I was looking at Ostrander’s resume. We should dump Burroughs and hire him.
I was looking at Ostrander’s resume. We should dump Burroughs and hire him.
Tech still has a shot to host a regional, but I think it has to do all of these things:
1) Win at least 3 of 4 against UTSA
2) At least split the 2 games against ODU
3) Win its pool and make the C-USA championship game with any losses only to USM, ODU, or Charlotte.
We can’t compete in tournament play with our bull pen
I appreciate your optimism and really hope you’re at least right and that we actually do even better than that. Unfortunately after our recent really bad performances I have serious doubts that we’ll do any of the things you say. Burroughs is in a real bind with managing this team. I think he needs to dump going by anything his pitching coach is telling him and go with his own beliefs.
A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:
BATON ROUGE, La. – Despite tallying a run in each of the game's first five innings, No. 14 Louisiana Tech's offense couldn't keep pace in an 16-8 shootout loss at LSU on Tuesday night. The midweek matchup was called off in the bottom of the seventh due to thunderstorms entering the Baton Rouge area.
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2 seed won't be luck. Tech is in the tournament unless it loses 2 or more to UTSA, loses both to ODU, and doesn't get to Saturday in the conference tournament. And even then it still might make it.
I agree that the bullpen has regressed big time since conference play started. Even guys who were reliable a few weeks ago can't get outs regularly now. And Burroughs isn't helping because sometimes his hook is almost too quick and other times the hook comes out a batter or two too late. Don't know if it's Burroughs or Silva, but they seem to rely too much on righty-righty or lefty-lefty matchups. If a pitcher can't get the ball over the plate, it doesn't matter which side of the plate the batter is on.
Tech will have big time trouble in the tournament if it loses either of its first two games.
We likely go 3-1 this weekend & split with ODU. Doubt we make it to CUSA championship game
Make regional as 2 or 3 seed. No pitching depth to win a tourney. Tonight was a preview of what tourney play is gonna look like when we have to use our bullpen
We will make a regional. We won’t win a game, but we’ll make it.
Im upset but we obviously weren’t trying too hard to win this game... They know the pen sucks, yet they went with it anyway.
UTSA is very capable of splitting with us over 4 games, and ODU is damn sure capable of sweeping two games against us.
NO WAY this LA Tech team wins the CUSA Tournament, with USM, ODU and Charlotte all in it. Tech will be very lucky just to make the Regional, and we certainly don't belong in the Top 25. Unfortunately, this team is in a free fall.
Our bullpen is a flaming heap of trash right now...
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I think we will make a regional unless we go 0-2 in the CUSA tournament. Obviously, we don’t have the pitching to compete in a regional, unless our starters are super efficient and are able to give us 7-8 innings a start.