re: Tide Softball 44 -13 (16-8)

That waay too many freshmen leaving the program; freshmen who had significant playing time and did pretty well. Circumstantial evidence points to Murphy having his favorites and riding others asses while not coaching them up and putting them in position to succeed. If I had a coach bitching about my performance but not teaching me how he wants it done, I’d leave too. Losing Goodnight will certainly sting. She was a pretty damn good CF and swung a good bat for this team. That’s a lot of holes to fill from the portal. Murphy may be digging his own grave if this keeps up.

More Alabama Softball Players Head for Transfer Portal

At least six members of the 2022 roster are in the transfer portal.

The last 48 hours since Alabama was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament have been a whirlwind.

Monday evening, Abby Doerr and Jenna Lord entered the transfer portal. Then, Tuesday afternoon, Montana Fouts confirmed that she would be returning to use her fifth year of eligibility with specific support for Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy. Catcher Ally Shipman also confirmed she would be returning for a fifth year. (Alabama got Shipman and third baseman Ashley Prange from the transfer portal prior to the 2021 season.)

Shortly after Fouts' posts on social media, Extra Inning Softball reported that Lexi Kilfoyl, Dallis Goodnight and Savannah Woodard have also entered the transfer portal. Goodnight has already removed Alabama softball from her bio on Instagram. Later on Tuesday evening, it was also confirmed that second base Megan Bloodworth had entered the portal.

Kilfoyl is one of the most talented pitchers in the country, but battled injuries throughout her Crimson Tide career. She threw a perfect game against Georgia on April 4 and tossed an eight-inning gem in a win against Florida on April 10. The junior pitcher got roughed up in her next two SEC outings, including allowing seven earned runs in 1.1 innings against Texas A&M on April 23. It would be the last time she pitched in 2022.

For the rest of the season, her status was day to day with a foot and hip injury. Kilfoyl finished the season with a 9-3 record in 18 appearances with a 2.36 ERA. The pitcher also took some at-bats early in the season before injuring her foot and hit .308 with a home run and three RBIs. She will have two years of eligibility remaining.

As a true freshman in 2022, Goodnight played in 55 of the 57 games with 49 starts, all in centerfield. She was third on the team with a .302 batting average. Goodnight led the team with 18 stolen bases.

The freshman outfielder spent a large part of the season in the leadoff role, but struggled at the plate as the year went on. Before SEC play started, Goodnight was batting .481. However, in conference play she collected just 11 hits, batting .172.

Woodard also had to deal with injuries that sidelined her for parts of the 2022 season. She missed time during the non-conference schedule with a sprained ankle and was never able to fully get things going again once she returned.

On the season, Woodard hit .164 with five RBIs. However, in 2021 she was third on the team in RBIs. The junior spent time in the infield and outfield during her Crimson Tide career. She will have two years of eligibility remaining.

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Circumstantial evidence points to Murphy having his favorites and riding others asses while not coaching them up and putting them in position to succeed. If I had a coach bitching about my performance but not teaching me how he wants it done, I’d leave too.

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And you know this how? You been to practice to see him not coaching the players ? Amazing such a poorly coached team could finish 2nd in the toughest league . The fact of the matter is other teams practice, scout, have good players too. It’s not just Bama and Florida anymore. Teams across the country are putting money and resources into SB like never before . Teams like VT and UCF have come out of nowhere and I think 5 unranked teams made it to supers . We had a young team this year and still were basically top 5 all year long. Don’t understand the sky is falling crowd at all

Btw. I am in no way saying Murphy shouldn’t be questioned on his decisions. Hell I question ALL coaches decisions at times . I want a team full of sluggers like OU with a little speed mixed in too but that’s not what we have .

Yea the Jeanna Johnson tweet caught my eye too. First thing I thought of was the basketball team’s situation this year

Maybe these 3 freshman were encouraged to leave

I will say that if we were depending on them to anchor our lineup we were probably in big trouble . We see players hit the portal in FB we automatically say they were lazy , got passed up by better players , making room for other transfers , locker room cancers etc,…it happens in softball and it’s the coaches fault

at the end of Bear's time people were questioning if the game had passed him by. of course he had age and health as an issue.

True but he got lucky when Fouts said she is coming back along with Prange and Shipman,

That is 3 big holes he does not have to fill up. Your SS is back and your CF is back. I assume Grill is a starter at RF. So he must replace a 1B who bated under 270. A 2B where he rotated a lot. And a LF. Needs a yuge pick up for the second pitcher who can give Fouts some quality relief when it gets time for regionals and super. He may also get lucky when some of the portal players see they are not in high demand for P5 schools and a few may come back

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We see players hit the portal in FB we automatically say they were lazy , got passed up by better players , making room for other transfers , locker room cancers etc,…it happens in softball and it’s the coaches fault

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Apples and oranges. Not a single transfer off the football team was a player looking at guaranteed starting time next season with the exception of maybe Billingsley and we all know why he transferred.

Losing Lord, Goodnight, and Bloodworth would be more comparable to say Brooks, Turner, and Kool-aid hitting the portal the week after the national title game. If that had happened you can bet people would be questioning Saban and why he let 3 probable starters walk out the door.

That's most definitely what I thought of as well.

RollTide33...

Blame whoever you want because that's the society we live in. They love the finger pointing.

There's reason why you see players like Montana, Jenna, Ship, Dowling, & Prange back Murphy though.

I think some girls get told that they are the best ever and they get to college and it's a little bit different than high school so now they rather transfer some place else than grow and get better.

Murphy has proven track record over decades. I don't think people realize how hard that is.

Does he need to make changes in certain areas? Yes, most definitely!

Bring me more TEAM FIRST PLAYERS!