And so they couldn't play well why? If you saw motivated play, then we are just not going to agree on this, because I saw a team going thru the motions. This isn't an issue of talent, this is a mental hurdle in the program right now; every time the lights come on, the team fades out.
Agree to disagree. It's mostly an issue of talent in the program. It isn't very deep, and when a couple of guys go down for the season, we're throwing guys out there who aren't very good. Ersty is going to have to amp up the recruiting of position players. His recruiting of infielders for the past 3 years has been especially poor (Placzek playing full time? What happens if Rev doesn't get an extra year--we have no one else to play SS. Schlep? Can't bunt, can't hit.
Losing Bolt has hurt us with position players IMO. We have 3 or 4 good players there, but it's very mediocre after that. We do have a bunch of decent arms in the program. But we better get some more hitters. I think fans and message board posters play the "we didn't show up" card easily, because they don't want to face the thought that our talent is not overall better than many of the other teams in the league.