Honeycut?

Sam Culotta wrote:
> I'm ordinarliy not one to blame coaches and mgrs for players' shortcomings,
> but when a group of players underperform, you have to consider the
> possiblility that coaching may be failing. Our starters, with the exception
> of Kuroda (who is snake bitten) have stunk up the place with disturbing
> regularity.. most troublesome are their inconsitency and propensity for
> giving up early runs, particulary worrisome on a team with very little punch
> and a lot of judy.)
> The relievers are not exactly pitching their socks off either, witness
> Proctor and Brazban today. ( I know, Park and Kuo did a bang-up job
> yesterday, but it's consistency I'm talking about.)
>
> I don't know.. just throwing this out for discussion. Do you think a change
> in coaches might jerk the pitchers out of this?
>
> S.
>
>
The bullpen is alright - the struggles are most likely a result of
overuse. Until the starters start making it to the 7th inning on a
regular basis, the pitching on this team is going to struggle. And
Torre doesn't help things by juggling the 5th starter spot - it just
guarantees one game out of 5 that the starter has NO chance of going 7.


As far as the coaching goes, the point doesn't seem to be getting across
about throwing strikes - if Honeycutt can't get the starters to
listen and/or find and correct the flaws in their mechanics, it's time
to find someone who can.

Seriously, though, did anyone expect different of a starting staff
that's 60-80% (depending on whether Loaiza is the #5 guy) the same as
what ended last year?

Rich
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On May 18, 2:56 pm, "Sam Culotta" <culotta_... DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote:
> I'm ordinarliy not one to blame coaches and mgrs for players' shortcomings,
> but when a group of players underperform, you have to consider the
> possiblility that coaching may be failing. Our starters, with the exception
> of Kuroda (who is snake bitten) have stunk up the place with disturbing
> regularity.. most troublesome are their inconsitency and propensity for
> giving up early runs, particulary worrisome on a team with very little punch
> and a lot of judy.)
> The relievers are not exactly pitching their socks off either, witness
> Proctor and Brazban today. ( I know, Park and Kuo did a bang-up job
> yesterday, but it's consistency I'm talking about.)
>
> I don't know.. just throwing this out for discussion. Do you think a change
> in coaches might jerk the pitchers out of this?
>
> S.

Yup change Torre. There's absolutely no justification to continue to
allow Jomes to play everyday when Ethier has out preformed both him
and JP.(And the m was intentional. Andrews to wide for just an N)
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Jones doesn't play everyday. I'm wondering if a stint in the minors would
help him "recuperate" and perhaps make him more enthusiastic. He's already
stated he's very embarrassed about the situation and is working hard, so
this guy is most likely not feeding off his salary for fun.


On 5/19/08 1:35 AM, in article
1de07a5a-0a24-41d1-a554-652fb6df95c7 DeleteThis @l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com, "Mike De
Leon" <lazlo98 DeleteThis @earthlink.net> wrote:

> On May 18, 2:56 pm, "Sam Culotta" <culotta_... DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote:
>> I'm ordinarliy not one to blame coaches and mgrs for players' shortcomings,
>> but when a group of players underperform, you have to consider the
>> possiblility that coaching may be failing. Our starters, with the exception
>> of Kuroda (who is snake bitten) have stunk up the place with disturbing
>> regularity.. most troublesome are their inconsitency and propensity for
>> giving up early runs, particulary worrisome on a team with very little punch
>> and a lot of judy.)
>> The relievers are not exactly pitching their socks off either, witness
>> Proctor and Brazban today. ( I know, Park and Kuo did a bang-up job
>> yesterday, but it's consistency I'm talking about.)
>>
>> I don't know.. just throwing this out for discussion. Do you think a change
>> in coaches might jerk the pitchers out of this?
>>
>> S.
>
> Yup change Torre. There's absolutely no justification to continue to
> allow Jomes to play everyday when Ethier has out preformed both him
> and JP.(And the m was intentional. Andrews to wide for just an N)
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