re: I Have Been A Torina Fan

This team is where it is entirely because Sunseri and Wickersham have regressed. If just one of them had developed into close to a Hoover or Walljasper caliber pitcher, this team would be a national seed and a favorite for the WCWS.

If Woodward could get Lonni Alameda or if Courtney Deifel takes Arkansas to the WCWS, I would be in favor of going ahead and pulling the trigger on a coaching change for one of those two coaches. Otherwise, I want to see what Torina can do with Chaffin and the new batch of pitchers coming in next season. If there is no sign of development in those pitchers next season or they don’t make the WCWS in one of the next two years, then it’s time to move on regardless. I’m just not as ready as some of you to conclude that a coach that made the WCWS in 4 of her first 6 seasons has forgotten how to coach.