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[Todd4State]

This guy isn't good enough to split time. He's a backup. Period.

Yep. I suspect we see Highfill catch three out of the four during the week and Long fills in once a week.

[Cooterpoot]

We get a walk on, people want to bench a marquee recruit and performance freshman. Times are hard.

Who wants to bench them? Not a damn soul in this thread.

[Homedawg]

Who wants to bench them? Not a damn soul in this thread.

Reading is an issue w some. Nobody wants to bench highfill w what we have. Just that he's not all sec. Below avg catcher at this point and has lots of holes offensively. But he was a fr. He'll get better I know. Problem is , today fr either play or leave. We played him. He'll get better. I think

[TNDawg35]

Reading is an issue w some. Nobody wants to bench highfill w what we have. Just that he's not all sec. Below avg catcher at this point and has lots of holes offensively. But he was a fr. He'll get better I know. Problem is , today fr either play or leave. We played him. He'll get better. I think

He is a true freshman who got thrown into the line up before he should have. It will do nothing but make him better all around. He hit 9 bombs as a true freshman and he got better behind the plate the whole year.

[Cooterpoot]

He is a true freshman who got thrown into the line up before he should have. It will do nothing but make him better all around. He hit 9 bombs as a true freshman and he got better behind the plate the whole year.

He's two years away IMO. He's a tremendous athlete but a raw baseball player. We messed up not signing a portal catcher last year, but that was expected. He's hitting .233 in summer ball right now.

[KOdawg1]

We messed up not signing a portal catcher last year,

Yeah, how our staff saw Luke Hancock all fall and then said, "yeah, we'll roll with that guy." beats the hell out of me.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Yeah, how our staff saw Luke Hancock all fall and then said, "yeah, we'll roll with that guy." beats the hell out of me.

We had 4 catchers on the roster last year. Until Ross started to come on late in the year, Hancock sucked the least.

[KOdawg1]

We had 4 catchers on the roster last year. Until Ross started to come on late in the year, Hancock sucked the least.

But what I'm saying is how do we get in the position where Luke Hancock is our best catcher? Should've taken a portal catcher last year.

[maroonmania]

The only way i can get high on next year's team is to smoke a whole bag of Columbian gold! You all are in for a big disappointment, and you just cannot see it. you have Moorhead syndrome!

What are you talking about? Pretty much all of us see it but there is really nothing any of us can do at this point but hope against hope that we are significantly better than most of us think we will be next year. If Lemonis does crash and burn next season he certainly can't complain he wasn't given every opportunity to get the program back on track.

[Coach34]

What are you talking about? Pretty much all of us see it but there is really nothing any of us can do at this point but hope against hope that we are significantly better than most of us think we will be next year. If Lemonis does crash and burn next season he certainly can't complain he wasn't given every opportunity to get the program back on track.

Exactly. Literally nobody is guaranteeing success next Spring. We are just hopeful he can make it happen. He doesnt? Adios

[DownwardDawg]

What are you talking about? Pretty much all of us see it but there is really nothing any of us can do at this point but hope against hope that we are significantly better than most of us think we will be next year. If Lemonis does crash and burn next season he certainly can't complain he wasn't given every opportunity to get the program back on track.

He makes odd generalization posts like this quite often.

[TheLostDawg]

Exactly. Literally nobody is guaranteeing success next Spring. We are just hopeful he can make it happen. He doesnt? Adios

The question is- what is "make it happen "?
Make a regional, make a super regional? If just regional, what seed must it be/ regular season record?

[Commercecomet24]

Exactly. Literally nobody is guaranteeing success next Spring. We are just hopeful he can make it happen. He doesnt? Adios

Yes! I believe this is where we all are at this point!

[Homedawg]

He is a true freshman who got thrown into the line up before he should have. It will do nothing but make him better all around. He hit 9 bombs as a true freshman and he got better behind the plate the whole year.

No argument. I'm saying nobody said bench him. He's just gonna get better.

[Pancho]

Competition is good and maybe the Pitt transfer can spell Ross when needed.

[preachermatt83]

Exactly. Literally nobody is guaranteeing success next Spring. We are just hopeful he can make it happen. He doesnt? Adios

Exactly

[The Federalist Engineer]

The question is- what is "make it happen "?
Make a regional, make a super regional? If just regional, what seed must it be/ regular season record?

Host = Safe

Or

Region + Super

[Coach34]

The question is- what is "make it happen "?
Make a regional, make a super regional? If just regional, what seed must it be/ regular season record?

He makes a regional and it’s very unlikely he would be fired

[Homedawg]

He makes a regional and it’s very unlikely he would be fired

As long as it's not a back door make- like winning the sec tournament to get in, after a meh year, I agree. Regional saves his job.

[The Federalist Engineer]

He makes a regional and it’s very unlikely he would be fired

There are nuances here I think.

(1) make a regional and Ole Miss makes Omaha, death blow
(2) make a regional and Go 2-And-Out, death blow
(3) make a region with 13 SEC Wins is different that 16 SEC Wins
(4) Lemons has a record of approximately 9-30 versus Tennessee, Vandy, LSU, and Arkansas (with Omaha wins included), showing he is not a peer to best coaches, they generally own him for sweeps and run-rules lately