tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995185573026568076.post1240332937534111011..comments2023-06-28T05:22:48.038-04:00Comments on Heath Cline.com: Ditka versus "It's A Small World" - who wins?Heath Clinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246298709118406880noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995185573026568076.post-5675413544621584212008-06-02T12:08:00.000-04:002008-06-02T12:08:00.000-04:00Pretty lousy showing for the SEC in baseball this ...Pretty lousy showing for the SEC in baseball this weekend, but it wasn't unexpected. The conference has a lot of good teams, but nobody that I would consider national-championship caliber. LSU is on fire right now, much like the Rockies were last year in the majors, and they may be able to ride this momentum into the CWS, but I have a real hard time believing they have enough pitching to contain the offenses of Miami, FSU (who is averaging more points in the tournament than their football team will average this season, IMHO), or Arizona State. Anyway, good season for the SEC, and for the Gators specifically, but the overall pitching quality has to improve to make an impact in the tournament. O'Sullivan needs to gets some arms in here stat, because only Locke and Keating (barely) could be trusted at the end of the season.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting how similarly Urban Meyer and Billy Donovan handle situations. Billy has now adopted two strategies from Urban's playbook on handling motivational tactics to his underachieving team (locking them out of their facility) and handling assistant coaches who didn't fit in (letting them find comporable jobs instead of just firing them at season's end). The way both guys handled the coaching situations were 100% class and that earns them great repuations in the coaching circles, which will always enable them to find quality assistant coaches when needed.Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860192540513088663noreply@blogger.com