Quote Originally Posted by shoeless joe View Post
The answer is...is Ginn here with Henderson? Because that’s why we’re #2

Small and Gordon made huge leaps last year under Henderson...of course he’ll not get credit for that around here. Our infield defense is not near as good this yr, yes I know it’s the players but he gets dogged for this same sort of thing so I’ll give him credit on it as well. MacNamee became a legitimate threat under him. He got Foscue into the line up.

All that said...I am very pleased thus far with this staff.
Henderson was keeping Gautreau so the hitting would have been the same. The biggest difference is how much improvement that Foxhall has brought to the overall staff. Would Henderson have been able to hire a pitching coach or would he have improved the pitchers that much? I do think Cheese isn't valued enough also. We had a big passed ball problem and all of our catchers are GREATLY improved defensively.

I have liked the balance that Lemo has had with leaving a pitcher in or taking him out. It seemed like Henderson left a pitcher in too long to let them try and work through it. It reminded me of Polk when it came to that. Now if it was due to Henderson being Head Coach along with pitching coach, not sure but it definitely would have helped having another coach on the bench last year. All that said, Henderson was the perfect coach for the upheaval that was last year. He was exactly what our team needed. I do think Lemo is better for our program long term though.