Longley out Claunch in

5,132 Views | 49 Replies | Last: 11 hrs ago by MaroonStain
Joe Deertay
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Sounds like he was a risk to leave at the end of the year anyways. I thought Longleys hitting coach title was removed. Pennington and Earley will run the offense. Got to get back to the basics.. taking balls and swinging at strikes. Too many 0-2 counts before we tried swinging, and when we swung it was for the fences.
TxA&Mhunter
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
This is 100% correct
Gyles Marrett
How long do you want to ignore this user?
All this talk about his recruiting ability….you know what recruits better than any one individual? Winning. And if you've ever been around this level of baseball it doesn't require 4 coaches to win.

Earley with Cliff aren't going to be short handed trying to get the job done. I expect us to be much better at the plate with Earley in full control of hitters and Longley no where near the hitters. Cliff is practically a secondhead coach ability wise. Claunch is extremely cerebral and I suspect is going to turn into a fantastic coach.

There are no excuses this year.
AggieBB
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
BQ_90 said:

AggieBB said:

Hate to be that guy, but this is no loss. Our approach at the plate last year was awful.

then why was he retained thru the summer and fall?

I don't know. Do you like 22 pop ups a game?
85AustinAg
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Longley was not the hitting coach. Earley took this role back this past fall. Pennington handled recruiting at DBU. At worst it might stretch this staff a bit thin but if this is addition by subtraction then its probably for the best. This one doesn't concern me in the least. At most we are losing a bit of recruiting acumen but Pennington can pick up that slack.
Eliminatus
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Gyles Marrett said:

All this talk about his recruiting ability….you know what recruits better than any one individual? Winning. And if you've ever been around this level of baseball it doesn't require 4 coaches to win.

Earley with Cliff aren't going to be short handed trying to get the job done. I expect us to be much better at the plate with Earley in full control of hitters and Longley no where near the hitters. Cliff is practically a secondhead coach ability wise. Claunch is extremely cerebral and I suspect is going to turn into a fantastic coach.

There are no excuses this year.


Sums up my thoughts exactly. Plus seeing Claunch get a shot is great. My favorite player of the more recent years. I know some may think he is still a bit green but that line is pretty nebulous and he is right on it. If not now, when will it matter? One more year? Two more years?
greg.w.h
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
After last season something had to change. But the handling of it seems meh.

But it's almost time to take the field. So hoping we settle in and go to work.
TxA&Mhunter
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
How? If he hasn't been handling the hitting during the fall, why not now before spring started? This is probably a better time than the summer because of the recruiting class it's coming in. Now you have an entire semester and potential winning to be able to reassure kids committed to you! where is in the summer you don't have that kind of time.
BQ_90
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
AggieBB said:

BQ_90 said:

AggieBB said:

Hate to be that guy, but this is no loss. Our approach at the plate last year was awful.

then why was he retained thru the summer and fall?

I don't know. Do you like 22 pop ups a game?

So then again, why was he retained until this week? Is Earley that clueless?
85AustinAg
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
My guess is his contract was just recently not renewed. The move has been known but not announced. My theory.
greg.w.h
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
TxA&Mhunter said:

How? If he hasn't been handling the hitting during the fall, why not now before spring started? This is probably a better time than the summer because of the recruiting class it's coming in. Now you have an entire semester and potential winning to be able to reassure kids committed to you! where is in the summer you don't have that kind of time.
Meh is when it doesn't look proactive but reactive.
85AustinAg
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
NM
85AustinAg
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Earley made the move proactively but announced it when he had to. That's not reactive.
Biggame12
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
As bad as we hit last year… Any change is good!
MaroonStain
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Never liked having a former sip coach on the team and from a bad sip team at that.
Refresh
Page 2 of 2
 
×
subscribe Verify your student status
See Subscription Benefits
Trial only available to users who have never subscribed or participated in a previous trial.