Re: LOL throwing the pitchers under the bus

TNET: Tigers' postseason hopes on life support as regular season concludes

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Tigers' postseason hopes on life support as regular season concludes Just a few weeks ago, the Clemson baseball team appeared to be a lock for the NCAA Tournament and had won a season-high seven consecutive games. Seventeen days and seven losses later, those tournament hopes are on life support. Full Story »

Ok, I RARELY say this, but this man needs to be gone. Gone before the first pitch next game imo, but definitely after the last out of the season, and here us why I believe it. The losses I can live with even though he has clearly been trending downwards. Ok, maybe he rights the ship. But he just committed what is to me an unforgivable coaching error; he blamed his players, specifically pitching for losses. Why does that P#$s me off? What would Dabo have said after a tough loss, or Saban, or any high quality coach of ANY student athlete? "WE as coaches need to coach them up better/We need to put them in a better position to win, etc, Not the crap he just uttered. I get it, it probably IS on the players in these situations, but good coaches DONT throw their players under the bus, PERIOD. Not at the non-pro level at least. Just my .02 cents and I'm not the AD, but this was the final straw to me.. Pack your bag. Rant over. Go Tigers!

Kind of like a basketball coach always saying “we just didn’t make shots...”

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Re: Kind of like a basketball coach always saying “we just didn’t make shots...”

May 22, 2021, 9:43 AM

After Friday’s game Lee admitted his team is poor at hitting to all fields and not trying to always pull sliders and outside pitches. For us that was not anything we haven’t known for several years.

Now he admits the Tiger pitchers are unable to deliver a quality pitch with two strikes. Again nothing we haven’t been frustrated watching all season. Our young pitchers have live arms but Coach See has some with terrible mechanics right now. Did you pay attention to the pitches that were five feet above and beyond the hitter? The biggest problem is that none of them have decent command of two or more pitch types. Hence the batting practice that occurs with two strikes. Sharpe has the tools but injury has hampered him.

This is the state of Tiger baseball. A major return to the fundamentals of hitting and pitching is needed. I’ll leave fielding and base running for another time. I think they have some talented younger players but their development is sorely lacking. At this point I have no idea what next season will bring. Many thought this year was possibly Lee’s most talented team at Clemson. It sure didn’t turn out that way. Injuries were a factor, but that’s when good fall development of the younger players is supposed to help. I think you can see what I’m getting at.

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