**Season Series Finale: Texas Baseball vs Kansas Weekend Thread**

[joeywa]

T8

Nixon on to pitch.

He loads the bases, and works his way out of it only allowing one run

KU leaves 2 RISP, and Texas leads 7-6 headed B8

 

[Dillohorn1]

What happened to the LHN feed?

 

[joeywa]

B8

KU goes to the pen

Faltine BB; moves to 2B on WP

Hodo 6-3; 1 out

Kennedy 2 Run HR gives Texas a 9-6 lead

KU back to the pen

 

[joeywa]

What happened to the LHN feed?

LHN Production Truck caught fire.  They're off the air.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Play ball boys are there will be no ball at all. There a hot time in the old truck ( town) tonite.

 

[joeywa]

B8 cont; 1 out

Melendez F8; 2 down

Stehly Solo HR over LF; Horns up 10-6

Todd Solo HR over LCF; Horns up 11-6

T9

Nixon comes in, loads the bases, escapes with no damage.

Horns win 11-6

 

[joeywa]

[No message]

 

[Eastexhorn]

Great end to regular season! Going to need a closer  to compete in up coming tournys. Two pitchers will doif no losses. If team loses they do not have adaquate pitching for looser bracket.

Do not know details but donot understant thepitching roatTion of relivers too qyick with the hook at times.

 

[BWilk55]

Disappointing to see Stevens and Nixon continue to struggle. Even with the staff hitting the reset button both have been shaky at best in their new roles. Gonna need the offense to continue putting up big numbers if we will see much success this postseason.

 

[david ficken]

Glad to get the sweep of Kansas.  Glad to get to 39 wins, but we should've been closer to 50 or more wins if we are truly being honest.

One of the best defensive pct. for a team for a year. While the offense overall had a great yr. there were times that it wasn't.  The pitching lost it way early on and hasn't figured anything out.  Not certain who our pitching coach is, but maybe need a new and better one next yr.?  Figures that the LHN van would catch fire on the last game of the season; seems fitting with the weird stuff that has happened this yr.

We either win as a team or lose as a team.

If we can figure out the 4-5 game against I believe Okie Lite early Wednesday morning. Then we have a shot to win the tournament, but if not there would need to be WAY better pitching to do something in the Big 12 tournament.  The real tournament, which I care more about, anything can happen depending upon the draw.

 

[TB14]

Make the Big 12 title game and we should be hosting a regional. 
 

 

[BWilk55]

Not certain who our pitching coach is, but maybe need a new and better one next yr.? 

The coach is Sean Allen. Last year he won the award for best assistant coach in the NCAA and led a pitching staff with the top ERA in the nation. I am not sure why things went off the rails so much with the pitching this year but I'd pump the breaks on pointing the finger at the coach.

 

[Eastexhorn]

My only fault with him is a reliver comes in 3 up 3 down. Next inning a new pitcher who some times can not find the plate.

Pitchers should be able to go more than one inning.

 

[Wayne]

My only fault with him is a reliver comes in 3 up 3 down. Next inning a new pitcher who some times can not find the plate.

Pitchers should be able to go more than one inning.

Pitchers should be able to go more than one inning, agreed. But there are circumstances to be taken into account. Had he pitched the previous game?  Did he start the midweek game?  We had to move all pitchers up one spot when Tanner Witt went down for the season. And then we had a couple of pitchers who didn’t live up to expectations. The coaching staff needed to find out if those pitchers could revert to their prior form; they didn’t.  But they had to find out. 
 

I expect to see different use of the pitching staff in the post season. The coaching staff has a full seasons data, they’ve seen the pitchers mentality, and they know what the pitchers have been dealing with. This is the staff’s sixth year. One year had no postseason, so until now they’ve had four chances and they have two College World Series.  
 

This Texas team is a good team. Great offense and defense with so so pitching. If the had Tanner Witt they would have still been a great team because if you remember Tanner was an inning eater high leverage reliever last year. This year Tanner was going to be Lucas Gordon. He would have been good. Instead he’s the 3rd starter. And no one has filled that role to lengthen the pen. 
 

I still think they can make a run with the offense. But then again I like me some Burnt Orange Koolaid. 

 

[Eastexhorn]

Circumstances yeah wind blowing out or in. Lefty or righty.

If he pitched in previous game should pitch one inning.

Tourny will tell.

 

[david ficken]

Irregardless of what the coach does the year before; all coaches are to be evaluated for the current year results.

Now, some could blame the umps for the strike zone, but the lack of development of the young pitchers is unbelievable. Irregardless of Lucas Gordon becoming the 2nd starter.  Stevens removing himself from starter to relief pitcher?  Nixon going from a plus closer to an unknown reliever and multiple of relief pitchers with no known role falls on the pitching coach/head coach for not having an idea of who and how to use the pitchers and when to make changes. None of this is due to Witt being hurt. But the coaches and the players ahould have been able to adjust and none didn't.  

Don't  throw the players under the bus without throwing the coaches for failing to adjust due to injuries. Injuries can happen at anytime and coaches should be able to adjust, and get the players to adjust and they didn't. 

 

[BWilk55]

Glad to get the sweep of Kansas.  Glad to get to 39 wins, but we should've been closer to 50 or more wins if we are truly being honest.

Don't  throw the players under the bus without throwing the coaches for failing to adjust due to injuries. Injuries can happen at anytime and coaches should be able to adjust, and get the players to adjust and they didn't. 

David, I do agree that the results on the field have to be taken into account and the coaches should be held responsible for the product they are putting out there. But you also have to consider the totality of a coaches career to really have some understanding of how good a coach they are. Did Sean Allen forget how to coach in 1 year? Did he go from the best assistant, leading the best pitching staff, to one of the worst? When making these decisions, you have to be careful of making knee jerk reactions.

Also, do you know how many teams in the NCAA have 50 wins? They answer is 0. #1 Tennessee is the closest with 49 and after that, no one is close. Seems to me you are upsetting yourself by setting unrealistic expectations and then being disappointed that Texas isn't reaching them. 

 

[Dillohorn1]

David, I do agree that the results on the field have to be taken into account and the coaches should be held responsible for the product they are putting out there. But you also have to consider the totality of a coaches career to really have some understanding of how good a coach they are. Did Sean Allen forget how to coach in 1 year? Did he go from the best assistant, leading the best pitching staff, to one of the worst? When making these decisions, you have to be careful of making knee jerk reactions.

Also, do you know how many teams in the NCAA have 50 wins? They answer is 0. #1 Tennessee is the closest with 49 and after that, no one is close. Seems to me you are upsetting yourself by setting unrealistic expectations and then being disappointed that Texas isn't reaching them. 

I insist the the Horns win them all.

 

[Eastexhorn]

I insist the the Horns win them all.

You can if you are good enough.

 

[david ficken]

David, I do agree that the results on the field have to be taken into account and the coaches should be held responsible for the product they are putting out there. But you also have to consider the totality of a coaches career to really have some understanding of how good a coach they are. Did Sean Allen forget how to coach in 1 year? Did he go from the best assistant, leading the best pitching staff, to one of the worst? When making these decisions, you have to be careful of making knee jerk reactions.

Also, do you know how many teams in the NCAA have 50 wins? They answer is 0. #1 Tennessee is the closest with 49 and after that, no one is close. Seems to me you are upsetting yourself by setting unrealistic expectations and then being disappointed that Texas isn't reaching them. 

What expectations do you think I have posted? Because I haven't and don't. Being upset or disappointed maybe, but that's your assumption. We had that discussion before.

Do you not think we couldn't, shouldn't have won more games this year?

While, I doubt that Sean Allen is gone after this season depending upon where and how the season ends and what happens during the offseason. He has lots of work to do with these young pitchers! The consistency of throwing strikes by the guys is a problem. A problem that leads to umps narrowing their strike zone? Maybe.  Furthermore, I'm  not just looking at this year,  but the next few years where several vets are gone after this year.