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Post by unalions on Mar 29, 2023 9:59:31 GMT -6
They have an additional 5 wins if they had just an average pitching staff. Need to hit the juco and transfer portal to bring in some arms. Def and hitting have been OK...improved from last year. Definitely need better pitching.
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Post by rmfl1988 on Mar 29, 2023 10:12:37 GMT -6
Diccico was in charge of recruiting....and cost Keehn his job. Didn't Keehn hire Diccio??? Keehn was a good D2 coach, but he had no idea how to recruit D1 type players, which has set them up to do a complete rebuild. It will take them 5-10 years to rebuild the program. I wouldn't even consider Keehn a good D2 coach. He might have been a good 3A HS coach but that's about it
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Post by brandon on Mar 29, 2023 11:36:06 GMT -6
Didn't Keehn hire Diccio??? Keehn was a good D2 coach, but he had no idea how to recruit D1 type players, which has set them up to do a complete rebuild. It will take them 5-10 years to rebuild the program. I wouldn't even consider Keehn a good D2 coach. He might have been a good 3A HS coach but that's about it I would take Centrals baseball coach over him... and since we haven't won a state or region championship since 2004, that's saying something.
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Post by brandon on Apr 1, 2023 1:08:05 GMT -6
UNA played better today...
We have some talented freshmen... I think 4 or 5 freshmen started today...
Hopefully we just see some steady improvement this year and prepare for the coming years.
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Post by mtc13 on Apr 1, 2023 20:16:02 GMT -6
Ho-hum. Lost another high-scoring game 12-7. Our three pitchers gifted Stetson this win, with a combined 10 walks and three hit by pitches. The Hatters only had FOUR hits the entire game. At least Will Sheppard struck out 7.
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Post by shoaltime on Apr 2, 2023 7:54:05 GMT -6
When you look at the pitching you have to also take a look at the guys who left in the portal last year. We lost a lefthander who is starting for ETSU with an ERA under 4 and is a potential draft guy. We lost another lefthander who who leads the University of Illinois (big 10 school) in appearances out of the bullpen. And we lost a righthhander who is currently 4-0 for FGCU.
Things would look alot different if those 3, or even 2 of the 3 were here. Heck, we only have 1 lefthanded pitcher on the entire roster (I assume were the only D1 school who can say that!).
It's been said on here before but the college model is changing fast in today's world of NIL and transfer portal. Retaining your players is just as important as finding and development good ones. Its similar to running a business in that way, you need to make sure your key employees are happy and not looking for a better opportunity.
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Post by unalions on Apr 2, 2023 11:27:26 GMT -6
When you look at the pitching you have to also take a look at the guys who left in the portal last year. We lost a lefthander who is starting for ETSU with an ERA under 4 and is a potential draft guy. We lost another lefthander who who leads the University of Illinois (big 10 school) in appearances out of the bullpen. And we lost a righthhander who is currently 4-0 for FGCU. Things would look alot different if those 3, or even 2 of the 3 were here. Heck, we only have 1 lefthanded pitcher on the entire roster (I assume were the only D1 school who can say that!). It's been said on here before but the college model is changing fast in today's world of NIL and transfer portal. Retaining your players is just as important as finding and development good ones. Its similar to running a business in that way, you need to make sure your key employees are happy and not looking for a better opportunity. Being a former pitching coach, it’ll be interesting to see who Coach P recruits in the offseason.
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Post by unalions on Apr 2, 2023 11:54:31 GMT -6
Stetson has a nice baseball stadium.
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Post by brandon on Apr 2, 2023 13:29:37 GMT -6
Stetson has a nice baseball stadium. Yeah, it's a former minor league stadium... Hoping UNA will build a better baseball stadium but not before football... UNA can use the current site as an advantage for a stadium if they would hire an actual architect to design it...
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Post by unalions on Apr 4, 2023 20:01:29 GMT -6
The 14-game losing streak ends! Samford run-ruled UNA two weeks back down in B'ham.
Today, the Lions hold off the Bulldogs furious come-back effort to get the W!
Roar Lions!!
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Post by unafan on Apr 4, 2023 23:10:19 GMT -6
Roar Lions !!!
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Post by mtc13 on Apr 5, 2023 6:54:51 GMT -6
The 14-game losing streak ends! Samford run-ruled UNA two weeks back down in B'ham. Today, the Lions hold off the Bulldogs furious come-back effort to get the W! Roar Lions!! And our pitchers only walked 5 batters!
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Post by brandon on Apr 5, 2023 8:06:12 GMT -6
Roar Lions...
On a side note, anyone going to any games in the Austin Peay series?
My youngest son is throwing the first pitch in one of the games in that series...
(It's his birthday week and that's what he wanted to do. They have a package you can buy that they get to throw out the first pitch, have a few friends to watch the game and eat pizza.) He took that over stuff like chucky cheese. Thank the Lord.
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Post by una04 on Apr 7, 2023 7:00:11 GMT -6
Lions lose another conference game 7-2 vs lipscomb, that’s 0-10 in conference play this year and 6-22 overall.
Just a tidbit, UNA’s conference record the last 2 seasons is 5-35, and 18-63 overall!!!
Will this ship ever be fixed? 😡
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Post by brandon on Apr 7, 2023 9:13:07 GMT -6
Lions lose another conference game 7-2 vs lipscomb, that’s 0-10 in conference play this year and 6-22 overall. Just a tidbit, UNA’s conference record the last 2 seasons is 5-35, and 18-63 overall!!! Will this ship ever be fixed? 😡 I'm willing to give coach a couple of years to build the program. We wasn't left with anything, and the freshmen seem promising.
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