Finally... and looking forward to it.... bat checks and all! 
Original Post
Replies sorted oldest to newest
Finally!
Here's a question for the community. As many teams enter the season with 2 or 3 tourneys, what's most important 1) winning the tourney games (most of which are Round Robins and not really tourneys at all or 2) playing everyone to get your positions truly firmed up for district play?
You want to see everyone play as some current backups may actually wind up being district starters, at the same time if your team is highly ranked you want to protect that ranking and win all the games. In the end though, district results determine your playoff seeding and the goal is to win the last game (State Championship).
Here's a question for the community. As many teams enter the season with 2 or 3 tourneys, what's most important 1) winning the tourney games (most of which are Round Robins and not really tourneys at all or 2) playing everyone to get your positions truly firmed up for district play?
You want to see everyone play as some current backups may actually wind up being district starters, at the same time if your team is highly ranked you want to protect that ranking and win all the games. In the end though, district results determine your playoff seeding and the goal is to win the last game (State Championship).
Tourney answer is obvious... I am sure high school coaches want to get a number of game reps in for for the players they deem them important for, while remaining competitive...
.....and rankings are always bogus... they are just conversation pieces....
just my two cents though..
.....and rankings are always bogus... they are just conversation pieces....
just my two cents though..
I agree with Diablo. Rankings don't mean squat. For instance: I understand why SLC will be very good this year. Lots of returning starters and experienced pitching. Don't know how they truly rank with all the rest, but I do know they will be very good. After watching Coppell last year I am wondering why they will be ranked so high?
As far as tournaments go, I would imagine that starters and backups will share a large percent of time in the early tournament pool games with starters playing in the chanmpionship rounds. The main goal will be for the coach to get his impact players as many reps as possible.
As far as tournaments go, I would imagine that starters and backups will share a large percent of time in the early tournament pool games with starters playing in the chanmpionship rounds. The main goal will be for the coach to get his impact players as many reps as possible.
quote:Login/Join
Coppell went 5-0 this weekend winning the Baylor Medical Classic. They ended up beating El Paso Franklin in the Championship. Ricardo Jacques, a Texas commit, pitched for Franklin and was consistently 91-94.