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FloridaHorn

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  1. Those people have been posting fire Sark for the last year with no luck.
  2. I would also add that our pitchers have to stay ahead in the count. OU players feast early and when ahead in the count. They tend to shorten up and hit more ground balls when behind. Then we pray the softball Gods have them hit it at us.
  3. The recipe for success against this team is to keep Jayda Coleman off the bases and make them hit 4-5 solo HR to win. Texas will need great pitching/defense and 5-6 runs to beat this team. OU has shown in their 3 losses that they get frustrated and press at the plate when they struggle. If we let them get going early, they will steamroll us
  4. I thought the team was going to implode after Clearwater. There was obviously something going on internally with them that they were carrying into games. Poor defense is a result of poor concentration and effort. Texas was suffering from both. There was talk on this very board that Mike White was in trouble. Somehow, this team rallied around him and each other, and they are now maybe the most cohesive group in the country. I have never witnessed a turnaround like this, at this level, late in the season. Win or lose over the next few days, I will always remember 2022.
  5. You could field a National Championship team of kids that were slighted on the recruiting trail.
  6. I'm sure she remembered the previous 20 or so times she has played against Mike White as well. It's not like the reporter reminded her of it for some new motivation.
  7. LOL...something tells me Mary has a DGAF attitude about a lot of things.
  8. Absolutely, kids develop at different rates. However, there are far less "late bloomers" than there are kids who peak early. That is the problem with early recruiting. Coaches become enamored with the 5'8" 10 year old who is 5" taller and far more developed than her peers. What they fail to realize is, that she may have "peaked" and at 17-18 years old she is a 5'9" mediocre player. Prime example, is Lexi Kilfoyl, formerly of Alabama. I saw that kid in a 12u tournament years ago, and I thought she was the next big thing. She was about 5'9" and 150 lbs at that age, and she was dominant in the circle and at the plate. She went on to be a good player and is now in the portal, but she was never as good as I thought she would be. It takes a special kid to continue to work hard, when you hit the gene lottery at birth.
  9. The early recruiting ruined many kids, and many programs. I saw kid after kid commit at 13-14 years old and then coast....fast forward 2-3 years, the school pulls the offer and now all the other schools are full. My daughter was caught in between, as we moved to Florida 2 days before her freshman year. Regionally, that really changed the schools that she would look at. Recruiting for baseball/softball is very tough. Fully funded schools have only 12 scholarships for a team of 25-30 kids, and those can get chopped up really small. I know girls who received nothing more than book money and a meal plan, and I know kids that played for free. My kid was fortunate, as she got 80% her freshman year, and was fully funded the balance of her career. If you are the parent of a young girl who dreams of playing D1 someday, don't be naive. Most kids aren't as good as us parents think, everyone doesn't get a "full ride", and the coaches only like your kid until something better comes along. I told my kid to pick the school she wanted to be at, even if softball ended tomorrow.
  10. All I am certain about on this series is that Texas is playing with house money. There is more pressure on OU to close the deal on their crazy good season. If, and I know it's a big if, but IF Texas can win game one, the pressure on OU will magnify 100 fold.
  11. This you? 8FC8F123-08C6-492D-97CE-4DB0B590049D.webp
  12. Her Michigan teammate told me FSU or OU😬
  13. as Js1 said, the positional players in the class are strong. Atwood will get immediate playing time, and either Martinez or Good will push for JJ's spot at 2b. Mike White MUST go portal hunting for a pitcher. Hope Trautwine was at North Texas, so there are really good ones out there. I was hoping for Storako, but I just heard from her former Michigan teammate that she is looking hard at Florida State.
  14. Pressure makes diamonds, but it also burst pipes. Last night we saw the pressure burst pipes for OSU. Mia Scott's aggressive base running directly caused the 2nd error and allowed us to take the lead. Even their coach felt the Pressure.
  15. Softball pitchers, especially power pitchers like Maxwell, can throw until their legs give out. They don't usually get arm fatigue, unless there is an injury. However, the legs get tired, the back gets tired, and then the mechanics go to shit and control is lost.
  16. Take some heart medicine before watching game 2, especially the 5th inning. 😀
  17. Sorry for the double reply, but I wanted to add. If I were Tech, I would hire Rodney Delong from North Texas. That dude is legit. Spent one season at Austin Peay and turned a dumpster fire into a conference title and his work at North Texas has been just as impressive. He has a tremendous eye for talent, especially on the pitching side of things. If Tech doesn't grab him up, he will be hired somewhere else, very soon.
  18. IDK....he is a really good hitting coach, but I have been hearing first hand from a couple of male coaching candidates that these schools are mainly interested in hiring women.
  19. Did Bjork give her one of those National Champions 20?? trophies yet?
  20. She did the same to the Catcher the other day. Mike White called her the faster player he has ever coached.
  21. Homework? He is a fucking aggy, his homework is coloring and playing with flash cards.
  22. I am starting to wonder if Rocha wants to be a head coach. She is a nice lady, a great recruiter, and a great pitching coach. She has had opportunities to leave both Florida and Oklahoma, but has chosen to remain an assistant. Maybe she is content being on the bucket in the dugout. As for JT Gasso, I am guessing he is waiting for Mom to retire so he can be handed the reigns. Any school hiring him would have to be leery of him leaving in a couple of years to return to OU.
  23. No doubt. We will start hearing stories of how she was the only candidate they pursued any minute. I still think there 6-12 coaches who would've moved the needle a bit more for them, and that is after the list of 4 that supposedly turned them down. D'Amour (Va Tech) Rocha (asst at OU) Lawson (Kentucky) Rittman (Clemson) Drohan (Northwestern) Young (Duke) All of those, except Rittman, could've been had for that salary range. I am guessing Rittman would cost 800K or better.
  24. I agree the resume is fine, but she is not a great coach. They would have been better off keeping Craig Snyder. My guess is that he goes to SFA now.
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