re: Softball game 3 #16 Kentucky 2 VS #8 LSU 0 SECN Final Kentucky Sweeps :(

OP should change title to gets shut out in a 3 game series for first time ever

I will say this now nobody will want none of LSU come playoff time

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Beth doesn't have a clue what to do right now. You are exactly right. That's the problem.

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Look, we get it. You and your 6 alters all hate Beth. You've made that clear.

That being said, don't you think Beth has more than earned the right to show that she can fix this? Coaches, especially in very mental games like baseball/softball, should always have all the perfect answers to fix slumps right off the bat?

Can't pin this all on Beth. Her players have to hit the ball. They are not children, they played high school ball. It's not always the coaches fault when players mess up.

Ive seen Beth do things with the lineup that I would do differently, but she knows her players better than all of us do.

Any school would be happy with two trips to the CWS in four years. She can't be that bad.

Your right. You can't pin it all on Beth.......but she doesn't help herself out at all with the way she coaches bases. She does not coach for the opportunities she has, instead she coaches for opportunities she may have later in the game. Every time Kentucky had a base runner, they would replace her with speed. It doesn't always work but that is coaching to score now and not wasting your speed for a chance you may or may not have later. Bianka on 2nd in bottom of 6th and you don't pinch run? Hoover leading off 7th, gets on, and you have to call time to figure out what you want to do? Did you not have a plan in case she got on? Its things like this that drive me crazy. Watching us have opportunities, see Howard come out the dugout and motion to her for a change and she blows him off because she may need that later down the line. Skip used to always pitch to win that game and worry about what happens later when it happens. Worked out pretty well for him. Beth is a pitching coach, no more than that. A good pitching coach, but she needs to stop worrying about picking up opposing pitchers tendencies and worry about coaching opportunities for the offense.

yes i had two others with me watching the game and we were wondering about baserunners for when Hoover, Walljasper and others get on. I agree with you on that.

To me, they are letting first strikes go by, sometimes two strikes go by and taking one swing at the ball, often at a bad pitch.

Let this sink in......Carley gave up 3 hits this weekend and got 2 losses.

Agreed and not a knock on Carly, given the offensive woes, but the timing of walks and HBP really sucked. The other team took advantage of just enough of those and our girls simply didn't.

Buy all accounts Ms. Dawson is a great athlete, but that doesn't mean she starts or will be great. I'd bet there are a couple of players on the bench who are "better athletes" than some of the starting 9.

Voodoo. Or she did. Not sure if she is playing this year.