Most unheralded part of this team

Hes not thought of as the best pitching coach in college, maybe in all of baseball, for nothing.

I sure hope he is retained next year.

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Most unheralded part of this team

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Papierski

It seems someone else is stepping up every night, that a special team....

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I was expecting a thread about Tommy Mainieri. Bringing back that Miami vice look.

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Between this post and your sig pic, I think you may be sexually attracted to Paul's sons.

Pap's defense behind the plate
Overall team defense
John Wholestaff (hopefully)

Paul Mainieri. The guy many compared, and often times called "Les Miles" and/or pasta sauce. While folks were complaining about underachieving he was evaluating his squad and ultimately made several moves that got the team in a position to make a run:
Watson to CF
Hess to pen
Coomes to 1st
Gilbert from set up man to long relief/4th starter
Slaughter back to 1st ....

I'm sure there's others I'm overlooking

micah gibbs flourishing into a future star coach right before our very eyes

I think he asks his guys to be too perfect at times and has Pap lined up too far off. We waste a lot of pitches in counts and our guys throw a lot of pitches because of it. His philosophy is to pitch for strikeouts and that requires those wave pitches and changing planes. I get it and I would call similar sequences, but he does not adapt that philosophy in bad situations and with less consistent pitchers. That is a flaw I see in him.

Also, I would like to see more responsibility given to pitchers and catchers in calling sequences and pickoffs. I appreciate Dunn's knowledge, but I don't think veteran college pitchers need to be controlled by a pitching coach so much. I believe it should be a more collaborative effort.

His results and success of his pitchers speak for themself. Those are just some criticisms that I think would benefit him as a coach and our players.

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Papierski

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i wouldn't say he's "most unheralded", atleast not as of late. His bat has been hot and his name has been flying around. Now, if we're just talking about his play behind the plate, I'd agree with you 100%. I thought he was only a mediocre catcher last year. I remember several occasions where people wanted him pulled and replaced with Romero. (Only to have Romero come in and name just as many mistakes, if not more,) The guy has really stepped up thus season and become a very good catcher.