re: Yvette Girouard

Yvette is one of the better coaches in the SEC and the nation. Having said that, Yvette won a ton of games by having excellent pitching and great defense. Yvette's teams have never been overpowering at the plate but she was able to ride the arms to 1-0 and 2-1 victories. I think the pitching staff is there to make this team go far, however this team needs to hit the ball.

I was at both games tonight and LSU takes too many first pitch strikes. Also, Dunne was consistently throwing first pitch changeups to the same hitters...Mitchell, Langoni and Anissa. They never adjusted and I think that Defeo, Hobbs and Yvette did not use the pitch tracker effectively.

Fico will be great but she needs to develop a consistent changeup. She is very similar to Stacy Nelson, who started her career at Florida with a 14-12 record and then went 45 - 5 her senior year after developing a changeup. Fico has the power but when you throw fastballs and curveballs around 70 without an offspeed pitch, the opponents get their timing down and will tee off.

This team has a lot of potential but they aren't doing the little things to beat the best teams in the SEC. I support Yvette and I think these girls can come back and compete with the best in the nation.