...as many times, or more, than Alabama. Who are they?
I think two of these will come easily. The third ... may take some thinking.
Oklahoma,Florida State,and UCLA?
Arizona
UCLA
Oklahoma
I’m pretty sure.
Washington has to be pretty close.
Put his ego on the shelf and hire a damn hitting coach and let them do their damn job! Murphy is the softball version of Gus Malzahn!!!!Can you imagine our reaction if this were football and we were 4th? I know the point being made. Murphy has established a very good program. How does he take it to another level so Bama softball is the measuring stick?
Bro.Murphy is the softball version of Gus Malzahn!!!!
Dang....Put his ego on the shelf and hire a damn hitting coach and let them do their damn job! Murphy is the softball version of Gus Malzahn!!!!
Put his ego on the shelf and hire a damn hitting coach and let them do their damn job! Murphy is the softball version of Gus Malzahn!!!!
Calling a Spade a Spade I guess. You know where I was going though. Gus refused to turnover play calling duties much like Murphy refuses to turnover hitting to someone else.Bro.
Portal won’t help much if we hold our offense back. We likely won’t win another Natty in softball if we continue this path of riding one pitcher and hoping that 1-3 runs will be enough offense to win.I get your point. He is stubborn. He's going to need to be a different version, a version of either Saban or Kiffin and hit that portal hard.
We're looking at the same thing although differently. UT's up next, so I'll go there.Calling a Spade a Spade I guess. You know where I was going though. Gus refused to turnover play calling duties much like Murphy refuses to turnover hitting to someone else.
I think the frustrating part is LOB and the numbers. Situational hitting!! When I coached, I would drill my guys with situations both defense and offense. Runner at 2nd no outs, get him over and get him in. Something I used was a paper that my former coach had found and passed on to me. He talked about what pitches to look for in each kind of count. Though the pitches are somewhat different, I would think it could be translated.We're looking at the same thing although differently. UT's up next, so I'll go there.
The Vols have played 57 games this season, 424 hits, 405 runs (76 HR's.)
Bama has played 65, 460 hits, 302 runs, (55 HR's.)
I don't see a problem with getting hits; it's plating the runners. It's passing the bat.
I think '23 ended with UGA having the best BA—may have been Florida, they were pretty close. Both were converting 75-80% of their hits to runs; both sitting at home today.
I'll see if I can find LOB for the SEC ... be an interesting look.
You're touching on a portion of what I suspect has been part of the problem with "plating runs:"Plating runs is a mental thing for the batter. It's being disciplined enough to swing at YOUR pitch only until 2 strikes. It's about being a competitor and having confidence as well. The special ones can rise to the occasion. Putting the team before yourself is an asset, focus should be on what can I do for the team instead of what I can do for myself.
The special ones can rise to the occasion.