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I guess there’s always the chance Tech could catch its second wind so to speak in their pitching ranks and do better for us to be somewhat competitive, but they’re clearly on life-support right now and there’s no indication that Burroughs or anybody on his coaching staff knows CPR. We’re simply at the mercy of whatever happens, happens.
Being a lifelong Tech fan has mentally prepared me for a late season collapse. It happens in every major sport we have on a regular basis.Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg
Lane B. as a head coach has never taken a team into the NCAA playoffs. He failed 4 years at NSU...twice the Demons were favorites to win the auto-bid and went a combined 0-4. Whoa! He did enjoy success as a member of the staff at USM, but not as a HC. I think he, and the Dawgs, have done enough already to get at least an at-large bid. But, like many of you, I think his NCAA experience will be like his SLC tourney results...two and out!
Well, while I understand the sentiment, I have to point out that winning bowl games in football, and the MBB Dawgs this year, is hardly the stuff of a late season "collapse." No, neither represent what we hope to achieve, but neither is exactly a "collapse" either.
Now...the 2021 Diamond Dawgs are not out of the woods and could experience a bona fide collapse. I certainly hope not.
Still can’t believe he pulled our starter!
Not enough time to rest between last night and Sunday. Derp! I mean, I have only been a baseball player/fan for 35 years. So I probably don’t know anything. Except that important games need to be won. I would suggest, for Tech, every game on our schedule from the start of conference to the end was crucial.
I was fine with that because that's what he said he was going to do...limit his pitches.
My problem was with who he put in and then who he put in and then who he put in...
Well said, well said, well said. It stuns me more times than not how Burroughs reacts to what’s going on in a game. Obviously it’s his team and he’s supposed to know better, but based on what I’ve seen, he makes me wonder by what experience he’s working from.
On a similar subject maybe there’s someone on here who can answer something that’s a problem for me. With our pitching coach in the dugout calling pitches who’s in the bullpen seeing to it that I relievers are warming up properly and getting ready to play? Along that same line whoever this mystery man to me is, is he also calling back to the dugout to tell Burroughs that the reliever next in line is not hitting his spot or in someway isn’t ready to play. I base my questions on the fact that it seems more times than not our relievers come into the game and within 10 pitches have pretty much blown the game. So, how is the warm-up efficiency in the bullpen communicated to Burroughs to help him in his decision making? Whatever it is to this point it isn’t working and needs to be fixed. If it’s the individual players’ inabilities then that’s one thing, if it’s a flawed process then that’s something else and that something else can be quickly fixed.
Saw on the CUSA board today that some UTSA fans believe they can get a split or even possibly win 3 of 4 against Tech this weekend. The shine on this Tech team is fading fast.
Everyone remember that the clouds move in but are always just temporary. There is sunshine down the road so lets get off this depression mood and wait for better times which are just around the corner.
LOL.
That’s what Moses thought too.
It may have been what he said he was going to do, but he had no reason to say it in the first place.
You’ve got your Sunday starter on a over week of rest in a big road game, with 4 days of rest before his next scheduled start. Makes no sense to limit him like that; not to mention that it also forces your shoddy bullpen to throw 7 innings in said big road game. Bullpen game was obviously in play if Sunday had gone as scheduled, but it didn’t, so he had 2+ days to figure that out. If LB had wanted to limit him to 50-60 pitches, I still would’ve disagreed but at least understood a little more.
The opportunity to use Whorff with basically no restriction in that game (and this coming Sunday) was given to LB on a silver platter, and he had no clue what to do with it. The bats did their part but LB and the bullpen let them down again.
He had EVERY reason to say it and do it. I posted exactly what was going to happen Sunday after the rainout when Whorff was mentioned as a possible starter.
As important as last night's game was to many of us including me, mid-week games during conference play are discounted at least somewhat when reviewed by the selection committee. They know pitching is stretched thin and teams won't look the same as they do in conference play or will in NCAA play. Job #1 was and still is to be ready for this weekend. And the bullpen showed vividly that it wasn't ready last night.
UTSA, Old Dominion, and Charlotte have all pounded the ball in games I have watched. Southern Miss was held in check enough for Tech to win 5 of 8, but the bullpen hasn't performed as well in the last three conference series as it did up to that Southern Miss series.
Regarding Whorff, expecting more than 110-120 pitches total out of him between last night and Sunday is foolish. After 30 pitches last night, that leaves 80-90 in the bank for Sunday and that is the minimum that Tech needs him to have for UTSA.
I understand what you're saying.
But in Tech's case we need to build Top 50 RPI wins. That's the bigger focus of the committee, at least over the last 10 years. The downside of splitting with UTSA isn't nearly as big as the upside of that RPI win.
And first and foremost is getting into the tournament. A win over LSU and one win in the conference tournament would get us into the field as long as we don't completely crater over the next 2 weekends.
Before Tuesday's game I think we had a path to host without having to win the conference tournament. That may not be the case anymore.
In any case, Lane agrees with me. He was on the morning drive show in Ruston yesterday and said they only pulled Whorff because they believed they would be able to have a lot of success against LSU's pullpen and he thought his own pullpen would hold.
Going into the bottom of the 3rd the game was 4-0 and with any luck would have been 6-0 or 8-0.
I don’t think the LSU game really mattered for hosting. And I’m hoping he pulled whorff because he plans on using him Saturday then Friday then Thursday since he’s our second best starter.
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