re: Corbello, Lockwood, Bourg transferring from LSU softball...

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educote is a certified a-hole.

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He used to shite talk Baylee even if she was just warming up in the bullpen. The guy's a piece of crap.

I would have volunteered, but I was an assistant in HS ball for 2 years and head coach for 24. I continue to run coaching clinics and the statewide HS coaches website in Texas. I also coached travel ball for many years and all of those were basically volunteer.

Couple of things:

1) first I'll say I completely understand the dislike for Mr. Ducote.

2) let me ask this as far as the comments made about Miss Griggs. Maybe I missed it, but did he say anything personally degrading about the player? I basically remember his comments to be summed up as "she's not elite. If not for her father's money & influence, she might not have been regarded as highly as she was, and she might have certainly been benched this past season." It was by all accounts below what you expect out of a slapper. Where is the harm here?

3) while he makes some stupid comments, I know personally some of his "inside" information has been 90-100% accurate on some things. I'm not going to say who told me, but I know what I know.

4) while "honorable and respect" aren't really applicable on a msg board, I do give him credit for using his name to go with his opinions. 99.9% of posters do not and would never.

5) "strong personality" when referring to Mr. Griggs is being very kind. I've been around him at games & tailgates. He has said horrible things about players and their parents. From appearances, to ability, even the race of people they date. Quite frankly it is my opinion that he is an a$$hole. Even that's putting it nicely IMO.

Lastly, while Mr. Ducote's comments are not needed, am I the only one who thinks assaulting someone over msg board comments is vastly worse than making negative msg board comments?

Wow, its like you read my mind. Especially points 2 and 5.

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e got on my bad side two years ago when he blamed pregnancy hormones as to why he was upset that Beth sent a couple of runners home that were thrown out at the plate.

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Uh ... Nolan Cain's not pregnant, is he?

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2) let me ask this as far as the comments made about Miss Griggs. Maybe I missed it, but did he say anything personally degrading about the player? I basically remember his comments to be summed up as "she's not elite. If not for her father's money & influence, she might not have been regarded as highly as she was, and she might have certainly been benched this past season." It was by all accounts below what you expect out of a slapper. Where is the harm here?

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It is all about tone. There is constructive criticism and there is hurtful and personal criticism. He crossed the line a few times and made it personal. Feel free to check his post history, especially when Emily was in a funk where she went like 1-30.

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3) while he makes some stupid comments, I know personally some of his "inside" information has been 90-100% accurate on some things. I'm not going to say who told me, but I know what I know.

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Being accurate is all fine and good, but if you are a "fan" of a team, why air their dirty laundry on a message board? What good does it do anyone? And it looks worse when it comes from someone who openly condemns the head coach.

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He airs it on the msg board because this is the primary place fr fans of the program to talk. He airs it because he probably spends a good amount of money, or has in support and is frustrated to see decisions made that do not in anyway support "doing the best to win" which should be the goal. Ex: moving you best infielder on the team to LF. Not 1 person has given me a legitimate reason as to why or how this is a solid coaching move. Especially when your infield is terrible defensively. He's frustrated and it's his perogative to let it be known.

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If you want to discuss who plays what position, then great. That isn't "dirty laundry". Saying things like "Jaquish has dictated where she will play since day one" and discussing stuff like that is best kept to oneself.

I'm not here to pile on educote. Educote has a right to say whatever he wants to say. If what he says crosses the line and it offends a parent, then that parent should handle it or go about their business. I don't know him but there sure are a bunch that have it out for him. I like that he sees some of the same issues that seem to go unaddressed and says something about it. So what if he steps on his tongue on here, some of you, me included, look like idiots too.

What I see is this, a bunch of posters sticking their noses in other people's affairs and coming on here to gossip about it like schoolgirls. The Mean Girls clique polices the softball threads and it's obvious they have biased opinions on the state of the team.

Furthermore, this team finished with a 3rd place in the WCWS which is awesome. In hindsight, had some of the coaching decisions made along the way been more flexible it may have improved the results. It's my opinion, that she didn't run her best 9 out there each day and unfortunately it may have cost the team a player who could have helped their cause this past season and next.

It's time to move on though....can't keep looking in the rear view mirror and expect to move forward. Hopefully Torina makes some changes and we improve.

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We don't all choose to believe every player will be great or that that the coaches know the best about every situation. That's just TB357

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That's truuff right there.