Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
Whoever recruited/signed a staff full of guys that can't throw strikes is responsible. If that's foxhall, then it's him. I don't think you can just teach guys to consistently throw strikes. You can, or you can't... we can't
Some can definitely be taught. Sandy Koufax and Randy Johnson had major command issues early in their careers. Once they became more consistent then they became hall of famers.

Foxhall wasn't doing enough teaching. Ultimately I think he failed because he focused too much on velocity and spin rate and not enough on fundamentals and developing things like mechanics and teaching guys how to pitch.

One thing that I think hurt us is we didn't have very many guys pitching summer league baseball. Instead they spent time with trainers increasing velocity in a lot of cases. What our guys really needed was to pitch and be in situations so they can learn how to handle themselves and then add velocity later.