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Ideas for a new hitting Coach
Posted on 4/14/11 at 9:50 am
Posted on 4/14/11 at 9:50 am
Who do you think we might go after? Who would you like to see?
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Posted on 4/14/11 at 9:57 am to Tiger79
someone who doesn't have the resume of GA
This post was edited on 4/14/11 at 9:59 am
Posted on 4/14/11 at 9:58 am to Tiger79
Need to bring back Turtle Thomas. Best college hitting instructor out there. Turtle Thomas is currently the head coach at Florida International, but he has been to 14 College World Series as an assistant coach with four different teams. His hitting clinics are legendary. He was at Miami from 1988-1999 (9 World Series appearances and 1 National Championship) and LSU from 2000 - 2006 (included 3 World Series appearances) and the one year at Arizona State in 2007, they went to Omaha.
I know he is a head coach, but we need to spend the bucks to get him back to LSU. Also, a great recruiter.
I know he is a head coach, but we need to spend the bucks to get him back to LSU. Also, a great recruiter.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 9:59 am to BilJ
We need an arse kicker. Someone that won't try harder to be the kid's best friend than he does at his actual job.
One that actually knows WTF he's doing.
I don't pretend to know who the best is, but I can tell you we've had a "garbage in/garbage out" situation for a few years now with this cat.
One that actually knows WTF he's doing.
I don't pretend to know who the best is, but I can tell you we've had a "garbage in/garbage out" situation for a few years now with this cat.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 10:00 am to Tiger79
John Gruden
Posted on 4/14/11 at 10:02 am to WacoTiger
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Need to bring back Turtle Thomas.
While there is no question he is an excellent hitting coach some of his recruiting was suspect. That is what got Smoke in trouble. Turtle was recruiting guys that would never step on campus. These guys would commit to LSU and then get drafted and go pro leaving LSU to find 3rd tier players b/c all the 2nd tier guys were already committed elsewhere.
Plus I doubt he would leave a HC job to return as an assistant.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 10:30 am to Tiger79
Smoke Laval.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 10:39 am to Tiger79
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Who do you think we might go after?
Someone who can teach how to hit a baseball using a level swing because the HR era is over and it is time to play old school "small ball" baseball
Posted on 4/14/11 at 10:40 am to Tiger79
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Ideas for a new hitting Coach
Go back to the old 1997 bats and everything would be OK.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 10:42 am to Tiger79
Tony Gwynn / thead.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:00 pm to CTexTiger
Todd Walker or Dr. Furniss
Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:03 pm to sportsfan
And while we are at it, get Ben McD as the pitching coach.
Keep it in the family
Keep it in the family
Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:04 pm to sportsfan
Matt Heath
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In one season as the hitting coach at Auburn, Heath helped the program hit a school record 103 home runs and 218 extra-base hits while finishing the year with a .516 slugging percentage, third best all-time.
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An assistant coach at College of Charleston for two seasons, Heath helped the Cougar hitters rank 10th nationally in batting average (.334), first in runs scored per game (10.6), home runs (130) and slugging percentage (.607), second in runs (627) and doubles per game (2.73) and seventh in walks (328) in 2008.
His 2007 squad was just as impressive, leading the NCAA in batting average (.350), slugging percentage (.570) and runs scored per game (9.5), establishing six school records along the way: runs per game (9.5), slugging percentage (.570), RBI (513), home runs (92), runs scored (552) and hits (760).
This post was edited on 4/14/11 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:05 pm to sportsfan
Russ Johnson. Ben Mcdonald as pitching coach.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:05 pm to LST
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In one season as the hitting coach at Auburn, Heath helped the program hit a school record 103 home runs and 218 extra-base hits while finishing the year with a .516 slugging percentage, third best all-time.
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Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:09 pm to Tiger79
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Ideas for a new hitting Coach
Whoever can recruit better hitters
Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:19 pm to LST
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Matt Heath
Ironically, one of the very few LSU athletes that I just didn't care for personally. He showed his arse a couple of times during home run trots and the like and I had a distaste for that.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:39 pm to sportsfan
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And while we are at it, get Ben McD as the pitching coach.
Wouldn't be able to teach a breaking pitch.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 12:50 pm to Godfather1
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Wouldn't be able to teach a breaking pitch.
I hope you are not serious....McDonald had a pretty wicked breaking ball to go with his hard fastballs.
Posted on 4/14/11 at 1:06 pm to okietiger
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John Gruden
I like this guy. He's my "joker"
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