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I hate to say this, because I have been a Delong fan from day one, but this team doesn’t appear well coached. Running into third outs, errors on defense, base running mistakes, pitchers than seem to have regressed instead of improved and impatience at the plate are all problems this team has and all reflect on the coaching they are receiving. The big inning is killing us.
Money is the difference. They have 5 top talent players and the AAC teams might have two or three. Gary Parrish said players don't understand the metrics and that Memphis just says the AAC has good players and teams as an excuse.
Imagine bagging up against Sissoko for 40 minutes and not knowing if he is a good player or not
Thank you to Sissoko and Rubin Jones for sticking with the Mean Green for so long. They we will be missed. GMG
I think there’s a lot of emotional posting after a disappointing loss happening here.
In looking at preseason expectations VS what actually happened… so far, I’m at least at an 8 with this over-achieving team.
We lost so much from last season’s team, brought in a bunch of new faces, gel’d quickly, & finished 2nd in conference behind 21-ranked Memphis.
We still have the NIT to play (no way we get left out of that), possibly with a home game or 2.
How is that not an incredible success… so far?
It’s also important to baseline what grades are.
What is a 10?
A national championship? The 20-21 Tourney win team? The 22-23 NIT champs?
What’s a 0?
The 16-17, CUSA 14th place, Benford-led team? Worse?
Fair. I'd have given a 7 for winning the regular season AAC title and/or making today's game. Two things I think were necessary to be a strong at-large candidate. Contention for an NIT home game is below what I think we're capable of at this point. With all that McCasland and Hodge accomplished here, I think it's fair to draw the line at NCAA at-large bids when evaluating how successful the season was. We haven't been an at-large yet but getting such a bid would be a clear indication of national respect.
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