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Post by Hemi Man on Jun 10, 2019 9:25:32 GMT -6
I wish. Your expectations are way too high if you think Mullins would do something like that. And explain to me why Davis got really, really good players and pitchers from Australia and yet we can't recruit Cent South Florida, California, Arizona and Texas? You dont even have to go there. These players are at the ASA Gold tournaments in the summer. All in one place. When Tim Walton first came to UF the joke was it was UF-California as 3/4 of the players came from CA. Why? Superior talent and travel ball curcuit She had a coach from Australia at that time. Ashlyn Williams was one the best pitchers Troy ever had, and she was from Hattiesburg.
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Post by Troystet on Jun 10, 2019 13:30:47 GMT -6
And explain to me why Davis got really, really good players and pitchers from Australia and yet we can't recruit Cent South Florida, California, Arizona and Texas? You dont even have to go there. These players are at the ASA Gold tournaments in the summer. All in one place. When Tim Walton first came to UF the joke was it was UF-California as 3/4 of the players came from CA. Why? Superior talent and travel ball curcuit She had a coach from Australia at that time. Ashlyn Williams was one the best pitchers Troy ever had, and she was from Hattiesburg. Met her mom at a Troy camp my daughter attended. Can't remember the exact story but we got lucky on her. Both parents were usm alumni and something happened on her offer or coaching change and Troy was able to get her. We had a really tall girl from Australia back around 2008 or so that pitched for Australia in the Olympics. Can't remember her name but she brought the heat
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Post by troyfansb on Jun 10, 2019 13:40:40 GMT -6
Troy losing three starters to the Portal really hurts. Hopefully they have a strong freshman class and the transfers will help, but it's going to be tough to replace losing the #2 pitcher and also the team RBI leader from last season.
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Post by sballalumni2 on Jun 11, 2019 7:33:11 GMT -6
Dang - Willis is in the portal. Her sister played here for 4 years and she was one of the biggest recruits. She could have gone other places and chose Troy, but yet we can't keep her happy. We were poised to have three years in a row of AL Miss Softball, and then something like this. There are a lot of softball players in the portal, so I wonder if she doesn't find a transfer spot if Troy would have her back. Bailey Taylor and Hope Hernandez are also in the portal according to softball America. Taylor hit over .300 as a SO. after getting only 34 at bats her FR year. Hernandez hit .276 as FR in 105 AB's and only .226 as a SO in 93 AB's. Losing those three and the seniors, we will be seeing some new faces on the field next year. Does anyone know if Calhoun is getting a medical redshirt for this past season?
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Jun 11, 2019 9:09:21 GMT -6
Dang - Willis is in the portal. Her sister played here for 4 years and she was one of the biggest recruits. She could have gone other places and chose Troy, but yet we can't keep her happy. We were poised to have three years in a row of AL Miss Softball, and then something like this. There are a lot of softball players in the portal, so I wonder if she doesn't find a transfer spot if Troy would have her back. Bailey Taylor and Hope Hernandez are also in the portal according to softball America. Taylor hit over .300 as a SO. after getting only 34 at bats her FR year. Hernandez hit .276 as FR in 105 AB's and only .226 as a SO in 93 AB's. Losing those three and the seniors, we will be seeing some new faces on the field next year. Does anyone know if Calhoun is getting a medical redshirt for this past season? I wonder why these players are leaving? Players that were contributors, and they just leave?
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Post by sballalumni2 on Jun 11, 2019 10:15:30 GMT -6
Yeah - I am shocked that starters would leave. I could see Willis possibly ending up at Auburn or an SEC school that needs a pitcher because she was more highly recruited out of high school and has some big awards, but the other two most likely aren't using the portal as a spring board. They better hold on tight to Johnson because I could see her being poached. I have heard that some coaches are encouraging athletes to enter the portal, so it could be a nice way of getting rid of scholarship players. We just don't know the details unless someone wants to share.
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Post by sballalumni2 on Jul 8, 2019 8:58:20 GMT -6
I heard over the weekend that Annie Willis is going to transfer to Miss State. I hope this doesn't set up a trend of our Sunbelt Freshmen of the Year using Troy to get to the SEC. I really do wish her well, but I wanted us to keep her!!!
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Post by sballalumni2 on Jul 8, 2019 11:46:44 GMT -6
UAB picks up Madison Preston, transfer pitcher from Alabama!!! Dang Jimmy Kolaitis can recruit.
Scratch above...it looks like she picked Arizona State University instead. Going to the Pac! Thank goodness!
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