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Legend [18798]
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Breaking down the baseball season...
Jun 2, 2013, 8:41 PM
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40 wins? Nah. Not buying it. What does that really mean anyway?
Let's break it down series by series:
2/15 William & Mary 2-0 W
02/16 William & Mary 11-2 L
02/17 William & Mary 12-2 W
2 and 1 verses William and Mary. Not impressive.
02/22 Wright State 5-3 W
02/23 Wright State 6-0 W
02/24 Wright State 7-0 W
Swept Wright State. Yeah, ok.
02/26 Winthrop 3-2 L
A bad loss with sub-par hitting.
03/01 South Carolina 6-0 L
03/02 #South Carolina 6-3 W
03/03 South Carolina 8-0 L
Series loss against a decent team with sub-par hitting.
03/06 Wofford 9-2 W
Eh.
03/08 NC State 10-5 W
03/09 NC State 7-4 W
03/10 NC State 4-1 L
Good series win against a good opponent.
03/13 Charleston Southern 3-1 W
Win against a sub-par opponent with sub-par hitting.
03/15 Virginia 6-5 L
03/16 Virginia 7-6 W
03/17 Virginia 8-5 L
A series loss against a very good team with good hitting. Moral victory for this team.
03/19 Morehead State 10-5 W
03/20 Morehead State 5-2 W
Low quality series win.
03/22 Duke 7-0 W
03/23 Duke 8-4 W
03/23 Duke 13-1 L
Low quality series win.
03/26 Georgia 9-1 W
03/27 Georgia 5-3 L
Low quality tie.
03/30 North Carolina 10-3 L
03/31 North Carolina 6-3 L
04/01 North Carolina 5-4 W
Series lose with a quality team with sub-par hitting.
04/03 Gardner-Webb 4-1 W
4 against Garner-Webb?
04/05 Boston College 7-5 W
04/06 Boston College 9-2 W
04/07 Boston College 1-0 W
Decent hitting and sweep of sup-par opponent.
04/09 Western Carolina 12-9 W
04/10 Presbyterian College 5-4 W
Decent hitting with sub-par opponents.
04/12 Wake Forest 8-2 W
04/13 Wake Forest 1-0 W
04/14 Wake Forest 6-4 W
Good hitting and sweep of sub-par opponent.
04/19 Miami (FL) 1-0 W
04/20 Miami (FL) 2-1 L
04/21 Miami (FL) 7-0 L
Series loss with abysmal hitting.
04/24 Western Carolina 12-1 W
Good hitting win.
04/26 Georgia Tech 11-3 W
04/26 Georgia Tech 4-3 W
04/27 Georgia Tech 14-9 L
Good series win against decent opponent.
05/04 Maryland 7-2 L
05/06 Maryland 3-2 W
05/06 Maryland 9-5 W
Decent series win against sub-par opponent.
05/08 #Furman (DH) 14-2 W
05/08 #Furman (DH) 12-2 W
Great hitting against sub-par opponent.
05/10 Georgia Southern 7-1 W
05/11 Georgia Southern 7-0 W
05/12 Georgia Southern 11-6 W
Great hitting against sub-par opponent.
05/14 USC Upstate 8-7 W
Good hitting verse vastly inferior team.
05/16 Florida State 8-2 W
05/17 Florida State 2-1 L
05/18 Florida State 6-1 L
Bad hitting against good competition.
05/22 ^NCSU (ACC Tournament) 6-2 L
05/24 ^UNC (ACC Tournament) 12-7 L
05/25 ^Miami (ACC Tournament) 7-0 L
Bad hitting and swept against quality competition.
05/31 *Liberty (NCAA Regional) 8-3 L
Horrible.
06/01 *Saint Louis (NCAA Regional) 10-2 W
Good.
06/02 *Liberty (NCAA Regional) 3-1 L
Again just horrible.
Does anything in this schedule outside of GT and NCST really impress you?
Does anything in this schedule disappoint you?
Take a hard look.
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Orange Blooded [4098]
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Re: Breaking down the baseball season...
Jun 2, 2013, 8:46 PM
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that just shows that we were not good team.. hitting pitiful mostly
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All-TigerNet [13891]
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It's what many of us know. Thanks for putting
Jun 2, 2013, 8:51 PM
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it into perspective. I suspect a similar pattern existed last year and the previous season as well.
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Re: Breaking down the baseball season...
Jun 2, 2013, 8:55 PM
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I know you don't want to hear from a coot. But Liberty is a #### good baseball team. USC easily could have lost the series to them early in the year and had to come from behind to beat them 2 of 3. If you think losing to them is horrible you are wrong.
Many of your fans have lost perspective because USC has had a good run of late.
Leggett recruits good players and your team is good year in and year out. You keep doing that and sooner or later you get a good team with the right chemistry and the right luck and good things happen.
The teams USC won with were not our best teams talent wise. They just had the right mixture and chemistry. We had many more talented teams that didn't have that.
You have talented teams. You can get rid of Leggett if you want. But you will not find a better coach. I don't like the guy, but I have enough sense to know he is one of the better coaches in college baseball.
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110%er [6937]
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Re: You certainly should like him. There are better coaches
Jun 2, 2013, 9:00 PM
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than him right here in a two state area who have better personalties and an ability to relate wilth local high school personnel.
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110%er [7114]
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He certainly was one of the best in times past...
Jun 2, 2013, 9:03 PM
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but the proof is in the pudding. The downward trend of our baseball team in the last few seasons is clear. Jack has built up enough cred with past success to warrant another season to get our program moving forward again.
As for Liberty, they weren't exactly a world beater in a weak conference. Giving your rebuilding coots a good run earlier in the season is notable, but certainly doesn't translate into an excuse for our play against them. No friggin' way they should be outclassing us right now, but they are.
I hope Leggett and his staff can coach up the talent he's got on board and show some major improvement next season. If not, he needs to go.
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Orange Blooded [2826]
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We need to finish.
Jun 2, 2013, 9:08 PM
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Losing 7 of the last 8 stands out.
We were headed for a good season and a home regional until the wheels came off.
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Maybe the Chad can help out on offense!***
Jun 2, 2013, 9:21 PM
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Hall of Famer [22965]
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I'm curious to know what your point is.......Anyone who
Jun 2, 2013, 9:26 PM
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followed the baseball team this season was aware of what you posted....I just didn't see any conclusions drawn from the statistical info in the post---the Tigers were VERY spotty on offense this entire season (probably due to the team being so young at key positions). Hitting with runners in scoring position was pretty bad and cost the Tigers several series they could have won.
Simultaneously, they played a tough schedule (at one point, Clemson had the #5 hardest schedule in the country)against very talented opponents mostly on the road. And for pete's sake, although I think Clemson SHOULD beat a Liberty program most outings, the Flames didn't get to Columbia because they sucked.
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Legend [18798]
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I guess my point is this..
Jun 2, 2013, 10:25 PM
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We won 40 games but against mostly inferior competition and our hitting was horrible for about the 3rd season in a row.
How about that?
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Hall of Famer [22965]
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Thats fine....
Jun 2, 2013, 10:30 PM
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and very true.The few times this season the Tigers got aggressive at the plate, they took off on a winning streak.
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Legend [18798]
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Dude I am a Tiger fan. Do I know what's best for the program
Jun 2, 2013, 10:36 PM
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? Who knows. Just trying to spark a good debate here. We're all on the same team at the end of the day.
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