2011 College Coach Of The Year: Florida's Kevin O'Sullivan

Florida coach is coach of the year


From the above article:
Florida's ability to recruit a deep pitching staff has made it easier for the coaches to protect their arms, which in turn attracts more elite arms. The most notable, of course, belongs to righthander Karsten Whitson, who opted to attend Florida rather than sign with the Padres as the No. 9 overall pick last year.

O'Sullivan never allowed Whitson to throw more than 92 pitches in a game this season, and never extended him beyond 61/3 innings. When it came time for O'Sullivan to decide whether to bring ace Hudson Randall back on five days' rest for Florida's third CWS game, the coach decided to go with lefthander Alex Panteliodis instead, in part because he was not going to start Whitson on short rest the following day, if necessary.

"We were not going to throw him on four days' rest," O'Sullivan said. "We hadn't done that all year long, and we weren't going to put that pressure on him. And the fact of the matter is if we were going to get to this point, some other guys needed to contribute. So it's a fine line. But I think it all starts at recruiting, to be quite honest with you. If you recruit pitching depth, it gives you other options."

In comparison, Gausman and Mccune both went over 120 pitches numerous times.. Mccune is not even throwing this summer in order to rest. PM needs to read this and understand that this is how Florida gets 1st rounders to come to school. One game isnt worth a players arm and career..my hope is that Dunn, given his background with managing pitchers in the majors and minors, that LSU will be kinder to pitchers arms, the TJ surgeries will go down, and more top pitchers will choose college instead of pro ball.