How’s this for negativity.....

[Shadow34]

Beating Louisville and then Vandy... TWICE... is gonna be impossible. This state team is good. And lucky, which u have to have. But we ain’t Vandy good. The fat lady’s vocal chords are warming up.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

It was over when they brought Barlow in... he was scared shatless.

 

[Len2003]

Vandy is simply better than we are.

 

[crackerjax]

It was over when they brought Barlow in... he was scared shatless.

Lemonis gave up once they got down 2-0 in the biggest game of the season. Sorry but that's really weak and a bonehead move.

 

[maroonmania]

Vandy is simply better than we are.

Better than anyone else too. And they have pitcher after pitcher. We may score a run or two now that the pressure is off but we may not score at all just like we didn't the last time we played them.

 

[stateu1]

It was over when they brought Barlow in... he was scared shatless.

I told my wife, "look how hard he's breathing" during warmups. He was 17'd.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

If there is any team that can do it, it is this team.

 

[tribaldawg]

Scholarship NC

Vandy is simply better than we are.

There isn't a school in the SEC that wouldn't be where Vandy is now if they could offer every recruit a full ride. It is a huge advantage and one the NCAA needs to take away.

 

[stateu1]

If there is any team that can do it, it is this team.

I agree. Except pitching. And hitting against decent pitching.

 

[blacklistedbully]

Lemonis gave up once they got down 2-0 in the biggest game of the season. Sorry but that's really weak and a bonehead move.

I dunno. Down 2-0 when there are still at least 5 innings to pitch makes it tough to burn your top guys in the pen when you know that if you can't get past Rocker, you are really screwing yourself if you have to come back through the loser's bracket. Yes, I know the chances of getting through the loser's bracket are slim, but they are even slimmer if you have to do it without your best relievers available for the elimination game vs Louisville.

Factor in you trust your other bullpen guys to come in and give you a good inning or two and it's more understandable. It didn't work out, but I'm not convinced it wasn't a reasonable approach. I'd much rather have my bullpen as fresh as possible for the elimination game than use Liebelt, White and Gordon for 5+ innings in a close loss. Yeah we might have come back, but it wasn't looking good so far.

Lemons didn't give up. He just took the gamble he thought was best at the time. Didn't work out for this game, but it ultimately may help us win the next.

 

[WilCoDawg]

B-b-b-but they don’t give full baseball scholarships to any of their players!!!***

 

[blacklistedbully]

And now that we got the 2 runs, hindsight makes it harder to swallow.

 

[fang]

Excellent! Keep it up.