UGA looking for a baseball coach

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1. Where did I ever say that they were our "only" problems on defense?

https://www.elitedawgs.com/showthrea...ituation/page1

On defense we made 65 errors as a team. 28 of those were made by two players. Both are likely gone this offseason.

Very correctable situation IMO.

That clearly implies changing those 2 will "correct" the situation. From later in the thread:

https://www.elitedawgs.com/showthrea...ituation/page3

I mentioned that Alford was an issue along with Forsythe. That's 28 of our 65 errors between the two. One is off the team already and the other is pending. That's truth- and sounds like the issue is being taken care of already to me.

Our defense problem is being "taken care of" by removing Forsythe and Alford per you.

They were statistically the main problems as they had about half of our team errors between the two of them. Adding players that produce even half of the errors those two produced even would improve us defensively. But that's a point you clearly don't get. Or don't want to because it ruins the red herring that our "defense shows that we have more problems than pitching."

Bruh I was the one who did the math to show you that EVEN IF WE REPLACED THOSE 2 WITH GREAT DEFENDERS WE'D HAVE STILL HAVE BEEN #10 IN DEFENSE! From the above linked thread:

But let's say we do replace those 2 with defensive studs. Say a 3B that only makes 4 errors all season And a Ss who makes 6. That reduces our errors by 18! But we'd STILL be 10th in the league defensively. That's right, we can replace the 2 players you are putting all the blame on with + defenders and still be a bad defensive team.

Oddly enough, you never addressed that point. And here you are, yet again acting like our defense would be fine if Forsythe and Alford get replaced. Which BTW, its not exactly easy to find SEC ready SS and 3B in the Portal so I'm not convinced we'll get them. C34 seems to be banking on Cupp and Hujsak due to this fact.

It is rumored that Alford is going to enter the portal. But he hasn't yet. At any rate, we're bringing in a new third baseman whether he stays or not.

Todd you don't make sense: If Alford is going to transfer or be replaced, why did you say he'd be "interesting to follow" in the context of summer ball and development? What's interesting about a guy who won't get playing time for us?

2. Right- which is what our pitching coach failed to do. And why we are getting another one. Potential is a starting point. Our pitching staff was among the top 10 in stuff rate. Meaning there is something to work with.

Agreed we have a lot to work with, however development takes time and 1 offseason isn't much of it. That's why I'm doubtful. Plus the guy were rumored to hire is consistently about 5/9 in ERA in his conference.. not exactly elite results. But to be clear, the pitching problem next season would be the same under a new HC... I just don't think Lemonis will fix the team long term so I don't want him here.

3. Cupp has a very good chance to start and have the same impact that our freshmen had this year- Highfill, Mershon, and Dakota Jordan. He may not start- but he is the favorite in the club house. He has told our coaching staff that he is coming and he is a bad ass. Good chance he will be one of our team leaders in the coming year.

Not sure what the point of this was, as you didn't address anything I said: 1) it's an assumption he'll make it to campus, 2) it's an assumption he can play SEC defense immediately, 3) it's an assumption to say he can hit SEC pitching immediately. All 3 must happen for him to be our stating SS next year.

4. Assuming that players will improve from their freshmen to sophomore years is actually historically a pretty safe bet in general.

It's actually not- many guys don't improve. And the improvement that does happen is generally incremental... huge jumps (aka something "clicking") isn't more common than not improving at all is. We need a LOT of BIG jumps to field a decent staff.

5. Recruiting isn't the issue.

I agree. Lemonis is the issue. You're the one who wants to say it's all Foxhall, Forsythe, and Alford, while ignoring the fact Lemonis is responsible for all 3, ignoring the fact the defense sucky beyond those 2, and ignoring the fact our offense was #10 in runs scored. No part of this team is going well.