's apples and oranges being the pitching coach and the head coach. Plus last year our staff was so injury riddled that anyone would get a pass on that.

That may answer the second question.

But the thing about closers is right or wrong in this day and age most of them like to start with a clean inning. For them it's about preparation more than anything and knowing how to get ready mentally. There aren't very many Andrew Miller's in baseball that can just do whatever. And a lot of coaches like to define roles because it helps to reduce injuries because you don't want a guy throwing a complete game in the bullpen getting him up and down and that sort of thing.

If you by chance do start an inning with your LH guy and you have him face a RH hitter you only do that because you want your LOOGY to face the in this case LH hitter on deck. Henderson didn't do that- and while yes, France got the LH hitter out, why not just start with France if you're not going to match up with the LH hitter with your LOOGY? Or Smith since he's your closer. And sometimes you do even in this day and age have to go by feel a little bit. And the way France looked last night combined with how he threw the weekend before plus how Smith threw the weekend before I and I think most baseball managers would have stayed with France. France was according to the radar gun was throwing 95 and pretty much blew his guy away and looked pretty confident to me at that point.

I did think it was funny after the game that Henderson said he could see where Bianco was coming from with walking Mangum. That's usually a sign that the decision was pretty questionable.

I just don't think Henderson has a very good feel for the game and what to do in certain situations and it leads to craziness happening sometimes. I think he's a good pitching coach and to be honest from a strategy standpoint a bad manager. It's not mutually exclusive though.

So riddle me this Todd. Self is healthy and ready to go according to his family members. Why no Self sightings at all when we are trying to make a postseason run? Henderson is showing this year why he?s not ready to be a HC again and why Kentucky fired him. I?ve been extremely disappointed with his coaching this year.

[MarketingBully]

We're also down one coach from everyone else essentially too. No offense to whatever grad assistant took Cann's place.

Henderson should of just let Gautreau take over lineups and who to put who where on the field and Henderson stick to the pitching side. We would be in a hell of a lot better shape and possibly a 2 seed.

[MarketingBully]

Now Henderson has more responsibilities other than just working with pitchers, setting up their rotation, etc. He has also had to deal with emotional player issues due to the Cann fiasco I still think he would rather be a pitching coach, and wanted to help MSU, Cohen and the team out by accepting the interim position. He entered a tough situation. I think he is a good pitching coach when he is strictly a pitching coach, and not having to devote his duties to HC responsibilities.

He’s washed up and way past his days of being the SEC COY in 2012.