Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
(1) We suck at managing pitching.
(2) We rely too much on analytics. It's lazy coaching.
(3) Defense is bad. Especially 3B and CF.
(4) Some guys need to mature. They let things snowball on them if something goes bad.
(5) We've failed at recruiting when we have a 1B hitting below .200 and no one good enough with the bad to start over James at 3B.
(6) Just play Cumbest. Until he sucks, play him. This shit isn't that hard. But our coaches are making it hard.
(7) All that and we're still a top 10 team.
I don't think we failed at recruiting. I think Hatch needs to have his vision checked. We have seen awesome players have a bad year before, for many reasons.

(1) John Cohen in 1989 sucked, got right in 1990.
(2) Rob Hauswauld sadly went from an All SEC, All American, Triple Crown Candidate to early retirement due to a head injury.
(3) Tommy Raffo dropped off in 1990 because he got Mono before the season. From Golden Spikes numbers in 1989 to mere All SEC numbers in 1990.

This year, Alex Binelas of Lousiville was supposed to be an All American, he is only now getting to 250, was hitting 220. Jud Fabian, another AA candidate and consensus #1st Rounder is also struggling for average. Of course these guys are still hitting 10 and 13 Homeruns. Hatch appears to not hit the weights, he still resembles his freshman body. All three were big recruits, drafted out of HS, just different outcomes. We are unlucky that Kellum Clark came down with something before the season.

Still a Top-5 team