re: What did Beth say about the loss

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It doesn’t matter to most fans how the softball program is viewed. The only opinion that matters is Scott Woodward’s.

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True. And I just don’t get the vibe that SW is going to fire Beth. But hey, I figured this team would reach a Super then lose. Then I figured, SW would go into observation mode a season or two to see how the program responded with Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC. Further slippage and Beth and the whole staff would be gone.

But after this disaster of a Regional, I think Scott’s hand is forced to give the ultimatum: “Shake up your staff. If not, make OKC next season or you AND your staff are all fired.”

But hell, if Scott fired Torina I wouldn’t be shocked and if Scott did nothing, I wouldn’t be shocked. I think it will be somewhere in the middle.

But Beth has felt the last 3-4 years like she owns the job and is untouchable. Unfortunately a head coach and her staff is ultimately a business relationship and part of being a good HC is unflinchingly making changes when necessary. Polian was Brian Kelly’s buddy. After one year, Polian was gone.

Beth needs the same mindset. But hey, Beth may be one of those executives who can’t function out of her comfort zone. Getting rid of her buddies and bringing in say, a disciplinarian hitting coach may make her so uncomfortable she’d rather lose her job than to not coach with her buddies.

Hell, if I had to guess I’d say Dobson and Leftwich get fired but no amount of action—or inaction—from Woodward would really surprise me.