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10 seed in Softball in the 2nd full season is Incredible!
May 18, 2022, 10:56 AM
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We had always wanted a softball program and now we have a great & short history. Whatever we did to to start this program needs to be done in woman’s Basketball & our Tennis ?? program too.
This didn’t happen without great planning and investment in the program. I’m so proud for these young ladies too!
What’s the secret sauce?
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I agree. This has to be one of the greatest program launches
May 18, 2022, 12:07 PM
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in NCAA athletics history. Has ANY team hosted a regional in their second full year of play? AND this team probably would have gone to a regional in their first year if it had not been cut short because of COVID.
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Re: 10 seed in Softball in the 2nd full season is Incredible!
May 18, 2022, 12:38 PM
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The secret sauce is John Ritman. Fair or unfair, true allegations or false, it ended badly at Stanford. But he was a great coach who probably wouldn't have given Clemson a sniff under normal circumstances. He had a long history with the national team. What he has done is incredible. In basketball, we hired a lady from Rice who was averaging 18 wins a year, and replaced her with a lady who went .500 at UAB. Then, we replaced HER with a lady who was out of basketball after being fired by Florida (her alma mater, btw) 2 years earlier. I have no idea about the tennis approach to coaching hires, but am not shocked the approach in softball worked, and the one in women's basketball has flamed out.
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Re: 10 seed in Softball in the 2nd full season is Incredible!
May 18, 2022, 1:05 PM
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It's incredible that you need to label them based on a perceived social class instead of as student athletes or simply players.
From Websters:
adjective
Sometimes Offensive. being a female:
a lady reporter or a lady softball player
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Tell 'em, Cobbox!***
May 18, 2022, 1:10 PM
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Re: 10 seed in Softball in the 2nd full season is Incredible!
May 18, 2022, 4:24 PM
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Jwokestone.
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The interest in softball was there...it was a "build it and
May 18, 2022, 4:19 PM
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they will come" scenario. Announce, build an awesome venue, hire an incredibly successful coach, then get top recruits. Easy-peasy recipe.
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