re: Kling can't hit.

But if Kling does go on that heater eventually, it still might be too late to salvage a post-season berth for this team. And I think a fair criticism of Jay this year is that he gambled too much on Kling taking too big a jump in the offseason and helping carry the team offensively. He put too much on a handful of guys taking huge jumps that they were probably a year away from, if at all. And I think they felt that pressure and started pressing early and lost confidence. Which was counter-productive, obviously.

I'm not sure if Jay underestimated just how good the SEC would be this year--I think he's a great coach and wouldn't trade him for anybody, but he's still a relatively young coach, especially in the SEC, and still learning. But he constructed this team to where just about everything had to go right and everybody had to perform close to (or at) their individual ceilings for this team to championship caliber and make a legitimate run. And they obviously haven't. But he'll learn and adjust.