Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
My hitting take: Stop standing on top of the plate trying to pull outside pitches. Sooooo damn many kids are being taught to do this it's killing them! A good pro player can get away with it, the average high school/college player cannot. Selling a kid he can do what pro guys do is an injustice.
Now for State, I get aggravated with us but we don't generally K at a high rate under Geaut. I think it's more on the players lack of ability than on Geaut's coaching really. We know he likes to grind down pitchers, which can get tiring, but it works when you've got players with the ability to adjust. We lack those players.
As for this team, they're all over the place. We could beat anyone or lose to anyone. We're so wildly inconsistent all over. One minute I think we're getting hot and going to roll, next I'm cussing them. Again, talent has to improve to correct that.
Cooter, I've been seeing that hitting approach taught for years and it's being taught at a young age too! It drives me crazy. I taught my players to use the big part of the field, try to drive it right back up the middle. That approach allows you to let the ball travel and be able to hit with authority to all parts of the field. It's called balance and young hitters are not being taught that. Everyone at every level is all caught up in launch angle and exit velo that basic fundamentals are not being taught anymore. I've seen kids as young as 6-7 being coached on launch angle and exit velo, lol. There's a lot of bad teaching being done right now.

This team is very mercurial. We could literally win it all or go out early.