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I won’t be shocked to see a whole new staff behind Kavan next season. Mac and Simpson are gone. Cit will be bumped to 3-4 via the portal and Salmon will have to find a way to stay on the team as well. 

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6 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

I won’t be shocked to see a whole new staff behind Kavan next season. Mac and Simpson are gone. Cit will be bumped to 3-4 via the portal and Salmon will have to find a way to stay on the team as well. 

Hannah Wells!

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Agree, but the consistent decline of our pitchers as they stay in the program definitely seems to be a pattern.  Bizarre if you ask me.  I don't know if coach is too hard on them, too easy on them, or something else.  I doubt it's mechanics.  They seem to lose command . . . lots of walks, Mac can't keep the ball down in the zone, etc.  

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6 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

Agree, but the consistent decline of our pitchers as they stay in the program definitely seems to be a pattern.  Bizarre if you ask me.  I don't know if coach is too hard on them, too easy on them, or something else.  I doubt it's mechanics.  They seem to lose command . . . lots of walks, Mac can't keep the ball down in the zone, etc.  

Sometimes people lose focus, especially when they are seniors and they are leaning on a great young pitcher. It's not like Mac is going to go pro in softball. Im not saying she mailed it in, but she probably isnt as hungry as she was when she first got here. 

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1 minute ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Sometimes people lose focus, especially when they are seniors and they are leaning on a great young pitcher. It's not like Mac is going to go pro in softball. Im not saying she mailed it in, but she probably isnt as hungry as she was when she first got here. 

Could be.  But I don't think that applies to CG.  Also, take Simpson.  As a freshman, she pitched amazingly in the CWS against OU of all teams.  Also won the game for us against Arkansas in the supers on the road to send us to the WCWS.  I bet most of us can barely even remember that. Now, she can't even get through an inning against bumfuck U.  Once is an anomaly. Two, three, four times . . . that's a pattern.  There's something about Coach White and pitchers.  It's beyond obvious at this point.  

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16 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Sometimes people lose focus, especially when they are seniors and they are leaning on a great young pitcher. It's not like Mac is going to go pro in softball. Im not saying she mailed it in, but she probably isnt as hungry as she was when she first got here. 

Some might say Mac’s issue is that she has been a little too hungry this offseason 

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12 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

^ Didn't know if it was going to be mentioned. She's looks to have gained double digit lbs. Cit has gained a bit too. It could affect mechanics.

It really shouldn't be a touchy subject. If we can casually critique an O-Lineman for putting on extra unnecessary weight during an offseason, we should be able to discuss women athletes similarly. Title IX doesn't like that component of equality, though.

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16 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

It really shouldn't be a touchy subject. If we can casually critique an O-Lineman for putting on extra unnecessary weight during an offseason, we should be able to discuss women athletes similarly. Title IX doesn't like that component of equality, though.

Try finding female athlete weights in any database. Bunch of "N/A" is what you'll see. That's lame. 

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Saw Hannah Wells pitch against Abilene High, a 5A school Thursday night in a practice game.   Talked to some people and they said she throws @ 72.   She 1-hit Abilene who is 5A district champ, and totally dominated them, 6-1.  I was really impressed with her bat also, batted 4 times and hit 1 homer and a double, another left field drive looked like a bomb, but it was called foul.   I hope Mike can also get a portal pitcher, along with Hannah, because sometimes freshmen don't turn out like you thought they would.... like Salmon.  

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Man, I would LOVE if Wells becomes our Elish 2.0

But yeah, please get another portal pitcher. I haven’t given up hope on Cam, she needs a full offseason 

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Just now, Js1 said:

Man, I would LOVE if Wells becomes our Elish 2.0

But yeah, please get another portal pitcher. I haven’t given up hope on Cam, she needs a full offseason 

Wells is a stud. I have been pining for her arrival for a few years now. She has Reese type power at the plate and will be effective on the mound as well. I think she may get to 74-75 mph as she grows into her body. We will see how she turns out.

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Just now, FloridaHorn said:

Wells is a stud. I have been pining for her arrival for a few years now. She has Reese type power at the plate and will be effective on the mound as well. I think she may get to 74-75 mph as she grows into her body. We will see how she turns out.

Also, her high school teammate is a catcher and also a Texas commit 

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Just now, FloridaHorn said:

Also, her high school teammate is a catcher and also a Texas commit 

Love that 

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