I don't understand...

augie botched the inning. the announcers were rihgt when they said htat texas should concede the bunt and eventual run to mitchell. instead, the horns didnt get an easy out on a sacrifice bunt and gave up a 5 run inning. that was the game.
 
I think game 1 was the decider. Game 1 we were in control until our pitcher gets cramps with 2 out in 6th. Bullpen has awful time finding strike zone until a win turns to a loss. Its too much to ask of anyone to outplay that LSU team 3 straight. Riffin and Taylor pitched well enough to end it after 2 but thats baseball....Thats why the majors play 162 games just to see who makes the playoffs.
 
It was all botched on Monday. Pulling Ruffin and all the offensive adjustments took our foot off the Tiger's throats. Coulda shoulda woulda, but there are a handful of teams that we left in our dust who must have felt worse than we do.

Yesterday's game and Jungmann's performance was just prolonging the inevitable. I am so proud of our Horns though for getting a win and not going out 0-2.
 
Workman drove me nuts throwing 6 straight curves - walked Mitchell then let Mitchell get in his head. If he has stuck with the heater he woulda been fine. Keyes made me want to play in traffic when he ignored Augie & swung at rediculous pitches, but he did redeem himself with the hr. I think Ruffin should have started and this game would habe beendifferent with poss Workman in relief of Ruffin. Ruffin scared the pants off lsu.
 
I wonder why we kept putting Dicharry in there at all after he has been so consistently horrible in relief during the series. What exactly was going on with he and Wood I just do not get it. Both of them lost this series really but they shouldn't have kept being sent out there when neither of them could throw strikes consistently.
 
Sad that we lost with Workman and Ruffin clearly with more in the tank. Would have liked to see Workman go to the 7th or 8th. Ruffin was ready, wiling and able to close out the championship. Oh well.
 
Despite success, the bullpen was not managed well all season. Remember the B12 tournament when Wood was brought in without being fully warm? Remember the regular season games when Ruffin or Green would have to relieve because no one else was developed or trusted?

Workman was dominant last night until he faced Mitchell in the 6th, and as cited above, threw 6 straight curve balls, not his forte. He has not thrown that many breaking pitches all year so he had to have been instructed to pitch that way. Make the guy beat you with your best pitch!

Workman was pulled too early as Chance was in game 1.
Workman had thrown only 49 pitches. They were not given the chance to succeed when challenged.
 
DiCharry has been good all season until Omaha. It was most likely Augie's belief (or at least hope) that he would shake off the nerves and come up big. He couldn't and didn't and it cost the team. That's not to blame him, but you can see how an experienced coach might have the feeling that the kid would do that. So, you put him in and see what he can do.

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Augie does not have 20/20 foresight. If all his **** worked and we win the NC, everyone goes "Great moves Augie!".
 
Sorry, but I think most of you people should keep your opinions in Little League ball. Augie made the right decisions, per "Baseball 101", they just didn't pan out. Leading by 2 going into the 8th, DAMN NEAR every coach will put in defensive players. The pitchers he used when he did, I thought was excellent, but they couldn't throw strikes. It was obvious during game 3 during the first inning, that Green couldn't find the plate with his curve or slider, so they were sitting back and hammering his cut fastball, which wasn't moving! We have the TV view, Augie doesn't. A coach has to trust his kids, and go with the feeling. Who would have thought an LSU bullpen could shut us down? Not me. I agrre with one of the above posters. If the batter would have lined out to left in the 9th of game 1 with 2 out, instead of finding the line, we would be singing Augies praises, for making a TEAM, without superior talent!!!
 
Second sucks. Woorkman was told to pitch the breaking balls,

Kudos for the players. Coaches need to review their performance and make adjustments,

Game 2, no Skip to the mound and no subs. Game 1 and 3. multiple trips for Skip and changes. Why was Austin Wood up warming in Game 3 in second inning? Great confidence builder for Cole! At that point I thought it was over.

I think our team was over coached for this series.

OK. Augie is great---Just my opinion. Yada, yada,yada.
 
i think the biggest mistake was putting jungmann in for a save situation in game 1. has jungmann been in that situation all year?

if it works, augie is a genius, if not skip is an idiot.

it was a close series considering that we committed how many errors?
 
You are right GEMJIM, and I apologize for that comment. I just got tired of the Augie bashing, when he did things by "the book", and some of the comments would require him looking into a crystal ball. I think it was a great call to put Jungmann in for relief in the first game. He got to experience the atmosphere of game play. He threw 6 straight balls, and maybe that got the jitters out, so he could perform like he did in game 2. Who knows?
 
I dont want to coach-bash particularly, but it seems to me that ever since Frank Anderson left our tactical pitching changes (i.e. hitter-situational or anything other than bringing a reliever or closer at the start of an inning) have been mainly nerve-wracking if not plain disastrous in many cases.

Maybe thats a talent issue or maybe just selective recall on my part. It sure seems like a lot of our pitching changes have given me watery bowels for a long time.

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Amen 2x. We have not had a "lights out" closer since 2005, a reflection of recruiting and development. I love Austin Wood but we all agree that he was used too much this year due to lack of another left handed pitcher. He came in many times this year in the 6th/7th inning.

I have never seen a Longhorn pitcher "pulled" in mid-count until this year, and it not only happened at the CWS, but during the regular season. I just don't understand how that pitcher can develop if he is pulled with a 2-0 count. Not to mention, the pressure on the pitcher coming in to take over that count. Unbelieveable.

The pitchers this year did not develop (Discharry, McKirahan, Stafford, Thomas, Carrillo) Jungmann does not need development or coaching - he is ready for MLB now.
 
yeah, 2x is on to something. When I read what 2x wrote, I flashed back to 1980something, or 1990something, we had a pitching coach who was great with the players, just seemed like a great fit, Clint Thomas?(sua can verify if that's correct).

Something happened, Clint left and it seemed like we had a period of uncomfortable feelings every time the new pitching coach would do something. It just didn't feel right.
 
Good point torre. The midcount changes are just too easy to second guess. Seems like if a guy hasnt thrown 4-5 balls straight or given up several base hits he probably ought to stay in, for his growth and the reliever's sanity. Sure doesnt help if the reliever cant throw first pitch strikes.

One thing that has characterized Augie is trust in his players (eg Wheeless in 2005). This year the pitching changes seem to belie that trust. As well as some of the other subs.

I guess it does boil down talent, development and recruiting.

Orangecat, Im not going back quite that far. Ive been a fan since 85 but after graduation in 91 and until the interwebs got going good, I took a forced hiatus on fandom. But since about 2001 I dont remember the anxiety provoked by a midcount or mid-inning pitching change since Anderson left. Of course Huston was always (almost) money and so was Cox, iirc our pitching changes since Anderson left have been scary often as not.

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Yep, it was Clint Thomas: Here is something from Swindell's ceremony earlier this year:

During Saturday's home game against Oklahoma, the No. 21 will be recognized again by the University of Texas -- this time in honor of Greg Swindell, one of the country's most dominant pitchers during his college tenure from 1984-1986.

Swindell boasted a 43-8 record and a 1.92 ERA in 77 games, and has a career resume that could stake claim to the best ever for a collegiate pitcher.

After earning Baseball America's Freshman of the Year Award in 1984, Swindell followed up that accolade with his best season in 1985. As a sophomore, he posted a 19-2 record and 1.67 ERA to go along with 15 complete games, six shutouts and 204 strikeouts over 172 innings. Those numbers set single-season records for wins, innings, strikeouts, complete games and shutouts and earned him the National Player of the Year Award from the same outlet.



Swindell is also grateful to his coaches for trusting in him as their pitcher.

"A week before my freshman season started, two of our top pitchers got in a car accident and were unable to pitch. I started the first game of the season and didn't fare very well, but Coach (Cliff) Gustafson still stuck with me after that," Swindell said. "He put me out there when we played against Arizona State, the No. 1 team in the nation, and it all went up from there.

"Clint Thomas was probably one of the biggest reasons for my success. He called almost every game I pitched. He was always telling me things that I needed to work on and helped keep me on a level playing field."
 
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