Time to give Prado an extension??

[charsibb]

he had such prior success

 

what happened?

 

who would replace him?

 

Wasn't he succesful as a D3 coach? He's now playing D1 competition...

[South_Florida_Flip]

he had such prior success

what happened?

who would replace him?

Wasn't he succesful as a D3 coach? He's now playing D1 competition...

Shows that his assistants at UL were the ones leading that team.

[SattyBull]

And this isnt just the case of "man, they're getting beat by amazing teams. Not much they can do." the brand of baseball they're playing is atrocious.

Game 1 vs Louisville: 5 errors, 5 walks, 3 hit batsmen, 3 wild pitches

Game 3 vs Indiana: 6 walks, 5 wild pitches, 5 hit batsmen

Game 4 vs FSU: 11 walks, 5 wild pitches, 5 hit batsmen, And FSU pulled their starters about halfway through.

Game 5 vs FSU: 6 walks, 2 wild pitches, 3 hit batsmen, 2 errors.

Game 6 vs FSU: 5 walks, 1 wild pitch...and look at that, we only lost by 3.

It's amazing what playing fundamentally sound baseball can do for your chances of winning, no matter who you play.

In those same 5 losses, here are the combined stats of the other teams,

13 walks, 4 wild pitches, 1 hit batsmen, 5 errors.

[outrunner]

I wasn't saying that its an excuse for losing in the manner they did, I was pointing out that we were playing better teams and were not at home, and that people were flipping out so early.

I'm not happy with the state of baseball either, but this is like the end of the first quarter in the first game of the season and we are playing in Tally and people are already jumping ship.

[South_Florida_Flip]

We've lost numerous home series to Northern and Midwestern teams the last few seasons. I worry that this trend will continue again this season.

[JTrue]

he had such prior success

 

what happened?

 

who would replace him?

 

Wasn't he succesful as a D3 coach? He's now playing D1 competition...

Pretty sure a solid D2 team could smoke us right now. I think we should start playing U. Tampa every year just as a litmus test for our program.

[JoeB]

And this isnt just the case of "man, they're getting beat by amazing teams. Not much they can do." the brand of baseball they're playing is atrocious.

Game 1 vs Louisville: 5 errors, 5 walks, 3 hit batsmen, 3 wild pitches

Game 3 vs Indiana: 6 walks, 5 wild pitches, 5 hit batsmen

Game 4 vs FSU: 11 walks, 5 wild pitches, 5 hit batsmen, And FSU pulled their starters about halfway through.

Game 5 vs FSU: 6 walks, 2 wild pitches, 3 hit batsmen, 2 errors.

Game 6 vs FSU: 5 walks, 1 wild pitch...and look at that, we only lost by 3.

It's amazing what playing fundamentally sound baseball can do for your chances of winning, no matter who you play.

In those same 5 losses, here are the combined stats of the other teams,

13 walks, 4 wild pitches, 1 hit batsmen, 5 errors.

Satty Bull, as much baseball as you see you had to know this was coming.  Maybe not the terrible pitching  we've seen so far, but 1-5 wasn't a stretch.  Nobody thought we'd win a game in Tallahassee.  I'm not saying this is acceptable either.  Our real season starts tomorrow vs UCF (which I'm assuming will beat us).  Prado gets this year and then the Administration will make a decision.  You can't replace him at this part of the season, especially with unproven Lance Carter or Chris Heintz as the replacements.  Let the season play out.  I think it will be a pretty easy decision once the season is over considering none of our starters can make it past the 4th inning, but the Conference Season hasn't even started yet.  

[SattyBull]

Oh yeah, I know they won't fire him right now... Would make a bad situation much worse.

I have lost faith in Prado but I really hope the boys can turn things around. I have a couple friends on the team and hope they can at least go out there and have a good showing themselves. This is the hard thing with college sports. When you aren't a fan of a coach, you almost find yourself rooting against 18,19, 20 year olds. Unfortunate catch 22.

[bullcocky101]

It's bad when baseball teams that have to practice inside a gymnasium because it's too darn cold to go outside are whooping on Florida boys! That is all....