All in favor of letting Melanie Meuchel go at the end of the season say I!
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I wouldn't be opposed to that either. An 0-15 start, that's just not fair to the student athletes. They work so hard year round and to have that kind of result to start the season is brutal. There's lots of very good PAC 12 teams with more then qualified assistant coaches on those teams that are ready to get their first shot at being a head coach. Time for Haslam to make a move!HookedonGriz said:I was in favor of this 2 years ago. Could tell she wasn’t the right fit then but wanted to give her a chance. I wouldn’t mind if they made a change right now.
Grizfan-24 said:Some of the recruiting issues are on the staff, some of them aren't. Softball wasn't the only program to have to make concessions in how they recruited, where they recruited over the past three recruiting cycles. I know that the preference would be to spend a couple of weeks targeting and recruiting in Southern California in June as a lot of college programs do, going from ASA tournament to others in the LA and Riverside region, but a lot of that didn't happen for a lot of programs the past three years. First because of limitations in budgeting for both programs and those tournaments, but for schools doing in the recruiting as well.
As much as high school and ASA softball has improved outside of California, it is still the gold standard for softball by a long shot. Florida, Texas, and the SEC states have made great inroads, but northern state softball is still a ways behind the curve in that regard. One of the last Mary Nutter tournaments I went to a few years ago, most of the teams there had 5-10 California girls on each of their teams. Whether it was an SEC caliber school or MWC/WAC schools that were there, they had avalanches of California girls. Talent is improving elsewhere, but California gets the lion share of recruiting attention for the depth of talent they have.
HookedonGriz said:Surprise surprise the Griz drop 2 more and don’t look good doing it. Disaster so far, there’s no other way to spin it. Coach is in waaaaay over her head and has been for years.
maroonandsilver said:HookedonGriz said:Surprise surprise the Griz drop 2 more and don’t look good doing it. Disaster so far, there’s no other way to spin it. Coach is in waaaaay over her head and has been for years.
I thought the USD game might be one the Griz would be more competitive in, especially with Brock pitching. But the game was over in the first inning.
CDAGRIZ said:Ugh, this is gross. We have good players; what can the staff do to salvage this thing?
OMGriz9501 said:I guess my maroon tinted glasses aren’t shaded nearly as darkly as some of yours. What is see is a team hitting barely over .200 with an era over 8. That’s poor by anyone’s standards. How will this team win 9-10 conference games? Last season’s team won six conference games and three of those were against Southern Utah. A team that finished 3-40. Let’s just say, I’m not optimistic.
HookedonGriz said:The only way anything gets done is to initiate change. This staff is in WAY over their heads. This is the most disappointing start I could even imagine. They are getting destroyed by everyone. I have emailed Haslam about my concerns and I would strongly recommend anyone who follows the program do the same…..unless you enjoy the absolute demise of the program:
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