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We had plenty of chances to step on their throat and failed to do it. Our problem is the same problem we have had since 2021. We have no one with a killer instinct and we still do not have a closer.
THIS is a perfect example of why a lot of folks want to part ways with Lemonis. Yes, the players made mistakes but they're his players. We should not be this limited with our position player depth. We just shouldn't. The bottom of the order is pathetic and this team just invents ways to lose close games. Makes you question the mental toughness of the squad. How many games is this now that we've blown late?
Average team with missing pieces. We will have to get smoking hot to make any real noise. Another 1 run loss.
Scrappy bunches don't lose this gameQuote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
No killer instinct in this team when it comes to crunch time
You also don't spot them a leadoff baserunner five straight innings at the end of a game and expect to winQuote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
Thst was two crappy baseball teams right there. No wonder they finished 13 &14 last year!
What I would give to have a Cohen mentality esque team back on the diamond
It's a three game series for a reason. Win two on the road and we've done the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Making the tourney and losing out in a regional
Isn't better than missing it and ridding ourselves so lemonis. Lemonis sucks... he just does. There's no lemonis recruits worth AF
And our front end hitting!Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
Forget the mentality.... give me the talent. Lemonis can't recruitQuote:
Originally Posted by DawgFromOxford
The 1 hole ain’t that great either so it’s not just the bottomQuote:
Originally Posted by Saltydog
Long cost state that game behind the dish - he just wasn?t good late
We're scoring plenty.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
Man, if only we had a coach that could upgrade the talentQuote:
Originally Posted by Bdawg
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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
This is a major factorQuote:
Originally Posted by BulldogBear
Truer words have never been spoken. The recruiter either really can't recruit or he can't coach or could it be both.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
True but state didn?t step on their throat and gave a dead team lifeQuote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
OM wins series tomorrow
We needed a sweep to make up for FL. They are not very good. But I guess that says something about us too.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
Our bullpen cost us the game….once again…..for the 3rd straight year. We have no alphas. We have a bunch of front runners. We have no one with the balls to demand the ball in crunch time.Quote:
Originally Posted by sandjunky
Where was the clutch from the big boys tonight? Non-existent. Hines with runners on- zippo! With nobody on 1st at bat or the game - K. Last at bat of the game solo HR. In between. Leaves a small village on the base paths.
Jordan will play in the big leagues even though he is a strike out machine. Hines might get to Double A. Then he will be playing American Legion ball until he is 45 like his old man!
I'm fine with this. I want whatever needs to happen to rid ourselves of lemonis. He isn't good... he's trashQuote:
Originally Posted by sandjunky
You can be pissed about our hitters all you want, and you have every right to be. But we had a 7-3 lead in the 8th. This is once again on the piss poor bullpen. Just like it has been most games the last 2 and a half years.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
Lemonis can't recruit. That's the problemQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Whoa whoa… step away. No one is fine losing to OM.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I do think they win the series tomorrow. State had a chance to bury them and proved "scrappy bunch" only goes so far.
We literally lose at least one game like this a weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
Don?t disagree about pen being not good but he?s got to block those 2 balls - weren?t even tough balls to blockQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
The whole team is at fault here. Multiple innings with bases loaded and can't hang big crooked numbers. Leading 7-3 in the bottom of the 8th and pitching gives up 4 runs. Jordan dropped a ball he should've caught. We let the leadoff guy on from the 8th innning on. Long can't block. Larry fumbles away the last out. Stevens had a double play ball hit to him and he pulls Mershon off line. I mean all around pitiful effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by sandjunky
And if the whole team is at fault it points back to the man in charge. How anyone want to keep Lemonis at this point I don't get. Who cares if we make a regional. It's clear he doesn't get the most out of his team
If we make one final play at 2nd in bottom of 10th or 11th we win the game.
Lemonis is 25-49 since we lost the previous staff's players. Lemonis is AIDS
The best thing that can happen to our program is ridding ourselves of lemonis.
No. He can't coach. Who puts a random freshman at DH to start a rivalry game? Leaves pitchers in too long- leaving Schuelke in too long with an umpire that couldn't see his pitches- whose fault is that? Why is Larry still leading off? NONE of that is on the players or their abilities. The coach is there for a reason to push the right buttons. Lemonis literally sits there and just lets whatever play out.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
And I got the sense after last night he got cocky and was like "oh they'll figure it out because we almost always beat them." Well that attitude gets you beat. Starts at the top down.
Who starts for us today (it?s morning now) and whos left to relieve?
Dude I get your mad, but he has recruited some damn studs. Bednar was the alpha of alphas and he recruited him. Dakota Jordan is an insane talent. He found Stephen in the portal. I hate Lemonis more than anyone on this board, you yourself have said I go overboard with it, but to call him out for recruiting is the wrong lane completely. Call him out for his game management fine, but recruiting is the one thing you cannot call him out on.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
He can't do anything. He's a weight around our necks... he's pulling us down. I'm fine with losing out if it gets rid of the problem - lemonisQuote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
And don't get me started on Jordan and Hines taking donkey hacks with two strikes when all they have to do is put the bat on the ball. Neither one of them hit enough home runs to offset their strikeouts to make it worth it.
And the hitting coach does nothing to even try to change it.