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Something that has always bothered me about USF softball:  Our coach is the coach for USA Softball, we have great facilities, weather, and we have Publix.  We've been good, but why aren't we a powerhouse?

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I was going to post something very similar.  Talking with parents of local players, our coach does not have a good reputation in his dealings with local recruits.

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23 minutes ago, Ricky the Bull said:

I was going to post something very similar.  Talking with parents of local players, our coach does not have a good reputation in his dealings with local recruits.

Allow me to say Ken is awesome and good for USF. 

Softball parents can be crazy. Often upset because someone close to them didn't get an offer. We have 13 on the roster from Florida from my quick count. This program is consistently good.

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AAC

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1 hour ago, Mike Stuben said:

Allow me to say Ken is awesome and good for USF. 

Softball parents can be crazy. Often upset because someone close to them didn't get an offer. We have 13 on the roster from Florida from my quick count. This program is consistently good.

I agree it's been good, and Ken is a obviously a great coach.  However, I would think that the best softball players in the country would want to play for the coach of team USA.  I don't know why it hasn't translated.

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26 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

I agree it's been good, and Ken is a obviously a great coach.  However, I would think that the best softball players in the country would want to play for the coach of team USA.  I don't know why it hasn't translated.

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My daughter was an elite level softball player in middle and high school. I watched hundreds of softball games over the years. My daughters travel teams always had superior pitching, which is the one thing that is  lacking on USF teams. The one four year span that the bulls had great pitching was the Sarah Nevins era. She could shut down any teams hitters, just an awesome pitcher with a good team around her.  Nevins came to USF to be closer to home which worked out well for USF.  Elite level softball players want to play at big time schools in Power 5 conferences. Even our excellent coach, with all his connections cannot convince even one great pitcher to play at USF. It is what it is. 

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He always fields a good team.  This year not so much.  If anyone deserves a pass its Ken Erickson.  I think this team is relatively young, so maybe we'll be better in the next year or two.

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ken erickson is an  outstanding. usf is in a crappy conference.we need to compare ourselves against other non p5 schools

 

 

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2 hours ago, smazza said:

ken erickson is an  outstanding. usf is in a crappy conference.we need to compare ourselves against other non p5 schools

 

 

We're not even dominating our conference.  I'm not trying to insult CKE, I'm just trying to understand why we aren't better.

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