Jones seems to lose his mind if things don't go good for him

ScaldedDawg

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He did it last year, and I do not understand why Thompson or Cohen thought he was SEC material.
 

jwbigcreek

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Other than Stratton. This is a pretty ****** start to Cohen's 3rd year. And to think I let that Vanderbilt ********** I work talk me into going tomorrow. I don't understand why we can't do better than this in year 3. Stans causes us plenty of embarrassment, but Cohen (so far) has been way more embarrassing.
 

Todd4State

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He's SEC material from a physical standpoint. He will be drafted for sure.

I have to wonder about this though- it doesn't help when you're a pitcher and you know going into a game that for you to win the game you have to pitch a shutout to have a chance to win- and that was the case tonight. It's tough to ask Roy Halladay to do that much less Devin Jones. And that wouldn't have been good enough tonight.

The guy Vandy threw today is probably the top pitching prospect in the SEC this year. As I have said, the problem with a small ball lineup is sometimes they can get overpowered by a really good pitcher like tonight. And that's true no matter how big your outfield is.

It also doesn't help when you have five errors. It's hard to beat anybody doing that.

I think right now this is a case of a team beating itself before it got to the ballpark. I think our team sees stuff like "Vandy is number one in the country and they have the top pitcher, and on and on" and it's in their head, and they start doing stupid things- they think that the have to play perfect to win, and they are trying to do too much. The reality is they're not THAT much better than us. BUT the players have to believe it. They need to just go out and play the game and take it one out, one inning, one at bat at a time instead of trying to do too much. There's no reason for us to kiss anyone's ***. I don't care if it's the Yankees. I mean, have some pride in yourself.
 

basedog

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Jones just doesn't have the stuff upstairs to compete in the SEC. He reminds me of a good practice player who just can't or doesn't produce in games. I don't care how hard one throws, if he can't get folks out and can't pitch out of jams then he shouldn't be pitching. Potential is just a word to describe a player who doesn't have enough talent to compete at the highest level who you hope can help one day! Jones maybe has the potential to pitch mid week games. I'm tired of him marching out there and not be successful in the SEC the last few years.

I've been a fan of Cohen, but maybe he ain't gonna get it done at Msu and some coaches aren't good fits, maybe he is one of them. But it is early but time is running short for fans with Cohen's ability to lead us out of last place. 10 to 0, with 5 errors, say it ain't so?
 

ScaldedDawg

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I agree with Basedog.......... Jones may have the physical ability, but he doesn't have it upstairs.

SEC ball

Career 12.33 ERA
Record 1-6
 

Todd4State

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or perhaps in this case what isn't that will keep him out of the Big Leagues.

But that said, all of those stats besides yesterday are from the past. He has looked better overall this year until yesterday, and it's probably a little soon to write him off just yet.