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Originally Posted by
dawgday166
Lessee ... Long is batting .250 with 1 extra base hit (the HR) ALL YEAR. He only has 9 RBIs all year. He does a pretty good job at framing pitches and blocking wild pitches but can't throw anyone out at 2nd.
And this is the MSU Poster Child for "fire & passion"?? He's barely an SEC caliber player.
His fire & passion cost us the GA game last week.
His backup, Powell is batting .294 and has 3 less RBI while starting half the games Long has started. He's actually hitting .429 in conference on only 7 AB tho.
If Long is the leader of this team then we're in trouble ... in more ways than one.
And not sure where this love affair with him is coming from but ... whatever.
This is where you have understand that our outside view is not reflective of what goes on with the team. Powell would likely have won the spot - but he's been dealing with a concussion. So it's hard to lead when you don't play and in the case of a concussion get held out of team activities.
Johnny Long is not a problem. As T4S says - we loved Mac's bat flips and fire so why are we clowning on Long? Well, it's because they lost. But I totally get what Long is trying to do. He's trying to motivate and engage the team and appears to be the only one doing it. I'm not going to dog him for that.
Todd's post is pretty spot on.
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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