Without the right coach this team could have easily been a 30-35 win team.
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the fact he left Hatcher at first for long time is also a head Scratcher. Not bringing in Sims in game 3 of SC game-wasn't smart. The fact that we chocked away the SEC championship coming down the stretch is also not good. The fact we got embarrassed at Hoover-is disturbing.. The fact that he pulled the shift on a guy below the mendoza line leading off an inning( the guy bunted for an easy hit), left me going WTF. And not playing Brad might be the worst . also the fact that we don't have a better SS ready to play SEC ball, is beyond comprehension . So yes we are going to Omaha but it isn't like Coach hasn't done some stuff that caused some people to wonder is he the Guru of all baseball.
One game from Omaha is very far?I did not feel ?one game away? in 1989 or any other year the team was eliminated in a regional final. Either you are Omaha or you are a tread-stone or a head mounted to a wall.
By they go peak at the team stats for 2016 and compare to 2021. Who has more runs, RBI, HRs, and Slugging? JG quietly did a marvelous job while using very limited hitters in some positions. Imagine an alternate universe where Landon Jordan does not lose his mind and Hatcher was as good as his mom (Rex54) says he is.
You guys that don't want to give lemonis the credit he deserves... name the last coach we had in any sport that inherited talent and didn't screw it up. In some way. I will wait. I would do anything to have a coach like that in every sport. Much less taken us to the promised land.
Hatcher has power. Hatcher has hit .280 his entire time in college I believe. You happen to believe a guy like that, who gets hits in spots, is going to revert to the mean...... but he didn't. I don't have any issues with Hatcher. I just want people coming to the plate to protect the plate, see the ball hit the ball, and just put the lumber to it. Look the other way. Get bunts down. Make sure we are maximizing our opportunities while making the other team pay for mistakes. We are surrendering too many at bats at the moment.