Why is CPM catching all the heat yet the players are spared?

Why do players play well for some coaches, and play like absolute dogshit for others?

Because they are college kids

What a stupid take

Why are the athletes being spared? Hmmm, I mean they are the ones making millions of dollars right?

Man, I like Mainieri but he's the coach.

I don't necessarily think it's fair that he gets ALL the heat. Dunn is in there in my opinion.

Hitting coach, eh.... don't know.

I said this in another post, it's like the team overthinks plays or something given who the opponent is. We make goofy errors and throw a lot of free passes.


I'm just praying this team can turn it around. This is really upsetting to see.

Hey Google, whats a common denominator?

Because he’s the boss, he’s the millionaire and it’s sad that you aim your attacks downward instead of at the man in charge.

The players aren't playing well. We can see that. It's pretty well understood that a coaching staff is expected to both recruit players who have the talent to put your program over the top, and to be able to develop those players, and instill a winning attitude. We're not seeing much development, and it sure would seem to be hard for a coach to light a fire under players when he's sulking on the bench. I don't know what he says at practice, but his in-game demeanor makes it difficult for me to believe he's much, if any, different at practice.

For what it's worth, though, I'll mention a couple of player related things that bothered me last night: Crews should have caught that ball in the third inning. I don't care how far he had to run, he got there, and it wasn't that hard of a catch. And then he let another blooper somehow land in front of him in medium left-center. I've not been impressed with his reads or his concentration, as he has dropped a couple of balls now.

And that bunt single in the fifth really opened the door for what immediately followed. I have no idea why Milazzo didn't pick that up. It was right in front of him, and should have been a relatively easy play. Instead, for reasons I can't understand, he decides to let it roll, and then the announcers acted like it was an awesome bunt. From there, you knew it was about to get ugly; and it did.

Guys don't play with a presence of mind. The moment seems WAY too big for them, far too often. That's where this team needs a fire to be lit. But where's that going to come from, is the question?

Seriously dude, you answered your own question in your post. When literally everything is falling apart it's probably not the individual pieces. The players can accept responsibility but it's the leadership that needs to right the ship and this one has been taking on water for a long time.