Yep. I suspect we see Highfill catch three out of the four during the week and Long fills in once a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
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Yep. I suspect we see Highfill catch three out of the four during the week and Long fills in once a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Who wants to bench them? Not a damn soul in this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Reading is an issue w some. Nobody wants to bench highfill w what we have. Just that he's not all sec. Below avg catcher at this point and has lots of holes offensively. But he was a fr. He'll get better I know. Problem is , today fr either play or leave. We played him. He'll get better. I thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
He is a true freshman who got thrown into the line up before he should have. It will do nothing but make him better all around. He hit 9 bombs as a true freshman and he got better behind the plate the whole year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
He's two years away IMO. He's a tremendous athlete but a raw baseball player. We messed up not signing a portal catcher last year, but that was expected. He's hitting .233 in summer ball right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by TNDawg35
Yeah, how our staff saw Luke Hancock all fall and then said, "yeah, we'll roll with that guy." beats the hell out of me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
We had 4 catchers on the roster last year. Until Ross started to come on late in the year, Hancock sucked the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
But what I'm saying is how do we get in the position where Luke Hancock is our best catcher? Should've taken a portal catcher last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leroy Jenkins
What are you talking about? Pretty much all of us see it but there is really nothing any of us can do at this point but hope against hope that we are significantly better than most of us think we will be next year. If Lemonis does crash and burn next season he certainly can't complain he wasn't given every opportunity to get the program back on track.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99jc
Exactly. Literally nobody is guaranteeing success next Spring. We are just hopeful he can make it happen. He doesnt? AdiosQuote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
He makes odd generalization posts like this quite often.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
The question is- what is "make it happen "?Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Make a regional, make a super regional? If just regional, what seed must it be/ regular season record?
Yes! I believe this is where we all are at this point!Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
No argument. I'm saying nobody said bench him. He's just gonna get better.Quote:
Originally Posted by TNDawg35
Competition is good and maybe the Pitt transfer can spell Ross when needed.
ExactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Host = SafeQuote:
Originally Posted by TheLostDawg
Or
Region + Super
He makes a regional and it’s very unlikely he would be firedQuote:
Originally Posted by TheLostDawg
As long as it's not a back door make- like winning the sec tournament to get in, after a meh year, I agree. Regional saves his job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
There are nuances here I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
(1) make a regional and Ole Miss makes Omaha, death blow
(2) make a regional and Go 2-And-Out, death blow
(3) make a region with 13 SEC Wins is different that 16 SEC Wins
(4) Lemons has a record of approximately 9-30 versus Tennessee, Vandy, LSU, and Arkansas (with Omaha wins included), showing he is not a peer to best coaches, they generally own him for sweeps and run-rules lately